treating ebola patients dies of the disease in a facility in nebraska. martin sa lia's son calls him a hero. >> it's his true love. you will die for that. he is a hero to me. >> in a few minutes we will hear from the medical team at the nebraska medical center. we will bring you their comments live. pure evil is what president obama called the murderer of an american. his father read this letter from his son last month. >> don't worry, dad. if i go down, i won't go down thinking anything but what i know to be true. that you and mom love me more than the moon and the stars. >> and nfl raided and a surprise drug sweep targeted several teams. they were looking for pain killers amid allegations that

teams have been happeneding out drugs to keep players on the field. >> we need to make sure that the guys who are legends of this game and doing so much for this football game are better taken care of. i'm andrea mitchell in new york. we begin with breaking news out of omaha, nebraska. martin salia has died of ebola. he was treating patients when he contracted the disease. let's go to the medical team who just started speaking. >> we want to personally thank doctor salia's family for putting their trust in us especially since he was only with us for a sort period of time following his arrival saturday afternoon. the dozens of staff members who

cared for the patient are all taking this very hard. they put forth a truly heroic effort during the time he was with our care. in addition, the out pouring of grief and support for his family and for our staff from across the nation and around the world have been remarkable including our patients and people in washington and state headquarters, etc. we use the maximum amount of supportive care and every technique available in an effort to save his life. we are very, very sorry that the out come was not the one we all wished for. i would like to extend our profound gratitude to the remarkable professional staff who gave their all in this heroic effort. our focus on extraordinary care as well as the global, education

and elements is truly remarkable. it is the standard for quality and it is an inspiration for all. ebola is an extremely deadly disease. we are reminded that even though this was the best possible place for a patient with this virus to be, that in the very advanced stages, even the most modern techniques that we have at our disposal are not enough to help these patient when is they reach a critical tresh hold. the focus needs to remain a global emphasis on prevention as well as early diagnosis and treatment. before i turn it over to our panel, i am reminded of the words of theodore roosevelt who said it is far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered

by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in a great twilight that knows not victory or defeat. it is my pleasure now to turn this over to dr. phil schmitt who will introduce the other panelists, dan johnson, dr. chris kraterville and ms. rosana morris. dr. smith some. >> thank you. i'm dr. fill smith, medical director at unmc. i told you this morning about 4:00 a.m., dr. martin salia, a surgeon from sierra leone died. he was admitted to our biocontainment unit after a long trip from africa late saturday afternoon. he arrived in very critical condition. in spite of that, we had nurses

and doctors working around the clock to reverse his condition and were unable to do so. even though he was only here 36 hours, we got to know his family very well. a wonderful family, especially his wife and we have great respect and admiration for the way they conducted themselves and we extend to them our deepest sympathy. i would like to introduce dan johnson, critical care medicine was outstanding in their support of doctor salia and i ask him to give us a few points about some of the supportive measures they used. >> as doctor smith alluded to and as the reports and the media have shown, the doctor was extremely critically ill when he arrived to the hospital. he had no kidney function. he was working extremely hard to breathe. he was unresponsive. within the first few hours of his arrival we started running

continuous dialysis. within the first 12 hours, he had progressed to complete respiratory failure requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation. shortly there after he developedy is rearly low blood pressure and required multiple agents at high doses to maintain a marginal blood pressure. in this setting and in the setting of multiple treatments specific for ebola virus disease and despite the amazing care of our nurses and respiratory therapists, he progressed to the point of cardiac arrest and we weren't able to get him through this. i think what dr. smith and dr. gold have said is right on the money. we really, really gave it everything we could. all modern medical therapies were provided and we wish there could have been a different out come.

i'm also proud of the team for what they were able to try. i'm going to turn it over to the doctor now. >> one of the roles of an academic health center is evaluation and implementation of research interventions. there no approved treatments for ebola so one of the things that we did early on in the outbreak is to evaluate what research interventions may be available. there were two that we were able to implement in the care of dr. salia. one was zmapp and that's an intervention that we were able to obtain and that was initiated saturday evening. it's taken from individual who is survived and it may have a in potentially treating individuals with ebola.

