and so, it ain't nancy's cash.s our cash, and i want everybody to have the same respect for the cash. that's the issue that i have, and so that's why i'm as intense as i am. not because i want to chop you down, because i don't want to make the same mistakes. >> well, i'm on board. there's no question about that. >> and so, i have some place i want to take you, okay? >> oh, i'm excited. >> go ahead and take this bend. i'm surprised by how much development's goin' on around here. >> waycross is--in the last five years, has been blowing up. >> has it? >> it's growin'--oh, yeah. and this is just an old georgia town. >> i'm taking nancy to a house in waycross in a neighborhood that i think she'll like. i want her to understand how important it is to her business that she live here. does your house in tampa look like this? >> no, i have a beach house. um, i have a nice house. >> is it this nice? >> no, not at all. >> nancy. >> mm-hmm. >> you want to know why i brought you here? >> 'cause i'ma be able to buy this house in

so it has been given to kent brantly and to nancy writebol. but we're going to hear in the news conference today, that the doctors don't know where they're taking the experimental drug. you need to have a situation where the doctors can give the drug to a certain group of people. and then to another group of people, and then they can evaluate the results. that has not happened. and all that has happened is the zmapp has been tested on animals, and now it's tested on dr. kent bratly, and nancy writebol. and now it's gone. >> there is dr. brantly in the blue shirt. and he appears to be quite well. the first american ever to be treated on american soil. and he's the first american to survive the ebola virus. that virus at the time was known, and there's another american citizen who says that he survived the ebola virus, but at the time of his survival, it was not known that he suffered from it. >it. this is the scene from atlanta. >> i'm pleased to introduce this morning, dr. bruss rivner, mel director of emery's infectious disease unit at emery

brantly and nancy were stable. nancy is looking forward to the flight and we're looking forward to her coming back. both of them have been receiving great care, though, in liberia through our sim doctors carriage for them. >> how long had she been in liberia? >> she had been in liberia one year working with sim. but david and nancy have been serving as missionaries in south america and in africa for some 15 years. >> very committed to their missions. >> i tell you, they really are. anyone that joins our mission with sim and other missions, we talk about the realistic situation, that there are this is definitely a hardship. yet they have a resilient spirit. their trust in god for a good outcome, and we're praying to that end and we're grateful for really the people of the u.s. and around the globe that are covering them with prayer. >> obviously franklin graham, head of samaritan's purse, in close contact with the officials at emory university as well. have you been in touch with him as well? >> we have not. but we

nancy writebol arrived on a stretcher, encased from head to toe. >> nancy is still very weak, showing signs of progress and is moving in the right direction. and nancy had yogurt before she got on the airplane. >> reporter: bruce johnson spoke with nancy's husband david who's still arranging his own travel from liberia. >> a week ago he said, we were thinking about possible funeral arrangements, yet we kept our faith. now we have a real reason to be hopeful. >> reporter: the evacuation of the two americans is being paid for by the relief organizations they work for. writebol's two sons came to atlanta to meet her. her son jeremy saying, he just needed to be with mom today. while she's now in a world class isolation unit, the family wants people to remember those suffering in west africa. >> i don't know if you know, but there are 50 doctors, liberian doctors for four million people of liberia. >> reporter: when writebol left liberia last night, there was no ambulance, just a pickup truck covered with plastic. kate snow, nbc news, atlanta. >> reporter: i'm dr. nancy snyderman at hartsf

today we learned nancy is also ebola free and she left the hospital two days ago. >> my dear friend nancyas she walked out of her isolation room, all she could say was to god be the glory. >> sanjay, incredible that could have happened. the doctors seem confident they beat this, they won't spread it to others. it is possible to transmit it sexually even postrecovery. is that a concern? >> well, they really downplayed that concern. it's interesting because they check the blood. they do a blood test to make sure there is no ebola and do another blood test a couple days later, a confirming test, if you will, to confirm there is none in the blood but studies have shown it can stay in the sperm of a man 60 days or so after they have been recovered and in the breast milk of a woman, as well, after they have been recovered. they are given special precautions about this potentially being a sexually transmitted disease but it's not a general risk to the public and a low risk in that regard. it's hard to transmit that way. >> low risk but certainly still when you hear that and know they are no long

