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information live. president obama announced that some of the nation's airports will ramp up passenger screening to prevent anymore ebola cases to enter the country. that could include initials taking temperatures and asking questions. some key questions. also, new details from dallas, texas where the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the united states is being treated. thomas eric duncan is receiving an experimental drug. in nebraska nbc freelance photojournalist ashoka mukpo will also be given an experimental medication to fight the ebola virus. his parents say he's in good spirits as he begins the first full day of treatment today. meantime we're also learning a nurse in spain has become infected with ebola. it is the first case of ebola transmitted outside of west africa. joining me now to begin our coverage is nbc tom costello. tom is monitoring the u.s. response from washington.
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we'll get the update from the pentagon very soon. of the 3200 u.s. troops, tom, that are due to set up in west africa, build hospitals and help with care. i understand only 200 there now. >> we're talking about ramping up. the administration said it does not support banning flights from west africa. in part because of the ongoing screening at the airport and because it could hinter the ability of getting doctors and supplies into the country. additional screening steps are likely here at home. from the front lines of west africa to the front door of america and all out push to get ahead of ebola. on monday the president announced additional screening is coming from passengers arriving from the ebola hot zone.
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3200 troops will head to west africa to build 17 field hospitals, air lift supplies, and train local health authorities. >> it takes focussed, speed, for us to get ahead of the transmission rate. we have a plan. we have the people. and we're moving fast and hard in order have a success we need. >> also moving fast health departments and hospitals across the u.s. from seattle -- >> we most certainly have a number of false alarms. >> to miami. >> the hospitals are taking protections every day. >> the cdc continues to remind 5,000 hospitals nationwide of the ebola symptom flowchart. first warning sign temperature of 101.5 in someone that returned from an ebola infected area. isolate the patient, staff
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should wear gown, face mask, and gloves and notify the cdc. 150 people each day come into this country from west africa. usually through the four airports we mentioned. that's why they're going to focus on the airport. as it relates to the hospital we recently saw a study that said 80% of the nurses feel like they haven't yet had the proper training or communication to be prepared for an ebola case. >> all right, tom. thank you very much. now to nebraska where ashoka mukpo is now being treated in a bio containment unit at the nebraska medical center. nbc john yang joins me from oklahoma omaha. >> tamron, we expect to know perhaps as early as today which of the experimental drugs they'll be using in his treatment. it could be the same one they used here for dr. richard sacra earlier last month. it could be the same one they're trying in texas. either way, both the doctors here and ashoka mukpo's parents
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are confident about the prognosis in part because they caught his symptoms so early. >> in a way he said i'm going get through this. >> i think it's a combination of emotions. we've been very afraid. on the other hand we're very confident. >> the major complaint or a big complaint that ashoka mukpo has right now is nausea. during the day yesterday he felt well enough to ask for something for dinner. when the food arrived he didn't feel well enough to eat it. doctors told us that his symptoms could get worse as the disease runs its course before they get better. >> thank you very much, john. in dallas the 85-year-old mother of the critically ill ebola patient thomas duncan arrived yesterday. she drove 15 hours just to be near her son or as close as she can get. he's in confinement and isolated away from his family. he can't have contact.
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she's there now in texas. doctors are now giving duncan an anti-viral drug that is now being tested on animals. sara joins me now with an update in dallas. what details have we been given regarding the new anti-viral drug they're testing? >> good morning. the drug is administrated via pill form twice a week. duncan was in critical but stable condition. a downgrade from a couple of days ago when he was in serious condition. he was given the medication on saturday. we're waiting for an update which will be given in a couple of hours about how he's doing today. officials continue to monitor the 48 people who had some type of contact with him. most people develop symptoms of ebola 8 to 10 days after expo sure. today is day nine which makes today and tomorrow critical. none of the 48 people have shown any signs or symptoms of ebola.