those are the two that were implemented on saturday shortly after his arrival. >> as you just heard, the patient was simply too critical when he arrived according to his doctor there is in nebraska. they worked around the clock and could not save his life. satly his family said we are saddened by the news of her dear brother who was a father and husband and friend. the family said we kindly ask for privacy as our dear sister and wife of dr. salia and her two boys are grieving. we pray for continued mobilization of resources in sierra leone and begin tow combat the spread of the virus. keep us in your prayers as we are in this time of grief. this is from the family who lived in maryland. he is a u.s. resident.

he had been in sierra leone treating patients. the department of homeland security has in the last few days issued a new ruling that there will be special inspections for people arriving from mali because of a cluster of new outbreak of ebola incidents in mali in west africa. other sad news. the american aid worker who converted to islam will be speaking in their indiana church. isis released a gruesome video that the u.s. authenticated proving that he was indeed behead beheaded. we will not be showing any of the video. he had been held captive for a year. the video is being released as part of their continuing effort by the terrorists. joining me with more is the

terrorist doing this on camera. in this case they were executing syrian soldiers as well. they show the beheading and our colleague looked at it. i chose not to. we understand that it is more of this propaganda. >> that is exactly it. i had a chance to watch the full 17 minutes of it. it is a piece of propaganda that boefs about what isis had done over the past several months in terms of how it has taken so much territory. it alous to the fact that now you have groups and other countries pledging allegiance to isis. not only of -- it is believed to be syrian officers at the time. it is a very well produced piece of propaganda and you can

understand why these types of productions 18ate so loudly in parts of the world because of how well they are produced and the emotion they evoke. >> the parents released this audio from a previous communication with him. let's listen back. >> over a period of time like in that hospital, i was able to share a little bit of hope and comfort with some people. they were able to teach me something about themselves that i wouldn't have known otherwise. and we each were given an opportunity to look at the conflict in a different way. >> you understand egypt so well. me why you think the isis message, their propaganda would resonate in egypt. why would that be such a progressive act from the arab states? >> it is growing in areas where there is poverty and particularly in the case in

egypt where in the last year the government has been battling and particularly in this with similar ideology starting to pledge allegiance, it is going to have a ripple effect. no indication that these groups are operationally linked to one another. what we have seen in the example over the past several years, the off shoot groups draw strength and inspiration and start doing the same attacks. that allows the ideology to exist. all these suffer from good governance and bad democratic practices and that allows people to be drawn to the militancy.

>> the family of peter will be speaking today in indianapolis. with more now, i am joined by his friend. he is an independent writer and photographer who first met in beirut in 2012. our condolences. we feel this very powerfully, but you and the friends and the if family of mourn g mourning the loss of this young man. >> yeah. it's been a very long year of hoping and waiting and not knowing. four weeks of dreading the worst and hoping for the best. now it's confusing. it's frustrating. i guess the best thing to do in

pete's spirit is revoke us that to something good and celebrate who he was as a person. all of the people whose lives he touched. >> me more about changing his name and converting and his feeling for the syrian people. his parents by the way today incredibly in their grief have issued a tweet. we are heartbroken to learn our son lot of his life as a result of his love for the syrian people. they are carrying on this humanitarian mission of their son despite what happened to him. >> i can't speak much about his conversion. that happened in captivity, but he had a deep connection to the region and the culture and the

people. i remember in tripoli he fasted and out of solidarity. his family has been remarkable. with the statement today saying basically remember who he was and why he went there. that's to not forget that there still many people who are stuck in this brutal conflict. they need to not give into intimidation and fear and do the right thing. there is a lot of people that has been inspired by him. more people do that. that's the only way that a solution is going to be reached. and an end to the insanity. >> did he speak about the services in iraq and what led