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when nancy was put on the airplane at 1:00 a.m. monrovia time, they took her to the plane on a stretcher. however, she did stand up and with assistance got on the airplane, which was great news. he said, we still have a long way to go but we have reason for hope. we are cautiously optimistic, he said. you know, he also went on to say that, nancy and i are profoundly grateful to the u.s. government and all that were marshalled on behalf of them and to be able to have nancy back in the u.s. i am very happy and i'm extremely grateful. i'm not anxious or fretful or fearful, just relieved, as you could imagine. a week ago he said we were thinking about possible funeral arrangements yet we kept our faith. now we have a real reason to be hopeful. we would have gone over the edge. i would have gone over the edge if i hadn't been able to communicate with family and dear friends by phone and over the internet. the degree of care that nancy was received in liberia has been exceptional on our mission campus. it's not like having a nurse just c

nancy writebol is said to be in serious but stable condition. her colleague and fellow american is also being treated be at cnn national correspondent john roberts outside of emory university hospital in atlanta with the latest. john. >> a specially equipped aircraft landed about a half an hour ago, a bit of an unusual delay getting nancy writebol off the aircraft, i assume she is probably dawning one of those biocontainment suits. he was the first american evacuated back on saturday. mention her condition is serious but stable. she has always been in better condition. her husband, david, who will follow her back from liberia describe the condition yesterday as brightening somewhat from what had been before to get her appetite back, was enjoying her favorite meal which was iberian potato soup. so things are looking pretty good for her. it may be the reason they came back from death door is last week they both received a dose of experimental model antibody serum that at least for the doctor has saved his life so they will be coming here. he has b

kent brantly and nancy writebol are being treated. elizabeth spoke with nancy's husband. how is nancy doing. >> david writebol says his wife is doing better but not out of the woods yet. when nancy writebol contracted ebola in africa, her husband david, the man she spent the last 40 years with couldn't even touch her. today he told that story for the first time. it must be so hard to not be able to hug or touch or hold your wife. do you remember the last time you got to hug her or hold her? >> yeah, i was able to be in personal protection equipment and i patted her just to let her know that i was there, that i loved her. >> reporter: now nancy writebol got ebola is a mystery. part of her work included cleaning hospital equipment. >> she was detailed and meticulous and trained others to do the decontamination work. the doctors and staff are well-trained. they were following protocols carefully and we've kind of walked through where there might have been a difficulty in it. at this stage i think it's too early to tell for certain what exactly happened. >> reporter: nancy is

now the organization nancy was working for in liberia, nancy is on route. back in the united states tomorrow. second person ever in history with ebola to be brought on purpose to american soil and to our knowledge, first with ebola to be on american soil. bruce, how is she doing? >> i just dgot a report that he is ready to go on the flight. she is not in the airplane. they will transport her from our mission campus there in liberia. and get on the plane. and if all goes well, she will be on u.s. soil sometime tomorrow. >> and do you have any knowledge at this point, we were just looking that incredible footage of dr. brantly stepping out of that ambulance in the suit, with ebola, after that serum appeared to so miraculously save his life. do you know if it had a similar impact on nancy? >> the reports from our medical doctors there on-site caring for her is that she's in a more weakened condition. however, today has been a good day. matter of fact, her husband, david, told me that her appetite is returning and she asked for her favorite liberian meal, potat

he arrived on the second and nancy wrightbol on the 5th. their conditions were different when they arrived. >> as observers noted, dr. kent brantly was able to walk out of that ambulance into the isolation unit. three days later nancy wrightbol came and she was wheeled into the isolation unit on a stretcher. many people thought her condition was actually more dire than kent brantly. as we've just learned in the last few minutes, she was actually discharged on tuesday before dr. kent brantly. so truly remarkable news here. >> the images were so different, as you point out, gabe. i spoke to jeremy, nancy wrightbol's son just about a week ago. he said when he saw images of his mom carried out on the stretcher from the ambulance at emory university hospital, he fell to the floor and started weeping because he realized just how grave her condition was. again, that's just two and a half weeks ago. basically we'll talk to a doctor in a second. she's made this miraculous recovery. when it comes right down to it, there is no cure for the ebola virus