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dallas schools, meanwhile, taking a proactive approach at the five schools where students who had contact with duncan attended, they have installed fever scanners. they are up and running today and we're told they're being staffed by nurses. they are touchless, which means that minimizes the risk of spreading infection from student to student. attendants took a hit dropped by about 5% when news came out. today they're almost back to normal with attendance there. it's important to note that officials say that the only way you can become infected with ebola if you are exposed to someone exhibiting active symptoms of the illness. meaning the fever cscanners area proactive approach. the key to shutting down the spread of ebola is careful monitoring of the 48 people known to have contact with duncan. to the fight against isis. we're learning more today about
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the teen from suburban chicago who was arrested at o'hare airport for allegedly attempting to travel to syria to join isis. 19-year-old mohammed cahn shocked his neighbors. >> it's shocking. it's very quiet unassuming town. >> i would never have thought anything about that kid. >> their a hard working family just like us. >> it's really shocking. i can't believe that this whole world is fighting like this. >> developing in syria isis fighters are moving closer to seizing a key city along the border with turkey even as the u.s. led coalition launch new air strikes today against isis targets. richard engel joins us live by phone along the turkey board we are syria. let me get your reaction to yet
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again another american accused of trying to go over and join forces, isis forces in this battle. you talk with people who have children, for example, in europe as well who tried to do this. so still an attractive target for some of the young people. >> yes, it is still attractive for some people who get recruited online. they watch the isis propaganda videos, they become believers. it was written that a caliphate has been established and the islamic state and it's their duty to join the battle that isis sometimes tries to portray as romantics, historic battle, it's a religious battle. we're not talking very large numbers. maybe a dozen or so of americans who are actually fighting with isis, but those are the ones we know about. and the numbers of europeans citizens are much higher.
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with the latest report they arrested at chicago o'hare airport a man trying to come to turkey and make his way down to where i am now along the syrian border. i think it wasn't surprising. fortunately it's a pattern we've seen of people going online and becoming attracted to the group. >> we're not talking large numbers. i believe it was around a dozen that the u.s. government has identified u.s. citizens who may have gone over to join isis. let's talk about the developments today as isis fighters are moving closer to seizing a key city along the border with turkey, even -- we just lost richard. we lost our connection to richard engel. i apologize for the technical problem there. hopefully we'll be able to get him back on and get more details on the ongoing battle up near the board we are turkey and syria. developing now anti-terrorism police in london. we got this information in. have arrested four men suspected of plotting terrorist attacks.
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scotland yard -- this information coming in, men ages 20 to 21 were arrested in predawn raids just this morning. all across london. all of them are being held for questions. we'll continue to follow developments on them. we have richard. are you there, richard? >> i am. sorry about that. i'm right on the turkish syrian border. i'm looking right now at the town of kobani. there are what seem to be u.s. air strikes taking place on isis targets around kobani. when the air strikes happen, some of the people who are gathered in the area who watch kobani. people are distraugt that isis advanced on the city they will start cheering. they want to see more american air power in action. there is, however, a timing issue here. isis already made deep advances in the area.
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i'm watching it right now maybe coming too late to actually dislodge isis from the area. the reason why i think the connections are so bad. i'm on the border area and there's air strikes going on. >> okay. and, richard, from your reporting and our colleagues, the fighting is so close to your point to where you are you could even -- in some cases we've had video of turkish military personnel not active in on the ground but so close and in a sense just at a waiting point near where the fighting is taking place. >> oh, that's the part that is frustrating for the people here. i'm looking right now on my left is the city of kobani where there is street-to-street fighting between syrian fighters, kurdish fighters trying to defend their city against isis, and if i pan my gaze a little bit to the right i'm looking at the turkish tank,
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which is parked on a hill overlooking the city. so if you are in this city, and you are under attack, and isis militants are moving street to street and in cases beheading people and threatening to behead. you can see a few hundred yards away turkish military vehicles that could come to your aid are not. you can imagine how frustrating it would be. many people say that turkey is deliberately not doing enough to help. >> and, richard, you use the word frustrating but i'm sure for many of the people who stand there wondering if they will survive or what brutally continue with isis. it seems that would cause beyond frustration, but anger and a flurry of other hostile reactions toward turkey and even the allies who continue with these air strikes there that you're witnessing. okay, i'm told we lost richard
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again. he is there at the border and he can actually hear the latest round of air strikes by the u.s.-led forces there. and that is why we're having difficulty with our connection with him. certainly i know you understand that. we're moving on. growing worries about the enterovirus one day after a new jersey child becomes the first to die from the mysterious virus. parents are awaiting test results from another student at the school. we'll talk live with the town's mayor about the precauses being taken. new polls show democrats gaining strength in several midterm senate races. what this means for the closely watched race between democrat allison lundgren-grimes and mitch mcconnell. plus disturbing video of a traffic stop now the center of a federal lawsuit alleging excessive police force. i want to brace you, the video is disturbing. take a look.
