christine romans is here. we have to give the proper introductions. we saw the dow plummeting 460 points before the end of the day. >> it was crazy. >> and rallying then. not as bad of a day as it was yesterday, but still volatile. >> i'm impressed by how it's holding here. you haven't even matched the day's lows yesterday. whoever was the brave soul when the stock market was down 400 points. europe is slowing, china is slowing. you've got oil prices falling. you've got bond yields falling. you've got stocks falling. you've got all these, the dollar strong. all these big major moves telling us we're at this moment in the markets. that moment is the fed getting out of the stimulus business, while the u.s. is showing signs of strength, i saw a jobless claims, 14-year low for the people lining up for first-year jobless benefits. >> europe is screwed up, and it's a feeling of powerlessness. a lot of people watching the markets go up and down yesterday. they were hearing the ebola news. there was this question, oh, my gosh, are the markets freaked because

not everyone is as skilled as christine romans on tv.t" continues right now. >>> eric frein finally caught. opportunity we are live. >>> defying quarantine. a nurse returning from west africa refusing to stay home. ignoring pleas from officials. what will kaci hickox do next? >>> ferguson's police chief on the record about reports that he is being forced to resign. of course, following the police shooting of unarmed teenager michael brown. the chief now blasting critics and federal investigation launched by eric holder. harsh words. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is friday, october 31st. happy halloween. we have breaking news overnight. suspected cop killer eric frein facing the death penalty following his capture in northeast pennsylvania. late thursday afternoon, authorities say the charges against frein include first-degree murder and two counts of possessing weapons of mass destruction. a reference to two pipe bombs found in frein's hiding place at an abandoned airfield. he is exp

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. >> a lot going on. second dallas nurse to come down with ebola has arrived in atlanta for treatment. that amid new controversy over her air travel. 29-year-old amber vinson was part of the team that took care of thomas eric duncan. he is the liberian man who died from ebola in dallas last week. now there are questions about why vinson took a commercial flight from cleveland to dallas on monday with a temperature of 99.5 degrees. >> cdc director thomas frieden said she should never have stepped foot on a airplane after nina pham was diagnosed. vinson says she notified the cdc of her travel plans. the cdc is reaching out to each of the 132 other people on vinson's flight. it says the risk any of them was infected is extremely low. ed lavandera is live in dallas. >> reporter: john and christine, the second health care worker amber vinson has been moved from dallas to atlanta to continue her treatment here at emory. she was moved on the very day that bigger questions are being raised of how well prepared th

christine romans is off today.h officials concerned this morning trying to ensure ebola does not get into the united states again and does not spread where it is already. in dallas, the condition of the first patient diagnosed in the united states, thomas eric duncan, has been downgraded from serious to critical. cameraman ashoka mukpo has been evacuated from liberia on a specially equipped plane. in delaware, a child from liberia has been placed in an isolation unit. the child was past the incubation period for ebola. cnn's elizabeth cohen is in dallas to track ebola there and other entry points in the united states. >> reporter: john, authorities are following 48 people who may have come into contact with thomas eric duncan. the breakdown is like this, they are following seven hospital workers and they are considered in the higher risk category. also three family members also in the higher risk category. the rest of the contacts, 38 of them, are considered lower risk. so what is happening with the contacts they g

i'm christine romans. this is "cnn money." >>> stopping ebola at the gate.gressive screening coming to five u.s. airports. >> we're able to target these measures specifically to individuals who are traveling from these three countries. >> reporter: but as the first case diagnosed on u.s. soil becomes america's first ebola death more calls to ban flights from diseased-ravaged african nations. >> we stop travel to the united states. >> reporter: america's public health machines insists lockdown is not the answer. >> that isolates the countries to the point where it makes it very difficult for them to control the epidemic. >> reporter: but european

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans.second dallas nurse that came down with ebola has arrived in atlanta. she is 29-year-old amber vinson. she was part of the team that took care of thomas eric duncan. he is the liberian man who died from ebola in dallas last week. now there are questions about vinson taking a commercial flight from cleveland to dallas on monday with a temperature of 99.5 degrees. >> now cdc director thomas frieden says she should never have set foot on an airplane after taking care of duncan and another nurse, nina pham, diagnosed with ebola. but a federal official tells cnn vinson informed the cdc of they are travel plans and was not told she should not fly. now the cdc is reaching out to the other 132 people on vinson's flight. the risk of any of them infected with ebola is extremely low. the cdc is considering adding 76 hospital employees to the no-fly list. we have cnn's ed lavandera with more on the case. >> reporter: john and christine, amber vinson was moved from dallas to atlanta to begin treatm