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nancy, good evening. >> good evening, brian. the man in new york city who presented with ebola-like symptoms remains tonight in strict isolation while laboratory tests are being performed. and this case highlights how much american hospitals -- american health care system and hospitals across the country are on heightened alert. the war room at the cdc, where today, all eyes on ebola. >> this is really unprecedented in terms of the emergence of the disease in west africa. it was an incredibly difficult weekend. >> reporter: nbc news cameras allowed inside the emergency meeting of the international response team chaired by dr. ingrid dayman. >> second patient is expected to arrive tomorrow. >> reporter: the cdc chasing down 22 reports of possible ebola cases in the united states, deemed four worth testing. the three results so far, false alarms. >> malaria positive. >> reporter: but the biggest concern remains west africa. ebola has been ravaging west africa since march and shocked disease specialists when it hopped a border by p

nancy writebol. this is a charity she was working for. this is bruce johnson speaking now. >> we've seen her arrive here on the stretcher. it was a much different scene than kent. there's an age difference between kent and nancy, but i talked with david about 11:00 a.m. in liberia and i asked him, david, if you were at your home church, what would you share with someone that came up to you and said how's nancy doing? he said nancy is still very weak. she shows signs of continued improvement. she's showing signs of progress and is moving in the right direction and nancy had yogurt before she got on the airplane. hope she got some peanuts on the flight over. when nancy was put on the airplane at 1:00 a.m., they took her to the plane on a stretcher. however, she did stand up and with assistance got on the airplane, which was great news. he said, you know, we still have a long ways to go but we have reason for hope. and as he said, we are cautiously optimistic. he also went on to say that nancy and i are profoundly grateful to the u.s. govern

nancy cordes is in washington with more. nancy, good morning. >> good morning.e sprgs going to try to keep poking holes in one of mcdonnell's central claims which is that he couldn't have conspired with his wife to accept gifts because the two were barely on speaking terms most of the time he was in office. >> reporter: under cross-examination, mcdonnell was forced to admit he and his supposedly estranged wife went on 18 vacations together over 22 months while they were in the governor's mansion. assistant u.s. attorney michael dry also showed a picture of the two holding hands as they headed into court. implying that the couple's estrangement say ruse to avoid a conspiracy charge. dry also worked to dismantle the former governor's claim that it was his wife, not him, who solicited most of the gifts from virginia businessman johnny williams. the prosecutor showed evidence that governor mcdonnell himself accepted golf trips, a vacation and a $50,000 loan from williams that had no required monthly payments. governor mcdonnell who seemed nervous under tough questio

carrying nancy writebol after her very long journey. she is of course that american aid worker stricken by the ebola virus in africa. she was treated with an experimental drug called zmapp. she showed some signs of progress, as did brantly who arrived just two days ago. the same protocol. the same plane. and right now is on the especially equipped ambulance. it's like an isolation ambulance. she is likely with a caregiver as dr. brantly was as well when he arrived at the hospital. our dr. sanjay gupta, our chief medical correspondent, standing by live at emory. that ambulance just crossing the intersection is getting very close to your location, sanjay. >> yep, we can hear the activity, ashleigh, there's a helicopter, maybe more than one helicopter, flying overhead. i sort of get an idea of where that ambulance is now. it's a little bit of a convey. this is the hospital just behind me here just to give you an idea. they're going to be pulling in behind that building or close to it. probably the same door that we saw dr. brantly get in j

infected with eastbound remarks nancy writebol is said to be improving after receiving a dose of an experimental drug. the 59-year-old missionary from charlotte was in liberia helping to dee contaminate doctors and got sick. >> she was eating a little bit, able to take in fluid. so, you know, we're cautiously optimistic. >> reporter: according to the president of writebol's missionary group, nancy's condition has improved enough to make special requests. >> she asked for her favorite liberian meal of potato soup and coffee. >> reporter: dr. kent brantly who arrived in the u.s. on saturday in a full bio suit is also taking the experimental drug and we've learned his fever is lower. it's not clear if the experimental treatment is the reason the americans are improving. ebola has already killed almost 900 people in three african countries, only 44 percent of patients survive. the scare has u.s. health officials on alert. at new york's mount sinai hospital a male patient who had recently traveled to west africa was treated for fever and gastrointestinal problems.

