. making news in america this morning. ebola in america. concerns growing after a patient's air travels revealed. passengers being closely watched and schools being closed. we have the latest. hurricanes off both coasts. one the strongest this season. where and when is it supposed to hit? plus the preparations underway. wild chase. what started as a routine traffic stop turns into a dramatic scene through busy streets. and feeding frenzy up close and personal with over 100 sharks. good thursday morning. i'm new york nreena ninan. >> and i'm t.j. holmes.

the public health drama over ebola is growing louder. three schools in texas and two in ohio are closed today. >> two staff members at those schools were on a plane with amber vinson. and now the entire situation is under scrutiny after a slew of short comings unfolded. >> we have live coverage, tahman bradley at the white house. we begin with john ehrlichmann in dallas. good morning to you, john. >> reporter: good morning. now that you have two people who have contracted ebola at this hospital, health officials are stepping up their efforts to contain the virus. amber joy vinson walked off the plane last night after hitching a ride on this high-tech biocontainment play. now in isolation at emory hospital. the 29-year-old is the second dallas nurse to catch ebola after treating thomas eric

dunc duncan, who died last week. she had close contact, inserting catheters and drawing blood. especially troubling, she flew to cleveland to visit family and back to dallas before she knew she had the disease. the cdcered, giving her permission to fly after a temperature of 99.5, but lower than the 100.4. >> she would not have traveled on a commercial airline. >> reporter: although the risk is extremely low, air travelers in general are uneasy. >> it's making you wonder, is it safe to even get on any of these planes going, you know, anywhere. >> reporter: meanwhile, another of duncan's nurses, nina pham, remains at this texas hospital. her condition continuing to improve. health officials there investigating how the two became

infected. that number expected to climb. >> this month has been a nightmare for nurses across the nation. >> reporter: duncan's medical records reveal he has been in the hospital two days before they switched to hazmat suits. continuing to monitor the travel of people who may had have had exposure to ebola. and city workers have been getting the word out to the community. >> what about the commercial plane she was on. what's to come of it? >> reporter: we know that it is in denver at the international airport there. it has been cleaned three times. will go through a fourth cleaning process, removing the seat cover and the carpeting around where she was sitting and we know from a statement that the crew is on a paid leave now for 21 days. >> john, live in dallas. thank you so much this morning. questions about how ebola is being handled putting pressure

on the cdc and the obama administration. >> president obama is rearraigning his schedule to get ahead of the crisis. >> reporter: after the second nurse tested positive for obama -- or for ebola, president obama brought together the team to get a more aggressive response to the disease. and today at the white house, more emergency meetings. president obama canceled political events outside washington so he can oversee the government's response to ebola. yesterdayed president huddled behind closed doors with his cabinet. >> we are monitoring, supervising, overseeing in a much more aggressive way exactly what's taking place in dallas initially and making sure the lessons learned are then transmitted to hospitals and clinics across the country. >> reporter: mr. obama ordered the cdc to deploy medical s.w.a.t. teams within 24 hours to any hospital with a new case of ebola. this in addition to screening

people at airports. but the country is nervous. 65% of americans are concerned about an epidemic. the president tried to reassure the public. >> i want to use myself as an example. i shook hands, hugged and kissed not the doctors, but a couple of the nurses at emory. and i felt perfectly safe. >> reporter: more and more law makers are calling for the president to institute a travel ban to and from west africa. in a statement, house speaker john boehner said a temporary ban on travel to the united states from countries with the virus is something the president should absolutely consider. along with other appropriate actions as doubts about the security of air travel systems grow. a senior executive from the hospital where ebola patient thomas eric duncan died plans to apologize for mistakes. >> tahman bradley live in washington. thanks. and a wild ride on wall

street. partially because of the ebola situation. in late afternoon, the dow dropped 460 points. but gained nearly 300 back, ending the day down 176 points. >> and city us with for the latest on the ebola cases. and later in this half hour, an interview with the dr. kent brantly. and bookending the lower 48 states. storm-battered bermuda, bracing for the arrival of gonzalo, a category 3. >> and an fara is bearing down hawaii. most schools will be shut down today. they will serve as emergency shelters if necessary. for more, we turn to accuweather meteorologist jim dickey. >> good morning. we continue to track major hurricane gonzalo. again, not an impact to the united states.

north and then northeastward. close to bermuda. one of the worst hits in years. the eye wall could rake bermuda. power outages, torrential rainfall, major flooding. and watch as it moves north and west. ana, likely on the big island and into kuai next week. >> and a gubernatorial debate is off to a strange start because of a fan. >> tricks, treats and tlc. parents in a major american city on alert because of medicated candy. and why this video of the latest patient is raising concerns. take a good look here, folks. can you spot why.

welcome back. now footage of the volcano in iceland erupting since the end of august. it remains a serious threat, releasing dangerous levels of fumes into the air. its lava field is growing more than half a mile every day. on average, it's 45 feet thick. testimony resumes this morning in the sentencing phase of the oscar pistorius trial after an emotional day in court, reeva steenkamp's cousin sobbed on the stand, she heard about the shooting on the radio. saying it ruined their family. and she wants to be reeva's voice after the parents decided not to testify. the judge could hand down a sentence tomorrow. anning a ward start to the

guber that toirial debate in florida yesterday. charlie crist walked out alone after the other didn't take part. kris had a fan to keep him cool. what scott said was not allowed. >> the rules i was showed by the scott campaign say that there should be no fan. somehow there is a fan there, and for that reason, ladies and gentlemen, i am being told that governor scott -- >> really? >> will not join us for this debate. >> yep. all the problems we have in this country. a fan kept this debate from going on. well, as you can see from this video, he finally did come out. the moderators struggled on live tv for about seven minutes until finally the governor walked out. the debate got under way. but the fan is all anybody's

talking about. >> i like a heater under the news desk in the winter. >> whatever you need. we are learning more about the actress, elizabeth pena, who's died. most recently appearing on "modern family." she was in down and out in beverly hills. she was 55 years old and died after a brief illness. apple is expected to unveil the new ipad and ipad mini. but apple accidently posted screen hots of the ipad mini 2 and 3 in ibooks. when it comes to apple, they say there are no blunders. and when we come back, setting a precedent. parents could be held liable for what their kids put on facebook. and furious catch. the sea lion who gets his revenge.

