and nurse briana aguirre works at texas health presbyterian although her future now is uncertain.hat is because she is speaking out about what she says she saw there. the chaos, the lack of training, the confusing protocols from the cdc and the risk that she says that the hospital exposed nurses to in the isolation ward where thomas eric duncan was treated. now, we spoke recently with her attorney, bob kelly. we want to apologize for the background noise. there was a helicopter circling overhead. sabrina, we have been told that for months the cdc was sending out bulletins, guidelines, how to deal with ebola. and i wonder if any of that trickled down to your level as a nurse. did you receive any special training? did you have mandatory classes? was there discussion from higher-ups at the hospital about how to deal with the patient before thomas eric duncan arrived? >> no one ever spoke to me about ebola. no one ever spoke to -- i never witnessed any other discussions going on among my colleagues about you know, what to look for. how to be prepared. there were no classes offered. th

. >> in a moment, we'll have more on my conversation with nurse briana aguirre. there is other breaking news tonight, where nurse amber vinson, we say may have, already been showing symptoms when she boarded the flight from dallas to ohio, that is three day before systemmatic. and the question is, if that was true, why did she fly? all of that is being investigated. on monday, when she went home and phoned into the cdc, she phoned in with a fever of 99.5, and said she had been treating a patient with ebola. why did the person say it was okay for her to get on the plane? president obama talked about that and more. we have elizabeth cohen here, let's talk about the news that amber vinson may have been symptomatic when she first got on that flight. where is that information coming from? >> that is coming from a federal official. we're hearing she did have symptoms while in cleveland, that she felt muscle aches, fatigue, not feeling well. and that she felt while she was in cleveland and on the flight home from cleveland to dallas, and she did not tell the cdc. >> is

. >> pat, briana aguirre is a nurse at texas health presbyterian hospita in dallas. she did not take care of thomas eric duncan who died as a patient but she did take care of news nina pham after pham tested positive for the ebola virus. now aguirre has concerns about how the hospital is dealing with the ebola crisis, and she talked about this to matt lauer on the "today" show th >> knowing what i know, i would try anything and everything to refuse to go there to be treated. i would feel at risk by going there. if i don't actually have ebola, i may contract it there. >> aguirre says the protective gear they wear is not adequate. >> and the second week of an ebola crisis at my hospital, the only gear they're offering us at that time and up until that time is gear that is allowing our necks to be uncovered. and i just flat out asked several infectious disease nurses, i asked the cdc, why would i be wearing two pairs of gloves, three pairs of bootees, a plastic suit covering my entire body and leave my neck hanging out much, so that -- it can -- something can potentiall

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briana spoke with matt lauer and said that thomas duncan was with several patients for three hours and it was hours before the cdc was contacted and the hospital's own specialists didn't know what to do and nina pham was wearing layered protection but the swath of her neck exposed. when she asked for more guidance and never got it. the mother of two is speaking via skype. if she develops symptoms, she doesn't want to go to texas presbyterian where she has worked for three years. >> knowing what i know, i would do everything to refuse going there. i would feel at risk going there. if i don't have ebola, i may contract it there, is how i actually feel and i would do everything to refuse to go there. >> it's a compelling interview that you can watch in full coming up today at 7:00 on the "today" show. meanwhile, the second infected nurse amber vinson is getting treatment today. 13 other nurses from the cleveland area who traveled with amber vinson from cleveland to dallas are on paid leave and they are being monitored. meanwhile, for more u.s. airports are starting to monitor people. trav

now, in the middle of allegations from nurse and whistle-blower briana aguirre. listen. as a nurse did you receive any special training? did you have mandatory classes? was there discussion from higher-ups at the hospital about how to deal with an ebola patient before thomas eric duncan arrived? >> no one ever spoke to me about ebola. there were no classes offered. there were no training offered. >> was your neck exposed? >> absolutely. yes. there is -- >> what part of your neck? >> well, the zipper ended about here on me. and the hood ended about here on me. and you know, this part here made a triangle that was open. it was completely open. and the very first time that they were instructing me how to put this on is exactly the point when i said why would my neck be exposed? why do i have on two pairs of gloves? tape, a plastic suit covering my whole body, two hoods? a total of three pairs of booties including the one on my tie-back suit. an apron, and my entire body is covered in at least three layers of plastic and my neck is hanging out. >> well, we have been seeking