nancy writebol left liberia in serious condition. she's expected to arrive around 11:00 a.m. eastern time. now writebol will join kent brantley at the hospital. both are being treated with an experimental drug. a director of the national institutes of health spoke with chris hayes about the drug. >> this is an intervention that was developed with federal funding by nih, my institution, and now it's with a company that's trying to scale it up. there are only right now as we speak three treatment doses available, so it isn't like there's a lot of it available. we really have to scale it up. >> the ebola outbreak in west africa is causing doctors around the world to be cautious. a man with ebola-like symptoms has been tested for the virus. it's unlikely he has ebola. i'm joined by jay grey in atlanta. what can we expect today? >> hey there. well, a lot of people expecting the arrival of the second american missionary. as you talk about nancy wrightbol with the specially equipped medical swret she's in right now touches down here in atlanta, she will finally be back to the u.s.,

kenneth brantly and nancy wri writeboll were released from emery hospital. both of them were given an experimental treatment that schad never been tested on humans. meanwhile the outbreak with ebola continues to get worse globally. the world health organization says there have been hundreds of more deaths in the last few days. they're putting it at around 1,300 people. angry crowds tried to escape an area that's been quarantined. the director of the institute's allergy and infectious disease center. and arthur kaplan, the director of the public health department in atlanta. doctor, let me start with you, i heard so many people say when the news was revealed that these two people had been cured. in just three weeks, here's you've had this medical break through. what are your thoughts today? >> i don't think you can call this a medical break through because i don't think we could definitively say at all that it was the medication that they got that made them better. because remember, about 50% of people survive ebola anyway, even under conditions that are not

nancy's husband david, he's still in liberia. funeral arrangement arrangements, yet we kept our faith. now we have a real reason to be hopeful. >> dr. jon lapook is at emory university hospital where the patients are improving. jon, good ou saw the motion in the face of bruce johnson. he's the head of the charity group that nancy writebol works with. i was at the press conference. he walked slowly to the lectern look oefrd the sea of reporters and said nancy has arrived safely. he choked up. i just imagine hearing the words come out of his own mouth made it more real. in terms of the condition of the two americans who are here we're hearing that dr. brantly is continuing to improve. we hear from nancy's husband david she's still weak but making a little bit of improvement. more good news she's had yogurt. this program called zmapp, we've heard about it a little bit. it's been given to mice. it prevents the cells from entering the body. one of the things is figuring out whether they got better because of the medication because you

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nancy writebol is in serious condition but according to her son --. >> she was eating. able to take in fluid. we are cautiously optimistic. >> the drug, a cocktail of antibodies was created in san francisco. >> nancy is able to walk around and, really, the good news is her appetite started to return. >> doctors say it sun likely it will vote in the united states. bringing the two parents here does not pose a threat to the public. emory university hospital has a specially built isolation unit. the ambulance that transported them here will be bleached, their sheets burned. the rest the world is on alert. other doctors are watching for ebola-like symptoms and a man was tested in new york yesterday at a hospital. >> odds are it is not ebola. >> the doctors in saudi arabia are testing a critically ill patient just in sierra leone. >> this is the largest outbreak in history for ebola so there are serious concerns about it spreading. british airways announced they are suspending flights to and from liberia and sierra leone. >> thanks. a heart stopping water rescue on nevada hi

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in fact, to pick up nancy writebol from liberia. nancy and dr. kent infected in liberia.as an aid worker out there. she will join dr. kent at emory university hospital. he was transported by an ambulance saturday. we saw him taking a couple initial steps into the university hospital. doctors said it was him who took the first steps, it was his decision. they said he's talking, getting up, making conversation. all very encouraging signs. we have learned that he has received an experimental serum. we know little about it. he received the serum before leaving liberia. he's spoken to his wife for a period of 45 minutes. goes to show how well he's doing. they spoke via glass wall. she said he was in good spirits and very, very grateful. all very encouraging signs. meanwhile, john, you know, the scale of ebola is growing at a fast pace. we have seen the numbers in guinea drop and the numbers in liberia increasing. the government is trying to stem it. we heard overnight, the government deployed over 750 infantry personnel. they can increase the operation at check point where is