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amber vinson, the second nurse diagnosed is now being treated at emory university hospital in atlanta. >> the frontier airlines plane she travelled on the day before showing symptoms is being decontamina decontaminated. president obama has canceled plans to travel today in order to monitor the situation. >> we have learned that dr. kent brantly, who survived, has not been asked to donate to amber vinson. >> he donated to nina pham and others, but not to thomas eric duncan because they were incompatible. dr. richard besser asked him about his helping in this situation. >> it's a small thing to give some blood that may benefit in saving someone else's life. >> do you think it works? >> i think it's not harmful. and in theory, should have benefit.

studies haven't been done well enough to prove whether it has benefit or not. people are willing to try it, i'm willing to help as i can. >> is the u.s. doing enough and doing enough fast enough to try and knock this out of west africa? >> when i met with president obama a month ago, i was -- i was really appreciative of the commitments he had made that day to send u.s. troops to increase u.s. support and logistics. i'm afraid that our response has been too slow. >> too slow? >> too slow. >> well, more from dr. besser on "gma" this morning. there's also a mystery man involved with amber vinson's trip to atlanta. and he's driving social media crazy. >> the guy with the clipboard. if you can't make that out, he's also the guy that doesn't have on any protective clothing. he takes various objects from one of the workers. the worker has on the biohazard gear. he then boards the plane. and he's seen again with vinson

in atlanta. it's not clear who he is, who he works for, and why he's not protected if everybody else is. >> we will have more on ebola in america later on "good morning america" with live team coverage. moving ton to a wild police chase caught on camera in northern new jersey. the driver of a minivan takes off just as he was about to be arrested for several outstanding warrants. and through a neighborhood and on to a highway. they thought they had him. the van was cornered, and the driver ran away. he's now behind bars. and poking holes in the theory that crash dieting is less effective than regular dieting. those who lost it fast were just as likely to regain the weight as those who lost it the same. and crash dieters were most

likely to achieve their target. parents are being told to look out for candy infused with marijuana. police in denver, colorado, where else? where recreational pot is legal says marijuana candy looks like regular candy. last year some kids in canada ended up in the emergency room after eating pot-laced lollipops. and a georgia appeals court ruling is precedent-setting when it comes to parenting. parents are liable for what kids post on facebook. parents are responsible for their child who used a fake facebook profile to defame a female class classmate. >> and tonight, the jets and the patriots. >> and by this time tomorrow, could know the world series teams. >> i'm kenny. he's neil. >> i've decide to the go first.

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>> hello, and good morning everyone, i'm matt o'donnell. it is 4:27, thursday, october 16. it's going to be a soggy morning commute for much of the morning here. storm tracker 6 live shows pockets of rain moving through, mostly in south jersey. david murphy is tracking the system, matt pellman is pinpointing problem spots on the roads and rails. a vicious attack is prison that's coming up. the cdc is under fire this time for allowing a nurse who was diagnosed with ebola to and finally this morning, a unique find for a california family enjoying a day at the beach. >> they were hoping to bring home fish. but reeled in a much bigger catch.

juanita explains. >> reporter: it started with a fishing trip sunday afternoon. despite the high surf warnings, david, casey and her daughter came to shell beach anyway. the family has been postponing a fishing trip. >> on the last two weekends, trying to get out here. >> reporter: and after segtsing on a dry piece of land, understood why no one was here. >> wave washed up on to us, and we realized we needed to get out of there. >> reporter: the waves hit them pretty hard. in the process, dave lost his shoe, but found something else. >> he came back with a bottle. he had it held up and he was pointing tat. >> reporter: it was a message in a bottle. >> and he was just showing it to us. and i just thought it was really cool. >> it was tattered and had gotten kind of wet. so we -- we unpeeled it real carefully and laid it out and let the sun dry it. >> reporter: and according to the date, it's been out at sea

for quite some time. >> this was dated 2010. from maui, hawaii. a little girl sent it out. >> reporter: inside the bottle, an invitation. >> long lost bottle is especially inviting you to safin a's birthday. >> reporter: with the name and number of her mom. it's likely they are around the same age. >> i'd lake to talk to her. >> reporter: she'd like to let her know that four years after it was written, her bottle made it safe to the beaches of california. >> she would be excited that somebody found it. >> reporter: in shell beach, juanita, central coast news. >> we hear people put a message in a bottle, and somebody found one. >> hoping to get reunited. >> possibly so. that's it for us until we reunite with you tomorrow morning.

>> we are following several developing stories on this thursday, october 16. extra precautions are underway as word gets out that a healthcare worker who had contracted ebola had been on a commercial flight a day before diagnosis. >> two men walked out with a a lot more than cash in an overnight robbery. we have details come coming up. >> we have wet