doctors at atlanta university hospital no longer detect the virus in amber vinson. that word from her mother. she's the nurse who flew to cleveland and diagnosed with the virus. also nbc news camera malm ashoka mukpo who recovered from the virus will be heading home today. >>> here at home, preparing for any ebola cases that may turn up, nbc10's katy zachry alive us 0 of cooper hospital which is helping out with today's training. katy. >> reporter: here doctors at cooper hospital spending some time about the dangers of ebola if they come in contact with someone who has it. we don't have to look far for health care workers on the front lines contracting ebola from a patient. it happened twice in texas. here in new jersey there are no ebola cases. but starting this week, newark liberty airport is only one of five in the country that's accepting travelers from ebola-stricken countries so the potential of the virus spreading is something very much on the minds of health care workers here in new jersey. other counties are taking similar measures to protect and inform. i'

a presentatio at atlanta university. they met at a party and my dad had to leave to go make his presentation but he was so submiten he went back to the united states last night and demanded he see my mother who was living as a dorm mother essentially and he was not permitted to see her but he insisted he would and he did. i was then born a year after that and this was the very time my father was doing the work with the red cross that he had  for britain project in which blood and plasma was shipped overseas and it was such anu%3Ñ important time because there were so many soldiers wounded in the war. what my father discovered was that red blood and plasma could be preserved and shipped overseas and he also devised the first mobile red cross truck, essentially, to refrigerate the blood and preserve it. so that was an important contribution and it was the first time that he worked with the american red cross. my dad's legacy is one of deep passion for the work which he did as a clinician, for the work that he did as a teac

emory university in atlanta, university of nebraska in omaha and st.k hospital in missoula, montana. tonight the ebola patient who through from liberia to belgium, then dulles to d.c. and finally to dallas is expected to face criminal charges after liberian officials said he lied on an airport questionnaire about whether he'd come in contact with anyone who had ebola. >> now as many as 100 people in the u.s. are being checked for possible exposure to the deadly virus after coming into contact with thomas eric duncan. here in this liberian neighborhood where he rented a room from where a woman was dying from the virus. she was rushed to the clinic, but there was no room. martha lane died september 16th. sonny boy died yesterday. all passengers leaving liberia are screened for fever at the airport and required to fill out a questionnaire. duncan checked no to the question did you stay in a house with or have any other casual contact with an ebola patient? today liberian officials said he lied and they will prosecute him. the president said they was angry

. >> amber vinson is being treated at emery university hospital in atlanta -- at emory university hospital in atlanta. investigators are looking at if she had symptoms before flying to ohio last friday. vinson claimed she felt funny on that trip home to plan her wedding. 12 people who may have come in contact with the nurse including her mother are being monitored for symptoms. >>> vinson's colleague nina pham is resting comfortably at national institutes of health reportedly alert, interacting with staff and eating a bit. dr. anthony fauci with the nih said her condition went from good down to fair after her flight from dallas adding that pham will be at nih for the foreseeable future until he is confident she is well and clear of that virus. >> we fully intend to have this patient walk out of this hospital and we'll do everything we possibly can to make that happen. >> the nih clinical research center currently has capacity for one more ebola patient. >>> there have been no confirmed ebola cases originating here in the d.c. area and there have been several false alarms. >> our mola lengh

from that dallas hospital to the private jet that is about to take her from dallas to atlanta to the emory university hospital in atlanta where there is clearly more sophisticated treatment for ebola patients. this has been something that's been in the works now since we learned early this morning that amber vinson is the second health care professional, the second nurse in dallas to come down with ebola, contracting, ebola from thomas eric duncan and he died, unfortunately, last week at that dallas hospital. nina pham, the 26-year-old nurse who contracted ebola while rying to treat mr. duncan, she's still in that hospital in dallas. she, her condition is described as improving. let's hope it does, but apparently, they don't want to take any chances at all right now. with amber vinson they're going to send her to atlanta. there you see she's being removed. >> it looks like she's being removed on a stretcher there and she'll be put on that small plane, that jet to fly her from dallas to atlanta where we all hope she will recover. other ebola patients have recovered in atlanta at the emory university h