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. >> that was a very moving interview with briana aguirre. matt lauer handled it very skillfully and elicited a lot of information about the mishandling of the ebola at that dallas hospital and you have to admire that woman, that nurse, despite her nervousness and skype interviewing going on national television and risking her job because she had such heartfelt concern about what was happening at that hospital, and fears for her safety and her colleagues. i thought that was a good job. still to come, your top tweets. the "new york times" is selling trips with a reporter to iran. this one is bizarre, and neal young strikes a rather discordant note with stephen colbert. >>> here's what i'm buzzed off about. the "new york times" is offering folks a chance to accompany a veteran correspondent to iran for $7,000 to discover the ancient secrets of persia, touring through beautiful landscapes and stay in luxurious hotels. no mention of iran's nuclear program, its support of terrorism or its threat against israel. no mention that the state department

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now briana, i appreciate you being here. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much. i'm had 2 years old. >> i'm 42 years old. i served a goal keeper from 1994-2008. i set a record among female goal keepers. in the summer of 199 my 9 my 20 amazing teammates and my beat the hearts of america beat the shootout in front of 20,000 screaming fans. i made the single save before brandy took off her shirt. yes, now, i bet many of you recall exactly where you were at that moment. it was the kind of event that transformed lives forever for the better. my passion and mission was soccer. my ultimate reward was living my dream and inspiring the dreams of countless others. today i'm here before you to share my new mission with you. my new mission is to provide a new face and voice to those who have had and may suffer the long and difficulty recovery of a devastating brain injury and concussion. my life story reads like a script from oprah winfrey's where is now. i have only recently begun to claw my way back to my life. o

. >> that was a very moving interview with briana aguirre.t lauer handled it very skillfully and elicited a lot of information about the mishandling of the ebola at that dallas hospital and you have to admire that woman, that nurse, despite her nervousness and skype interviewing going on national television and risking her job because she had such heartfelt concern about what was happening at that hospital, and fears for her safety and her colleagues. i thought that was a good job. still to come, your top tweets. the "new york times" is selling trips with a reporter to iran. this one is bizarre, and neal young strikes a rather discordant note with stephen colbert. mr. clean's grandmother was stronger than people twice her size. and that strength inspired his liquid muscle cleaner. it lifts tough dirt so you do less scrubbing. and it's nozzle stops by itself so less is wasted. sure made grandma proud. mr. clean liquid muscle. when folks think about wthey think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well

. >> reporter: briana aguirre didn't have direct contact with the first patient thomas duncan cut did treat her friend and nurse nina pham after she tested positive. aguirre says the protective gear wasn't adequate, the gowns and masks left a gap around her neck where her skin was exposed. >> to be honest, i threw a fit. i just couldn't believe it, you know, and the second week of an ebola crisis at my hospital, the only gear they're offering us at that time, an up until that time, is gear that is allowing our necks to be uncovered. >> reporter: today, hospital administrators fired back against statements like that one and similar complaints from the nurse's union. they say the first ebola patient was taken here to the emergency department and put in isolation. they said all the hospital employees wore the proper protective equipment. when the nurses complained about exposed skin on their neck, the hospital says they ordered hoods. >> i would try anything and everything to refuse to go there to be treated. i would feel at risk by going there. if i don't actually have ebola, i may cont

briana aguirre spoke via skype. she said that it was three hours before the cdc was contacted. fast forward two weeks, she says as she carried for infected nurse and colleague/nurse nina pham, she was wearing several layers of gear and several gloves and whatnot but her neck was exposed and when she asked for guidance, she never got it. she's a mother of two who is the primary bread winner. she fears for her job but spoke out because she doesn't know what is going to happen next. she says if she is monitored for symptoms and they develop, she doesn't want to go to the hospital that she used to love. >> knowing what i know, i would try anything and everything to refuse to go there to be treated. i would feel at risk by going there if i don't actually have ebola, i may contract it there is how i actually feel and i would do anything but refuse to go there. >> it's a compelling interview. you can watch it at 7:00 on "today". >>> meanwhile, amber vinson boarded a flight where she is now getting treatment today those 13 nurses being monitored in cleveland, we expect to hear more abo