i'm christine romans. this is "cnn money." >>> stopping ebola at the gate. more aggressive screening coming to five u.s. airports. >> we're able to target these measures specifically to individuals who are traveling from these three countries. >> reporter: but as the first case diagnosed on u.s. soil becomes america's first ebola death more calls to ban flights from diseased-ravaged african nations. >> we stop travel to the united states. >> reporter: america's public health machines insists lockdown is not the answer. >> that isolates the countries to the point where it makes it very difficult for them to control the epidemic. >> reporter: but european airlines are canceling flights to west african countries. the u.s. government says it is protecting the flying public but there are no guarantees. >> whatever we do can't get the risk to zero here. >> reporter: ebola fears are growing. could they ground global travel? ma mary, so nice to see you today. five airports now implementing new screening measures for passengers arriving from west africa. they are tak

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i'm christine romans. it is friday, october 3rd. it is 5:00 in the east. let's begin with breaking news. nbc news has now named the freelance cameraman who was diagnosed with ebola on wednesday. he is 33-year-old ashoka mukpo. nbc hired him one day earlier as a second cameraman for the network's medical editor dr. nancy snyderman. nbc is flying the entire crew back to the united states for treatment. nbc released a statement, we are taking all possible measures to protect our employees and general public. the rest of the crew, including dr. nancy are monitored and showing no signs or symptoms. however, in an abundance of caution, we will fly them back on a private charter flight and they will place themselves under quarantine for 21 days in the united states which is the most conservative end of the spectrum. concerns growing of the spread of ebola in texas. now checking on the longer list of people who may have had contact with thomas eric duncan. he is the liberian national who flew to dallas from liberia last month. we have dr. sanjay gupta with the lat

get well, christine romans.ts right now. . >> breaking news, the nbc cameraman affected with ebola back in the u.s. this as the dallas patient's condition turns for the worst and the man that may have found him is finally found. >>> the cdc is now considering extra screenings at airports. this a as u.s. lawmakers say all flights should be halted. we are covering it all. >>> words from the fbi director saying americans who join isis can come back to the u.s., the fbi will track them and what he says from the threat from the al qaeda offshoot khorasan. >> your "flu day" starts right now. >>. >> good morning. it is monday, october 6th. >> allsyn camerota joins us. >> good morning. it is great to be with you. >> a freelance photographer for nbc. he touched down in a specially equipped plane after being evacuated from liberia. the u.s. government said there is no cause for concern w. each new case, it seems to be upping the emergency, now considering major screenings after every airport to prevent a full blown outbre

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. 31 minutes past the hour. overnight, the first dallas nurse infected with ebola nina pham arrived in maryland. she was taken by ambulance to the national institute of health in bethesda. we are getting a first glimpse of pham from her room where her doctor made this video at pham's request. >> thanks for being part of the trial and be our first patient. this means a lot. this is a huge effort by you guys. we're really proud of you. all right. >> come to maryland. everybody. >> party in maryland? okay. >> two things about the video. i see a woman sitting up and i see here laughing. brian todd outside the hospital where pham is being treated in maryland with more for us. >> reporter: nina pham, the 26-year-old nurse who contracted the ebola virus from thomas eric duncan has arrived here at the national institute of health behind me. got here a short time ago and treated in building ten. this is the special clinical studies unit at nih. a high containment isolation unit where she will be treated indefinitely unti

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as do you. >> takes one to know one. >> christine romans, thanks so much. e's full interview with tycoon carlos slim on cnn "monday" at 2:00 p.m. eastern on saturday. still to come in the newsroom, 27 days, that's when the nation heads to the polls. it could change the balance of power in the senate. what? you don't care? maybe you should? we'll talk about that next. when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america. girls. the tmz web site has released an audio recording that purports to have been recorded during a therapy session between collins and his estranged wife. >> how many times [ bleep ] and you said tha

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman.h officials are set to start screening for ebola at five major airports in the u.s. the screenings saturday saturday at jfk and expand to newark, washington, dulles, o'hare and hartsfield-jackson. these will be from flights arriving from sierra leone and liberia. customs and border patrol will use thermometers aimed at your forehead. they will use a questionnaire. >> we are asking that to see what symptoms you have had and where will you be for the next few days and through a non contact thermometer, we are taking temperatures of every passenger that comes from one of the three affected countries. if you answer positive or test for a high fever, the passenger is referred to cdc. >> there is a 21-day incubation period. you may not have a fever when you pass through the airport. when the case comes through, we had the temperature screening set up, why did this happen. this is predictable it will happen. this is not a foolproof way. >> the first person diagnosed of ebola died on wednesday

