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nation." and will critical questions be answered at the meeting, cdc director tom frieden will testify after the second nurse diagnosed with week was never told not to take a commercial flight. she contacted the cdc informing someone in that agency that she was running a fever before taking that flight. also set to testify, dr. daniel varga, who is the top official at texas presbyterian health hospital. now in his questioning, he will apologize for mistakes made at his facility. but now, one of the nurses at that hospital appeared this morning. and although she never treated thomas duncan, she did treat the first nurse diagnosed, nina pham, and shared stunning questions about how the hospital was prepared. >> she was put in an area where there were up to seven patients. we showed probably around three

hours, the first contact with the cdc to even let them know that what we had is our suspicion, you know, there was no special precautions other than what we know in the medical institution. other than what are basic contact precautions and droplet caution. there was no special gear. we were unprepared in the sense that we did not know what to do with his lab specimens. they were mishandled and that is what the lab technician told me. and it was just a little chaotic scene, our infectious disease department was contacted to ask what is the protocol? and there answer was, we don't know. we're going to have to call you back. >> nbc news did reach out to the hospital for a response to that nurse's claims. hospital officials point to a response they released overnight regarding allegations made by anonymous nurses to the national nurse's union saying in part,

when mr. duncan returned to the emergency department he arrived via ems, moved directly to a private room and placed in isolation. the staff with the personal protective equipment as recommended by the cdc at the time. and nbc news learned that president obama is expected to issue an executive order that would give him the immediate authority to order additional troops to liberia to assist in the fight against ebola. but as the scrutiny over the administration's response intensif intensified, questions were raised over exactly who was overseeing the crisis. this was in response to questions by the press secretary. >> she is not responsible for coordinating the activities of the international community as they interact with local governments in west africa. usaid is involved in that area. they have the expertise. so the point is --

>> you feel like you have a point to make. but you understand my question -- >> i think the point i have to make is directly relevant. >> you seem to be reluctant to say who is directly responsible for the ebola response. >> you have an individual here at the white house who is responsible for coordinating the actions of the government agencies to make sure they are properly integrated. i think that is a completely reasonable management structure. >> now, as for the second nurse who flew from dallas to cleveland with a fever, she is now in atlanta at emory university hospital where she arrived last night. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins me now. first, let's start with ms. vinson's condition, what have we heard of late? >> reporter: she was described as ill but clinically stable. however, emory hospital is not commenting on her condition. we know she is here in the isolation unit, one of four

throughout the country. here is a bit of a timeline over the past few days, how this became known. now, she flew from dallas to ohio on friday to visit her family and to plan her wedding. now, she did call, as you mentioned she did call the cdc on monday and self-reported she had a fever of 99.5 degrees. however, a federal government official says she was not told not to board the flight because the risk threshold is 100.4 degrees. however, the cdc director said she should never have boarded that aircraft. >> and gabe, overnight, frontier airlines on which she traveled said they were notified by the cdc that ms. vinson may have had symptoms earlier than first thought, and may have possessed the symptoms while on board the

frontier flight. and there were questions about while she was transported there was an image in dallas and also atlanta where there was an individual who appeared clearly not to have -- it is circled on the screen, just a clip board as some have called on line, no protective gear. we see clearly the yellow protective gear, the one, two, three, four people around her. do we know now the identify of the person and why he was not in protective gear? >> it is a very interesting perspective. and there is an ambulance going by. there is a big question about that person on the tarmac with no protective gear. a lot of people were asking about that on line. we just received a statement from phoenix air, the transport company. and phoenix air says that he is a medical safety coordinator that works for the company. and oversees the process of

transporting on the tarmac. at the have somebody not in personal protective gear, because it can block the field of vision and hearing. now, this answers a little bit what people were speculating about. because of yesterday and today. the cdc says that this was not part of their crew. dallas officials had said this was not part of their crew, phoenix air, the transport company is saying this was a medical safety coordinator working for them. however, they are not identifying that particular person, not giving out that name, tamron. >> all right, thank you for that. this morning, dallas county judge clay jenkins told my colleague he only wants one patient treated at the hospital at a time. and craig joins us from dallas. so craig, is that the explanation of why ms. vinson was transported to emory?

