on our broadcast tonight, ebola emergency. new concerns over just how many people may have come in contact with that first patient diagnosed in this country. it's far higher than we were initially told. bracing for impact, 40 million americans in the path of severe weather this evening already causing trouble on the ground and for air travelers. death on the field, questions about football safety have come roaring back after three high school players die in a single week. and our making a difference report tonight a great story about an act of charity 100,000 times over. "nightly news" begins now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. good evening. the spread of ebola is now a

truly scary very dangerous epidemic in africa, made even scarier for americans now with the first case diagnosed in this country. and now the effort to find out who came into contact with the man who is now a patient in isolation in the hospital in dallas, texas. on top of that, there is the unbelievable challenge of trying to track an illness from overseas in the jet age. and there are questions about whether the dallas patient, thomas duncan, told the truth about his exposure to ebola before embarking on international air travel to the u.s. we're on top of all of it tonight starting with nbc's ron mott at the hospital where the patient's being treated in dallas. ron, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. as this man continues fighting for his life tonight at this hospital, nbc news learned that before he traveled to the united states he checked no on a health form asking whether he had any contact with any people infected with ebola. now that contradicts what some of his neighbors in liberia are saying. so tonight a community here

feels exposed. the dallas woman thomas eric duncan was staying with is quarantined tonight in her apartment under government orders along with three other relatives. still inside duncan's clothing and other things he came into contact with. nbc news spoke with one of those confined, a man named oliver. >> i'm worried. we were told to sign a paper that says we can't leave our apartment. >> reporter: and for how long? >> until 18th of this month. >> reporter: as boxes of food were delivered today, health officials say they're doing their best to keep those people safe. >> our understanding is there's a garbage bag of the man's clothes and belongings. they had some household trash that -- a bag of household trash. and they had mattresses pushed against the wall. >> reporter: today, residents at the apartments were given

fliers about ebola. >> i got to stay safe. be careful who i'm talking to, who hand i shake. >> reporter: the community's manager said they weren't told about the presence of the deadly virus on the premises until three days after duncan was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. >> it is surprising for everybody. i mean, nobody expected that. >> reporter: meantime cdc officials have identified 80 to 100 people who may have been in contact with duncan though not necessarily directly exposed. today, three more children were taken out of school. the cdc's contact tracing program aimed primarily at those deemed high risk involves daily in-person and telephone monitoring for up to three weeks. >> and these people will be called once a day, visited once a day, you'll take their temperature, look for symptoms and continue the contact trace, do you remember anybody else. >> reporter: in north carolina duncan's family says they did not know he had been exposed to ebola in liberia. >> i'm praying that eric is safe and that eric gets well. this is not the way anyone would want to go down in history.

>> reporter: duncan remains in serious condition tonight. ron mott, nbc news, dallas. >> reporter: this is dr. nancy snyderman in liberia. thomas eric duncan is front page news here. his ebola trail starts in this small compound of homes and apartments outside monrovia. this is the front door of mr. duncan's apartment that he was renting in this small hamlet. and it was in the pink house across the courtyard where the young woman, pregnant and now infected with ebola, was calling for help and he responded. so you drove your taxi -- jiminez grugbaye was the taxi driver who picked up duncan, the young woman. you knew you were picking up a sick, pregnant girl that no idea she was sick with ebola. >> no idea. >> reporter: they told them they were afraid she was about to miscarry. and what did you see? how did she strike you?

>> well, she was helpless. she was not able to walk by herself. >> reporter: he drove them to four hospitals. each turned them away saying nothing could be done. where did you take them next? >> i brought them just here. the family gave up already. she was sitting somewhere here. >> reporter: duncan was in the backseat with natalie and helped carry her out of the car. her out of the car. she died two hours later. her brother died within days. and five days after that taxi ride thomas eric duncan flew to the united states. dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, monrovia, liberia. now to the air travel piece of this. and it's real. the hundreds of passengers who were on the same planes with this patient, thomas duncan, before he had symptoms of ebola. duncan first arrived in the u.s. at dulles airport outside

washington. nbc's tom costello is there tonight for us. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. united airlines tells nbc news it is now reaching out to all 300 to 400 passengers on the same plane with thomas duncan as he transited through dulles airport even though the cdc says the risk he infected anyone is very, very low. if thomas duncan lied his way past airport health screeners that may have exposed a gaping hole in efforts to contain ebola. in the u.s. ebola health advisories are now posted at major points of entry. at delta airlines, which flies into three west african countries, flight crews and ground staff have all been on the look out since march for suspicious symptoms. >> we told them to look for a person who seems to be ill, and particularly to assess for fever. whether that assessment is by actually touching the person with a gloved hand or the individual says they feel feverish. >> reporter: and other symptoms like vomiting, diarrhea and

bleeding. >> fligh2115 -- >> reporter: the nerve center for in-flight medical emergencies is here. the university of pib pittsburgh stat m.d. they handle 9,000 calls a year from air crews and ground staff around the world. while ebola is a concern, doctors say the risk of it spreading in an aircraft is low. >> even if someone is infected, just flying on an aircraft with them unless you came into close contact with them there wouldn't be any risk of disease transmission. >> cdc miami quarantine. >> reporter: should a passenger become sick in-flight, they could be quarantined on arrival. the cdc operates 20 quarantine stations at major airports and border crossings nationwide, standing by in case of emergency. any airline could deny boarding to a passenger if they believe he or she is showing signs of serious illness and could be a danger to the passengers and the crew. and the crew is required to call ahead to u.s. health authorities if while in flight somebody becomes seriously ill. and that could pose a risk as well. brian. >> most thorough reporting

