replace rahm emanuel then he went on to work for aol steve case in the investment. part is health care. that's not his main area of expertise. he's going to be somebody who is going to take all of these different differententies, look at who is involved in dadealing with the crisis. the centers for disease control and prevention and department of homeland security to department of defense. he's somebody who is going to oversee everything and presumably also who will serve as a singular spokesman. one of the things we've looked at is the number of people who have spoken for the administration. i think at last count it was seven or eight different people. they were looking for one clear focus. there's also a political component to this. it's increasing pressure from members of congress who are out in their districts that are seeing many campaign ads by the republicans who have been using this as an argument.

they say this is an administration that doesn't have its act together. this is a political response as well. most people have been talking about a czar. to them, almost to a person it made sense. this is so big. so many different departments. each head of each department has so much on his or her plate as it is. they really needed somebody to do oversight and clearly the president agreed with that. >> it sounds from his résume while extensive ron klain on paper sounds like a political creature of create success but not someone obviously with a medical background despite some work, as you mentioned, with health care workers. i think the initial response from some. wondering for this is the proper person for the job. yes, you can wrangle in the different agencies. should you be from the medical world? >> well, that is a big question.

one that is going to be asked. when i talked to people, again, who are not political creatures but who are people who run medical organizations or have been involved in the health care industry for a long time they say, look, we need strong organizational structure. we need to be able, especially have a chart that saying you know what are the lines of demarcation and the president said as recently as yesterday every person who left the meetings over the last couple of days when he called in his top people knows exactly what their assignment is. knows what i want from them. how does it get coordinated from the white house perspective, again, this is somebody who has run organizations like vice president's offices and been able to coordinate these kinds of things. >> in a comparison, a loose comparison, this reminds me after 9/11 when saw all the agencies not coordinated. you have the fbi not communicating with the cia. the state police and the local

police feeling as if they didn't know who to turn to after the disaster. a lot was revealed about our national security as a result. we saw new agencies formed as a result of this. here we are now not at a crisis level with ebola but certainly one of great concern. it has exposed, as you know, from the reporting here at msnbc, it has exposed how vulnerable we are, how vulnerable the cdc is to this epidemic, potentially >>well, we also saw when you look at the reports post 9/11 what went wrong that lead us to have 9/11. it was a lack of communication. it was a lack of coordination among agencies. obviously this is one of the thing it's designed to prevent. it is interesting when you look at the perspective that some of the heaviest critics on the republican side of what they have said are too many czars that have been appointed by this president were among those who have been calling for a czar including john mccain but we also saw florida senator bill nelson, a democrat yesterday calling for a czar. i think there was a growing

consensus there needed to be some sort of person to oversee all of this. >> thank you very much, chris. the national institute of health gave an update on the condition of the first texas nurse doeged, nina pham, who was transported to the center last night. the federal agency is in charge of medical research and responsible for investigating the cures for rare diseases like ebol ebola. >> we feel very humbled and fortunate to be in a position to work on this international disaster ebola and try to develop some new preventive and treatment strategies. >> she's not deteriorating. i cannot tell you at this particular time why we said fair because of patient confidentiality. she's stable now and resting comfortably. >> in an emotional video pham is seen wiping away tears as she says goodbye to the doctors treating her.

telling her colleagues she loves them. her plane landed late last night. she, of course, was wearing the protective gear as she walked to an balance waiting nearby with the help of an escort. and let's bring in nbc luke russert. we heard an update from the facility there. what is so interesting, luke, is why miss pham is there. knowing the nih look at research. their focus is cures and perhaps part of her being there is that. >> that's certainly what some folks are speculating, tamron. the nih also has one of the four bio containment units in the country that are specially created for people that have infectious diseases at this magnitude such as ebola. so miss pham is getting the best possible care she could receive within the united states. few interesting take aways from the press conference, tamron. you mentioned she's in fair condition. stable condition.