him to this humanitarian mission? >> it wasn't something he dwelled on a lot. there would be stories here and there, but obviously experiencing war and seeing how destructive it is. the deep scars that last in society and its people and how it destroys families. he even said i can either be another young man with a gun or i can actually help people. he gave everything and realizing that he was needed and go there. he had a responsibility to alleviate suffering and he to. if he didn't, that's something

he didn't do. >> our condolences. this is the worst possible out come. thank you very much for talking about peter and the man you knew. the aid worker. thank you for being with us. peter's parents are expected to speak to the media around 3:30 eastern time. the cycle will cover coverage that of live. president obama called it an act of pure evil. secretary of state john kerry had this message for isis today. >> isil insists the acts of murder, torture, slavery, rape, and desecration are in response to the commands of god, a claim that is to use an old boston expression, garbage. >> "new york times," mark, you have been writing for days and traveling i don't know how many miles, but this news came to you

on air force 1. this came to you and the president with the national security team after they left australia on their way back to the united states. >> that's right, andrea. the video i think surfaced during the flight from brisbane, australia to honolulu where air force 1 refuelled. the white house press secretary josh ernest told us the president had been briefed, but the video was not authenticated yet. after the plane took off for andrews air force base, about an hour into the flight, the white house officials came back and said the video had been authenticated and they handed out a paper statement from president obama which is somewhat unusual. the white house typically will issue a statement like this electronically. they decided to hand it out to the five or six of us on the plane and one of my associate colleagues from the associated press called in the statement to the television networks and the

wires and the "new york times." that's how the president's reaction to this actually went out to the broader public. >> we sense that the white house, the president probably personally is just really deeply affected by this because it was a personal and angry statement issued. i want to take you back to beijing and all the miles back when you stood up and asked the president about press freedoms and about the restrictions on visas for "new york times" journalists who are being denied entry because the "new york times" covered the news and covered some of the negative things that have been happening. a lot of negative things that happen in china. let me play a little bit of that for you. >> in the spirit of the visa arrangements that you agreed to this week with business people and students, isn't it time to extend that right to foreign correspondents who seek to cover your country? >> media outfits need to obey

the loss and regulations. >> he gave a very stiff response when he answered that question. not immediately. me how you felt standing up in that great hall and asking a question of the chinese leader and getting in his face. >> i think as you know since you did this for many years, it's a bit nerve racking in the east room to ask the president of the united states a question and a news conference. i guess take that and double it. the great hall is a fairly imposing place and i knew that this was just a very rare moment and a chance to really put this to him. that said, i tried to focus on the tone of the question. i wanted to as you say get in his face, but i didn't want to be route about it. i'm a guest in his country and it was a kind of a big precedent for them to allow questions at a

news conference. that was going through my mind. >> i know you have been on the road for so long and had moments with some of these officials. are they as negative about a deal with iran as we are hearing? we know secretary kerry will be heading there this week and the talks will resume and they didn't get far at all last week. >> no. john kerry flew to beijing so he could join president obama for his meetings there. it was pretty clear in talking to the people who travel with the secretary that the session was not a particularly productive one. there is a sense that everyone know what is a deal looks like. there is not that much ambiguity anymore. it's a matter of whether the iranians will move on this all important question of the number of centrifuges and the enrichment capacity that they are insisting that they retain.

that seems to be kreal the crux of the matter. i did not detect much optimism that they felt they were close to a breakthrough. >> and of course the deadline is next week. they can extend, but it could collapse. get some rest and thank you very much for taking the time. from the president's foreign policy to domestic tell us. the executive action that account affect millions of undocumented immigrants.