available tonight on this topic. tom costello at dulles outside d.c. tonight. tom, thanks. elsewhere in our country severe weather is ripping through the middle of the nation tonight. more than 100,000 people are without power in dallas where, as you saw news crews covering the ebola crisis, had a tough time hanging onto their equipment. the radar shows it cutting south-to-north all the way up to the canadian border. 40 million americans potentially in the path of these severe storms tonight. meteorologist janice huff tracking all of it for us tonight. hi, janice. >> hi, brian. those wind gusts around the dallas-ft. worth area are between 65 and 70 miles an hour. numerous reports of structural damage in and around dallas-ft. worth all the way over towards wills point where the storms are right now. but as you mentioned that area of severe weather stretches from the dallas-ft. worth area all the way up into the great lakes. there are watch boxes in effect now for parts of missouri, st. louis, back towards southern missouri and portions of

oklahoma and arkansas as well. the effects of the severe weather will be felt from just south of chicago all the way down to louisiana and east texas tonight. and this is where all the airport delays are going to be tonight and possibly in the morning as well as we track this front to the east, chicago likely to see the chance for strong storms in and around the area between now and midnight tonight. and then tomorrow everything moves out of the region and then heads to the east coast. the eastern seaboard will feel the effects this weekend, brian. back to you. >> janice huff in our weather center tonight. janice, thanks. tonight, one of the largest banks in america, jpmorgan chase says a cyber attack this summer affected 76 million households and 7 million small businesses making it among the largest corporate data breaches in history. the bank is stressing however there's no evidence thus far that customer account information like account numbers or passwords were stolen. the bank says they've seen no unusual customer fraud activity

related to this attack. the new interim director of the secret service, veteran presidential protection agent joseph clancy, will start his new position on monday. sources are telling us he'll hit the ground running. they're telling white house correspondent kristen welker clancy's first priority will be to be briefed on the changes that have been made in the agency in the days since the most recent security breaches. turning overseas, now some initial hesitation is gone. turkey has voted to join the u.s.-led coalition battling isis just as kurdish fighters clashed with isis militants on turkey's long border with syria. this vote could pave the way now for turkey to send ground troops in to syria or iraq to take on isis fighters. a showdown looming tonight in hong kong with the city's leader who is backed by china has refused to step down despite the demands of thousands of protesters in the streets.

they have threatened to take over government buildings, something authorities say they will not tolerate. late today both sides did say they've agreed to some sort of talks. tonight, the future king of england who has himself been forced to grow up without his mother for reasons related to the news media, is issuing a warning to photographers to stay away from his son. prince william and his wife kate fear their son prince george is being hounded by photographers following him around, even when his parents aren't with him. we get our report from london tonight and nbc's kelly cobiella. >> reporter: prince george is already no stranger to being the center of attention. just like his parents, his grandparents and his great-grandparents before that. for the royal family press attention is an occupational hazard, but sometimes it's just too much. now, william is warning two photographers to leave george in peace or he'll take them to court.

prince george was reportedly with his nanny in a central london park last weekend when one of the freelance photographers tried to take a picture. for prince william and kate it was the last straw. in a statement they accuse the photographer of following george saying, no parent would tolerate the suspicion of someone pursuing and harassing their child. it's a sensitive subject with this family. william's mother, princess diana, often swarmed by paparazzi, died in a paris tunnel being chased by them. >> he cannot afford to have this happen to his family again. he wants to protect them at all costs. >> reporter: george is sometimes camera-ready as he was during a trip to australia and new zealand. but candid shot can bring in $1,000 or more. today one of the accused photographers released his own seven-page statement saying he'd done nothing wrong and vowing to keep his lens focused on george as long as the pictures sell. kelly cobiella, nbc news, london. still ahead on our broadcast

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and it will really hit home for anyone who has ever found themselves squinting at a chalkboard. nbc's harry smith has the story. >> reporter: vision is a thing many of us take for granted. >> does that make it sharper? >> reporter: but it requires a special kind of vision to see a need and to know you are the one to fill it. >> come on in. >> reporter: joe carbone is an optician on a mission at utah's eye care for kids the exams and glasses are free. >> sometimes from far, far away it's really fuzzy. >> we're approaching 100,000 kids. and so this is an everyday event here. and we see 40 to 50 kids a day. have you always had a rubber arm like this? >> reporter: joe was a poor kid who got in trouble and hated school, until he got a pair of glasses. >> it was like a light going on. i could actually see the teacher. i began to pay attention in school. and not get in trouble with the

other kids in the back of the class. >> reporter: with that in mind he mortgaged his house and opened the doors at eye care for kids. and when he runs out of donations, and that happens sometimes, the charge is 25 bucks. >> there's these kids who would have gone without glasses. and why? this is america. there's no reason why kids should go without glasses. >> reporter: joe often goes on the road. >> we're heading off to the boys and girls club. >> reporter: to poor neighborhoods and reservations. >> maybe glasses can help you. >> reporter: he has stories of kids getting glasses that will break your heart. >> you looked out the window and began to cry and laugh at the same time. and he said i didn't know trees had leaves. >> reporter: eye care and glasses can be a burdensome expense. joe and his gang take that burden away. >> when i take this off it looks blurry. but when i put it on it looks normal. >> reporter: and set the kids free.

harry smith, nbc news, midvale, utah. >> once again, why we call our segment making a difference. and a good note to end on on a thursday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we of course hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night.

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