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they eevd moved her from atlanta to emory university hospital. 29-year-old amber vinson was helped by workers in full hazmat geerl. she'll be treated at emery university hospital in atlanta in a special isolation unit while she receives treatment for ebola. but news that she was cleared to board a flight from cleveland to dallas the day before she fell ill is fueling questions. >> the person at the cdc looked at the chart and saw that she didn't officially meet the criteria as somebody for high risk because she department have a fever of 100.4 or above, so she was allowed to fly. >> reporter: they've paid six of the flight crew members on paid leave for six days and health fishlgs are notifying the 132 passengers on board. two students were among them. they were pulled out of class wednesday and will be monitored. >> we've heard from our local officials that the risk is very low and our students are safe. >> reporter: the cdc say all people possibly exposed here are now banned from traveling on public transportation. as for the first nurse who contracted ebola here, nina pham, she rem

about a second nurse who tested positive for ebola and who is right now arriving in atlanta for treatment at emory universityo show you the live images that we're looking at right now, that is the ambulance the nurse has just gotten into. she just flew into atlanta, was able to walk off the aircraft in a complete hazmat suit. completely covered. she was escorted by other health

let's bring in cnn national reporter nick valencia over at emory university hospital in atlanta. and also joining us, dr. seema yasmin. she's now a staff writer for "the dallas morning news." nick, set the scene for us. walk us through what we're about to see. >> reporter: we are expecting to hear from amber vinson, her first public comments since doctors said she is clear of the ebola virus. she landed here in atlanta at emory university hospital on october 15th having been transferred from her home hospital, texas presbyterian, they say because of a staffing issue. also there's a remarkable precedence set by emory university in their serious communicable disease unit. they have treated four patients for the ebola virus, all of them have been treated and released. i understand that amber vinson may be making her way to the podium. we'll send it back to you so you can update our viewers. >> she's sitting down right now with a nice, big smile. you see the doctors there, the nurses there. the men and women who helped her recover from ebola. she's very happy. her grandparents, we're

the second ebola patient, amber vinson, this other nurse, arrived at atlanta's emory university hospital last night. last night hazmat teams descended on her apartment complex to decontaminate it. let's begin with two nurses. one headed to maryland and one in atlanta. how are they doing? >> nina pham is said to be in good condition. she's the first nurse to test positive for ebola. she is to be moved today to that nih facility in bethesda, maryland. not exactly clear why she's being moved to that facility whether it's a matter of her wishes, her family's wishes or this hospital deciding it's best to get all of the ebola patients that they had moved to other facilities so they can maybe try to regroup but again no exact cause on why she's being moved but she's said to be in good condition. there has been an update on amber vinson. we were able to watch her yesterday in realtime when she got off the plane to go to emory, she was able to walk with a little bit of aid of her own accord into an ambulance and then she was taken to emory university hospital where they have that special bioconta

amber vinson, you see her here, she hugged her doctors and nurses before walking out of atlanta's emory university hospital yesterday. vinson, of course, was diagnosed after caring for a liberian man who eventually died of ebola at a dallas hospital, and she fueled fears across the country by flying to cleveland after being infected. now, health officials say three pennsylvanians who were on that flight are showing no signs of ebola. they're still being monitored, along with about 100 other people who spent time in west africa before arriving in pennsylvania. president obama pledged his support for health care workers on the front lines of ebola. >> the bottom line is, is that they're doing what it takes to make sure that medical personnel and health care workers from all countries have what they need to get the job done. >> now, the president did not directly address the case of nurse kaci hickox or the quarantine that kept her at university hospital in newark over the weekend. hickox volunteered recently in west africa. she became the first person forced into new jersey's mandatory 21-day quaran

that is according to amber vinson's family tonight, she remains in atlanta's emery university hospital for now. meanwhile photo journalist, schenn here, was released from a nebraska hospital today, and today president barack obama met with his newly appointed ebola czar. the administration decide that had all travelers coming into the u.s. from the three stricken west african countries will be monitored, for 21 days. they will have to check for fever twice a day, reporter that temperature, and then any symptoms to health officials on a daily basis. by phone, video chat or in person. >>> pennsylvania and new jersey are among the six states implementing this monitoring program beginning monday. a new associated press poll today found that nine in ten americans think it is necessary to tighten screening procedures. while you can count on the number of cases, in the u.s. on one hand, fear is widespread. 75 percent of the population is concerned that ebola could spread widely. even though about a quarter of americans admit that they don't understand howie bowl a is transmitted. >>> if you'v