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what is your advice to the republicans at this point, governor? >> my advice to the democrats at this point and to the president in particular is take a breath. let the congress and let the selection have its say. as opposed to jumping in and by doing something unilaterally in a way that is extra constitutional. >> former republican nominee mitt romney to put the brakes on that expected action.

that could affect millions of people. joining me now is chris alyssa, contributing editor and managing editor. a two-hour show on msnbc premiering from 9:00 to 11:00 eastern. thank you very much. congratulations to you. chris, let's hear from you first on what you think the timing might be. what's your best reporting on when the president might take this action. >> look. from what we know, he is not made a final absolute decision on what exactly the executive order will be. it seemed from his public comments and what we are hearing privately, he made a decision to do this. the extent and scope of which he is still deciding. he is back at the white house. i have every reason to believe the reporting suggests late this week is a possibility. i would be surprised if he did something early next week given the holiday week there. my guess is late this week.

the extent to which and what he does, how many undocumented workers are include the in the debortation hall, that's the stuff that will get worked out this week. not the will he do it or not. >> it's a moving target and it could be 3.3 million people if he does. people who have been here for years and have children who are murns who were born here. he could expand the deferred action for childhood arrivals, another thing being considered that gives opportunities for those in school or high school and ledge and have been here and were born here. me, how is that going to go over with the community and is the fight engaged now? are organizations going to feel this goes far enough? >> that's a great question. i think many of the organizations hope that he goes big. what they mean is that includes not only organizations, but

folks like gutierrez out of illinois who said go big. for them go big would probably be 5 to 6 million people. the white house and chris and i have the same sources and keeps telling us as of right now the president has not decided the minutia on what is or is not going to be include in the executive orders. people are mobilizing and people are feeling that this time the president is going to follow-through on his promise. we will remember he said he was going to have some executive order on immigration if the congress did not do something boy the end of their term and decide to delay that until after the elections. now people are feeling as though finally the president seems to be about to do something on immigration. the fact is that odds are that whether it's big or not, it is going to benefit a lot of people that are getting deported right now. the president recently said a lot of people who shouldn't be

getting deported are getting deported. the question is how many of those people may see their deportations deferred? >> thank you so much. chris and this obviously is something we will be right on top of all week until the president makes his decisions and announces his decisions. thank you both so much. we are going to be watching and we watched. the new expanded the run down weekdays from 9:00 to 11:00 eastern here on msnbc. dea agents paid several nfl teams an unwelcome visit. we will talk to the reporter who broke that big story. you are watching msnbc. ameriprise asked people a simple question: in retirement, will you outlive your money? uhhh. no, that can't happen.

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watching. resident doctor who had been treating ebola patients in sierra leone has died where two others were cured. he arrived at the facility over the weekend, but in extremely critical condition. doctors say he was given a dose of the drug zmapp as well as plasma from an ebola survivor, but it was too late. american aid worker peter cassic has been beheaded. he changed his name and had been held for more than a year. >> activity of concern in the e-mail system. they were hacked. a senior official said no classified systems were compromised. it was reported around the same time white house computers were targeted. russia is a prime suspect.

they will be briefing and we'll bring you more on that as soon as we have it. federal agents were surprised when several teams over the weekend or they surprised the teams with unprecedented drug sweeps after sent's games. among the teams were the fran 49ers and the seahawks. they spoke amid suspicions that they are dispensing drugs to keep them on the field. the teams cooperated with the dea and we have no indication to that they will be found. sally jenkins broke the news for "the washington post." this was a bad part of their day. the good part is they killed the washington team. >> the buccaneers's interaction lasted about five minutes. it's not clear. >> what is the back story and

why are they suspicious about the officials treating these teams? >> they are conducting that and triggered by i lawsuit filed in may by almost 1300 former players. some of them recently retired. on the planes and locker rooms and pills handed out by trainer who is are prohibited by dispensing those. the powerful narcotics like percocet and perk dan and novocain. all sorts were named in the lawsuit as being distributed in a very lax way or overprescribed or or or overused. >>s are this is not juicing or performance enhancing drugs. this is to medicate and get the players out on the field when they were injury and they were hurt and they shouldn't be