it's a downgrade from good where she was in texas. however, we can't read too much into that. she had a long flight. in her condition and she's here. the doctor said she's getting extraordinary care. there are 20 nurses assigned to miss pham. she has two nurses in the room with her at any time. she's interacting with staff. she's in a good mood. he called her very brave. she has kre chur comforts. she was playing onner ipad. for the statement she's doing probably the best she could. as far as how long she will stay here at nih. he said until she's free of the virus and remains to be seen when that will be. but this is something they've been prepared for. they had someone in september who was exposed, they believe, to the ebola virus didn't end up having it. they had the specialists on sight. they're very much eager to try to help miss pham get back on

her feet as quickly as possible. >> state department officials are rushing to remove a cruise ship passenger who works at texas health presbyterian and may have handled fluid samples from duncan. they are being held off the coast of belize. in a statement carnival has written. the cdc stressed it's been 19 days since the passenger may have processed mr. duncan's samples. this morning the agency scrambling to identify more airline passengers who may have come in contact with the second nurse diagnosed, amber vincent. doctors unsure of when she began showing symptoms. they're expanding their alert to passengers on her first flight from dallas to ohio. let me bring in cdc spokesperson tom skinner who joins us by phone. thank you for your time.

>> thank you very for having me. >> it's difficult to pinpoint miss vincent when her symptoms started to show. she's not able to communicate now. >> i'm not sure i understand which person you're talking about. i don't know them by name basis. >> there are only two. the and the first is miss pham. the second is amber vincent subpoena. she contacted the cdc and asked about her low grade temperature whether or not she should get on the plane. she was not told to get off the plane. the woman at emery? >> i don't have an update on her clinical status. you would have to call the hospital where she's staying and they could probably provide you an update on her clinical status. >> is the cdc not in contact regularly to get an update? what is the cdc's role in monitoring the progress of these patients and potentially people they have exposed? >> so we have reached out to all

the passengers on the plane that were with her an the flight from cleveland to dallas all were accounted for and interviewed and are being monitored. as far as the flight from dallas to cleveland, we're in the process of contacting those passengers and hopefully by the end of the day we will finish that as well. >> what about the bridal salon where we know she was preparing for her wedding. as i understand it, there's some concern at the bridal salon in ohio. you were looking to contact people who may have gone there? >> yes. we have a team on the ground in ohio that is working with the state and local health department there to identify the contacts and follow up with them appropriately as well. >> and how -- just looking at the difficult dwri y reaching o. those are some people that walk in, browse around, and leave.

they don't have to sign in or if they don't purchase something their name would not be on a log. how would you locate the people? >> well, through the media and other ways. but one thing i want to point out is the nurse, when she was in cleveland and at the bridal shower we're not aware she was vividly sick th any kind of diarrhea or vomiting or anything like that. i would just remind your viewers how this is spread >>well, tom. that brings -- >> spread when a person is sick with illness they have vomiting, diarrhea, or blood. you have to come in direct contact with the substances to get infected. >> we interrate that. thank you very much for the information. it brings me back to the initial question i asked you about putting the timeline together when she was symptomatic and how you've been able to piece that together. you said you're not aware of her condition in the day-to-day and my question specifically was how

are you gathering the information. can she assist you at all in providing her timeline? >> let me be clear about what i just said. i said she wasn't visibly sick with vomiting and diarrhea at the bridal shop. okay. so let's be clear about that. she was -- prior to getting on the plane self-reporting her temperature to us. she reported a temperature of 99.5, which is below the 100.4 threshold we use right now when using information along with symptoms to diagnose someone with ebola. so we are actually changing our movement guidance. she would have been in the category that would not have allowed her to travel. but at the time that did not pertain to her. unfortunately she was allowed to travel. in hindsight she shouldn't have been allowed to. >> we got that information yesterday. thank you for reintegrating it.

let me go back to the announcement of a czar being named by the white house to, in a sense, organize the different levels. do you believe that is necessary for the cdc right now? given that your own leadership has admitted to failures and missteps here. >> you know i think the president has made it very clear that such a czar could help with the response organizing and overseeing it. we at cdc are certainly in favor of anything that is going to result in a more effective and robust response at the end of the day our goal here at cdc is to simply protect americans 24/7. that's what we strive to do. >> and obviously it seems there have been some missteps in that goal and that's why you now have this czar. but thank you so much for your time and insight and the information you were able to provide. thank you. >> after a texas health presbyterian nurse spoke out