>> reporter: that is the best explanation we've gotten so far. that would go a long ways in explaining precisely why it is that nina pham remains here in good condition. he would not confirm that is the only reason that jenkins went on to say that it is a matter of using this hospital's resources most effectively. while i'm talking to you, tamron, roughly three miles away here at north dallas we're seeing the second round of cleaning at amber vinson's apartment. i think we have a live look at that. the second round of cleaning going on at amber vinson's apartment. you have the workers who were there yesterday, again, wearing the hazmat suits, meticulously going over the apartment. we were told by officials at dallas they continue to go door-to-door at the apartment complex to answer any questions folks might have. going back to what judge clay

jenkins told me again, the judge here in dallas said we should note he is the county executive here in dallas. this is a little bit more of what he had to say to me. take a listen. >> this hospital has the capacity for three ebola patients is that accurate? >> that is right, that is why we're sending patients to emory. >> i don't really want to see the hospital have more than one active ebola cases at a time. because as we bring more cases, we need the beds open. so if we get two, we need to send one. >> now, clay jenkins also went on to say it is preparing itself for additional ebola patients. so if that is the case, one can assume if there is or when there is an additional case here that person will be sent to one of the other facilities around the country that specializes in ebola care. you have nih, and nebraska, a freelance photographer right now. with the hospital in montana.

national, capacity-wise, there are ten beds and ten isolation units. that is something that will be openly discussed in the hearing and in the next few days when you look at capacity in the country to look at cases like this. >> craig, i'm also curious while they look at the capacity and some important issues whether or not we will hear the county judge and some of the leadership in dallas respond to some of the nurses' claims on "the today show," as describing them as being ill-prepared. she is a proud employee of texas health presbyterian, but what she described is happening behind the walls needs to be acknowledged beyond of course this hearing that will start in about an hour. what we've heard from the county officials there. >> the nurse's union as we know over the past few days has been very critical of the hospital. there have been a number of claims made by nurses through the nurse's union in terms of

the care for thomas duncan, the issue of care, claims like skin being exposed when he showed up at the hospital for first time before they knew he had ebola. skin being exposed. medical tape being used to connect parts of the jerry-rigged uniforms, that cannot necessarily prevent bodily fluids from se eping in. but again these are claims made by the nurse and the nurse's union over the past two days. but again as you point out with regard to the hospital the most recent claim being the response they sent out overnight. not specifically addressing some of the specific accusations that are being given by some of the nurses working here. there has been talk, tamron, there is an issue of nurses walking out here. i asked a city official about that the city official flatly denied that was something being

considered by nurses here in dallas. >> okay, thank you, craig, appreciate it. now let me bring in the democratic congresswoman who represents parts of the dallas area. she is also a registered nurse, congresswoman, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> let me first play for you brianna aguirre, she is the nurse from the hospital who spoke with my colleague, matt lauer, she was specifically asked if she would seek treatment at the very place she works. if heaven forbid she came up with a diagnosis at the hospital. let me tell you what she said. >> knowing what i know i would try anything and everything to refuse to go there to be treated. i would feel at risk by going there if i don't especially have ebola i may contract it there. is how i actually would feel. i would do anything to refuse to go there. >> she is afraid she would contract ebola at the hospital where she works. what is your reaction to that?