atlanta. to emory university hospital. amber vi latest healthcare worker from this hospital in dallas to be diagnosed with ebola. she has 75 colleagues here at the hospital who are now being heavily monitored according to those who work here and the cdc, vincent and the others who treated duncan were in a situation in which they were dealing with quite a bit of multiple types of bodily fluids drawing blood, using catheters, wiping saliva from his mouth. cleaning up vomit and diarrhea all of which are known to transmit the disease. what's more, the largest nurse's union in the country says those on duty for the first two days did not have proper training or equipment. and things still aren't up to par. nurses complained about necks being he can posed and told to put on medical tape against transmission. the cdc along with dallas city and county hospital officials today acknowledged things could have been better. when thomas eric duncan arrived and they realized that they had an ebola case in their facility, officials say th

atlanta area. is expected to make her way here to emory university hospital. >> thanks so much. gabe gutierrez in atlanta. let me go back to the panel. i just got a word handed to me that amber vinson, the latest victim who is being flown into the hospital apparently call the cdc from cleveland, told them she had these symptoms and then continual on the flight and got on the plane. we have a real problem what we call this protocol thing. we have a lot of civilians. a lot of nonexperts. people in the health feel like herself. this is either the scariest disease and we'd better action like that or there is a margin of error. i don't see the margin of error thing working very well. >> 91% of people want tougher screening at the airports and we can screen for so many other things. you can't get on with ounces of water. >> how about a belt? why do you have that belt? i always think, i can't -- take the belt off. take the hat off. the shoes off. what? >> you don't want to get -- >> somebody makes a phone call that has an ebola connection, it ought to go to somebody who knows about ebol

atlanta. she will be taken to emery university hospital for treatment. same hospital that successfully treated two other ebola patients. >>> ebola concerns were a factor in today's roller coaster ride on wall street. the dow finished 170 points in the red. at one point, it was down 460 points. tonight we have live team coverage of the ebola concerns but we begin with nbc 10's first alert weather day. our first alert meteorologists are tracking storms moving throughout our area. it could mean heavy wind and flooding. let's begin with meteorologist sheena parveen. sheena, what's happening right now? >> we still, renee, have heavy rain moving through parts of the area. heavy rain moving up to move into the areas that have seen a bit of a break. here's a look at the radar. not everyone is seeing the rain right now. but we are tracking pretty heavy showth

someone with the ebola virus, why didn't they originally move there duncan to university of nebraska in omaha or even here to atlanta to emory university hospital, which is just a few blocks down the road from the cdc. >> there has been controversy about the cdc declaring, and to your point, that every hospital has to be prepared for the oath and the chances of one. and the point you have made is to identify regional hospitals best equipped to do this? >> exactly. you consider the hospital in dallas as a major institution and clearly there has been issues there. remember, a couple of months ago there is only four units in the entire country that would be able to handle and quarantine people with ebola. one in atlanta, washington, omaha and montana. those are specialized you wants. not every hospital is prepared for that, and not every healthcare worker is prepared for that. as we heard from the nurse's group, they're hearing that a lot of people feel that they're not appropriate. they don't understand the steps it takes to not get the ebola infection. as a matter of fact, we were just in alabama last week witnessing

joining me gabe gutierrez who is outside emory university hospital in atlanta. and gabe, my understanding is that ms. vinson has just arrived there. this hospital is one of a small handful of them where she's on her way to the hospital, a small handful that's explicitly trained to deal with ebola. >> yeah, chris, that's right. one of four hospitals throughout the country. the reason i'm looking over there is police have blocked off the street here. they do have some experience with this. they transported three ebola patients to emory university so far over the last few months. as you see those live pictures right now, the ambulance is on the move. the patient landed here in the atlanta area just within the past few minutes. there was little less than a two-hour flight from dallas love field. and the patient, amber vinson, walked on to the transport plane, walked off the transport plane on to that ambulance, and you see right there they're making their way here. we expect them in about ten minutes or so. now the isolation unit here at emory, it currently can hold

here's the second nurse, 29- year-old amber vinson, she was transferred last flight to atlanta's universityor treating ebola patients, as a precaution the cdc is considering putting 76 dallas healthcare workers on the tsa's no-fly list. the day before amber vinson went to the hospital, she flew on a frontier airlines plane from cleveland to dallas, a plane that had 132 people on board. now she called the cdc to report she had 99.5-degree fever, a temperature, but no one told her to avoid that flight. she got on. the cdc is trying to find everyone on the flight to keep an eye on their health. the frontier plane flew last night to denver. they have cleaned out the plane three time this is week and will clean it again and change out the air filters. >>> 7:39, againing today, four major u.s. airports in chicago, atlanta, and new york and washington d. c. will take the temperatures of passengers arriving from ebola stricken countries in west africa. the screenings began at jfk and the five u.s. airports are the arrival point in the u.s. for 95% of passengers traveling from west africa. so far, n

