ms. nina pham and amber vinson have been upgraded and ms. amber vinson has been cleared of the virus. the new case should also demonstrate we can no longer ignore the crisis in west africa. we can no longer ignore it. nearly 10,000 people have died from this disease or they are battling it as we speak. many in the most gruesome conditions imaginable. i.e. the needs we have a fundamental and humanitarian obligation to address the crisis in africa. we are the richest nation in the world and we have the resources and expertise to make the biggest difference however for those that may not agree that we have an obligation to help they must understand addressing the ebola crisis in africa is also in our self-interest as a nation. public health experts warn that we need to address this outbreak at the source in africa. the longer the outbreak continues the more likely it will spread to the rest of the world including more cases right here in the united states of america and we do not take strong action now. it would cost much more in the long run. health care experts know how to fight this d

ms. nina pham came down with it. doctor lurie, do you think that perhaps the cdc missteped? >> they said some missteps have been made that they've taken a quick look at the experience and -- >> doctor lurie, i'm asking a public information health question on how to deal with event when i was the head of my county. one rule i had was never reassure the public when you don't know. never do that because it is your credibility. as you've heard from some of the questions on the other side to -- gave them an opening to attack the credibility of the administration by extension. because the cdc wasn't capable of saying not yet. we don't know. it's a work in progress. what's so horrible about doing that? >> i think right now as we look at the situation we see that it is a work in progress and we can see that it's taking constant steps to just a just as we learn more. >> ms. burger, you indicated he would welcome a law establishing if not executive order preferably a wall that codifies establishing uniform guidelines, uniform protocols so we don't have this up and down. is that correc

ms. nina pham came down with it. doctor lurie eu think that perhaps the cbc missteps? >> they said some have been made that they've taken a quick look at the experience and presented as easy. >> doctor lurie i'm asking a public information health question on how to deal with event when i was the head of my county. never reassure the public when you don't know. never do that because it is your credibility. as you've heard from some of the questions on the other side to attack the credulity of the administration by extension. because the cdc wasn't capable of saying not yet. we don't know. it's a work in progress. what's so horrible about doing that? >> i think right now as we look at the situation we see that it is a work in progress and we can see that it's taking constant steps to just a just as we learn more. >> ms. burger coming to you indicated he would welcome a law establishing if not executive order preferably a wall that codifies establishing uniform guidelines, uniform protocols so we don't have this up and down. of procedures in hospitals depending on where y

ms. nina pham and amber vinson have been upgraded and ms. amber vinson has been cleared of the virus. the new case should also demonstrate we can no longer ignore the crisis in west africa. we can no longer ignore it. nearly 10,000 people have died from this disease or they are battling it as we speak. many in the most gruesome conditions imaginable. i.e. the needs we have a fundamental and humanitarian obligation to address the crisis in africa. we are the richest nation in the world and we have the resources and expertise to make the biggest difference however for those that may not agree that we have an obligation to help they must understand addressing the ebola crisis in africa is also in our self-interest as a nation. public health experts warn that we need to address this outbreak at the source in africa. the longer the outbreak continues the more likely it will spread to the rest of the world including more cases right here in the united states of america and we do not take strong action now. it would cost much more in the long run. health care experts know how to fight this d

ms. pham. >> reporter: in the hospital behind me, nina pham is in isolation unit where days previous she was treating thomas eric duncan, who is now sadly deceased. people are looking for where any breach of protocol may have occurred and whether that contributed to her getting the disease. that's one thing under investigation today. and, of course, we are all waiting for an update on how she may be reacting to that treatment that you mentioned, that she has received some of the blood from dr. kent brantly. what we are hearing from the community here and from family and friends is that she is facetiming with her famimother other family members and in good spirits. i spoke to her catholic church, vietnamese congregation last night. they held a special prayer vigil, about 30 minutes from here in ft. worth. and they called on the world to pray for a member of their flock, nina pham. one person i talked to after that service, the priest to the family of nina pham. he told me this. take a listen. >> she's doing well. she's very comfortable and she feels very supported now. she knows that everybod