chief business correspondent christine romans explains. >> reporter: oil prices plummet, down 25% fromwhy? demand is slowing in china and the united states is producing a whole lot of oil. that's good news for your personal economy. first, gasoline prices, the national average down more than 30 cents in the past month. the lowest level since december 2010, according to aaa. several states now have averages below $3 a gallon, that means every day americans are spending more than $100 million less on gas than they did this time last year. expect to see even lower prices across the country in coming weeks. second, heating your home. this winter forecast to be warmer than last year. couple that with the drop in commodities like heating oil and the energy department predicts nearly everyone will be getting a break on their heating bill, including about half the country that uses natural gas. the big drop in oil prices may save you cash on gas and heat, but don't expect to see cheaper flights. airlines know that prices could rebound at any moment. so they'll use cheap prices to lock in cheap

cnn's christine romans is following this for us. >> carol, it's all about part-time workers at walmart get their health coverage. i'll tell you who will be paying higher bills and who could get lower bills after the break. when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america. [ telephone rings ] [ shirley ] edward jones. this is shirley speaking. how may i help you? oh hey, neill, how are you? how was the trip? [ male announcer ] with nearly 7 million investors... [ shirley ] he's right here. hold on one sec. [ male announcer ] ...you'd expect us to have a highly skilled call center. kevin, neill holley's on line one. ok, great. [ male announcer

christine romans is live at a gas station in jersey city with more. good morning. >> carol, $2.99.n of regular is here where i am. as i told you before the break, two-thirds of the gas stations across the country are having $3 or below gas. that's expected to continue. prices are going down, down, down more than 60 cents and it's likely to continue. here's why. oil prices plummet, down 25% from the recent peak in june. why? demand is slowing in china and the united states is producing a whole lot of oil. it's good news for your personal economy. first, gasoline prices. the national average down more than 30 cents in the past month, the lowest level since december, 2010, according to aaa. several states have averages below $3 that means everyday americans are spending more than $100 million less on gas than they did this time last year. expect to see even lower prices across the country in coming weeks. second, heating your home. this winter forecast to be warmer than last year. couple that with the drop in commodities like heating oil and the energy department predicts nearly every

really, christine romans? >> she's looking at me with the evil eye as she drinks her coffee.fee prices already went up this summer. first time you saw packaged coffee prices go up and the severe drought in bra still where half of the arabica beans are grown. could you have people consume more than they produce of coffee this year that, means prices have to go up. already at a two-year high. the arbica beans are used in the gourmet blends. >> that's why i lift my pinky when i drink my cup. >> so interesting, there was a drout and rain at the wrong times. concern is that the plants weakened this year it could be less output last year so a two-year problem for the plant. >> how much do americans spend every year on coffee? >> more than $23 a week on coffee, believe it or not. you spend like $1,200, $1,100 a year on coffee but carol, one important vital beverage that we drink more of than coffee in this country. >> beer? >> it is beer. >> yes! >> beer prices not going up, but gas prices are going down. i say there are two really important day-to-day economic indicators for americ

christine romans is off today. cdc officials are deeply concerned this morning.d there could be more cases of ebola transmission such as the one of the dallas nurse who became infected caring for the first man to be diagnosed with the virus in the united states. officials say otheris who cared for thomas eric duncan could be infected the same way. nina pham has received a blood transfusion from an ebola survivor, dr. kent brantly. now investigators are racing to determine how pham became infected. they want to prevent it from happening again. cnn's victor blackwell is in dallas with more. >> reporter: good morning. we learned that nina pham received her certification in critical care nursing two months before treating thomas eric duncan here at this hospital. a person who knows their family very well through church says that pham likely was doing more than she was supposed to have done in treating the patient. that is what the person told the local newspaper. cdc officials are here in dallas to determine if protocols were followed. we heard from the hospital on m

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. great to see you this thursday, october 30th. it is 5:00 in the east. does the state of maine have the right to keep the nurse quarantined with no symptoms just because she treated ebola patients in west africa? kaci hickox has no ebola symptoms as we said. she has tested negative for the virus twice, but maine officials told hickox to stay isolated in her home. they will seek a court order to make sure that happens. with hickox's boyfriend at her side, she told reporters this is not science based. >> it is not my intention to put anyone at risk in the community. we have been in necessigotiatio with the state of maine all day. we tried to handle this amicably. i am completely healthy and symptom free. i am frustrated by this fact and i have been told that the attorney general's intention is to file legal action against me and if this does occur, then i will challenge those legal actions. i'm fighting for something much more than myself. there are so many aid workers coming back. doctors without borders estimated 20 american aid w