. >> one of the authors that you worked with our nancy gibbs and michael duffy on the presidents club, a book that booktv covered in the q-and-a program covered it as well. what was the process working on the presidents club with anti-gibbs and michael duffy? >> i wish i could say that i came up with that idea because it is such a brilliant idea but i didn't. nancy and michael have been working on it for quite some time, and the idea came to them after they had written a very great book on billy graham, and they realized the degree to which the president talked to the ex- presidents and how much the club helped shape the presidency itself and that's what gave them ideas to explore the presidents club in a thorough way. it's a very moderate way of understanding the presidents because obviously -- and we have to get to the 20th century for there to be enough longevity. and it practical what we found was the presidency is made stronger sometimes and challenged by people inside the club and what was interesting about it is that you had over a dozen characters all of whom had relationships

the plane carrying nancy writebol touched down.he second ebola patient being brought to the united states. she's brought to the hospital where she'll continue her treatment inside an isolated unit at emery hospital. we go back to the hospital. she's looking about 25-minute ride, approximately, from the air force base to emery university. we have details, at least, about the isolation unit where she's seek the rest of her care. >> that's correct. it's similar to what we saw with dr. kent brantly. it's about 25 to 30 minute ride with a law enforcement escort through the metro streets of atlanta and she's whisk to the specialty isolation unit. in the unit we have patient rooms that are separate from the rest of the hospital. a laboratory completely dedicated to the unit. even its own air filtration system to minimize the risk of any infected or contagious elements getting outside. we're told all testing material, all garbage is burned from the unit. it is, as they say, the highest degree of clinical isolation. now writebol is reported

>> a lot of people anticipating the arrival, as you talk about, of nancy writebol. she's expected to be on the ground late this morning. here at the hospital sometime at noon. when the wheels touch down on that jet, she will be back in the u.s. but still a long way from a full recovery. she began the long journey over night. her son is anxious to get his mom back on american soil and knows exactly what he will say to her when he finally gets the chance. >> i love you. and then i'm going to encourage her -- we know that god is good and we trust him. >> writebol is expected to arrive around noon and will be transferred to this isolation unit at emory hospital, the first two ebola patients in the united states. she contracted the virus while working in africa. they have both improved after receiving doses of z money hap. >> the head of the missionary group says it may also be another aspect of their mission. >> if they had to suffer this in order to see tens of thousands and maybe more lives saved, they would say i'm willing to go through what i'm going through. >> but

so to hln's nancy grace we go. and a couple questions for you, nancy. first, we know that this grand jury has begun to convene. but why is it that apparently, you know -- this officer -- we may not find out if he's fully charged until mid october. why? >> well, i was concerned about that, as well. because the autopsies are done, okay? all the evidence has been gathered unless they want to talk to more witnesses. but all the evidence should be in, including toxicology. it's already come out there was marijuana in michael's system. i don't know that that's either here nor there. but that proves to you that the toxicology results are already in. or i can tell you this much. they could be in if they wanted them to be in. you know, you can put a rush on toxicology and get them in a week. so long story short, i've been looking at it. you know, i'm not suggesting this is what's going on. but this grand jury is done toward the end of september. and i'm just wondering if they're timing this indictment to come out at the time this grand jury is going to be releas

nancy snyderman. nancy, good evening. >> good evening, brian. the news today from emory university hospital saying that it is preparing a special isolation unit to receive a patient with ebola within the next few days. which patient will be treated? we are not sure. but in the meantime, two american lives are hanging in the balance. the relief agency, samaritan's purse, said today the conditions of two of their american volunteers in liberia, dr. kent brantly and nancy writebol are deteriorating. yesterday an experimental serum arrived in liberia but only one dose. >> dr. brantly heard that, he asked that it would be given to nancy and not to be given to him. >> reporter: franklin graham is head of the relief organization. >> he's a tremendous individual. >> reporter: however, dr. brantly did get some help, a blood transfusion from a 14-year-old ebola survivor, one of the many people dr. brantly has saved. >> this is the toughest ebola outbreak we've ever had to face, and ebola itself is a dreadful and merciless virus. >> reporter: and to date t