♪ >>> briana aguirre and the protective gear that she was given by texas presbyterian hospital would told our anderson cooper that left her outraged and absolutely incredulous. >> why? why? what explanation can you give me or anyone about why we would be in the second week of an ebola crisis in our hospital and we don't even have the same equipment or protection that's given to sanitation workers that have no contact with patients at all. and we said that we know, we've ordered it. i mean, i've talked to charge nurses, to supervisors, i've talked to house supervisors, i've talked to the cdc about it, to infectious disease about it. i raised a stink with anyone and everyone and i said, there's no explanation why we don't have it. we're part of an organization of hospitals. they could have gone to another one of our thr hospitals and said, we have next -- we have nurses with their neck's exposed dealing with a very, very dangerous situation and we will now need your supply to get them in the right hands and they chose not to do that. >> i can't believe their response was, well, we've o

higher education that.o third, we will put together a tudent loan revolving fund to help students like briana bolton who i met the future teacher, you, refinance that didn't so they are not saddled with they can spend more of their income in our economy. i understand the key to building economy is from the middle out. >> good luck on your career. look at it, higher education is critically important. expensive. we need to be more innovative in wowaaway -- we work on. just got my associates degree a couple of weeks ago and in battle creek alone they have students in dual enrollment. where encouraging that you get college credit while going to high school. increase financial need based resources and help manage innovative. by getting a year of college in igh school you can drop the cost of a bachelor's agree by 50%.nd associates by the other thing it is critically mportant is career tech education. that is a number one priority for me in a second term is class job ose middle opportunities through greater training through reestablishing as an equal track to the university track. we are doing that

briana aguirre is part of the team that treated nurse nina pham. she says the hospital botched basic medical care, and she is claiming that the protective gear they were wearing exposed their skin. >> knowing what i know, i would try anything and everything to refuse to go there to be treated. i would feel at risk by going there. if i don't actually have ebola, i may contract it there. it how i actually feel. and i would do anything to refuse to go there. >> aguirre says she also told the "today" show's matt lauer she is afraid of losing her job, because she is speaking out. and in a detailed response, the hospital said it went and above and beyond the cdc recommendation we want to turn now to the transfer process for nina pham. she is expected to touch down in our area around 11:00 tonight. news4's shomari stone live at the airport in frederick, maryland, where they're preparing for her arrival now. shomari? >> reporter: good evening, we are now hearing that nina pham is expected to arrive sometime between 9:00 and 11:00 tonight. i'm here at frede

again a part of the interview with the nurse, briana aguirre, who worked at the presbyterian health hospital three years. here is what she said. >> we never talked about ebola and we probably should have. i mean -- >> you never talked about it prior to mr. duncan arriving? >> no. we never had a discussion. they gave us an optional seminar to go to. just informational, not hands-on, and it was not even suggested that we go. it was not something it know that they said you really should try to make it. it was i believe only offered once, if not twice. we never were told what to look for. and i just don't think that any facility in this country is prepared for that at this time. >> congresswoman, to your point, yes, this is certainly a crisis in west africa, thousands of deaths, thousands more infected. but we do not live in a bubble. we do not have travel restrictions and the questionnaire quite honestly as you know many people have seen as just a joke. that is the very questionnaire that mr. duncan was given. with that said, the nurse said she believes there is not a hospital in the country th

we're talking with nurse briana aguir aguirre.n, the man who died last week. she did not. but she talked to matt earlier this morning and talking about some of the concerns that she and she says other health care personnel have at that hospital, specifically about the protective gear they're using or not using. >> and it was basically, you know, just like you would have in a snowsuit or any hoodie, it would zip up to about here. then from there go into a hood up around my face, like this around my whole face. and then on top of that was a mask in front of me that would go under my chin to here. so from here to here was up covered. >> if you were to start to experience symptoms of ebola, texas health presbyterian hospital would be the recommended hospital for you to go to for treatment. how would you feel about that? >> you know, i played that situation out in my head, and knowing what i know, i would try anything and everything to refuse to go there to be treated. i wolf at risk by going there. if i don't actually have ebola, i ma

>> your reaction to today's interview with briana aguirre. >> i have to tell you that i almost broked cried, and i could see she was on the verge of tears and it's so, so utterly familiar to us. it's ebola now, but it's been other things in the past. when we warn, it's as you said, it is the profit motive. that bottom line has to come first. we even heard a quote from some ceo, and i cannot tell you which facility that said is this really what you're expecting us to do? my gosh, that would bankrupt us. well, that's not the perspective of theure ins of this country. the nurses of the country -- >> go ahead. >> the nurses of this country have your backs so to speak. this is our job to care for the public and for him to come right out and say that, sadly, he is not alone. >> i was stunned today that at this congressional hearing no one asked the question how much would it cost to prepare a hospital? you're in minneapolis, pick a hospital in minneapolis. how much would it cost to prepare a hospital to get ready for ebola when we're talking about protective gear and training? can you answ