>> well, i think that she has reason to be concerned. there have baeen two nurses who have. this has been a type of an experience for dallas that we don't see. and the anxiety here -- is very high. with most of the anger going toward the man who did not tell the truth to get here. and of course, there is a question about what happened once he went to the hospital. i have high regard for those nurses who did care for him. and i'm hoping that both of them will have a speedy recovery. it is -- it is not easy to be in an environment where you're not expecting this type of infectious disease. and although i'm told protocols were there, they had not been mentioned or practiced or reviewed. so it is very difficult. >> when you hear, for example, that nurse say that they were

given protective gear that left a portion of her neck exposed as she described, enough of the area where if she came in contact with the virus it could have gotten in her mouth. in her nose, you are a nurse there. you have nurses who say they are not being protected. as a nurse yourself, who should be responsible for protecting these nurses? should it have been the texas health board to make sure there was proper equipment. is this a federal issue of funding? what is the issue of providing what seems to be the most basic of protections or the most basic of what is expected for a nurse who is dealing with infectious disease? >> well, it is a collaboration. but certainly the people responsible for the control of bacteria in that hospital should have been ready to pass that information along immediately. there should have been a review of the protocols which was really the responsibility of

that local health institution. >> right now, you have texas republican congressman pete sessions as well as pennsylvania republican tom morino all saying that the head of the cdc should step down in their opinion. you know now the cdc admits that no one told ms. vinson not to get on the flight after she contacted the cdc indicating she was running a low grade fever. what do you say regarding some of your colleagues in congress taking that step? >> well, at this point i do not agree. because i don't know anymore than what i've heard. first of all, for the nurse to even ask the question must have been a question in her mind. she is a professional. and she had already taken care of this patient. if she knew that her temperature was up, and you know, 100.4 might be the line, but for some people the normal is less than 98.6. so if you get a temperature that is up to 99, as a nurse you know

yourself that there is something going on in your body. so i am not sure that the nurse didn't have some real responsibility for making that decision on her own. she is a professional. >> congresswoman eddie johnson, thank you so much for your time. we greatly appreciate it. >> thank you very much. well, this morning, four of america's busiest airports are now screening fliers for ebola. up next, what travellers should expect. and next, we receive an update on hurricane gonzalo, the strongest hurricane in three years. and who is bracing for a potential direct hit. and this. we have an extremely peculiar situation right now. we have been told that governor scott will not be participating in this debate. well, the aftermath of what many have called fan gate and a few other names that halted the

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now, several days later she is been transported after we saw the second nurse, ms. vinson, be taken to emory hospital last night. so we hope to have more information on why she is being transported after a couple of days to a different facility in maryland. going from dallas to maryland. and now, new information on the ebola screenings on the way this morning at two international airports around the country. customs officials now are

conducting screenings at newark, washington, and dallas. travellers arriving from guinea, liberia and sierra leone will have their temperature taken and be given a health questionnaire. the five airports received about 94% of travellers from the countries stricken with ebola. nbc's john yang is at o'hare. one of the five we mentioned. john, what do we hear about things so far? >> reporter: well, so far, tamron, the flights arriving this morning from been from asia, less likely that traveller from west africa will be on board those flights. some passengers we talked to said as they came out from passport control and customs say they didn't really notice anything different. that many of them said they really had not heard much about the issue with ebola. and that they didn't notice anything different as they passed through customs --

passi passport control and customs. starting right now we'll see more flights from europe, and that is where we'll see more travellers likely from west africa. they will be pulled aside, their temperatures taken, they will be evaluated and asked about their past travel. their health, how they felt in the last couple of weeks. whether they have been in contact with anyone who has ebola. they also will be double checked to make sure the contact information in the states has been recorded so that officials can reach out to them if they have to. and if they have no symptoms, if they seem to be at low risk they will be sent along their way. but if they are not, if they are showing symptoms, if they have a fever and there is some suspicion they will be taken to isolation rooms that the cdc has

available at any international airport across the country, also the cdc and border control are being assisted by the coast guard for extra manpower in this enhanced screening. tamron? >> all right, john, thank you very much. and up next, the politics of ebola. how democrats and republicans are pointing the finger for failing to contain the virus from coming to america. and some say an all-out crusade needs to be made at the source. the politics is what is interesting. and hong kong officials take action after this video, showing the beating of a pro-democracy protester who is cuffed. it is one of the stories we're following around the news nation. hey, i notice your car's not in the driveway. yeah. it's in the shop. it's going to cost me an arm and a leg. that's hilarious. i'm sorry. you shoulda taken it to midas. get some of that midas touch.

