dr. anthony fauci, the infectious disease specialist at the national institutes of health. ron mott is covering the ebola case in dallas. nancy snyderman, dr. fauci standing by in bethesda. first we want to begin with ron mott and a new term in our lexicon, contact tracers, the people who trace down all those who may have come in contact, ron, with this ebola patient in texas. good evening. >> reporter: hey, brian. good evening to you. there's a team of ten cdc experts on the ground tonight working this case. we know the man's name, we know the basic timeline of his travels from west africa to the dallas area where tonight he's in isolation at texas health presbyterian hospital. what isn't so clear is why he was sent away from this er last friday with antibiotics and not admitted right away. the man hospitalized and isolated since sunday at this dallas hospital diagnosed tuesday with ebola has been identified as thomas eric duncan, a liberian national. he is seriously ill. they said they are watching some children. >> today we learned that some school age children have been

dr. anthony fauci from the national institutes of health.s i understand it, marks the 21st day for the family members of about duncan who had been in isolation and those who have been monitoring around him. >> right. >> are they free and clear. >> when you get beyond 21 days they're clear. the people who were actually first saw him in that group in the emergency room, they're at that 21 days. >> so -- family members -- that's just for the first time. >> right, right. >> the second time then we're two, three days away from that. >> right, right. >> as far as you know, in that circle of those who treated mr. duncan, once he was put in isolation, no further cases? >> no further cases. just the two infections. we have two infections that have occurred here in the united states. >> right. nobody is showing a fever or anything connected -- >> they are being monitored at various levels, some quarantine, some active, some passive. they're being monitored carefully to see if there are symptoms, if it is, to make sure they're under the proper type of

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dr. anthony fauci. the director of the nih allergy and infectious diseases unit. he says that nina pham will recover from ebola. the dallas nurse arrived at the clinical care center just before midnight and doctors as you mentioned have been evaluating her ever since. she is in isolation with quote optimum protection given to the 20 nurses she will likely have contact with each and every week. we're told two nurses will stay inside her room at all times. right now, pham is in fair condition. she is said to be very tired but doctors say she has her ipad even and is in good spirits. >> this is a virus that really wreaks havoc on you. i mean you could come in and be getting better. you could have decrease in diarrhea and vomiting but you're still very, very tired. this virus knocks you out. she is a highly intelligent aware person who knows exactly what's going on and she's a really terrific person. we -- we fully intend to have this patient walk out of this hospital and we'll do everything we possibly can to make that happen. >> reporter: and with that, dr. anthony

dr. anthony fauci, and dr. fauci, this is becoming a weekly occurrence. welcome back. >> thank you. good to be with you. >>> governors in new york and new jersey have instituted this mandatory quarantine for who is who had direct contact with ebola patients, including all medical workers. here is governor chris christie announcing. >> new jersey and new york are going to determine the standards of quarantine since the cdc's guidance is continually changing. we need to set a standard for our two states. >> given that people are not contagious until they show symptoms, is it good science? to quarantine them for 21 days. >> first principle -- protect american people. second principle -- make your decision based on the science. right now, people as we've said, people without symptoms do not transmit ebola. so guidelines regarding how you handle people from coming back should always be based on the science. the science tells us that people who are asymptomatic do not transmit. that doesn't mean we're cavalier about it, but that middle eastern there are other steps you can protect america

dr. anthony, with the national institutes of health, says there are rational concerns and irrational fears. >> they should separate the concerns for the risk of an outbreak that would involve all americans which is not going to happen given the capabilities that we have. with something that's troubling that we thought we were going to be able to take care of patients with very little risk at all to the health workers if they followed a certain protocol. >> which is why the cdc has now increased its focus on procedures. wusa is educating viewers. tonight on our facebook page nancy writes, "i have not heard or seen anything from any thowrts regarding transmission of ebola by mosquitoes. fact:the cdc says there is no evidence mosquitoes can transmit the virus. the one question the doctor says gets all the time, what's the risk to me. much like karen's post on our facebook, just because someone has it wouldn't necessarily mean the person next to them would come down with it, would they? >> and sometimes that gets really misplaced because they see something that is infectious and can be transmi

dr. anthony fauci is the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. the government has been saying that they are prepared, that they've been sending out information for weeks. is there in that information a checklist for hospitals to go through on what to do if someone walks into their emergency room and has these symptoms, with this travel history? >> indeed, there is. there is a certain thing called the han- h-a-n-- the health alert network. the c.d.c. has been sending out several of these over the last weeks to months to underscore several things. and the one that's most relevant to what we're talking about today is the specific alert that if someone comes into an emergency room or a clinic with symptoms that are suggestive of ebola, it's important that you take a travel history. if a person tell you that they've recently traveled to west africa and have come back, that you then treat them in a way that keeps them to be observed before you rule out the possibility that they have ebola. so, that has been given in instructions and alerts now for a co

dr. anthony fauci. >>> and we'll discuss criticism of the government response with the chair of the house oversight panel congressman tim murphy. >>> and disease expert dr. michael oster home. >>> has the government oversold its ability to contain the deadly virus? >> if we do the protocols properly, the likelihood of widespread ebola outbreaks in this country are very, very low. >>> our sunday panel weighs in. >>> then it's just 16 days to the midterm elections. with control of the senate still up for grabs. we'll have a debate between the chairs of both parties. reince priebus and debbie wasserman schultz in their first joint appearance of 2014. it's a "fox news sunday" exclusive. >>> plus the man who keeps america on time, all right now on "fox news sunday." >>> hello again from fox news in washington. under fire from republicans and some democrats, president obama is now scrambling to restore confidence in how his administration is handling the ebola threat. today we want to take a look at it from all angles. we'll talk with the government's point man on infectious disease, dr. anthon

