eugene, star struck? >> i learned the people who are saying stop the flights really ought to check the flight schedule. they really odd to do a little research. >> i learned i did save thomas' number under merv in m. >> merv? >> merv the perv. >> i'll just say i learned something, men will choose sex over food. i think i -- >> on that note, everybody, thank you so much. have a great weekend. if it's way too early, it's time for "morning joe." now it's time for "the daily rundown." many moving parth his as one person arrives at nih. and fearing there are still flaws in the system and calling for president obama to name a czar to steer the response. in liberia, the infections and

fatalities number in the thousands. as u.s. troops are headed there to help. we will hear from the associated press's chief photographer in africa about the sights he saw in recent days. just 18 days to go now. the campaigner in chief takes center stage in new hampshire. where senator jeanne shaheen is trying to hang on and where hillary clinton might be hanging out a lot more in the months to come. i'm craig melvin. it is friday, october 17th, 2014. this is the "daily rundown." a lot of new developments in the fight against ebola. both infected texas nurses are waking up at specialized hospitals far from home. emory university hospital in atlanta and the national institutes of health in bethesda, maryland. is a warm sendoff for that first

nurse to catch ebola from human to human contact in the united states. before pham arrived, one of her dallas doctors took video inside her isolation room. >> thanks for taking care of the first patience. it means a lot. this has been a huge effort by all of you guys. we're really proud of you. >> the hospital that employs pham and nurse amber vinson. the hospital is responding to allegations made by another nurse on the "today" show yesterday. she said her protective gear did not cover her neck. the hospital says cdc personnel on site recommended taping the gowns. then ordered medical shrouds and that staff wore, quote, appropriate personnel protective equipment. meanwhile, we're getting our

first look at the enhanced airport screenings which started yesterday in four more u.s. airports. last night, after meeting members of his ebola fighting team, president obama said he is not, quote, philosophically opposed to a travel ban from ebola afflicted countries. but his team of experts say airport screenings are actually more effective. >> i want to assure the american people we're taking this seriously. but this is something that's really hard to catch. and if we do what we need to do, and we stay focused, then this is going to be something that is going to be contained here. the work we have to do overseas is going to be tougher. >> the state department announced a hospital worker who may have had contact with thomas duncan's lab specimens before he died is now on a caribbean cruise. carnival cruise lines confirms the guest is an isolation and

the cdc is trying to bring her back to the united states right now. officials say the worker had been self-monitoring since october 6th and left the country on october 12th. she has no symptoms. and she is considered very low risk. meanwhile, the cdc is expanding those passenger notifications on those frontier flights taken by nurse amber vinson before she tested positive for ebola. the agency is reaching out to passengers on both of the flights that she took to and from cleveland on the 10th and the 13th. and we're live this morning at both hospitals now treating u.s. ebola patients. nbc's luke russert is at the national institutes of health. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in emory, in atlanta. luke, pham arrived late last night. what more do we know this morning about her condition? >> well, that's right, craig, nina arriving about 10:00 last night. she flew her via private plane and had an escorted ambulance to

the facility. from that video, she seemed to be in good spirits. we do know she got off the plane in a biocontainment suit. and she also joked around in another part of that video we didn't show where she said to her friends via the hospital there in texas, everybody come to maryland. so she seems to be in good spirits. as good as she possibly can be. as far as how long she'll stay here at nih, we are told until she's better. nih has specialists, critical care specialists, that are very much involved in this type of care on a daily basis. they're one of the four hospitals in the country that have a bio containment unit. they're specially equipped to deal with the ebola virus. they've not had a full-on ebola patient yet. they had somebody who was eventually discharged and not found to have had the virus. this is one of the top facilities in the country and nina will be in very good hands and hopefully she gets better sooner rather than later.