ms. pham's condition. >> she is fair, stable and resting comfortably. we fully intend to have this patient walk out of this hospit hospital. >> nbc's luke russert was in bethesda for the news conference. ninashe left dallas her condition was listed as good. now they say fair. what can you tell us about that change? >> reporter: hey there, craig. as far as why nina pham's condition has gone from good to fair, we did not get any real answer on that from the he cited privacy rights for patients. there is some indication her long-distance plane ride could be one of the reasons. also, this is nih, one of the premiere hospitals in the country, so the medical professionals here may have noticed something that perhaps those doctors in texas did not. all that being said, though, nina pham has a team of 20 nurses who are dedicated to her. she has two nurses in the room at any given time. we're told she's interacting with staff, having a good face about all these types of things. it can't be easy. dr. fauci called her very brave. she has a few creature comforts, including her ipad. she's resting comfortably and doing the best she possibly can. one of four biocontainment units in the hospital specific

ms. pham and other health care workers were wearing during those first two days? >> nina would have been wearing the second garb, the folks in the e.d. would be wearing the first picture. >> it's your testimony you don't really know how ms. pham, well, either one of these wonderful nurses were exposed, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> okay. i just want to say one last thing. i think that we've had a lot of discussion today about a lot of issues. and my take away is this. and dr. frieden, i guess i'm going to make a statement. i'd ask you to comment on it. seems to me that aside from trying to stop this ebola in africa, the thing we can do here is, number one, we can give better training to the people in our emergency rooms and first responders, not just send tm out e-mails or bulletins. number two, we can have more robust protective gear at an early stage if somebody looks like they might have a risk for ebola. and number three, i think it might be real useful to put cdc on the ground much earlier. here, they didn't come into this dallas hospital until after the dia

nina pham's house. nurse pham is stable and was given a transfusion from an ebola survivor. dr. kent brantley did confirm he went to dallas to donate plasma. ms's priest spoke tonight. >> didn't have any affected yet. i think it's a very short time. she got the blood from the very good guy. he's a very good guy from somewhere. and she, he fly here. he flew to the dallas. >> up next, parents in new jersey are reacting to a horrific hazing scandal involving a local high school football team. this is a story unlike any you've ever heard about high school football hazing, coming up. i love having a free checked bag. with my united mileageplus explorer card. i have saved $75 in checked bag fees. priority boarding is really important to us. you can just get on the plane and relax. i love to travel, no foreign transaction fees means real savings. we can go to any country and spend money the way we would in the us. when i spend money on this card i can see brazil in my future. i use the explorer card to earn miles in order to go visit my family which means a lot to me. ♪ with centurylink visionary cloud a brinfrastructure, and custom communications s

. >> as nina pham and amber vinson, the two texas presbyterian nurses remain in isolation units on the east coast, ms. vinson's family is defending her in her decision to travel the day before diagnosis. let's meet sarah doloff. so sd she have someone to go? >> reporter: she and her family will be moving into a new home in the dallas area. we don't know exactly how long the rent will be paid for, but we're told at least a couple months so they can start to rebuild their lives and get back on their feet. they also lost a number of belongings. they had to be destroyed during the deacon tam nation process. we're told anonymous donors in the city are working to replace those items. like i said, to get these folks back on their feet. it's a very bitter sweet day for this family. they looked forward to the end of isolation period in getting a sense of normalcy back. they said in a quote, our happiness is mixed with sadness at the same time, my beloved fiancee, thomas eric duncan, who was also the father of my son, karsiah eric duncan, did not survive with us. we continue to mourn his loss and green the cir

ms. pham moves as well. we've got to deal with all of this. we can't be parochial about this. >> do you think there's a possibility nina pham will also be airliftede's a possibility of that. that's smog we're discussing and we'll see if it happens. >> let me read to you a statement put out by the national nurse's united union. the suits they were given, talking about the health care professionals, the nurses, still exposed their necks, the part closest to their face and mouth. nurses had to use medical tape that has permeable seams, and had to put on the tape and take it off on their own. that sounds awful to me. what was going on? i know you've looked into this, mayor, because that sounds so, so elementary, shall we say, and so dangerous. >> you know, what's amazing about this, we were kind of fighting a two-front war on this. the context of eric duncan and outside of the hospital, we thought that was going to be the more difficult one, 48 context. we tracked them all, we got their family in isolation, and knock on wood, they're doing very well. i thought the layup was really inside the hospital, so it's very disappointing what has happened. aga