christian missionary nancy writebol just arrived.lane left bangor, maine, where the plane refueled after picking her and a team up from liberia. >> want to bring in dr. gupta who's outside of that hospital at emory university in atlanta. also with us, anthony fauci, director of the national institutes of health. >> why don't we take some viewer questions. we have one here, who tweeted, dr. gupta, as a virus, this obviously has a lot of people scared. how fast does this serum work? >> well, it's a good question, and i'll point out again that dr. brantly was the first patient in the world to receive this. what was described by health care professionals on the ground was at the time he received this, he was quite sick, having difficulty breathing. his vital signs started to fluctuate. he had a profound rash that was over the trunk of his body it and they say within 20 minutes, he started to have some effect of that. within an hour, his breathing started to improve. and keep in mind, this was on thursday that he was this sick. described

nancy wright boll was leased tuesday. the two no longer have the virus in their blood and pose no health rings. at 4:45, you will hear from dr. braptly, who spoke about his recovery today. >>> now to the unrest in ferguson, missouri. "time" magazine today revealed this week's cover, the headline reading the tragedy in ferguson, the picture she is young man kneeling amount ground with his hands over his head. >>> another night of protests in ferguson last night, but far fewer arrest. this as a grand jury begins hearing evidence in the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown. >> we demand that darren wilson, the officer involved in the shooting death of michael brown, be immediately fired from the ferguson police department instead of remaining on paid leave. >> also today, demands from protestors in clayton, missouri, hundreds of people gathered there, calling for officer dar.wilson to be fired, charged and prosecutered. the group also wants st. louis's prosecuting attorney off the case them also called for the federal

kent brantly and earlier to discharge nancy writebol. how delicate of a decision is that for the team of doctors. what was likely involved? >> my guess is what they had to determine was whether there was any chance that these two americans were contagious. we have to assume that they used all measures possible to determine that, and they were squarely saying that there was no chance that these two americans were infectious to others, including their families with whom they are presumably going to have very clois contact. >> and they did go to great lengths to emphasize again and again they are no longer infectious, no longer an ebola presence in their blood stream. you've been looking at the ethsical implications. you highlighted three big questions. should the two americans have been lifted out of liberia when others were not? should they have been given this highly experimental treatment and if treating them was appropriate, should the hundreds of africans with ebola also be treated? how risky to give them that experimental serum that

the other missionary nancy writebol has already been released. the live news conference any moment now. >>> well here we go on this thursday. welcome to "at this hour." i'm ma kayla pereira. john berman is off. so much more at this hour. cooler heads seem to be prevailing in ferguson, missouri. a short time ago attorney general eric holder spoke about his visit there. and about the investigation into michael brown's death. >> the people of ferguson can have confidence in the federal agents, investigators and prosecutors who are leading this process. our investigation will be fair, it will be thorough, and it will be independent. the national outcry we have seen speaks to a sense of mistrust and mutual suspicion that can take hold in the relationship between law enforcement and certain communities. >> it would appear that on the streets of ferguson, things seem to be calming down. the latest protests overnight were more peaceful, a few minor disturbances. only about six arrests. the relative calm could mean a shift in focus away from the fury and

i have to say i don't expect better from nancy pelosi. lord help us, she's an example of how mediocre our political system has come. but frankly from mrs. clinton i did expect -- not honorable behavior, but a glimmer of intelligence. i mean, she's not totally stupid, but she obviously hasn't done her homework on this. and when she was secretary of state she obviously wasn't reading the briefing books. >> all right. pretty sad. unbelievable. there's no moral ambiguity here. >> that's correct. >> colonel, thank you. appreciate it. when we come back, we have breaking news out of the middle east. israel calls up 16,000 reservists and now both sides have just in the last hour or two agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire. we'll have a report from the region and gaza coming up next. plus, president obama's turned a blind eye as illegals pour over our southern border. guess what? the voters have now spoken. a new poll shows that in fact this is the one issue the white house should be very nervous about. we'll check in with the always outspo