>> luke russert for us this morning from bethesda, maryland. let's go down to atlanta now. gabe gutierrez is standing by at emory university hospital. amber vinson is. do we have an update on her condition at this point, gabe? >> hi, craig, good morning. emory is not updating amber vinson's condition this morning. we learned from a cdc doctor yesterday she was very sick. the cdc is scrambling to identify any commercial airline passengers that may have come into contact with vinson. the cdc says she might have first started exhibiting symptoms on friday, possibly, earlier than first thought. nothing's been confirmed yet. she did fly on friday from dallas to ohio to visit her family and to plan her wedding. the bridal shop that she visited has been closed. it closed itself as a precaution. five of her friends are also being supervised. her uncle just released a statement. let me read it for you.

it says amber is a respected professional. and has always had a strong passion for nursing. she followed all of the protocols necessary when treating a patient in dallas. now, craig, you might remember, she actually called the cdc on monday before she boarded that plane back to dallas. she self-reported that she had a fever of 99.5 degrees. but that apparently did not meet the risk threshold of 100.4 degrees. her family saying she followed all the protocols. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. pressure is building on capitol hill to respond to public anxiety. for some lawmakers to find someone to blame as well. members of both parties grilled cdc director tom frieden at a house hearing on thursday, asking how the agency could have allowed nurse amber vinson to travel on a commercial airplane. >> did she, in fact, call the cdc and ask for guidance on

boarding a commercial flight as far as you know? >> my understanding is she did conduct cdc. >> what did she tell you her symptoms were? >> i have not seen the transcript. >> and the nurse that was infected -- yes or no? >> our review of the records suggestion that -- >> if you didn't know, you shouldn't have said it. >> the lawmakers, including some democrats, are calling for a travel ban from the west african countries hardest hit. frieden said the agency will consider any options to better protect americans but warned if people are banned from flying into the country they might find other ways to get into the united states without proper screening. >> we won't be able to check them for fever when they leave. we won't be able to check them for fever when they arrive. we won't be able to take a

detailed history to see if they were exposed when they arrive. when they arrive, we wouldn't be able to impose quarantine as we now can if they have high-risk contact. >> though public health officials say they remain confident there will not be a large-scale outbreak unless the virus mutates, that has not stopped a great deal of fear about ebola from spreading. >> what do you think is the most important thing going forward in terms of trying to reassure the public? >> i think the most important thing is there needs to be intensive training of people throughout the country in different facilities. we now have facilities that are clear lei bell and capable of taking care of patients. >> nbc's capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. the administration continues to say a travel ban would not be effective. it sure does seem like a lot of

lawmakers want to do something. how much support does a travel ban have on the hill right now? >> it's certainly most talked about aspect of what lawmakers can do with this in pushing this. part of what we saw with the hearing which was largely not very political as hearings go. there were a lot of questions and concerns that many people in the public feel reflected in the back and forth between these officials. but the topic of a travel ban came up a lot. and in part because that's something that lawmakers say perhaps there should be a vote on that. would it, in fact, help contain the outbreak that exists in africa and limit the exposure here in the u.s.? but as you heard the official say, while they are not ruling it out, and would consider steps if this is something that would help the public, they really argued against it. saying that there are a lot of legitimate reasons not to have a travel ban in terms of being able to monitor potential patients. many lawmakers don't buy that.

it is both republicans and some democrats who are pushing for a travel ban. even saying there should be a vote. so that's one of the questions in terms of what can be done to manage this. and that is at least a popular topic, even though it may not be the only thing that congress could do, it's certainly something they're talking about. craig. >> kelly o'donnell for us this morning from d.c., thank you. i'm joined now by someone on the front lines of this city's response to ebola. she's the public information officer here in the city of dallas. officer. i always butcher the name. >> that's all right. >> let's start with information that just broke here. this order that has been signed, i understand, by the folks who are being monitored for ebola here in the city of dallas. what is this? tell me about this order. >> so dr. laky -- >> dr. laky? >> the state authority on health here in texas. he basically has been looking at