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ms. vinson was transported to emory? >> reporter: that is the best explanation we've gotten so far. that would go a long ways in explaining precisely why it is that nina pham remains here in good condition. he would not confirm that is the only reason that jenkins went on to say that it is a matter of using this hospital's resources most effectively. while i'm talking to you, tamron, roughly three miles away here at north dallas we're seeing the second round of cleaning at amber vinson's apartment. i think we have a live look at that. the second round of cleaning going on at amber vinson's apartment. you have the workers who were there yesterday, again, wearing the hazmat suits, meticulously going over the apartment. we were told by officials at dallas they continue to go door-to-door at the apartment complex to answer any questions folks might have. going back to what judge clay jenkins told me again, the judge here in dallas said we should note he is the county executive here in dallas. this is a little bit more of what he had to say to me. take a listen. >> this hospital has the capacity for three ebola patients is that accurate? >> that is right, that

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ms. vinson flew. see what they're doing to make sure this plane is safe. and what are your chances of catching ebola on an airplane? we'll talk about it. >>> and video on thursday showed nurse nina pham looking pretty healthy for an ebola patient. up next, an expert in patient safety will tell us how deadly this virus really is. and some you just don't. introducing the kohler touchless toilet. ♪ before we craft it into a sandwich. the tender, slow-roasted turkey, the zesty cranberry mostarda, the freshly baked flatbread paired perfectly with our autumn squash soup. a delicious meal made just for you only at panera bread. a delicious meal made just for you because i make the best chicken noodle soup >>because i make the best chicken noodle soup because i make the best chicken noodle soup for every way you make chicken noodle soup, make it delicious with swanson® >> wow. that's video of nina pham, the dallas nurse infected with ebola just moments before she was flown from texas on thursday night to the nih in maryland. she looked well. she was even joking with her doctors. but by friday afternoon the nih said the 26-year-old nurse's condition had been downgraded from good to fair but s

nina pham doing right now. >> well good morning, deb. doctors told us we would get u.s on any change in the condition of ms. pham.ing a change in condition. she's stable, and resting comfortable. doctors say she is sitting up, eating and in good spirits able to interact with her hospital staff and care givers. we are know her mother and sister are in the area to be near here. and she's been taken care of by a team of folks experts in handling the sickest of patients. they are well trained. doctors stress the training the retraining and the drilling these teams do in order to help care for patients like nina pham. she's been cared for by two 12-hour shifts of nurses. and any time anyone goes in they have to go in in pairs. the buddy system is for caution to make sure no breach in protocol that these nurses are well protected from this virus because they don't want anymore nursing to be infected. >> when she was at texas presbyterian hospital her condition was good. we don't know what stage the disease was. after the trip the condition s listed as fair. was it the transport that took its tole or now that her body i

nina pham is in fair conditions and good spirits. yesterday she released a video thanks her coworkers for their support. >> now it is not easy to understand everything on that video, but msrom the hospital in dallas texas to the national institutes of health in maryland. she had a tough time saying goodbye to her friends. >>> there are happy tears there. >>> talking about happy tears. telling her friends, come visit me. she flew to a maryland airport late last night, you see her coming off the plane there. they escorted her to a plane to an ambulance that was waiting, that took her to the national institute of health. a short time ago officials said she is resting comfortably, she is interacting with the caregivers and she is eating. 10 nurses have been assigned just to her, 2 of them will be in her room at any given time. >>> the other infected nurse, she may have been sick a lot longer than first thought. before she went to get treatment, she took a frontier airlines flight from cleveland to dallas on monday. frontier airlines is now getting in contact with as many as 800 passengers who may some how be linked to her. some of them flew on her first flight to cleveland l