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the political finger-pointing over who is to blame over the ebola crisis. and now that two nurses have been diagnosed with the ebola and after the death of thomas eric duncan at a dallas hospital, a new committee suggests republican budget cuts have harmed the nation's ability to fight ebola. that theme is echoed in a new project "action fund". >> the cdc said the discretionary action fund has been cut by millions in the 2010 election. >> the budget has been flat since 2003, responding to an emerging infectious disease threat this is particularly damaging. >> that was a left hook. the right cross was the sequestration. >> and meanwhile, former republican candidate mitt romney

said the obama administration has not been treating the crisis with real sobriety. >> why hasn't the president talked to the nation and talked about how to keep ourselves safe. why hasn't he closed the border where the virus is spreading across the population? >> joining me now, eugene robinson, you now have the breaking news where nina pham, the first nurse diagnosed who has now been transferred from dallas to an nih hospital in bethesda, one of four with the biocontainment unit. and you heard the cuts to nih, you heard mitt romney, who may or may not run for president again. what is your comment on the finger-pointing? >> in a word, disgraceful. i think the whole thing is disgraceful. tamron, we can stipulate that neither democrats or republicans want anybody to get ebola. so you know, this is not -- a

political issue. it is a serious epidemiology issue, and we should listen to the experts who know something about the spread of the disease. and by the way, the experts should get their act together in terms of what they're telling us. and if that is the tenor of the discussion then we'll be a lot better off and there will be no panic and no irrationality if we can listen to the right people and if they can get their stories straight. >> and to your point, eugene, people often ask how low will politics go? but you also have the other story line, why waste a crisis? and here is the crisis that can impact anyone. and certainly as we know 7,000 people in africa, diagnosed, 4,000 have died. we have u.s. troops who will eventually be there and putting their lives on the line in a different way than we've seen in iraq and afghanistan but nevertheless putting their lives

on the line. and you have this arguing that takes place. is there any validity to it, even though as you pointed out, to be the lowest ground here. >> i see no validity, first of all we're looking at budgetary decisions that were made, whether or not the president said this or that at a certain point. ebola doesn't care about that. the ebola doesn't care what the political debate is in the united states. in fact, keep your eye on the ball. there is a very serious outbreak in several countries in west africa. some neighboring countries have done a very good job of containing it. but it needs to be squashed there, or else the world is in greater danger. and not just us, but european countries and everybody is in greater danger if this becomes

endemic or pandemic in west africa. and that is the focus of the debate to the extent there is a debate. >> and we heard from the general counsel calling on other countries to join in with aid and better strategy. in your column last week you wrote that the president needed to explain more effectively to the public and present a bigger part of the conversation regarding the effort to pull in nations. yesterday, we heard the president discussing hugging the staff at emory after they treated the doctor there. and the missionary worker there in an attempt to personalize and explain, perhaps, that this disease is not airborne, and that he even felt safe in contact with the people on the front line. >> right, and so it is not airborne, it is not like the flu. so it is not that easily caught. however, given we've seen transmissions in dallas to health care workers. those are the people who were on the front lines. and so one thing that needs to

happen and needs to happen fast is the development of the set of hospital protocols that adequately protect health care workers. because frankly we don't know where the next isolated ebola case may turn up. it could be you know, in a hospital in anybody's community. and health care workers say they're not adequately prepared. that ought to be the focus of the cdc and health care workers. >> and you know, eugene, what we've heard, that frontier airlines said overnight that ms. vinson's symptoms may have been worse than reported. we also know when she contacted the cdc when she was running a low grade fever did not tell her to get off that flight. you and i know it often takes place at the government, the in effectiveness, if it can't take