the situation and said clearly we need to put down some guidelines for these health care workers so they understand that they have a responsibility to not travel right now because there's a lot of fear about ebola. and we want to protect them and protect the people here in dallas and around the country. so these measures are in place to ensure that these hospital workers are not traveling, not using basically planes, trains and automobiles. >> not getting on cruise ships. >> right, not getting on cruise ships. it's really about taking responsibility at this time. a lot of these health care workers i'm waiting on the exact number have checked into presbyterian. they've taken the hospital up on the offer to check themselves into a nonadmission room so they can be monitored twice a day. so they're taking -- a lot of these health care workers. >> this order signed this morning short of the emergency declaration. the county executive talked about seeking yesterday, correct? >> you're correct. as far as the emergency

declaration goes, we're not quite there yet. this order is critical in maintaining that these health care workers are being responsib responsible. >> what more can you tell us about the three schools shut down yesterday? >> i can't talk about it at this time. >> but they were shut down? >> really, i can't discuss that. to my understanding, it's more of an issue of students not coming to school than it is the school itself shutting down. >> are there any schools today that are going to be shut down here in the city of dallas? >> no, not to my knowledge. >> not to your knowledge. was the city of dallas, do you feel like the city itself was adequately prepared for ebola? >> we have been having daily meetings to address just that. when we meet, our conversations are, what are lessons learned. when we dealt with the situation involving mr. duncan, this was not only a new situation for the united states but especially here in dallas. because not only are we having to deal with communicating with the residents directly impacted by this, we are physically dealing with the situation at

hand. for example, where to place the family when apartments and hotels aren't taking them. each time we're dealing with this. in nina's case, there were more challenges that came forward. each time, i'm very confident in saying we are learning more every time we see another ebola case. >> heartening to see all the nurses yesterday cheering her on as she left for the airport to get to nih. a lot of interest in her dog. what more can you tell us about the dog, the condition of the dog? is the dog being cared for? what's the latest? >> so -- >> bently. >> i'm referring to bentley as the ray of sunshine in a very, very difficult storm. and so i was there when the hazmat crew pulled bentley out of the apartment and i'm communicating with nina's sister to provide them with daily updates on bentley. we're sending pictures and videos and updates. so she's completely in the know about how bentley is doing.

>> do appreciate your time. up next, we turn to the big battleground and the fight to contain ebola. president obama opening the door to some national guard troops to west africa. also, the side of the crisis that you're not seeing. thousands of doctors, thousand, of volunteers, military personnel, alongside thousands of sick and dying patients. dramatic images from inside the hot zone from a journalist who says it's a health crisis like he's never seen before. first, though, a quick look at today's planner. at 10:00, secretary john kerry will be talking about the u.s. response to ebola. and centcom will hold a presser on operation inherent resolve to fight against isis. about 55. where you headed at such an appropriate speed? across the country to enhance the nation's most reliable 4g lte network. how's it working for ya? better than ever. how'd you do it? added cell sites. increased capacity. and your point is...

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vice president's son, hunter biden, needed a waiver because of a drug violation or incident of some kind as a younger man, to even get into the reserves. and one would think that because of the political embarrassment, this might cause the vice president, there would be a lot of finger-pointing here at the pentagon this morning. i can tell you, there's more concern actually for hunter. because he obviously, according to officials here, had some kind of problem. there's concern not only for him but his family, including three children. craig. >> i know he's also said he deeply regrets and is embarrassed. let's go back to the national guard story. at this point, do we know how many could go and when they could go to west africa? >> well, the president issued an executive order, which essentially gives him order to at any time reach down into the national guards or reserves to pick up individuals and send them to liberia, in an effort to

combat the ebola outbreak there. initially, it will include only eight individuals from the reservists, from the army reserves. engineers, logistic experts and the like, to help speed up the process of erecting hospitals. even though this number is small, it gives the president the reserve authority, so to speak, that if, indeed, more are needed in a hurry that he's got the ability to do that. >> jim miklaszewski for us, thank you. the united states, again, already committed to sending up to 4,000 military personnel to west africa. but they're not the only ones in the hot zone. doctors, volunteers, members of the media are also there as well. alongside thousands of the sick and dying. this person was among them. spending nearly two weeks trying to capture the human misery