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>> people are getting shot by the police. [ screaming ] there was child in that vehicle. the man was taserered and arrested. what police are saying. we have a new statement from authorities there. it's one of the stories we're following arnltd the "newsnation." you can find our conversation online. you can find the team. give them a follo follow @"newsnation." you can find me on facebook, twitter, instagram @tamron hall. for people who don't have allergies every day, just on allergy days. (sneeze) new qlearquil. the powerfully effective, take it only when you need it, so you can be you again, allergy medicine. boo! haha. all right, see you buddy! and introducing qlearquil nighttime, the new allergy medicine for night. qlearquil, powerful sinus and allergy medicine from the makers of vicks nyquil and dayquil.
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appeared to be pink eye. he is the first confirmed death definitively caused by the virus. which is infkted more than 500 people in 43 states since august. a send precooler from eli's school is being monitored for the virus. stirs fears for parents in hamilton township. >> it's in the area now. before it was a little further away. now it's a reality. >> joining me now is the mayor of hamilton township. thank you for skroining us, mayor. our thought the are with your community and all of those families as we mentioned 40 separate states dealing with the cases. the first fatality is eli in your community. what are you telling parents as you await the result was this second child who is being tested. >> as we know, a virus there isn't a vaccine. we're telling the parents and the general public please be vigilant washing your hands,
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coughing, sneezing into your elbow, continually watching your high gene. if your child is sick please keep your child at home. watch for certain symptoms. there's a misconception out there that indeed that you can it can be spread different ways. but it is a virus. enterovirus there are over 100 strains d 68 naturally attacks those with comprised immune systems. it's a vicious attack. what we have to do is be proactive in making sure that we continually wash our hands and try not to spread it as much as possible. >> as i understand local pediatricians have been flooded with calls. the school where eli was a student and the other student yardville elementary remains open. by all accounts it seems to be the right and reasonable thing to do. have you seen parents take their kids out as a worry? >> absolutely. the school has been cleaned, sanitized, and i believe once
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the information came out about enterovirus d 68 you can catch it anywhere and the school is not a primary factor in spreading it. i understand what parents are feeling and maybe taking their children out. however, the cdc state of health department said that wouldn't be a reasonable expectations to close down a school. because if a child left the school and went to either movie or went to practice -- >> went home where there are other children in the home. >> absolutely. >> lastly the second precooler being monitored. do you know when we'll get the results? we reach out to congressman smith if we can expedite the results being the child was at the same school as little eli. we don't know when we will receive it. >> you had to reach out to your member of congress to expedite it. does it concern you? >> as mayor when our department
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of health said, mayor, we don't know when we're go going to get the results. to me that's unacceptable. i reached out to smith within three days we'll get the results to you on eli. he expedited it and it was helpful to the community. as mayor i know i had to do what i could to make sure that during that time we waited it was wasn't extended. >> were you given a reason why the results were not expedited and that forced you to make the call to the member of congress? >> well, the cdc in atlanta is the only place at the time that can test for d 68. >> what were you told when you asked to expedite it? >> they were told when he spoke to the director at cdc because it's the first fatality they wanted to expedite it. but there is a long wait to get these results for other cases around the nation. but given that we did have a child that passed the cdc
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committee diet expedited it. >> thank you very much, mayor. our thoughts are with your community. it is frightening. >> it is. our hearts go out to eli's family. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. same-sex marriages are underway in five more states. after the supreme court cleared the way yesterday. opponents still vow to fight on. up next i'll talk live with one virginia mom whose marriage and parental rights of her own twins is being recognized. we'll introduce you to a 10-year-old ceo! yes, he's 10 and he's a ceo! he's awesome. it's "born in the usa" bring a may make you think what do i need to be doing with my life now? >> i'm ceo founder of mr. cory's