that nurse was flown to atlanta, to emory university. she just got into the ambulance. robert ray is there. what's the latest? >> reporter: indeed john, we are waiting for the arrival of the 29-year-old who flew from dallas to emory university. she will be quarantined immediately and tested and her vital signs and continuing the process like the other patients here. i just got off the phone with a federal official inside the centers for disease control which is about five blocks up the road right now. that person like you said confirmed that the cdc an epidemiologist inside the cdc told the patient before she was about to get on a plane in cleveland that she could get on that plane and travel because her temperature was under the threshold of what an ebola symptom could be. that is 100.5. that official also told me they deeply regret this and when i asked the official how could something like this happen? why would you even take that risk? why wouldn't you just send her to cleveland clinic to be looked at immediately? the official said this is uncharted territory and th

miss vinson is being treated at atlanta's emory university. n indicated she felt funny during her recent trip to ohio where she spent time at a bridal shop. she is getting married. cnn correspondent john roberts reports from atlanta. >> we don't know specific details about amber's university. she has instructed emory university not to disclose that information, but we know from other sources that she is in stable condition. we also learned more about how she was feeling during her weekend trip to ohio when she was preparing for her wedding going to thatbridal shop. the cdc said she felt tired, had to rest on several occasions. she was not exhibiting symptoms, but she certainly was feeling off. vinson may have felt ill all the way back to friday when she took that flight up from dallas to cleveland. >> we can't rule out that she wasn't ill, okay, for the time that she was here in ohio. and so we're going to be very conservative. we're going to be very aggressi aggressive. >> because she may have been sick on that flight up on october 10, the cdc

vinson is being treated at atlanta's emory university hospital.ccording to a cdc official vinson indicated that she felt funny during her recent trip to ohio where she spent time at a bridal shop. she is getting married. senior national correspondent john roberts reports from atlanta. >> reporter: megyn, we don't know specific details about amber vinson's condition. she has instructed emory university hospital not to disclose any of that information. though we do understand from other sources that she is in stable condition. we're also learning more about how she was feeling during her weekend trip to ohio when she was preparing for her wedding going to that bridal shop. the cdc said she was feeling funny, tired, had to rest on several occasions. she was not exhibiting typical symptoms of ebola, sore throat, fever, stomach upset, aches or pains, but she was definitely feeling off. centers for disease control bradden said she may have felt ill all the way from friday from dallas to cleveland. >> we can't rule out that she wasn't ill, okay, for the

the other nurse, amber vinson, is being treated at emory university in atlanta. her uncle says she's doing okay. a statement was released noting all the times they say that amber sought guidance and provided information to the cdc and to county officials. they state she, quote, has not and would not knowingly expose herself or anyone else to the virus. more than 150 people who came into contact with vinson during her trip are being monitored in texas and ohio. while most health officials will breathe a sigh of relief if no new cases crop up within the 2 is-day monitoring period, others are raising the question, what if 21 days isn't really enough? cnn's tom foreman joins me now. we've heard all along, if you show no symptoms after 21 days, you're in the clear. any chance that's not the right number? >> amid all the confusion and concern over this terrifying disease, this is the latest battlefront. how long should people who might have this disease be kept away from all the rest of us? from the beginning of this outbreak, the cdc has insisted if someone gets ebola

atlanta. the university of georgia experienced brief emergency after a tornado warning there. what have you seen this morning? >> reporter: here in atlanta a couple of tornado warnings as well. right now it's just heavy rain. a lot of campuses have been impacted by this not only university of georgia but clemson and florida state where at tallahassee they have a tornado warning and a flash flood warning simultaneously. a lot happening across the south. we're on the northeast side of atlanta. you can see the low clouds on securing the buildings a little bit this morning. atlanta will be out of this, we think, relatively quickly through the late morning. everything pushes over to the carolinas in through north florida. the issue today will be the high winds and the chance of tornad s s as well. reporting about 10,000 customers in the atlanta metro area without power. north carolina, south carolina, through alabama and georgia about 50,000 customers are without power right now. and tornado watches, jose, we remain in effect throughout the afternoon. will include cities like charlo