unfolding in liberia with his camera. he is the chief photographer for the associated press. he joins me. what did you see? >> good morning, craig. well, what you see in monrovia is really not a very pretty scene. a lot of people asking themselves a lot of questions. you see a lot of people asking when the help is going to come. you have to think monrovia is a city of i think 2 million. and it is just recovering from a very lengthy civil war. the infrastructure is not up to par it the worst thing that could have happened to the country was the attack of such a virus. >> tell me about mercy kennedy. >> mercy kennedy, yeah, 9 years

old. after mr. duncan arrived in texas, we all went to find out where he came from where he stayed in monrovia. so we went to his neighborhood. there was this little girl who was hunched over a tree, 9 years old. and her mother had just passed out. now, remember, they were all living in this compound where mr. duncan was living. and a lot of people did contract the disease there. the biggest difficulty that we had and that we encountered throughout, you know, covering the ebola virus there was that you cannot have any contact with people. you have to stay a little bit far from them. you cannot engage the way we normally engage. as journalists, as photographers, you have to engage, you have to get close, so you can really relate to them. and in that case, it was not

possible. and to me it was heartbreaking to see that little girl hunched over a tree, sobbing because her mother had just passed away, and not being able to do anything. not being able to reassure her. not being able to grab her in my arms. it is something i think will be haunting me for quite a while. >> what kind of a -- what kind of precautions did you take? >> well, you have to take a lot precautions. ebola is a war. you have to be prepared. you have to try to protect yourself as much as possible. if injury companiy s comes to y biggest danger is injury coming to you. in this case, it would be catching the virus. the main thing is to keep clean. the main thing is you have the constant hand washing. you wash your hands with chlorine solutions. with all kinds of things. you spray your boots. you wear big rubber boots. we did have in the trunk of the

car we're traveling with some hazmat suits, goggles, masks, everything. which we didn't use. the reason being, we never put ourselves in a situation where we would have needed to use them. unlike health workers, unlike people who go around and pick up bodies. unlike ambulance workers who go around and try to help people who fell ill and take them to the centers. >> jerome delay. the pictures are powerful, sir. thank you for your time. up next, a major raid on protesters stirring up the streets of hong kong. new developments in the three-week-long so-called umbrella revolution. also, a small island bracing for a huge storm. we're live in bermuda where a category 4 hurricane is hours away from landfall there. the exhilaration of a new engine. painstakingly engineered without compromise.

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the tiny island of bettrmud is bracing for one of the strongest hurricanes it's seen in a decade. the hurricane is less than 200 miles from bermuda now with sustained winds of more than 130 miles per hour. it is expected to make landfall tonight. heavy rains and high winds are already reaching that island. the latest advisory warns that residents should rush to complete their preparations this morning. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer is in southampton, bermuda. looks pretty calm behind you. >> craig, it really is, it's a hurry up and wait situation. everybody has been getting ready. the whole island is prepared for the storm. the conditions have been deteriorating a little. we're seeing a whole lot more white caps out on the ocean here. and those are starting to come in it t in, and the wind is just beginning to build up. this afternoon we'll see the

high of the storm. that's when the eye the storm is about 20 to 50 miles from where i'm standing now. hurricane winds extend 50 miles out. this island is going to get battered. there are some national defenses that protect this island. a reef is going to protect from a major storm surge. it's also high in elevation. that should prevent a lot of the flooding inland. coastal areas of course will still see some flooding naturally. the buildings here are built to a strict hurricane code. they're made of solid cement. still, we're looking for hours for winds to be around 115, 120 miles per hour so we'll see how this tiny little island out in the atlantic can handle it. craig. >> dylan dreyer for us in bermuda. out in the pacific, the forecast seems to be improving slightly. tropical storm ana strengthening this morning.