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developing now pentagon will update the u.s. military response to the ebola crisis in west africa. we'll take you there as soon as that briefing begins. but as you well know, some 3,000 u.s. forces will eventually head to west africa to assist the people there. the medical personnel there to contain this virus that is now taken some 3,000 lives. a day after yesterday surprise action by the u.s. supreme court on same-sex marriage. more couples are getting married
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today. the action will affect six other states which are part of the same judicial circuit. this means same-sex marriage is now or soon will be legal in 30 states plus the district of columbia. and republican governor scott walker said it's over in wisconsin. like woiz republican governor of indiana said i will belief in the importance of traditional marriage. i will always abide by the rule of law under our system of government. people are free to disagree with court decisions. b but. she and her partner were married in d.c. but their marriage was not recognized in their home state until now.
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>> thank you for having me. >> let me find out since you were married and waited for what we witnessed yesterday with the supreme court. what has that been like for you and your partner, your wife? >>, i mean, it has been a waiting game. honestly we never needed a piece of paper. we wanted the legal protection that marriage grants our boys, most importantly. but our life hasn't drastically changed because now we're legally married. our day-to-day raising toddlers is pretty much the same as it was on sunday. >> i bet that means pretty busy running around doing a lot of things from the photograph. they're adorable! but your children, as i understand the status, your parental rights were impacted as we wait for the surprise action. >> right. they were. now she can legally adopt the boys, hopefully be listed on the
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birth certificate. she wasn't able to receive fmla when the boys were born, and now future parents will be able to receive that benefit. she's a teacher so she gets a pension. before there was a big question about whether the boys would be able to receive that pension, you know, one day and similarly one day if something would have happened to me, someone could have foughten to take the boys away from her who was raising them. >> for any parent, i cannot imagine having that fear of the instability if, you know, as you pointed out something would have happened to you what would happen to your children. >> right. and we're lucky that everyone that surrounds us, our family and friends supports us and would never try to do that. but there's other couples that aren't so lucky and live with the fear that an extended family member could try and say they were next of kin and take their children away. >> but as you well know and heard there for some this battle
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continues. so while you and your wife have some closure, if i can call it that for your immediate concerns with the children, what about the other families? what message do you have for them? >> i'm sorry the other families that are in other states? >> exactly. >>well, i mean, i've said from the day one stay hopeful. you're not going to change anyone's -- you're only going to change people's hearts and minds by living your life. loving your partner, loving your children, and being true to yourself. and that's how people will change and how people will accept that, you know, individuals, guy girl, two women, two men can create a loving and nurturing family. and i think it's just a matter of time before this is a nonissue and i feel so lucky that my boys are only 2 and they'll never have a strong memory of a time that their family was discriminated against
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or their parents didn't have equal rights. >> marti, thank you for your time. i have to give an extra thank you for sharing the photographs of the boys. you have all of them in the matching sailor suit! i can't. it's too cute! >> yeah. i say, you know, they might be a bit embarrassed that i have shown the picture on national tv. they'll never be embarrassed their participants fought for their family and all families >>well, said, marti. congratulations to your family. >> thank you. are democrats picking up enough steam to take control of the senate? up next the latest polls from key senate races. plus season cancelled. the bold move to stop alleged hazing and bullying at a high school football team. some kids say they are unfairly being punished after the football team, the band, the cheerleaders are all told no season. is that fair? it's our gut check. it's just yo.