place at the local or state level some of the questions could be answered more effectively at the cdc. what is your grade on this, your gut on this? >> well, my gut is the cdc has to do a lot better. obviously, the whole evolution of what we're learning about the amber vinson case is deeply disturbing. not because i think you know, a whole lot of people are actually going to get ebola from this possible exposure. but you know, what are the protocols and do they make sense? she apparently did what she should have done. she called in and said i have this 99.5 fever, and said can i get on the plane? well, yes, the director of the cdc said she shouldn't have gotten on the plane but your folks told her to get on the plane. and again, we have learned she

may have been asymptomatic. and we should be able to sweep aside the bureaucracy on this and just get this right. >> you're absolutely right, eugene, thank you so much. we appreciate you because here. >> great to be here, tamron. at the top of the hour we're waiting to see if we'll get some of the critical answers that eugene and others and many of you on social media pointed out regarding the response to the ebola crisis. top health officials will testify at this hearing on capitol hill. this comes after months of reassurances from public officials like this from the white house in late july. the cdc has concluded that there is no significant risk in the united states from the current ebola outbreak. up next, she will join me live. what is the question she plans to ask at that hearing in about 20 minutes.

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. welcome back, more on the breaking news we are following. in just a half hour the house hearing will follow where we hope to get answers to the ebola response. cdc director tom frieden will testify. and we just learned that infected nurse nina pham will be transferred to another hospital, this after a second nurse amber vinson was diagnosed with the virus while taking a flight across country. she may have been asymptomatic. and as early as last week, frieden reassured congress and the american people that all necessary safety measures in dallas were being taken. >> we can stop ebola. we know how to do it. it is a virus that is easy to kill by washing your hands. it is easy to stop by using gloves and barrier precautions. at the hospital in texas they're taking all of the precautions they need to take to protect

health care workers who are caring for this individual. >> also testifying today will be the nih director dr. anthony fauci, and dr. daniel varga. and congresswoman, thank you so much for your time. what is the first question you wish to have answered today? >> well, i want to know what we're going to be doing to address the problem in west africa. in addition to that in the united states. we have a -- weak health care infrastructure in africa. this is where the death rate is very high. and we want to make sure that we can stop it where it is starting. in the meantime, i do want to know what the protocols are. obviously the nurses in dallas thought they were doing what they were supposed to do. and if there is a problem with

the protocols or if they were just not enforced sufficiently. i want to know about the development of a work force. there are going to be nurses in the audience today who feel they have not been at the table to develop the implementation or the protocols and that they're not adequately trained as well. and i think there will be a discussion about what the travel rules are. i just got off a plane from o'hare in chicago. and talked to the director of public health there. and we have very strict protocols there now including quarantining people who had any contact with anybody that had ebola, even if they're not showing symptoms. >> let me play a portion of an interview from "the today show." again a part of the interview with the nurse, briana aguirre, who worked at the presbyterian health hospital for three years.

here is what she said. >> we never talked about ebola and we probably should have. i mean -- >> you never talked about it prior to mr. duncan arriving? >> no. we never had a discussion. they gave us an optional seminar to go to. just informational, not hands-on, and it was not even suggested that we go. it was not something it know that they said you really should try to make it. it was i believe only offered once, if not twice. we never were told what to look for. and i just don't think that any facility in this country is prepared for that at this time. >> congresswoman, to your point, yes, this is certainly a crisis in west africa, thousands of deaths, thousands more infected. but we do not live in a bubble. we do not have travel restrictions and the questionnaire quite honestly as you know many people have seen as just a joke. that is the very questionnaire

that mr. duncan was given. with that said, the nurse said she believes there is not a hospital in the country that is prepared. >> well, let me say i also think that people with symptoms may go to community health centers, so it goes far beyond hospitals. so i would not say we have a crisis in the united states. i think we know how to deal with this. we can develop these protocols in africa and in liberia there is one doctor for every 90,000 people. we have a robust infrastructure. and we do need to get our act together to make sure everybody is a part of that. i think we can do that, i have great faith in the nurses if they take care -- >> but if they're properly trained. you have the director of the cdc saying last week that the hospital in texas was taking all necessary precautions that was needed to protect health care workers who were caring for the