its path is shifting away from the hawaiian islands. schools are closed there today. that storm is expected to bring heavy rain and winds of somewhat between 40 and 50 miles per hour. we turn now to hong kong. where hundreds of police officers staged their biggest raid yet to clear those pro democracy protesters out of the city's financial district. 800 officers storm the area in riot gear while many of those protesters were asleep in tents. police managed to clear barricades in an especially busy area of the city without any arrests or injuries. a similar operation wednesday sparked outrage after a local video crew captured police beating a protester. the u.s. state department has called for a, quote, swift transparent and complete investigation of the incident. meanwhile, the streets remain calm today. the number of protesters is expected to rise as students finish classes for the week.

hong kong's leader has offered to begin talks with protest leaders next week. more ahead on the efforts to treat and contain ebola in the united states. first, though, we turn to politics. big names on the trail with just 18 days until those midterm elections, republicans are keeping their eyes on the prize. growing more confident about gaini ing control of the senate. the moderator chuck todd on the other side of this break. once there was a girl who snooze-buttoned her morning run away... one cap of downy created such irresistibly soft sheets, she wanted to stay in bed forever. downy. surround yourself with three times the softening. woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy

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with 18 days to go, republicans are sounding more confident that they will win 2014's big prize. control of the u.s. senate. the top republican strategist in charge told reporters thursday, quote, we're going to take the senate. we're going to take it on election day. predicting a majority, even if elections in louisiana and georgia head to december and january runoffs. if republicans don't win, he joked, quote, i'll be in an

unmarked grave. in the debate last night, democratic bruce braillely, just back from a hearing on ebola in washington yesterday, defended the president's response to the crisis. >> unfortunately, our administration, including congressman brayly, has been reactive, rather than proactive. >> she supported a radical plan to shut down the federal government, said she would have voted for it, and we learned today that that dramatically cut the funding for the centers for disease control and the national insurantitutes for health. >> in colorado, udall trails republican congressman gardner. in a new quinnipiac poll, an independent candidate takes 8% of that vote. in virginia, republican ed gillespie's campaign going dark this week. the decision to place no new ads until saturday is an acknowledgement his struggling

campaign can't match democrat mark warner financially. in georgia, democrats are bullish about a late surge by michelle nunn who's borrowing from the playbook against mitt romney, flooding the air waves with ads hammering republican perdue on outsourcing jobs. jim ed jill biden will be there saturday. hillary clinton, though not by name, as she referenced the, quote, let detroit go bankrupt headline that appeared in an op-ed he once wrote. bill clinton will rally democrats in hot springs, arkansas, tonight, before heading to his hometown of hope for a rally tomorrow at the train depot where he launched his 1992 campaign for president. clinton will be making three more stops in arkansas sunday. on monday, he'll campaign with louisiana senator mary landrieu in baton rouge. last night in new hampshire, mr. clinton joked about the calls that he's getting from

democrats. >> at election time, sometimes people come get me and i feel like an old race horse in a stable and people just take me out and put me on the track and slap me on the rear to see if i can run around one more time. we'll get a hold of this ebola thing. and i do not believe isis will succeed. they want you to cast resentment votes. resentment against the president. resentment against the affordable care act. resentment against the last bad thing that happened. >> chuck todd is moderator of "meet the press," also nbc's political director. joins me live now. bill clinton there clearliness element last night, talking about how americans are living in an unsettled time. that's the language he used. how much do you think the ebola fear that's gripping a lot of this country, the fact that the stock market is off by 10% from

month to month? how much do you think these public anxieties are going to hurt democrats in 18 days? >> i can tell you democrats are worried about this. republican candidates are trying to take advantage of that anxiety. and, you know, conflating certain issues, saying, oh, the border's porous and somehow isis can get through or ebola will cross the border. so i think there is this, i think you see some republican candidates trying to take advantage of the anxiety. democrats nervous about it. frankly, i can tell you this, craig, i know a bunch of congressional democrats have been begging the white house, you know, do the czar thing, do something more public and transparent as quickly as possible because they are very concerned this serves as sort of the last drag, the last thing that makes it that much harder for them to win over these whatever persuadable voter might exist now. >> the upper chamber, the senate