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welcome back. the battle for the senate may finally swing from the democrats's favor even though the path to victory still rocky. allison griems searching in the race against mcconnell. grimes leads 46-44%. that's not the only race where democrats are showing comeback power. in north carolina kay hagan has a 4 point lead. in kansas pat roberts keeps losing ground. he's down by 10% to independent -- >> iowa two weeks ago joni ernst isit is an interesting shift in all of these. >> absolutely, tamron. i think in each of the case it's a little bit different. the trend is always what matters more than individual polls.
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especially in kentucky. grimes leading in that latest poll. we haven't seen that in the past. i think people watching subsequent polls to see if they see a similar trent there. i think one place you can see that a republican is struggling a little bit is in north carolina. you mentioned kay hagan and tom till lis. our latest poll had kay hagan up by 4 points in the race. you're seeing in the race as in others republican candidates trying to make this more about obama than necessarily the candidate they're running against. that's something tom tillis has been doing. he mentioned secret service, ebola, isis. he's trying to nationalize the race. i don't know if any of those attacks have stuck yet. cay hagan is talking about like issues like education. it seems to be working so far. >> an interesting turn of events. there are many days to go. thank you so much. appreciate you joining us. coming up meet the
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american business success stories. this dapper young man is cory nieves. the 10-year-old ceo of mr. cory's cookies. he became an entrepreneur at the tender age of six because he wanted to buy his mom a car. he started selling hot cocoa and did so well e eed cookies and created the perfect recipe with natural ingredients. he has his own professional kitchen enand sells up to 1,000 per weekend. in studio with me. >> good morning! this is real. i've been eating the cookies in the commercial break. it's a secret recipe. >> yeah. >> can you tell me the secrete? >> no, i can't. so, i mean, you're 10 and you're the ceo. how does that happen? >> it just started the business when i was 5 years old.
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i wanted to buy my mom a car and after that i wanted to get -- i wanted to my mom said let's do it for college. after ward we were doing it for college. we incorporated an llc corporation in 12, and we started expanding our business nationwide with cookie dough because we don't have preservatives or artificial flavoring. >> it's all natural. i'm not really a health nut. i'll pretend i am for the segment. . i love cookies and when things are fresh and made with fresh ingredients. but, i mean, listen, when i was 6 i had an easy bake oven. that's how i baked. how did you learn how to bake? >> we baked when i was 6 i baked in a little kitchen with my mom. my mom had a kitchen in her house. so we baked in there. we started making the commercial kitchen requires an lslc
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corporation. >> people who cook often say they can't bake. is this a gift? >> i started looking up recipes and making my own. i didn't the ingredients other people putted in. >> oh, judgy! >> i made my new reecipe. >> is your recipe? >> yes. >> what do you in your test kitchen? >> at home i make ingredients for us and see different stuff like i'm making the ingredients. so new stuff will be coming out soon. >> what at kids at school think of this? >> they ask for free samples. >> like i did? >> yes. okay. it happens. so they asked for free samples and do you test out your recipes on your friends? >> sometimes i ask our dmers and clients what do you think --? >> are you real? customers and clients. you're so official. >> thank you! >> but because you're the ceo. >> yes. >> you have to be professional. >> even your outfit you have a watch, a tie, suit.
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you have came in with a briefcase. i said is that a costume? you said no. >> it's not. >> it's important for you to look like a ceo. >> it's important to look fashionable. if you have fashion you can represent yourself. >> i don't even know what else to say. people with order and buy the cookies? we're getting ready to do cookie dough online. hopefully by december around the holidays to get cookie dough online. >> which should i try next? >> chocolate chip. >> it's delicious. >> next? >> this is oatmeal raisin with no sugar added or no sweetener. >> how do you make it sweet? >> it's raisins. okay. well, you know, congratulations. >> thank you. you amazing. your mom lisa is over there. she's phenomenal. i can't wait to see what you have in store next. born in the usa. the great idea. i love you say mr. cory. i can't call you cory it's mr.