playing hurt. >> the dea's concern and the attorneys were involved in the investigation is there is a difference between treating injuries and masking them. between using pain killers and abusing pain killers. there is evidence in the lawsuit and allegations filed by the player that is it tipped over to the other side. >> our understanding is that the dea had information and it's looking at the subject for about four to five months now. it was at least some of what was based on information they developed. >> with the doctors and the trainers using these drugs improperly, would they be liable or all of the above? >> the lawsuit dresses that. they are claiming as a league, the teams and doctors are responsible. the dea is looking at common

practices across the 32 teams. >> bring us up to date on the rest of the problems. there have been all sorts of issues. adrian peterson was back in mediation. >> correct. they had domestic abuse cases in which they appeared to be lax and concerned. adrian peterson was under the commissioner suspension while he sorted out legal problems related to disciplining his son using physical abuse. the league had issues and on top of it to have a dea pop quiz didn't do much for the league's reputation. >> what is the league's response? >> the teams cooperate and to their knowledge no

irregularities were found. they are not likely to tip their hand as to what they found or didn't find. a lot of this could be -- it's all falling under the controlled substances act and a lot of regulations that govern the transportation and labeling and prescription drugs. the dea is not likely too let them know what it's doing. >> great reporting, sally jenkins. thank you for bringing it to us. philadelphia will be the center of the universe next fall for american catholics and the rest of us who admire pope francis. he confirmed what he hinted to nbc's ann thompson. he is coming to philadelphia for the world meeting of families. he is expected to visit new york and washington, but the vatican has not confirmed that part of the his trip yet. it's monday,

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100,000 people submitted applications for health care as the second year of enrollment is beginning. they are facing a new controversy, comments by a former adviser that feeds into the worst claims. here's what the harvard professor said that is firing up critics. >> lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. basically call for the american voter or whatever. that was really, really critical to get it to pass. >> the president tried to minimize his role during a weekend press conference in australia. >> i just heard about this. i get well-briefed before i come out here. the fact that some adviser who never worked on our staff expressed an opinion that i completely disagree with in terms of the voters is no reflection on the actual process that was run. >> mali is a political writer.

thanks very much. good to see you. who is this jonathan grubaer and how big of a role did he play? critics say he was the architect. that has been denied. he was pate as they reported $400,000. he was not a minor consultant. >> he got quite a hefty salary for consultation and a lot of democrats loved to tout saying he was the architect of romney's plan in massachusetts. they were pointing out that obamacare has a lot in common with romney care. jonathan grubaer is a prominent health economist and helped plan these and came up with the design of those that relies on a market-based public and private system with an individual mandate. he is a very significant person

in this policy. that being said, he is not an elected politician. in the way he is describing the way it was structured. >> the hhs secretary was asked about it by chuck on "meet the press." >> i have to start with how fundamentally i disagree with comments about the bill and the american people. since i have been there, one of the things i focused on is making sure all the numbers come out whether they are good or bad. the law is based on the belief in the american people and choices in the market place. >> the website is working. people were getting access and shopping and comparing. that's a good thing. they are more market oriented and costs are erratic and came

down in some states and not in others. how is the white house going to handle the track record of health care as republicans say they are going to vote to repeal and face the challenge with the supreme court. part of the reason is there is not a lot of other bad news about obamacare. projections are a little bit low, but there is not an explosion the way there was a year ago around the enrollment period. the people who have care are happy with it. the leadership admits they will not do a sale repeal. they may try. the best they can hope for is to chip away at the law. a lot of critics are seizing on this because it's a life raft for them to be maybe we can stir up outrage the way this was originally done and get more momentum for repeal which at this point does not look like a

possibility. >> they are going to revisit this and have a different out come. >> there is another supreme court challenge. that hinges on a technical question and a part of why the comments are coming up. he commented directly and there is a case where his comments are more on point. they are describing whether the subsidies in the law for people who qualify for financial assistance and purchasing health care voiced a view of it that is different than what the administration is trying to say in court. if they believe that, that is dangerous to the law. that is a place where this could matter instead of being an outrage. >> thank you so much. for the update on obamacare.