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it is monday. really monday. october 27th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. major controversy and confusion and policies of medical personnel returning from the ebola is outbreak zone in west africa be treated in the united states. new york state is now backing off the mandatory 21-hospital stay announced friday night. it will allow patients to be quarantined at home. it is a change of a change. new jersey is clarifying its quarantine allowing patients to be confined at home if possible. a nurse quarantined in a new jersey hospital tent with no showers and portable toilets. she is blasting chris christie for diagnosing her as sick although he is not a doctor. the symptoms treated by a doctor in a new york hospital have increased. now the conditions looked better for him on sunday than saturday. he is still serious and stable. cnn elizabeth cohen has more from bellvue. >> reporter: craig spencer is in serious condition. he has moved in the next phase. he has gastrointestinal symptoms. he is getting a blood transfusion from nancy writebol. he is al

joining us right now, chief business correspondent christine r romans who i believe has smoke coming tine, i believe that the ceo of microsoft has since clarified. rather, he has since said -- >> it's making the room sing with music. sing in rage here. >> he called his comments inarticulate. >> he said he got it wrong and he is back-pedaling. he tweeted this "was inar tick let regarding how women should ask for a raise. our industry must close gender pay gap so a raise is not needed because of bias." what he said was that women shouldn't ask for a raise because karma is going to make sure that the women who deserve it are going to get it. look, karma has not been good for women in the work force over the last, like, 50 years. >> karma is a crappy boss. >> if your boss isn't going to give you a raise out of the card ins -- kindness out of his or her heart. you won't get a raise unless you remind the boss how you are doing. there are no academics or people who study this who should say you should not ask for a raise. that is terrible advice from the microsoft ceo and he is saying he got

i'm christine romans. welcome to "early start." we have breaking news. freelance cameraman who was diagnosed with ebola on wednesday has now been named. he is 33-year-old ashoka mukpo. nbc hired him just one day earlier as a second cameraman for the network's medical editor dr. nancy snyderman. snyderman and the crew is being flown back to the u.s. for treatment. a statement released saying we are taking all precautions to protect our employees and the public. dr. nancy and the crew is being closely monitored. in an abundance of caution, we will fly them back on a private charter flight and they will place themselves under quarantine in the united states for 21 days. in dallas, authorities working furiously to prevent an ebola outbreak. they are casting a much wider net this morning as the number of people they think may have had contact with the first patient diagnosed with the virus in the u.s. swells from a dozen to about 100. officials are now trying to track all those contacts to check on their health. meanwhile, the four people thomas eric duncan w

. >> i'm christine romans. let's begin with the nurse who volunteered to fight ebola in africa now fighting a quarantine order in her home state of maine. is kaci hickox battling for civil rights or endangering the public? hickox has no ebola symptoms. she has tested negative for the virus twice, but maine officials want her to remain isolated in her home. she will seek a court order to make sure it happens. she said she will not be violated by a policy in that is not quote science based. >> it is not my intention to put anyone at risk in the community. we have been in negotiations all day with the state of maine and tried to resolve this amicably, but they will not allow me to leave my house and have any interaction with the public even though i am completely healthily and symptom free. i am frustrated by this fact and i have been told the attorney general's intention is to file legal action against me and if this does occur, then i will challenge those legal actions. i'm fighting for something much more than

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, october 20th. breaking news overnight. 48 people who were quarantined in dallas because they had contact with thomas eric duncan have been declared infection free. among them duncan's fiancee. all of them cleared to end seclusion after 21 days of quarantine. we will have more on that in a moment. on saturday, duncan's loved ones remembered him in a service in north carolina. at the same time, cruise ship passengers who endured an overblown ebola scare disemba disembarked in galveston. the worker who handled the lab samples of duncan was quarantined and her tests came back negative. we have alina machado has more from dallas. >> reporter: christine and john, 48 people in dallas county breathing a sigh of relief after reaching the end of the 21-day monitoring period without symptoms. these are people who had contact with thomas eric duncan before he died on october 8th. they include duncan's fiancee. listen to what a pastor at her church told us. >> they feel this is a tremendous miracle that has hap

christine romans is on assignment. it is 4:00 am in the east. ebola in new york. an american doctor who volunteered for doctors without borders in guinea is in a new york hospital with a disease. dr. craig spencer received a positive test for ebola thursday night. he was rushed by ambulance from his new york apartment into isolation at manhattan's bellevue hospital. officials are traying his fairly extensive movements in the hours before the diagnosis. out in public at a bowling alley, in a park, restaurant, subway, taxi. public officials called a news conference overnight in an effort to alay fears. >> there is no reason for new yorkers to be alarmed. new yorkers who have not been exposed to an infected person's bodily fluids are not at risk. >> we have had a full, coordinated effort that has been working night and day, coordinating city, state and local resources, coordinating and drilling from airports to transportations to subway stations, to ambulances, to hospitals. so, we are as ready as one could be for this circumstance. >> training for this in new york c