races. what is the surprises less than three weeks out? what are you watching in the final weeks? >> it seems to be this week, felt as if it was a good republican week. you saw small gains in almost a bunch of those races. iowa and colorado are going in the wrong direction now for democrats. they feel like some of these public polls, particularly in colorado, have been way off in how they sample hispanics. that may -- they believe those margins are correct. they acknowledge there's been some erosion. but what's gone on in georgia it seems every type the republicims looks like they might -- maybe things are going in the right direction in colorado or in arkansas, then there's a stumbling block. georgia's the latest stumbling block. david perdue, you mentioned the outsourcing earlier, he is in crisis mode himself.

there's going to be a substantial amount of money that gets poured into georgia in the next two weeks to see what happens there. probably destined for a runoff. but that was a race republicans didn't want to have up in the air this late in the game. >> what's on the show sunday, chuck? >> we're basically doing an ebola summit, craig, is the best way to describe it. i've got some medical experts, the head of emergency prepareness from johns hopkins. i've got lori garrett, council of foreign relations. bob casey, roy blunt, sort of the political response. are politicians being responsible? trying to use this entire time on "meet the press" to go through myths and realities a little bit. what's real, what's not real. and to try to cut through some of the clutter on the political response as well. so a lot of ebola. and its impact right now on the country. >> chuck todd. if it's sunday, it's "meet the

press." some breaking news here. reco regarding ebola from the associated press here. the wire reads world health organization admits botching attempts to stop the ebola outbreak in west africa. again, world health organization, w.h.o., admitting it botched attempts to stop the outbreak in west africa. certainly will be much more on that over the next few hours. meanwhile, up next, major developments on the battlefield in iraq in syria. as isis loses its grip on kobani. we'll talk about precisely what's happening. those details and much more when "tdr" comes right back. i'm only in my 60's.

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fighter jets. according to syrian act visits, the jets were seized from the syrian military. the u.s. military says it's unaware of any fight operations by isis at this point. kurdish leaders are reporting success, thanks to more than a dozen air strikes since wednesday, kurdish leaders say isis is actually retreating in some parts of kobani now, but in baghdad, isis is claiming credit for new bombings that killed three dozen people in shia neighborhoods thursday. more than 150 people have been killed in baghdad since sunday. i'm joined now by former california democratic congresswoman jane harman. let's start with these reports that these isis fighters have somehow gotten their hands on three -- three fighter jets. what's the likelihood that that's actually happened? >> well, i don't know. i don't know what the facts are. is it possible, sure, it's

possible. are there trained fighters who were trained by saddam hussein? absolutely. are they disaffected? you bet. but it seems to me three fighter jets going up against us and even the assad forces are not going to last very long. and if we have any reason to believe they're around, we're going to look for them. >> and you've also got to think it certainly can't be easy to learn how to operate a fighter jet. >> well, i'm not assuming, you know, we're going to flight school. i'm assuming there are trained pilots around whom they're trying to persuade or buy to work for them. >> got you. let's talk about these kurdish fighters. there was a report in "usa today," and we obviously know the air strikes have helped. are we giving enough credit to these kurdish fighters that seem to be doing what fighters in iraq could not do just a few months ago? >> i would -- no, we're not giving enough credit to them. we always thought they were strong fighters. and they're showing their stuff.

i mean, the kurds, both in iraq and in syria, have a lot on the line. and i think it is impressive that they are putting the so-called boots on the ground that we're looking for. hopefully, as they push isis, isil, back, that will encourage other moderate sunnis on the ground to join the fight. i think there is really a chance, and i'm sort of bullish on this, i was at a briefing yesterday with john allen who's now our commander in charge of the coalition, and he seems to be bullish on this, that as we see some success, that will breed more success. >> jane, really quickly here what do you make so far of the role that turkey has played in all of this? or perhaps the lack of a role that turkey has played in all of this, depending on who you talk to? >> turkey's a nato member.