exclusively to nbc news criticizing the handling of mr. duncan's case. the hospital is responding saying it was the first hospital in the united states to receive a patient with undiagnosed ebola. we have acknowledged we made mistakes and we're deeply sorry. our amazing care giver team did not hesitate to rise to the challenge despite being an unprecedented situation. craig melvin is standing by outside the hospital with us today. craig, the nurse there that spoke with our colleague matt lauer who has been described as a whistle blower. the hospital hasn't spoken point by point regarding some of the things she's alleged there. the climate, though, when we saw nina pham, the nurse leave. you had nurses lining the streets cheering her on. there is a sense they feel they are under siege and many people feel they were left exposed. >> the scene with the nurses holding the posters and cheering

on pham. i can tell you general passers by in their cars were honking horns. for the first time in almost three weeks there's not a known patient with ebola in the dallas area. we know that some space has been made here at texas presbyterian just in case there is one of the health care workers who is diagnosed over the next few days. they have space here. we can tell you early krer this morning there was an agreement reached. an agreement of sorts between officials here in the city of dallas and the workers who were being monitored for ebola. the workers signed an agreement this morning not to travel. not to get on buses, airplanes, trains. an an agreement that restricts them from going to public places where you have a large gathering of people. that's an agreement signed.

short of the order being considered yesterday by the county executive here. i asked the public information officer this morning how this is going to be enforced and basically i was told it's sort of a honor system thing. they're trust the health care workers are not going to violate the agreement. but keemt you have one worker that flew across country. there's some confusion over whether she knew or didn't know how sick she was when she got on the airplane. as you reported, the worker who decided to take a cruise as well. the idea being an agreement that would prevent workers from doing things like that until the end of the 21-day period. >> thank you very much, craig. all the talk about ebola has many americans on edge. are you fears, if you have some, unfounded? we'll break it down. the difference between hysteria and critical questions. whether some want them answered or not. up next we'll talk live with the author who has been tracking

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joining me live now is mayor of akron, ohio where amber vincent visited last week traveling to akron from dallas. and the mayor is holding a news conference at the bottom of the hour to give an update on the precautions being taken. mayor, thank you so much for joining us. let's start with some of the precautionary things that you looked at here including some of the passengers who may have worked at schools and the bridal salon where miss vincent visited while she was there. give us a short list of why you're concerned about some of these locations >>well, right now there are no cases in akron, but what they have identified is the contacts that miss vincent -- people that she was with. she was very responsible. she asked the cdc before she left dallas. she talked to them.

she quarantined herself except for going to the bridal -- she was planning the wedding with friends. she went there and went to the house. for the most part stayed in the house. she was very responsible. she should be considered a hero instead of being vilified. she followed orders. the direct contact people in direct contact with her they've been identified by the cdc with our health department and they are monitoring them. they asked them to voluntarily be in what you could call a quarantine. stay in the house for the 21 days. one has a child in akron public schools. the superintendent made a decision to close the school for a day and do as much cleaning and sterilizing everything they can just to be overly precautious. >> and to your point, mayor, you describe it as overly precautious.

however, the safety of individuals, obviously, is a great concern of yours. you took the measure, to your point, over caution, but putting the lives of others ahead of what some might see as an unnecessary action >>well, i mean, it's always a balance here. you can shut down the whole city when there's something one thing that happens and so you to balance people. going to school, all the list of things that superintendents that mayors have to be responsible for and consider while they're taking on that responsibility. i think we talk about things like this. you want to err on the side of precaution.

this is a plan that has been laid out for many years just in case something like this would happ happen. there's only one person and she left this community. there are no other persons. but the precaution of having everyone who she was with go into voluntary quarantine. those are steps that our precautionary measures i think you do to try to protect all the other people out there that would be in contact with them if they happened to somehow get the virus. so we're taking those steps. it's new in some ways because the cdc keeps changing some of their protocol. the young lady checked with them. they told her it was okay to travel. now they've changed it. obviously the whole nation is learning something because of what is going on in dallas, texas and akron, ohio. mayor don of akron, thank you so