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 30 minutes past the hour.e have new information about the first person diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. he is thomas eric duncan. a 42-year-old liberian citizen. he september 19th, he helped a ebola patient. four days later, he flew to dallas to visit friends and family. he developed symptoms and went to the emergency room and was turned away. his nephew was upset over not getting medical care and called the cdc. his worried family members are waiting to hear word of his condition. >> it is stressful. we are here. we appreciate as much help as we can get because eric just got here and now he needs to pay back the hospital. we will not sleep. we are feeling the pain. we just hope and pray eric survives the night. we got our hopes up for him. >> remarkable concern that he hopes he survives the night and concerns about how to pay the bills. meanwhile, we now know duncan contacted a dozen people in the period he had symptoms. chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta has more. >> reporter: john and christine, t

. >> i'm christine romans. it is friday, october 31st. happy halloween. we have breaking news overnight. suspected cop killer eric frein facing the death penalty following his capture in northeast pennsylvania. late thursday afternoon, authorities say the charges against frein include first-degree murder and two counts of possessing weapons of mass destruction. a reference to two pipe bombs found in frein's hiding place at an abandoned airfield. he is expected to be arraigned in a few hours in a county courthouse in milford, pennsylvania. that is where cnn's miguel marquez is standing by. >> reporter: this guy was found before sundown yesterday. he gave up because he was surprised, say officials. a tactical team, special operations team from the u.s. marshals. a 13-member team in the area. an area they had searched before. not necessarily that team, but others searched before and going back through there. it appears they had some sort of intelligence. whether that was human intelligence or people telling them they had seen frein or technology in the area

i'm christine romans. john berman has the morning off. it is monday, october 13th. columbus day. serious jitters as the global death toll from ebola climbs above 4,000. in dallas, officials are baffled by the first case of ebola contracted in the u.s. a nurse who took care of thomas eric duncan. duncan traveled from liberia to dall dallas. he fell ill and died from the disease last week. cnn's ed lavandera is live in dallas with more on the investigation and how that nurse could have contracted ebola although protective clothing was worn. >> reporter: the cdc will investigate what they call a breach in protocol. the health care worker, a female nurse, wearing propertective ge despite that, she was infected during the time she was taking care of thomas eric duncan before he died here at texas health presbyterian last wednesday. this health care worker reported having a low grade fever friday night and drove herself to the hospital. cdc officials will be investigating just how all of this happened. it is critical. in the meantime, they will try to limit the number of people who hav

christine romans is off today. it is tuesday, october 14th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. there is clear concern among cdc officials this morning. the fear is there could be more cases of ebola transmission like the dallas nurse who became infected. others who cared for thomas eric duncan could become infected the same way. that nurse has now been identified as nina pham. cdc director thomas frieden says pham is stable. she has received a blood transfusion from dr. kent brantly. now doctors are racing to see how pham became infected. cnn's victor blackwell is in dallas with more. >> reporter: good morning. we learned that nina pham received her certification in critical care nursing two months before treating thomas eric duncan at the hospital. a person who knows the family well through the church says pham likely was doing more than she was supposed to have done in treating this patient. that is what the person told the local newspaper and cdc detectives are here in dallas trying to determine if all of the protocols were

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. are preparing to start screening for ebola at five major airports. the intensified screenings start saturday at jfk and expand next week to newark, dulles, chicago o'hare and hartsfield-jackson in atlanta. the screenings will affect the passengers arriving from the west african countries that are hot spots for ebola. officials will use thermometers and a questionnaire trying to spot those exposed to ebola. >> we are asking the passengers to fill out a declaration of the symptoms and if you are feeling ill and where you have been for the past 21 days and where you will be for the next 21 days and through a non-contact thermometer, we will take temperatures from every passenger that comes from the three infected countries. if you test for a fever, the passenger is referred to the cdc. >> a 21-day incubation period. when a case comes through, people will ask we had the temperature screenings set up. why did this happen. it is predictable it will happen. this is not a foolproof way from p

." >> i'm christine romans. the mayor of new york and the governor of new jersey both places where travelers from west africa enter the u.s. both giving news conferences thursday offering reassurance that everything possible is being done to protect the public. >> we faced terrorism, we faced natural disasters. we now face the possibility of infected by a pandemic. all of those other moments prepared us to handle whatever is thrown at us. >> of course, we're concerned. that concern is being moved into action. i hope the federal government moves more quickly to get newark airport up and ready to go. they are in charge of that aspect of providing security at our airports. i got assurance from the white house in a private conversation they are moving as quickly as they can and we will continue to coordinate. >> airport and air cleaners at laguardia walking out on thursday. angry saying they are not protected from ebola with training and protective gear. the port authority and the contractor that providers cleaning