individuals. you say nurses will be there in the audience, you have the nurse who came forward called the whistle-blower this morning, the exact opposite. so while you have confidence in the hospitals, do you have confidence in the cdc after learning that the young nurse who was in ohio was told it was okay to get on the plane. she was not told to stay in place. >> well, i certainly think all of those are a tremendous wake-up call. but if you're saying i don't have faith that we can properly train these health care professionals, which is what they are, then i -- >> no, i'm not saying that we cannot. we have not. and we have known for sometime of the ebola crisis in the united states. we know that we don't live in a vacuum. we've known this. >> right, so i think the kind of questions you will hear today. by the way, tamron, i believe that both republicans will be very serious and not political about this, that we're going to

talk about how going forward we can beef up very strong health care infrastructures that we have in the united states to make sure that we are safe. the same unfortunately, can't be said for west africa. where you know, they have such a -- a weak and fragile infrastructure. but we have to address that, too. >> well, we'll look forward to hearing the questions at the hearing just in about 20 minutes from now, 15 minutes, thank you so much, congresswoman for your time, we appreciate it. >> i appreciate it. today, some voters say their state is a laughing stock after a bizarre gubernatorial moment. why governor rick scott refused to step on the stage because of a fan. and what our team is calling a "defining moment." other left hie plane... his shoes! and a third simply doesn't want to be here. ♪ until now...

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the virus. and my next guest knows the dangers, having traveled to 18 times over the past decade, researching and on ebola, author of books documenting the spread, the latest ebola, the natural human history in a deadly virus. david, thank you so much for joining. >> good to be with you. >> i know you called the outbreak unprecedented in scope, and a couple questions, you say, are crucial as to where did the virus come from, where is it going, and what's next? >> right. right, and we know ebola comes from the forest, the forest of central and west africa, lives in an animal, some animal species serving as the long term hiding place. they call that the reservoir host. it might be bats. people have talked about bats, but we don't know. there's no positive evidence they are the reservoir host. whatever it is, it spills out of the animal occasionally and gets

into humans, when they come in contact with the animal, perhaps by killing it for food, and then once it's in humans as we've seen, it can spread, but this spread further across west africa and infected more people, i think partly, because in these west african countries, the forest is not far from the big capital cities. >> you are also worried about possible mutations. >> well, we know it's been mutating and changing. we don't know that it's been adapting better to humans, but there have been -- there's been a scientific publisher at the end of august by a team of scientists, five of whom were dead of ebola by the time the paper was published, and that paper documented the rate of mutation. it is mutating. it's not at all likely to mutate to become an airborne virus. that would be too much of a stretch, but it's possible it

might mutate and adapt in ways to make it perhaps more insidious, more transmissble among humans because it kills people more slowly. >> i know you're opposed to travel restrictions, and you have seen the worst of what the disease can do and see hopeful signs that medical personnel and technology can offer. with that said, from when the original outbreak took place, which i know you noted, took months before officials were noted outside of the village where the first case of the current outbreak took place to some of the delays we're seeing here in the u.s., and does it surprise you from africa to the united states how behind some of the leaders who should be on the forefront of the knowledge that you've provided in your writings and others have been? >> yes, it does surprise me. first of all, let me say that i'm not entirely against travel restrictions. screening at airports, possible suspension of commercial flights from west africa, my thinking along with other people's

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right now on "andrea mitchell reports," nina pham, the first health care worker to contract the virus in the united states is expected to be transported to the national institutes of health isolation unit in maryland. demanding answers, the nation's top health experts on capitol hill now, and in a few minutes, they'll be grilled how ebola spread in the u.s. and how we're going to contain it. >> it appears our hospitals were not ready, workers were not trained adequately. >> we have a fragmented public health system. i think there's legitimate questions about how the cdc is hap handling this. >> who is in charge? the alphabet soup of washington, searching for a way to coordinate its response. meanwhile, sprawling allegations raised by one of the nurses who works in the hospital in dallas. >> i just flat