. >> ifill: or are they appealing to women like briana johnson, a mother of three who describes herself as pro life? >> it's hard when a group of women is going on and claiming to speak for the entire population of women, because yeah, i don't, i don't relate to that. they say you know cory gardner's too extreme for women of colorado. well, that's not what i believe and that immediately alienates me. >> ifill: 64-year old udall, who is just completing his first term in the senate, is one of a handful of democratic incumbents under sustained political fire this year. his nemesis: a 40-year-old two- term congressman who says the country, and colorado, is due for a midterm, mid course correction that only a republican senate majority can deliver. >> are you ready to make to make harry reid a footnote in history? >> ifill: udall's predicament is especially perilous because of colorado's reputation as a notoriously unpredictable state. president obama has won twice, but much of the state's voters see themselves as outliers who are as likely to legalize marijuana as expand oil exploration. >>

now briana, i appreciate you being here. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much. i'm had 2 years old. >> i'm 42 years old. i served a goal keeper from 1994-2008. i set a record among female goal keepers. in the summer of 199 my 9 my 20 amazing teammates and my beat the hearts of america beat the shootout in front of 20,000 screaming fans. i made the single save before brandy took off her shirt. yes, now, i bet many of you recall exactly where you were at that moment. it was the kind of event that transformed lives forever for the better. my passion and mission was soccer. my ultimate reward was living my dream and inspiring the dreams of countless others. today i'm here before you to share my new mission with you. my new mission is to provide a new face and voice to those who have had and may suffer the long and difficulty recovery of a devastating brain injury and concussion. my life story reads like a script from oprah winfrey's where is now. i have only recently begun to claw my way back to my life. o

the explosive allegations made in our interview with briana aguirre at the texas hospital. she says the hospital was unprepared, no train income place and thomas eric duncan was treated in a room close to seven other patients. nurses treating him had areas of their skin exposed. we will hear much more from briana coming up. >>> the second nurse treated is being treated if atlanta. 29-year-old amber vincent arrived last night, leave akmed cal-trans port plane under her own power. >> earlier this week, vincent flew on a flight from cleveland to dallas, even though she had a low grade fever, prior to boarding, she reached out to the cdc. nbc fuse learned, shelves never told not to fly t. airline said it was notified of vincent's condition and has taken that plane out of service. >> coming up, we will get dr. oz's take on the ebola crisis, is the cdc doing enough and are hospitals prepared. >>> the former "seventh heaven" star steven collins, he is already facing child molestation charges. now another victim has reached out to police. >> reporter: steven collins back in the hea

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yes, my name is briana scurry and i'm 42 years old. i served as the starting goalkeeper for the united states women's national soccer team from the years 1994 to 2008. during that time, i helped lead the team in winning two olympic gold medals in 1996 atlanta games and 2004 athens and played 173 international games over 15 years for the united states, which is a record among female goalkeepers. in the summer of 1999, my 20 amazing teammates and i captured the hearts of america by beating china in a penalty kick shootout live in front of 90,000 screaming fans at the rose bowl in pasadena, california. i was the one that made the single save during the penalty kicks before brandi chastain took off her shirt. yes. now, i'll bet many of you recall exactly where you were at that moment. it was the kind of event that transforms lives forever for the better. my passion and my mission was soccer. my ultimate reward was living my dreams and inspiring the dreams of countless others. today i'm here before you to share my new mission with you. my n

nurse briana aguirre describes a hospital that was woefully unprepared to deal with ebola. >> they should have known that it was getting out of hand. they should have called in more help, even to make a public plea and say, help us, you know. help us get the supplies we need. help us get the nurses the education and training. anyone. we're not handling it well. and i watched them violate basic principles of nursing care. >> late thursday night, texas health presbyterian responded, issuing a statement, addressing aguirre's concerns and how she expressed them saying it is incorrect and disturbing to many of our staff to hear media exaggerations about their commitment to the organization they love. the hospital also addressed specific claims made by aguirre concerning the lack of proper protective gear the hospital provided during thomas eric duncan's care. >> is it true that some of the nurses were wrapping tape around their throats, trying to cover that space that was left exposed ? >> when i started expressing that concern, the infectious disease nurse at that time said, we know. we know