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman.y and confusion over medical personnel returning from the west africa ebola the united states. treated in allowing patients to be quarantined at home for new york. new jersey clarifying allowing workers to be confined at home if possible. a nurse quarantined in a new jersey hospital tent with no shower and just a portable toilet is criticizing governor christie as diagnosing her as sick although he is not a doctor. the symptoms of the doctor treated in new york are changing. his condition is serious, but stable. we have elizabeth cohen joining us with more. >> reporter: john and christine, here, dr. craig spencer is now in serious condition. doctors say he moved into the next phase of the illness with gastrointestinal symptoms. he is getting transfusion from nancy writebol. he is also getting anti-viral medication. the doctors are not saying what, but it may be a experimental drug. here in new york and in new jersey, the quarantine controversy rages. the nurse kaci hickox, flew from si

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman.tion on th first ebola patient diagnosed in the united states. thomas eric duncan. he was trying to help and ended up with ebola himself after helping a pregnant woman in monrovia. the cdc says five days after that, he developed symptoms, but turned away from the dallas hospital. his nephew was frustrated duncan wasn't getting care, he called the cdc. finally duncan was admitted to the hospital. now his worried family members are waiting to hear word of his condition. >> it's very stressful. we are here. we appreciate as much help we can get. eric just got here. he contracted this stuff. he needs to pay back the hospital. we will not sleep. we feel the pain. we hope and pray eric survives the night. we have our hopes up for him. >> another huge part of this story now. we now know duncan had contact with at least a dozen people during the period that he had ebola symptoms, including children. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins us with more. >> reporter: john and chri

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 30 minutes past the hour. with ebola in the u.s. the first person diagnosed with ebola here has new hope as officials struggle to contain the virus. rick perry, the texas governor says there is only so much state government can do. perry is calling for the federal government to increase border screening and quarantines. duncan is in critical condition in the dallas hospital, but he is getting an experimental treatment doctors hope will save his life. we have elizabeth cohen in dallas with more. >> reporter: john and christine, a nurse assistant in spain is the first person to contract ebola outside of west africa in the outbreak. the authorities there issay she was using full protective equipment. it is not clear how she contracted the virus. back here in the united states, president obama is calling for additional screening measures in the u.s. and abroad at airports. he repeated the chances of an epidemic here in the united states are extremely low. here in dallas, authorities are monitoring 48 people who ha

." >> i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it's wednesday, october 29th, it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. we do have breaking news from ferguson. there's word that the police chief there could soon step down. officials tell cnn that chief thomas jackson's departure would be part of efforts to reform the ferguson police department, that, of course,le following the shooting of unarmed teenager michael brown by darren wilson. chief jackson and the mayor both flatly deny the reports. >> there are reports to having chief jackson step down. >> no. >> are there -- >> i mean, to step down, we stood by him this entire time. >> nothing -- >> there's no change on that. >> there is growing concern in ferguson this morning about what might happen if officer wilson is not indicted in the michael brown shooting. school officials in st. louis county have written to prosecutor bob mccullough asking him to announce whether or not wilson will be indicted at night or a weekend, so as to avoid putting students in the middle of a possible protests. residents have told cnn's sara sidner if there is

christine romans is on assignment. it's 4:00 a.m.e do have breaking news, an american detained in north korea for four months is on his way home. jeffrey fowle is on his way home. this is in a plea that fcowle that he made on cnn. joining us in seoul, south korea is cnn's paula hancocks with the very latest. good morning, paula. >> hello, john. it just could be a number of hours before jeffrey fowle is reunited with his family. it was almost six months that he was detained in north korea. his crime, according to authorities, he had left a bible in a seaman's club in the north port city. this is seen as a serious crime. they have state-controlled churches, but they certainly do not condone any nonstate sponsored activities. the kim regime very nervous about christianity and any other religions that they don't control. now, certainly what we have seen is something quite sudden and quite surprising. it effectively said as if pyongyang said, we're releasing him so come get him. washington sent a department of defense claim over to pyongy

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. 31 minutes past the hour.al officials rolling out new guidelines concerning ebola. cdc guidelines have four risks to consider when deciding when someone needs to be quarantined. no risk to high risk. those in the high risk category would have to have come in contact with direct contact with the person's bodily fluids. there is good news for a young boy returning from west africa and testing for ebola at bel bellevue hospital in new york. miguel marquez has more. >> reporter: the boy has tested negative for ebola. he is not leaving yet. officials want to test him further to make sure his blood is completely free of ebola. this should be a few more days in the isolation chamber. dr. craig spencer who has ebola, over the weekend, started moving into the serious symptoms of ebola with gastrointestinal problems. he was able to do a quick int intervi interview, but not feeling horribly. officials at the hospital say he is in serious, but stable condition. one of them saying he looked a little better from saturday. h