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cory. >> yes. >> thank you, mr. cory. >> thank you! and you like your cookies with milk or tea? >> i like my cookies with milk but sometimes with hot chocolate and lemonade. >> cold milk or warm room temperature milk? >> cold. >> i love you. thank you very much! we'll be right back. you're awesome! (receptionist) gunderman group. gunderman group is growing. getting in a groove. growth is gratifying. goal is to grow. gotta get greater growth. i just talked to ups. they got expert advise, special discounts, new technologies. like smart pick ups. they'll only show up when you print a label and it's automatic. we save time and money. time? money? time and money. awesome. awesome! awesome! awesome! awesome! (all) awesome! i love logistics.
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the professionals of doctors without borders have a remarkable record of safe operation in their fight against the spread of ebola. we have looked at their looked and consoled with the z agency for international development and the centers for disease control, the world health organization and others to develop protocols based on known risk and prudent planning. we are taking the following steps to ensure the save of our people. implementing procedures to reduce or eliminate those to service members while deployed including the use of personal protective equipment and hygiene and constant monitoring. let me assure you by providing the training and adhering to strict protocols and measures batesed on risk and exposure, i am 1 phi dent we can assure safety and the safety of the american people. in the end, our equipment,
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training and procedures and the discipline of our leaders will help us make sure we accomplish the mission without putting fellow citizens at risk. stopping the spread of this disease is the core mission here. we are all focused in all of our efforts to accomplish this by supporting the international effort and by keeping our own people as safe as we can. with that i will take your questions. . >> there has been questions about the response to the overall crisis that has been slow. do the troops you have now, are they enough to get the job done or do you think in order to move things along more rapidly and construct the facilities more quickly, do you think you are going to need more troops there and do you have a cost estimate?
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>> one of the challenges as they continue to gain and grow situational understanding overtime because of the isolated places that is creating problems. we are supporting the u.s. aid efforts and the leadership approved up to almost 4,000 people. admiral kirby talked to you about it and we have a lot of flexibility to put people in there as they are need and who is needed. i think right now we have sufficient capacity and numbers to do that. the speed at which they are done, it's not just one challenge with doing that. part is the ability of the host nation to ab hoesh it. their capacity to house people and feed people is limited. it's going to come in in a very,
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very carefully orchestrated demand out at the front. at the same time they are increasing situational understanding. these mobile labs are very, very important. it's important to find out who you have to treat and who you don't. we flowed two more in and having a major impact and we have several more on the way to better adjust. that wasn't what we expected. >> the cost estimates are right now probably around $750 million for our efforts in about a six-month president. the challenge with doing that. the labs, for example, were not in the initial plan.
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>> jim miklaszewski with nbc. will any military personnel be involved with the treatment of ebola patients or in the training that health care givers, will they be coming into contact with any ebola patients? >> no. now the mobile labs are different, but no for the majority of the force. the mobile labs are testing people. some of them will have the ebola virus. now those are trained at the highest level of something like nuclear biological and chemical. they are trained at a very, very high level and they have been operating for many years and two that we deployed meet those standards of training. >> do you have numbers of those who will be involved in the lab operations and what kind of
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protections or protocol will they observe and if any u.s. personnel should contract ebola, what is the protocol there? what happens? >> first on the numbers in the labs between a 3 and a four-person team. we have three deployed now and probably deploy several others. it will add more people. those people are trained at the highest level of operating in a nuclear, biological and chemical arena. they are testing all the people. >> an update from the pentagon from commander general rodriguez from the u.s.-africa command. new details regarding the troops that will travel to west africa saying they will not come in direct contact other than in these mobile labs where they
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the u.s. will screen arriving travelers from key u.s. airports. >> as well as our world class health system and the nature of the ebola virus itself which is difficult to transmit. the trances of an ebola outbreak in the united states is extremely low. >> and homecoming hero. democrats hope the come back kid will spark a come back for an endangered senator in arkansas. >> i love my native state. i didn't come back to the briar patch. i came back to the future. i may wander and i roam, and i will never be far from home. i'm andrea mitchell in

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