amber vincent rushed to emory university hospital in atlanta tonight. unease at kent state university in ohio. where she graduated and has a connection to three employees among them. deborah and kelvin berry, amber vincent's mother and stepfather. on the phone, eric mansfield, executive director of media relations for kent state. thank you for joining us. describe amber vincent's connection to kent state. i understand she has a mother and stepfather there. >> good evening. thank you for having us on. a close connection. attended the campus, graduated a degree in 2006 and 2008. three relatives work on kent campus. 28,000 students. 5,000 employees. a very big place. while she was in the area over the weekend, she, herself did not come to the kent campus. but she did interact with her relatives. they returned to the kent campus to work earlier this week. once they learned of her illness in dallas they left the campus. went home. caring for the family. and going forward to take precaution thaes they're going stay away from the campus for 21 days. >> she nev

and faction on acceptable now there are too. 29 year- old amber vincent rushed summer university hospital in atlanta today one day after being diagnosed with the deadly disease. >> : president obama called off campaign trip to the northeast to meet with his cabinet >> : and make sure nothing like this is not repeated >> : and what my answering at super buys and overseeing and much more oppressive wade. >> : nina vincent helped care for a library in a mobile victim bought thomas duncan went to cleveland for weekend planning for upcoming wedding >> : reportedly traveling with c c approval on her return flight monday she had a slight fever diagnosed with the disease on tuesday >> : to buy corn seed emory university in atlanta to other americans treated after getting a bowl and liberia. both of them survived >> : meantime frontier airlines jet than some of lawn has been quarantined as well >> : her 132 fellow passengers all being urged to contact cdc >> : part of team coverage tonight possibility of mobile spreading among the airline passengers causing concern for travelers asset about state officials a

she was transferred yesterday from that dallas hospital to the emery university hospital in atlanta,see the support that they're expressing. momentarily we expect nina pham to be leaving that hospital heading over to love airport to be flown to maryland. we're waiting to hear from the president of the united states. he's been meeting with his top ebola experts at the white house. he's about to make a statement. we'll have live komplg coverage that. >>> the star of last night's controversial florida governor's debate was the portable fan. get this, the portable fan at the feet of the democratic challenger charlie crist. rick scott is about to talk to us about this extremely unlikely event at that debate. but first, let's get some background with suzanne malveaux that has the latest. >> reporter: wolf, this is one of the strangest moments in the 20 years i have covered politics. it is now making national headlines. >> the two candidates who are invited to take part in this debate right now are not stepping up on the stage. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have an extremely peculia

." >> the second health care worker was moved from dallas to emory university in atlanta. >> the second nurse sick with ebola starts treatment this morning, days after taking a commercial airline flight from ohio to texas. >> there's no way she should have been on that flight. >> she should not have traveled on a commercial airline. >> reporter: why didn't the cdc stop her and was she contagious? the hunt is on for the other passengers on that plane. >>> plus texas nurses threatening to walk off the job. >> it is unforgivable that there was a lack of planning, a lack of preparation, and a lack of education. >> as the cdc director head to the hill for a grilling, should the agency have been better prepared? >>> and cnn presses the white house. >> you seem to be reluctant to say who is in charge of the federal response to ebola. >> reporter: as the president cancels events to monitor ebola's spread. >> we are monitoring, supervising, overseeing in a much more aggressive way. >> reporter: let's talk, live in the "cnn newsroom." good thursday morning to you. i'm ana cabrera in for carol. th

became infected with it after treating thomas eric duncan, she is set to be released from atlanta's emory university and that is coming up any moment, too. we expect to hear from her. she's probably going to make a statement somewhere close to the top of the hour. of course we'll carry it live right here on cnn. amber vinson, admitted october 15th. doctors say she is now free of the deadly disease. and that's just great. >>> people in one part of hawaii have a very big problem, a big slow-moving problem in the way of lava burning, smoldering lava creeping closer and closer to their front yards and their worldly possessions and their families. and there is nothing that can stop that. nineteen years ago, we thought, "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our snapfix app. visit angieslist.com today. ♪ we givecold