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it is friday, october 17th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. we start with the breaking news overnight. the first nurse infected in dallas with ebola, nina pham, is now in maryland. she arrived overnight. she was taken by ambulance to the national institute of health in bethesda. now we are getting our first glimpse of pham. this video was taken in texas just before she left. her doctor made a video and uploaded it to youtube. pham asked him to. >> thanks for being part of the volunteer program to be our first patient. this is a huge effort by all of you guys. we're really proud of you. all right. >> come to maryland. everybody. >> party in maryland? >> party in maryland. >> okay. >> i'm no doctor, but the best thing i can see there is a laugh from nina pham. >> she is sitting up. >> i hope that improves from here. cnn's brian todd is outside the hospital where pham is treated at this moment in maryland with more. >> reporter: nina pham, the 26-year-old nurse who contracted the ebola virus from thomas eric duncan has arrived here at the nationa

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman.minutes past the hour. >> let's start with ebola. the first person diagnosed with ebola in the united states has new reason to hope as officials struggle to contain the virus and public fear over its spread. rick perry, governor of texas, where patient thomas eric duncan is treated says there is only so much state government can do. he is calling for the federal government to increase screenings. duncan is in critical condition in the dallas hospital, but getting experimental treatment. our cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is in dallas. >> reporter: john and christine, a nurse assistant in spain is the first person to contract ebola outside of west africa in the outbreak. the authorities say she was using full protective equipment, so it is not clear how she came down with the virus. back in the united states, president obama held important meetings can top officials calling for additional screening measures in the u.s. and abroad at airports. he repeated that the chances of a

christine romans is on assignment. 30 minutes past the hour.ing news on the shooting on wednesday by the man canada's prime minister is calling a terrorist. a gunman killed a soldier at the national war memorial, wounding others and apparently ran to a nearby building on parliament hill where he was shot and killed by security officers. we know more about the suspect. a convert to islam. apparently he had his passport frozen over fears of possible dubious travel. we also learned he did apparently travel to the united states in 2013. we now know more about the victim. a man in his 20s who had a young son entering kindergarten. a man who loved animals and rescued stray dogs. we know more about a hero. 58-year-old sergeant-at-arms. prime minister stephen harper is calling for unity with allies in the fight against terrorism. >> attacks on our security personnel and on our institutions of governments are by their very nature attacks on our counctrcountry, on our valu canadians as a free and dignity people. let there be no misunderstanding. we will

. >> and i'm christine romans. it is wednesday, halfway through the week. it's 4:00 a.m.n the east. this morning, the u.s. wants your help, posting a video on a website in hopes someone, someone knows this man and can help identify him. he speaks perfect arabic and perfect english with a northern american accent, listen. >> people are here in the 17th military base just outside of city of iraqa and we're here with the soldiers- >> joe johns is following the story for us. he has more with the hunt for this apparently american fighter. >> a jihadi speaking very good english with a north american accent, alternating speaking arabic, delivering an camera tirade before they appear to shoot a group of syrians dead. the syrians were apparently digging their own graves. he has a mafblg which makes him unrecognizable. authorities are using advanced technology but coming up short. they're not sure if he's american or canadian. the fbi posted portions on its website, hoping someone might recognize this individual and provide the piece of information that helps them figure out who he

christine romans is on assignment today. 32 minutes past the hour.e breaking news overnight. after being held by north korea for five months, an american man is on his way to ohio right now. jeffrey fowle is due to arrive there in an american government plane in the next couple of hours. now, this is really the answer to a plea that fowle made to an interview with cnn. an interview that really out of nowhere, north korean officials abruptly arranged last month. standing by live in seoul in south korea is cnn's paula hancocks with the latest on this very surprising development, paula. >> well, john, certainly, it seemed to come out of nowhere. of course, we know that the u.s. government, the state department has told us they would be working behind the scenes to try and secure the release of all three of these u.s. citizens. currently three in detention. of course, now two in detention for north korea for various crimes. what happened pyongyang said we're ready to release jeffrey fowle. you have to come and get him, so that's what they did. washington