much, mayor. for your time. we appreciate you joining me today. today we have learned shocking admission from the world health organization the agency concluding that it botched the attempts to stop the ebola outbreak in west africa. in a draft document obtained by the associated press the agency said, quote, nearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall. now the document blames incompetent staff and lack of information for the failures and questions why it took fife months and 1,000 deaths before the national health emergency was declared. experts worry expose a lack of readiness for ebola as well as the next epidemic. back with me is someone tracking ebola for 15 years and the author of several books. he traveled to africa 18 times and his latest book "ebola the natural and human history of a

deadly virus" traces the most recent outbreak. thank you so much for joining us. >> for perspective here, by the numbers i heard you say late yesterday the number of people who died in other ebola outbreaks combined does not come close to the number from this one outbreak. >> that's right. there have been more than 20 previous outbreaks of ebola virus disease in africa. different countries in africa. and the total case fatalities from all of those outbreaks was about 1800 people. none of those outbreaks killed more than about 280 or 300 people. they were all -- they burned out if they were tiny or contained by good responses. >> with the world health organization and that statement that i just read from the draft document saying nearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall. knowing that you've been there that ground zero. that hot zone what is your reaction to the same?

-- statement? >> i have never been at ground zero. i have strased the outbreaks historically. sometimes coming a month after the outbreak ended in uganda. it seems to me that's a shocking admission but it must be true. because in all other cases combinations of teams from the cdc, the world health organization, from the national ministries of health have been able to contain these outbreaks and stop them. it didn't happen in west africa. probably for a combination of things including the mistakes the world health organization is admitting this morning. there were circumstances that made this harder. >> when you were on with me yesterday, david, you pointed out the particular crisis happening in west africa and the missteps in the middle many people get caught up in the hype. this is the big disease wiping out thousands of people in the united states. to your point yesterday that is not the case. but this, as you put it

yesterday, it's a dress rehearsal for what you do see as something down the line. and i'm curious of your response when you hear people, for example, on social media who say things like you're inflaming the anxieties of people here. i think what i believe some are missing the point is that this is not just about this ebola outbreak. to the point you make this exposes how we're not prepared for whatever is next here. >> that's right. it's a fine tricky line between overreaction and under reaction. between the right amount of concern motivating us to a greater preparations to with the outbreak and the next one and between that and panic. i've been making the point for, well, for the two years since my first book on this came out that this is just one of a series. this is part of a pattern.

there will be more viruss emerging from animal species in richly diverse ecosystems that get into systems and spread to humans. the mayor mentioned influenza. it's serious candidates to kill not just hundreds of thousands of people but tens, hundreds, and thousands even millions of people. the influenzas. cz sars there's a whole list of things we should be prepared to deal with in the future years. >> the concern if the dress rehearsal exposed where we're vulnerable. why can't we have the conversation of learning and repairing if the system is broken. >> absolutely. we need to have protocols, training, expertise, facilities in place not deal with this but the next one. ebola, dwourt, as i said is

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hurricane strength. but anna is now expected to pass south of hawaii. still the central pacific hurricane center warns the big island can expect heavy rainfall starting sometime this afternoon. which could swamp other islands on saturday and sunday. the hurricane center is warning rain could cause life threatening flash floods and mudslides. we'll get the latest as bermuda braces for the cat three storm. wi >> good morning, tamron. we're waiting for hurricane gonzalo to pass just about 20 to 50 miles from where i'm standing now. it's expected to be a category three hurricane as it makes that pass. but winds extend 60 miles out from the center of the storm. we're going to get hit hard here. the island itself is situated so it is naturally defensive against these storms. we've got a reef that sits out and surrounds the island so that prevents that major storm surge that you see so often out of

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tonight. we're hunkering down and being safe as the storm crosses over. >> thank you. up next the white house takes action on ebola. president obama will appoint former administration official as the ebola czar. more on his background next from the white house in a live report. he real scratch made tase of warm nestlé toll house cookies? well with new nestlé toll house frozen cookie dough, you can bake as few or as many as you please. whenever your sweet tooth comes calling, they're frozen and ready to bake. find them in the frozen aisle. bake some love™. when folks think about wthey think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america.

we want to get to the breaking news we've been following this hour. president obama has appointed an ebola czar to coordinate the administration's response to the deadly virus. let's go live to the white house correspondent kristen welker is standing by. ron klain is the man's name but i know you've learned more information how the structure will work. and how he'll oversee these agencies. what can you tell us? >> well, tamron, ron klain, first of all. a little bit about his background. he's someone who has a background in law as well as business. he served as chief of staff for vice president biden as well as former vice president al gore.