she is being treated at atlanta emory university hospital.ccording to a cdc official vincent said she felt funny during her recent trip in ohio where she spent time at a bridal shop. >> we don't know any specific details about her condition. she instructed emory university hospital not to disclose any of that information. we understand from other sources she is in stable condition. we are learning more about how she was feeling during her weekend trip to ohio while preparing for her wedding going to the bridal shop. the cdc said she was feeling funny, tired had to arrest on several occasions. was not exhibiting typical symptoms sore throat fever acesr or pains but she was feeling off. vincent may have felt ill all of the way back to friday when she took the flight up from dallas to cleveland. >> we can't rule out that she wasn't ill from the time that she was here in ohio. >> cdc is contracting everyone who is on board that plane. they contacted the passengers and everyone who was on the return flight back from cleveland monday. in ohio and d

had direct contact with duncan and tested positive for ebola is receiving treatment at emory university in atlanta. given the all clear, 43 people who had contact with ebola victim thomas duncan before he was hospitalized taken off the watchlist. among them, eight students, half of them returning to school today. we were ok. forlso being monitored, people who lived with duncan, including his fiancÉe, they're 21 day quarantined over. she is ebola-free and free to go about her life. >> she said they are grateful to be healthy and their hearts also go out to the two brave women who have been infected by this terrible disease as they were trying to help duncan. nurse nina pham is still battling ebola in isolation in bethesda. her colleague, amber vincent, is in stable condition and atlanta. she has hired an attorney to defend her reputation after news that she flew from dallas to cleveland and back in the days before she was diagnosed. her family said the cdc gave her permission. vinson did nothing wrong. they caused panic. >> as a precaution, more than are watching ohio for symptoms, including three

national institutes of health in bethesda, maryland, outside of washington and emory university hospital in atlanta of nebraska medical center in omaha and st. patrick hospital in missoula, montana. >> reporter: while those are four designated hospitals for dealing with these biohazard use, there are other large hospitals that drill for biohazards and practice on taking on and putting on protective gear. while those four hospitals are protective, there are other hospitals have a chance with an ebola patient than a smaller hospital. >> for the first time we heard from nina pham, only 26 years old, the nurse that became infected with ebola while treating thomas eric duncan, the patient who died in dallas last week. victor, tell our viewers what she is now saying. >> reporter: it's an upbeat statement from nina pham. we have the statement and put it up on the screen here. she says i'm doing well and want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers. i am blessed by the support of family and friends and am blessed to be cared for by the best team of doctors and nurses in the world here at texas

atlanta. she was taken by private plane being taken now by ambulance to emory university. she is going to receive specialized treatment for ebola. she is 29-year-old amber vinson. and it turns out she was on a frontier airlines flight just one day before showing symptoms but again she is on the way to emory university in atlanta for treatment. >>> i'm ken bastida in the kpix 5 newsroom. coming up at 6:00 billions to fix traffic like this is money from from a proposed hike in your sales tax but it may not be going where you think. plus, california's efforts for renewable energy drying up drastic cuts to power in our state because of the drought. those stories at 6:00. the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. ,,,,,, ♪ ♪ ,,,,,, thank you! thank you! dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. you've been such a big help. it's what i like to do. so you can choose a bank where helping people comes first. >> pelley: tonight, the virus spreads in the u.s. a second nurse has ebola and four across the midwest, raising questions about containing the virus. reports from man

she was taken to emory university hospital in atlanta. it's one of the four hospitals equipped to treat ebola symptoms. she's the second second nurse to contract the virus after treating thomas eric duncan. he died last week. the cdc is under fire after vinson called the agency after flying back. she reported a low-grade fever, 99.5. she was asked if she could board the plane. cdc director thomas frieden said in hindsight vinson should not have been allowed to fly. crews started the process of de contaminating vinson's apartment on wednesday. duncan was initially misdiagnosed and nurses weren't given clear protocol on how to handle the patient. >> we may have done things different if we knew what we know today but make no mistake. no one wants to make this right more than the hospital. >> reporter: overnight the hospital refuted several accusations made by annonymous nurses through a union. the hospital says duncan was never left in a public area for hours but was isolated. nurses did wear protective gear following cdc guidelines, althou