both he and nancy writebol credit their faith with their recovery.ear the full interview with nancy writebol's suns coming up today on the today show at 7:00 after this newscast, but i can tell you that the sons say the last three weeks have been the lowest of the lows and the highest of the highs. >> what a relieved family, thank you very much. >>> 6:53 right now. police are hoping new surveillance video can help them track down whoever beat a san francisco man to death. police are calling the man in the video a person of interest for killing brian higgins. hig bs was found -- higgins was found brutally beating in fact castro two weeks ago. the man shows a man chasing him the morning he was found unconscious in the neighborhood. higgins was taken off life support last week. he was a member of the radical ferries. movement of gay men searching for a spiritual kmengs do their -- dimension to their sexuality. they do not know whether yet this is a hate crime. >>> homeowners being fined for trying to save water during the state's severe drought. fran pe

james. >> brown: nancy cordes on capitol hill, thank you very much, nancy. many of the children coming here from central america are fleeing violence in their home land. manuel bojorquez went to el salvador to learn more. >> reporter: there are almost 10 murders on the streets of el salvador every day. gangs have made survival a daily battle. but amidst the violence this is an oasis, a youth center, shelter from the brutal world outside the gates. >> it exists on a string and a prayer. >> reporter: katherine andrade works for catholic relief services which runs the center. >> we're giving them hope and a new opportunity within and amidst all of the problems that are going on here. >> reporter: how tough is that? >> it's-- this is the hardest thing i've ever done in my life. >> reporter: the hardest thing because of stories like this: you live in fear. you don't go outside. this 18-year-old, who asked not to be identified, says this is the only place he feels safe. he's lost three siblings to gang violence. his brother was murdered three weeks ago. ( speaking

nancy snyderman's been following this story for us and joins us now. good to see dr. brantly on his own two feet leaving that ambulance. what happens now in terms of treatment? >> i believe he walked into that hospital and immediately got on a gurney and was then taken to the icu, his isolation room. they're going to follow his liver functions, kidney and make sure he's not having any problems with clotting. if he needs a transfusion or any kind of platelets, they'll be ready to give it to him. very sophisticated monitoring. >> and clearly they're taking all the precautions here. but i think a lot of concern comes to those who may be leaving the area of the outbreak coming to this country. there's some peace corps workers who are going to be evacuated. what kind of screening will there be for people coming back from that region? >> the centers for disease control now has people at about 20 places around the country where flights can come in. people coming out of dangerous areas and people on the ground have been told to look out for certain symptoms, high fever, heada

kent brantly and nancy writebol are being treated with an experimental serum. until now it had only been tested in monkeys. it prevents the virus from entering cell it's in body. >> unfortunately by the time we used the serum most of the virus is already inside the cells of the patient. and so we have to prevent new infection but the old infection just has to run its course. >> reporter: both nancy writebol and kent brantly are said to be improving. as far as the patient here at mt. sinai doctors will see his test results in the next day or so, but again, anne-marie, they do not expect him to be infected with ebola. >> thank you, ko. >>> now, to the middle east where we're just hours into another try at peace. a new cease-fire agreement is in place between israel and hamas. the temporary peace deal may be a sign of something long term. but both sides remain ready to fight. susan mcginnis is in washington. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. yes, another truce is under way and appears to be holding. at least this one was agreed to by both sides among this

nancy pelosi, the house minority huffman, spokeed at a recent forum that spoke largely on the issue of college affordability and other childhood education issues. this is one in a half hours. -- one and a half hours. [applause] >> good afternoon. we are truly honored to be hosting today's town hall meeting with representative jared huffman along with democratic house leader, nancy pelosi. [applause] absolutely. joined today by our esteemed board of trustees, names]bevis -- [reads please give around the applause for the board of trustees. [applause] i also know that we are joined today by a variety of other leaders in education, both superintendents and various school board members. if you are in the audience, please stand so that we can acknowledge you as well. thank you. [applause] tois now my pleasure introduce you to the moderator of our town hall meeting. dana king was a familiar face in the bay area for 15 years as a five-time emmy me -- emmy award-winning broadcast journalist on the cbs five eyewitness news. and she has a familiar face in the rain county, where she lived for 17 y