he's going to report to lisa monaco. that's the president's top adviser for home aland security. we're getting reaction from capitol hill. mixed reaction. no surprises there. republican john flemming of louisiana tweeting, quote, a political activist and not even a doctor. shows where the priorities of po did, us reside. chuck schumer writing i've known ron klain for over 20 years. she's ma he's smart, level headed, he's an excellent choice. clearly president obama wanted to pick someone who has a strong background in management. there were practical as well as political pressures here, tamron. there is wide spread fear about ebola. so the administration felt it was necessary to have a point person. but the president getting political pressure from democrats. the midterm elections less than a month away. democratic officials telling me they are relieved that president obama appointed someone because they don't want to see another

week like the one they just had here in which it felt as though no one was really leading the charge. so now ron klain will take the reigns and take that position. >> thank you so much. and up next fears over ebola. government reassurances, and major cleanups underway have not stopped the worries of some. when does caution become history ya. we'll talk live with a psycho therapist who has been examining all the reaction to this crisis. i lost my sight in afghanistan, but it doesn't hold me back. i go through periods where it's hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. non-24 is a circadian rhythm disorder that affects up to 70% of people who are totally blind. talk to your doctor about your symptoms and learn more by calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com.

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hysteria. the bridal shop that amber vincent saturday now closed. a nearby elementary school shut down because a student's mom spent time with vitamin sent even though vitamncent had no contact with the woman's daughter. near san diego word that a student's sister was hospitalized with flu like symptoms was enough for officials to evacuate and cordon off college building. the fears are fuelled by images until now reserved for the movie. twitter users had their own diagnosis for the man with the clipboard. the only one without suit. phoenix air said bio hazard suits can block your field of vision and hearing which is it's part of their protocol to is one specially trained person in not in a suit keeping distance. passenger donning the homemade

hazmat suit. a virginia psychologist said his patients have expressed fear about the virus. children and teens are walking in and talking about ebola. i'm wondering why is ebola on your mind? and after speaking to these kids, right away they tell me, hey, i saw it on the tv. comedians have mocked the media coverage. >> and the inevitable of us getting it now run! the latest challenge for doctors finding an antedote for american american's. there's a lot of doomsday and it caused a lot of people to be confused with nowhere to turn. >> so let's bring in john fora therapist. thank you so much for joining us, john. it's interesting just looking at social media and the reaction you have. people would be surprised, i think, from looking at some of

the tweets and things i've gotten in. the range of half the tweets i've received from people saying the media is to blame. tamron hall you are inflaming and the other half saying the cdc should have to answer whether or not the checks and balances are in place in the event we have another disease of this kind. it seems inevitable. you have 50/50 at least from my unscientific experiment here. what do you think of the balance here in some of the reactions? ? >> well, good morning, tamron. when we're faced with this type of crisis. it's natural for human beings to feel like their sense of safety and security is comprised or challenged at least. and so we fear the welfare of our family and ourselves. here are a up kl of things people can focus on that will help them gain perspective and traverse through the times a little bit better. one is to be careful to avoid

emotional reasoning. don't think with your emotions. just because you think about something enough and you worry about it and obsess about it it doesn't necessarily mean it's going to become true. the idea is thoughts and feelings are not fact. it's very important separate the two. another thing is that people tend to feel like when they watch this on tv that they feel helpless and they have no control over it. i try to tell people to focus on things you have control over. eating well, exercising, taking care of your family. safe guarding your home, focussing on your work. all of those things put together will help you balance the situation a little bit better. >> i also tell people to try to limit your exposure to the news. no disrespect. the mind can take just so much. it's good to stay connected. it's very good to know what is going on in the world.

sometimes you can get oversaturated with this kind of information. >> and i get your point on that even though i'm in the news. you should have a balanced intake of information. but this is an ongoing situation with the answers and the questions and answers that are ongoing with this particular situation. i would think that reason minds would say, for example, we had the expert on who has studied ebola for years. and he said there's no clear explanation of where it comes from. it's a number of animals. if you ask someone now where did ebola start? that's something you can learn through watching the news, picking up a book, oegti ieduca yourself. >> find a source and get the information you need but the oversaturation, the overexposure on the news regardless of how scary this is how and how it could become a pandemic strongly advise not to do that.