. >> reporter: vinson will be transported to atlanta's emory university hospital which has already treat three ebola patients underscoring the growing threat, president obama canceled his travel on wednesday and called an emergency meeting of agencies involved in the response. >> if we follow the protocols properly, follow the steps, get the information out, then the likelihood of widespread ebola outbreak in this country are very low. >> reporter: the cdc is establishing an ebola response team that can be in place within hours of a new case and vows to give hospitals a clear understanding of the best way to treat patients and protect their workers. >> standardize the process because every time you change that equipment you have to change the process. >> reporter: a necessity as the threat continues and hospitals brace for the worse. >> just over an hour ago she touched down in atlanta. vinson is seen here walking off the jet in a hazmat suit. she will receive specialized treatment. >>> it could be another two years before an early warning earthquake system is actually in place here in c

atlanta. jonathan? >> reporter: sean, amber vinson, the second dallas health care worker who became will ebola, will be transported to emory university hospital here in atlanta. there she's going to be treated in the same isolation unit that successfully treated two ebola-infected missionaries over the summer. kent brantly and nancy writebol. a third unnamed patient who arrived at 'emory is undergoing treatment but is expected to be discharged in the near future. the first health care worker to become ill with the ill not in dallas also appears to be improving. for now she'll remain where she is at texas health presbyterian hospital. although it's still unclear exactly how the dallas health workers became infected while caring for ebola patient thomas duncan, cdc investigator have been looking at the way medical workers around the world are putting on protective gear, perhaps more importantly, how they take it off. apparently some of the hospital workers in texas were wearing three or four layers of protection. now while this may sound safe, cdc official say extra layers may actually increase the risk of contamination while taking th

. >> yeah, i went to emory university in atlanta. i found myself wanting to do business, not wanting to sit in class. unfortunately, i started selling fake ids for about two months and then i realized i was going to get caught. i was really good though. >> they worked. >> they worked. >> you became a promoter, a party promoter when you were 19? >> yes. the reason i dropped out of school was there was a guy who sat me down and told me the story of robert woodruff, the guy of coca-cola, the largest endowment at emory. he gets me. at the end, he tells me that robert woodruff was one in a million and a chance of you being a robert woodruff is impossible. you need to stay in school and let go of this pipe dream. i said that you very much. i am dropping out of college. >> do you think he was wrong? >> i don't think he cares. >> do you care? >> i want my kid to go to college someday. [laughter] it wasn't that. i don't like the fact that he told me i was -- i shouldn't believe in my dream. while we are young, this is when we should take chan

. >> the second nurse infected with ebola has been flown to emory university hospital in atlanta.uriously one of the people by her side as she boarded wasn't wearing a haz/mat suit it was very strange. officials have not given a reason why that was. the nurse 29-year-old amber vincent came down with ebola after helping to care for thomas eric duncan who died in dallas last week. the day before vincent was hospitalized, somebody from the cdc gave her permission to fly on a commercial plane despite the fact she had a low-grade fever. the head of the cdc said that was a mistake. >> she was in a group of individuals known to have exposure to ebola she should not have traveled on a commercial ariel. >> reporter: meanwhile, another one of duncan's nurses nina pham remains at the texas hospital where she she is improving. officials say they expect the number of people infected to climb. our coverage of the ebola outbreak continues at 6abc.com. we'll have the latest on the dallas healthcare workers, swells the global response to the crisis. >> happening today a rally at the state house in

to die from the disease is about to leave emory university hospital in atlanta. she and her colleague, nina pham, who is also now out of the hospital, have been the only people to get the disease within the united states. this just leaves one confirmed ebola patient currently being treated in the u.s. dr. craig spencer here in new york city. >> then there is kaci hickox. she does not have ebola but she is the nurse who spent a weekend inside an isolation tent at a new jersey hospital. she is free for from her tent and she is now back home in maine where she will be monitored. hickox had treated ebola patients in sierra leone and, as i said, so far she's tested negative for the disease and has had no fever except from one reading, the preliminary forehead reading at the airport. she has been a poster child for the fine line that government officials have to draw between public safety and the civil rights of health care workers. we spoke to her lawyer earlier. >> if it turns out that her temperature is normal, she has no symptoms of the disease, there's no reason f

to emory university hospital in atlanta yesterday. today - we got a first look at pham from her hospital bed in texas. before she was transported. meanwhile -- we're learning, the second nurse who tested postive for ebola may have shown symptoms of the virus as many as four days before authorities first indicated. that means she may have been contagious while flying on two commerical flights. frontier airlines is now notifying up to 800- people from multiple flights. about their possible exposure to ebola. ebola screening is now underway at five airports in the u.s., but now there is a call to expand those screenings to other international airports. kron 4's dan kerman reports from s-f-o. right now those arriving at sfo from international destinations are not being screened for ebola but if the state department of public health has its way, most or all of california's international airports like sfo will be added to the list >> we stand at the ready to implement any measures that are deemed appropriate sfo spokesman doug yakel says sf