brantly and nancy writebol. so far, we're hearing reports from the ground that there were positive affects. but as you are dealing with two patients it is difficult to determine exactly what the degree of positive affect was. the product itself is a combination of antibodies that are designed to block the virus or in essence fight. >> what about the two folks that received the serum. and we are talking about the disease in the united states because that is a concern. if that is a concern in africa, and british airways cancelled flights to liberria and sierra leon. and how have access to this sam experimental serum. how concerned are you about this outbreak in africa and this might just be the beginning and this outbreak could be spinning more out of control? >> well, obviously we are all concerned about the outbreak in the western african countries. it's out of control. in many respects it's catastrophic, mostly because those countries don't have the health care infrastructure to be able to handle a disease that

>> i'm nancy odel. coming up peers brosnan back in action after ex cia agent in the november man. uncovering haunting mystery. >>> and we can expect to see pretty decent weekends unfold at least initially, we are, a, heating up, b, starting to seymour humidity, threat for showers and storms return. so we'll time things out. tell you thousand will affect your labor day holiday weekekends, all coming up as is trivia on the other side. stick a >> a tractor-trailer driver in stable condition after his truck tipped on the schuylkill expressway near city avenue. the truck is upright. but the crash could have an impact on the early morning commute. >> iceland has raised an aviation alert after volcano on the island errupted. there has been no sitings of ash so far. remember, four years ago, interruption iceland created a ash cloud across europe. >> and let's give you live look at the staging area for this weekend's made in america festival, ferrell williams, dozen of other storms will perform on the parkway tomorrow and sunday, get the line up, and detours, at cbsphilly.com. >>> well, po

the patients nancy writebol and dr. kent brantly, both had a cowl to service and they both found themselves caring for the sick in the ebola center in liberia. they were caring for their patients even know they could be risking their own lives. >> i don't think it was on any of our minds when the first wave of the epidemic hit in april and we got word of it, we knew that that was a potential that they would have to deal with. >> within the months of the first reports of ebola in guinea it had crossed borders to liberia and sierra leone. i traveled to west africa to report on the epidemic and even then it was apparently that it was quickly growing into the deadliest ebola outbreak in history. it can only be passed on through bodily fluids like blood but even a single virus article may be enough to cause the fatal disease. it was last week when writebol and brantly began experiencing symptoms of ebola, fever, headaches, vomiting. they suspected the worst and immediately isolated themselves. it took just days to confirm th

kent brantly and nancy writebol. you can see the reporters waiting for the news conference to begin. they were flown to let the hospital earlier this month after being treated with an experimental serum. >> very good news indeed. this still too early to know if the experimental serum played a role in the apparent recoveries or if it was simply the tremendous support of care they were receiving here at emory university hospital where they were undergoing treatment at a special isolation unit. we expect to hear more from the treatment at the news conference about to get underway at any minute. we will hear from the first of the two american ebola patients to arrive here. they had been treating patients at an ebola clinic in liberia around the time he was infected. they say "today i join all of our team around the world in giving thanks to god as we celebrate dr. kent brantly's recovery from ebola and discharge from the hospital." he was with nancy writebol who had been working in that same ebola clinic. now a spokesman

nancy snyderman with whom we spoke earlier today. dr. nancy, thank you for calling in. i asked dr. shafner of vanderbilt whether he would be nervous. do you think there's any nerves? >> no, i would be excited, anticipating. this is exactly what medical teams train for. when this unit was built, there was a request, would would like to work in this unit. nurses and doctors came forward and volunteered. infectious diseases are frightening. but they're also exciting in the chance you get to make a difference, you get to save lives. you get to see diseases you don't normally encounter. at the same time, we get to learn, educate people, and, frankly, make our medical system stronger. so, no, i would not be scared. if i were in this field, i would have volunteered. >> i know you. i'm sure you would have, actually. dr. nancy, we have talked about this strain of ebola virus and the fact it is not airborne. you talked about the fact were someone to be sitting next to an ebola carrier on a plane, you would not worry about catching it yourself. that heard, the chief of the world health organi