turkey is a u.s. ally. turkey has at least up to this point not been all in. the foreign fighters, many of them, are in syria because of what was the porous turkey border. turkey has said this stops. they're pushing for this no-fly zone. but the no-fly zone, everyone believes, fits turkey's agendag not our agent that. i think we ought to continue to put maximum pressure on turkey and get them on the right side of this. being on both sides is not the right side. >> jane harman, former congressman, currently runs the woodrow wilson center, thank you so much. there's no doubt there is fear in the air after two nurses contracted ebola in dallas. but here's the big question. is there really cause for public health concern at this point? we're going to be right back with answers to some of our biggest questions about ebola in the united states. stay with us.

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the cdc has to step up. they need to give us more testing kits. they need to give us more protective gear. they need to have a conference with all of our health care proefls. our first responders and say what was different in dallas than attendant. because we're taking action based on cdc guidelines. maybe that's wrong. we don't know. i want to know the difference. i want to make sure that the 19.6 million people that live in our state. the 100 million people that come here as visitors and everyone potentially being taken care of the patient is safe. >> florida governor rick scott lashing out at the cdc saying that the agency is not responding to several requests. meanwhile we get more information this morning on the breaking news we brought you at the top of the hour. the world health organization admitting it botched the attempt to stop the ebola outbreak in

west africa. the associated press obtained a document where the agency says, quote, nearly everyone involved in the response failed to notice the potential for ebola's explosive spread. dr. debby at the nyu school of medicine joins us answer tough questions. let me start there with that revelati revelation. how does that happen? >> i'm not sure how it happens. it brings up two things. two causes for concern. we're concerned about the virus itself but then the other big concern is these missteps, you know, these ideas we could have stopped this earlier potentially but we haven't. >> from your standpoint, should the president -- president obama go ahead and appoint a so called ebola czar? is that necessary? would that be effective? >> i think we should. i think the governor brings up a good point. who is responsible for containing ebola. is it the politicians supposed

to contain it? the heth care workers? the public itself? there's a lot of confusion about who is directly responsible. i think the other issue is, you know, in terms of the hospital, for example, they're looking at it like they have their own mission, their patients, things they're supposed to do it but they're doing it in addition. it's an additional project that was put on the people. the same thing is true for the first responders. like the paramedics, police, firefighters. everybody already has their own responsibilities. they're trying to figure it out. if we had an ebola czar you would have one person in control who could delegate who is responsible for what. even in terms of cost. that's another concern. who is paying for the protective gear? the hospital or the cdc? these are issues that need to be worked out a little bit more clearly. >> quickly, in addition to one person being in charge. you said we should have one facility in this country where all ebola victims, ebola patients are treated? >> i have one.

one of the concerns is because we don't have enough bio containment units. that's one of the reasons people are being sent to different places. in terms of efficiency or practice. there's a learning curve when you start something new. people are going make some mistakes. that's just -- you sthee with everything. but the thing is, if the same facility is at least managing the patients or addressing these issues they can get better over time. in this case we have people spread out all over the country and traveling back and forth. >> dr. debby, have a great weekend. thank you so much for your time. that's going to do it for this edition of t"the daily rundown." coming up next jose diaz-balart has a busy hour. secretary john kerry expected to make remarks on ebola. pentagon briefing on isis coming up. and a sentencing in the michael dunn trial. all of that and more straight

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good morning. i'm jose diaz-balart. the first focus on the latest developments in ebola in the united states. we're just learning the national institute of health will hold a news conference at the bottom of the hour. as a matter of fact, at 10:34030-eastern time. we'll be bringing it to you live. right now nina pham, the first nurse to get ebola is being treated at the nih clinical center in maryland. she arrived just before midnight. was getting off a medical transport plane and into a awaiting ambulance at dallas. nurses and staff gave her a hero sendoff. and for the first time, we're getting an inside look at the isolation unit where pham has been getting treatment. the hospital released this video of pham talking with her medical team.