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a lot of new faces in the new congress ask arriving for orientation on the hill.

luke russert profiles three of the more promising freshmen. luke? starting with the daughter of former senator graham in florida. >> we have been talking a lot about the lack of a democratic bench. one person who is positioned to be a very prominent democrat in the future if she wants to be is gwen graham. she upset an incumbent and is the daughter of former senator graham. she talked about the economy and how she wants it to work for working glass voters. she said she could easily run for senate or governor in the next four years. it depends whether she will be in the house long enough. >> you have the florida

republican. >> down here in miami and another swing district, he upset joe garcia. he is interesting because he is going to be a latino republican who supported the dream act and said he wants to get immigration reform done. he had a career long standing within florida politics, but look for him as somebody who will be very much making an impact at the gop if they try to do their immigration overhaul in the coming year being an important voice on the immigration reform issue for republicans. >> let me move you over to texas where you have another republican in the 23rd district. >> wild story from will. will herd is half african-american, a former cia agent who did time in india, pakistan and afghanistan. he lives in that largest district mile wise in texas. he talked about border security. it's a swing district and took the incumbent out the last times. the leadership is excited about him because he will be somebody

who can speak because of firsthand experience and knowledge on issues of national intelligence. it's not too often to have an agent who was embedded in pakistan and afghanistan making the case within congress and also being an african-american male within the house gop congress. that doesn't hurt him either. >> getting a lot of notice and attention. >> now the keystone vote has been in the senate. we saw the house vote on friday was overwhelming. they will vote at 6:15 tomorrow. according to what i have been reading, it sounds like it will be close. dick durbin said he doesn't know which way it will go. >> can mary landrieu get to 60? it has been the question that has been heavily debated. it looks like she is around 58 or 59. it will be interesting to see if she can get to the 60 number.

if she gets that, then president bush will have to issue more likely than not a difficult veto early on. as we spoke before, this is harry reid's hail mary attempt to give mary landrieu a punter's chance in that run off. bill cassidy introduced a bill in the house last week that passed overwhelmingly. one could read how democrats vote on this keystone issue might be somewhat of a protest against harry reid if landrieu gets it up to 60 votes. >> clair mccaskill and a member of democrats and a couple of women involved were voting against harry reid thinking that they needed more change in the caucus. more beyond elizabeth warren and amy joining leadership. >> they were also critical of them having the elections so quickly. they thought there should have been more debate and had more of an opportunity to perhaps try to

draft somebody to run against reed. with the leadership in charge, they move as quickly so there is very little time to rise up against them. >> let me try something out on them that reed wilson logged for chuck todd, saying that mary landrieu might be better off if the president does veto it. it would show she went up against the president. she would be better off winning the keystone. wouldn't she be better off showing she could get something done? >> absolutely. i would agree she would be better off if the president vetoed it because she tried to position herself as someone who is not 100% affiliated with obama. she is another vote for obama. in the run off, it probably helps her. all that being said, i was looking at the internals and talking to james carville in louisiana. it's a very tough road for mary

landrieu. if she wins, it will be an up t upset. >> thank you very much. >> good to see you. that does it for us for this edition of andr"andrea mitchell report reports". gary peters. remember to follow us online on facebook and twitter. ronan farrow has what's coming up next. >> great show today. we have a big story today in the form of the president's impenting action on immigration reform. all of washington is bracing for that. i went down to the boarder and looked at the human consequences of the last lines of defense miles from that division between mexico and the united states. it's an interesting series and we have a sneak peek up ahead. also a story that really struck me. this subway death here in new york and what it reveals about the nation's infrastructure as well as what should you do if you find yourself in that situation. see you in a few. gigs? wow - tu don't have to do that for me. it's the same plan for everyone. families...businesses...whoever.

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