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i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman.breaking news from ferguson missouri, this morning. there is word that the police chief there could soon step down. government officials familiar with ongoing discussions tell cnn that chief thomas jackson's depart ndur would be part of efforts to reform the ferguson police department following shooting of michael brown by after darren wilson. now, chief jackson and the mayor of ferguson flatly deny these reports. >> a plan in place to have chief jackson step down? >> no. >> are you being pressured from any -- >> we didn't say anything. we stood by him this entire time so -- >> nothing? >> there's no change on that. >> well, there is growing concern this morning in ferguson on what may happen if officer wilson is not indicted in the michael brown shooting. school officials in st. louis county have written to prosecutor bob mccullough asking him whether or not wilson will be indicted on night or a weekend so as to avoid putting students in the middle of any possible protests. residents

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 31 minutes past the hour.al officials rolling out new recommendations carried out by ebola. the cdc guidelines have four levels of risk to consider in deciding someone needs to be quarantined. those in high risk who have direct contact with a person infected. there is good news for a young boy returned from west africa and tested for ebola at new york's bellevue hospital. we have more from miguel marquez. >> reporter: officials want to keep him here at the hospital and test him further to make sure his blood is completely free of ebola. it should be a few marew more d the isolation unit. dr. spencer started moving in the serious symptoms of ebola. he was able to do a quick interview with the new york times. he is not feeling horribly, but officials saying he is in serious, but stable condition. one of them saying he looked a little better from saturday. hopefully he has stabilized. meanwhile, the controversy over the quarantine of not only dr. spenc spencer, a doctor with doctors without borders and kaci hicko

this morning, chief business correspondent christine romans digs deep into her past, uncovers the storyything behind in her small denmark town and start her life over in america. christine is here, share with us my friend. >> this was a love letter to my grandma's grandma, this whole project to me was a love letter to my grandma's grandma and my grandma who is watching now i love her so much and to learn so much about her grandmother i went back to the beginning to find out more. she arrived in new york harbor right here 128 years ago this week. watch my journey. this is iowa. this is where i'm from. corn fields and family and every few years we all get together. all the grandkids and great grandkids and my grandma. this is the picture you gave me and -- >> that's a lot of years ago. >> how old do you think you were? >> probably 17. >> reporter: my grandmother's name is shirley jean peterson, and she remembers her grandma, ana jacobida peterson. i know how much you loved your grandma, i loved my grandma. tell me what your bedstemor meant to you? >> she was like a second mother. she was

we bring in cnn's chief business correspondent christine romans to celebrate further. >> this is whats like. someone buying a car, they have to be confident about the housing market, confident about their job, they have to have some money in the bank. this shows you the consumer is able to, after many years of being very frugal and careful the consumer is buying cars again. chrysler sales up 19%, very strong, nissan sales were up, also very strong. 18.5%. we're waiting for ford and gm but this tells you in the month of september auto sales did very, very nicely. where a lot of people are expecting for the rest of this year and 2015 to be better some good news for people who are car buyers, a lot of incentives are out there, also used car prices are falling as more people are starting to buy new cars again so if you're looking for a used car those prices are falling. >> where are people getting this money? people are still tapped. >> the job market is recovering a little bit, the average car on the road is 11 years old so some people have to, to get to their job they need to get a new

. >> and i'm christine romans, it's wednesday, october 8th, it's 5:00 a.m. exactly in the east. this morning, the fbi wants your help in the fight against isis. it's posting a video on a website hoping someone knows this man and can help identify him. this man speaking perfect arabic and perfect english with a nearly north american accent, listen. >> we're here in the 17th division military base just outside the city of irakka, and we're here with the soldiers of al assad. >> i can't get over the word "outside." joe johns has more on this apparently maybe kabian isis fighter. >> it appears to show a jihadi speaking very good english with a north american accent alternating speaking arabic. delivers an on-camera tirade before he and a group of isis fighters appear to shoot a group of syrians dead. the syrians had apparently been forced to dig their own graves. the man speaking has a mask over his face which makes him unrecognizable. and authorities have been using advanced identification technology but are coming up short. they're not sure if he's american or canadian. the fbi po

christine romans is here with more. >> you know, the head of the world bank, he said the internationalmunity has failed miserably in its response to ebola. they need more beds, they need more doctors. a lot more doctors. they need health care aides who can be trained quickly on how to properly take care of and dispose of the linens and the bed clothes of people being treated, they need money to educate people. some of these countries, you have half-itilogical raissi rate, go doer to door and explain into people what the symptoms are and what to do and break down some of these terrible barriers of trust there you are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars that you're going to need. the u.n. says $1 billion and quickly. there's the fact that some of these countries, they already have very stressed finances. they are coming their tax revenue, out of covers and paying for the response, they are running out of money. people can't go to work because they are quarantined, they don't have any money. it's really a matter of life and death. >> how much money have they spent so far? >> so,