another thing to do is try to focus on accepting you have anxiety right now and it's an anxious time. this is your fight or flight response time taking care of the body and protecting the body. it's put in there by god or evolution. it's okay to feel anxious. >> is it unreasonable to feel -- you said it's okay to have the anxiety. when you look at the numbers, granted, on social media who say there are a few cases. one death in two nurses here. hopefully the two nurses will survive this. with that said, there are 7,000 people exposed in west africa. we don't live in a bubble. this is a global concern. and i do believe right before our coverage heightened. i had a million people saying why aren't you covering the ebola crisis in west africa? we are putting this in as part of the important coverage. so i guess -- i struggile with

understanding some of the anxiety versus educating yourself and realizing the 7,000 lives in >> they do. and look, again, there has to be a balance. one has to strike a perspective balance. because, we have responsibilities to take care of. we have to go to work. we have to take care of our families. so yes, it's good to be plugged in, but one must really step back, take five minutes, understand what evidence you have right now and go on with your life. the over-saturation of this kind of news, i think will blow it out of proportion after a while and people can feel debilitated by it. >> absolutely. i imagine that certainly is the case, thank you so much for your time. we greatly appreciate it. we'll be right back. take on the challenge of trading options and futures...

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them more exposed to the show we all love for so long. reading rainbow. in fact update you, lavar burton raised nearly $5.5 million to create an online version of reading rainbow as you well know. he took to the internet and many of you donated to take it to the next level. with us now is lavar, because he is out with a new children's book. it's called the rhino who swallowed a storm. and he's got a new app to promote literacy. lavar, with everything going on, we thought this would be a pleasant way to end the show on friday, addressing something that should be a concern to all of us. kids and reading. congratulations on the book. >> thank you, tamryn, thank you so much. >> we're so proud of it. >> 30-plus years of promoting other people's children's books and this is the first time that i've written one so i'm enormously proud of the rhino swallows a storm. and fred rodgers was the guy who really addressed himself to the emotional well-being of our children in a world where we have people shooting up schools

and movie theaters and natural disasters of all kind and loss of life and property, i wanted to address myself to the world as children are living in it today and write a book that i believe fred would have written if he were here. >> absolutely. it is a beautiful book. and i encourage people to go out and get it right around the holidays, a great gift as well. what inspired you? were you home one night and said, as you pointed out, i've been promoting other books wirks not get in the game here? >> it was a situation, we were shooting some content for the reading rainbow app a couple of summers ago in new york city, it was another one of those tragedies that we are continually faced with in our country these days. and it just seemed that it was important for the voice of reading rainbow to be heard in a conversation with parents and their kids around you know, as you were saying in the previous conversation, as regarding ebola, limiting our children's exposure to some of the news.

in a 24-hour news cycle. our children's fears tend to, to be there. and even as parents and ca caregivers we are sometimes hesitant to discuss what's going on in the world. because we are ourselves uncomfortable about dealing with our children's emotional states as well. >> so well put. in the book children can put themselves in the story, connect with the themes, but most important, lavar as you pointed out, give them an opportunity to bond with a parent or adult in their life and sit down and read this book. and just surround yourself with something that is special. well congratulations to you. we're so proud of everything you've done and i've already got a couple of copies for my nieces when i see them in a few weeks, super excited about that so thank you, lavar, always a pleasure to have you on. that does it. up next, andrea mitchell reports. woman: everyone in the nicu --

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right now on andrea mitchell reports -- ebola czar. the president picks joe biden's former chief of staff as the man to run the nation's ebola response. cracks in the system -- one more person involved in the ebola case in dallas, is allowed to travel. this time, on a cruise ship to the caribbean. the dallas nurse first diagnosed with the disease, meanwhile, arrives in maryland. at midnight, walking on her own steam, to be treated at the national institutes of health. and doctors report today, she is doing well. >> i said she was in fair condition. which implies that she does still have some symptoms. and she's a really terrific person. we fully intend to have this patient walk out of this hospital. >> even as the dallas hospital hires a p.r. team releasing this video. >>