dr. anthony the top infectious disease doctor at the national institutes of health. we will hear from the new house majority leader kevin mccarthy and democratic congressman elijah cummings. we will turn to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for the latest on the war on isis and with less than a month until election day, we will have new results of the cbs news new york times battleground tracker survey. 60 years of news because this is "face the captioning sponsored by cbs and good morning, again, well, here is the latest on the ebola situation. the death toll from the disease in west africa stands at nearly 3,500, the threat of it spreading here has raised fears and calls for more government action, but what to do? we begin thi this morning in dallas where thomas duncan is now in critical condition with ebola. he is the man who was first sent home from the hospital even though he told emergency workers he had recently traveled from liberia. >> manuel go or questions is in dallas this morning. manuel. >> well, bob he has been in an isolation unit in texas hea

dr. anthony fauci is still with us. what do you make of that?ne coming in from dubai, not from sierra leone or guinea or liberia but from dubai. these people complaining of flu-like symptoms? >> i have to say if. if there was no one on that plane -- if, and sometimes you get information wrong -- that had any connection with west africa, the fact that they were nauseated and vomiting on the plane, to me, i would be somewhat puzzled as the why they did this maneuver with hazmats. but, then again, let's make sure that there was no one on that plane that actually had a connection in dubai that came from west africa which may have triggered that. if not, then you have to wonder why they did that. >> it underscores the fear that is out there right now. local officials want to err on the side of caution, right? >> exactly. that's one of the things we're having that's unfortunate. it's understandable but unfortunate. it's an epidemic of fear. you'd be surprised the questions i get asked from people who you would think would know saying, i'm taking a tri

dr. anthony fauci from the national institutes of health, and dr. dan berry from the ebola response team from africa, and the chair of emergency medicine at johns hopkins university and prize winni winning laureates as well. and so we hope to answer these questions, how dangerous is ebola to our health care system? and should there be a travel ban to the affected countries and are americans worried unnecessarily? let's start by looking at america's growing fears that began in a week that began with an unnerving announcement. sunday a nurse who cared for ebola victim thomas eric duncan at texas presbyterian hospital is diagnosed with ebola, herself. nina pham becomes the first american to contract the disease on u.s. soil. >> i u don't know how it happened and the cdc is investigating it, because that is likely what happened, inadvertent breach. >> and then monday, her dog is moved to a decommissioned naval base to be monitored. tuesday, the cdc is looking at every aspect of the procedures at texas presbyterian hospital. >> we know that a single brea

dr. anthony fauci, because it is looking at risk in different areas. and the high-end, we are good at it, but the self-motivated lone wolves, it is much, much harder, and we don't have the resources to cover all of it. we have to mitigate it the best we can, but we can't overreact. it is in the scheme of risks of society, it is not a life and death matter for the entire nation. >> arselan, what is the role of the muslim american nation here, because it is some role of the leadership of the islamic communities to identify some of the people who are joining, converting, but not for the right reasons? >> well, chuck, it is important to keep in mind when you are ub tag about isis, it is not the x-mentor transformers here, and it is not wolverines or optimus primes, but it is loner idiots in the whitey tighties playing call of duty 4 who are disenfranchised are from the rest of the society. if you look at the shooter from ottawa, he was thrown out of a mosque similar to the boston marathon bombers who were once thrown out of a boston mosque. so the canadian

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dr. anthony heads up the infection disease center.ou talk a little bit about what steps are being taken now to contain this ebola problem in dallas. >> well, this is somethi that we felt would unfortunately happen, namely, that someone would get infected in a west african country, would not know they are infected, would get on a plane, arrive in the united states and then get sic so right now the person is where they should be. in a very intensive care facility. the task now, is going to be to do contact tracing, namely, trying to trace everyone that person had come into contact with since they arrived and certainly since the person became symptomatic. >> how challenging is it to trace those contacts? >> this is something the cdc is very well trained and highly competitive. they have done this with different types of infections that go beyond ebola. they do it very well. they have a professional team that is very capable and rapid in identifying and tracing these contacts. >> completely separa from this case in dallas, you are observi

dr. anthony fouchi. the president underscored the steps we take must be guided by the best medical science as informed from our best medical health experts, and measures should be crafted so as not to discourage health workers from serving in west africa. governor cuomo's administration said that healthcare workers can be monitored at home. >> during that 21 days healthcare workers would check in on them twice a day. >> and u.s. ambassador to the united nations touched down in guinea in a five-day fact-finding mission on the ebola crisis. >> we need to be part of the solution and not runaway with something. it will come to us. >> the "world health organization" said it estimates there have been more than 10,000 cases since the outbreaks' beginning earlier this year. >> thousands are already dead of ebola in west africa. many thousands more will likely be dead before it's over. how to respond in the united states this time on the program. the center of disease control outlined a new set of guidelines for

dr anthony fauci of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases questions the states' mandatoryo are not ill, who don't have symptoms with whom you don't come into contact with body fluids, they are not a threat, they are not going to spread it." he says quarantines could cause american health care workers to rethink trips to west africa. : "we want them to go because they are helping us to protect america by going over there." representative darrell issa blames the federal government for the states' reactions. : "i think governors of both parties are reacting to an absence of leadership and absence of belief that the federal government really does know what they're doing." meanwhile, hickox says she wants to go home to her partner. : "i feel like my basic human rights have been violated." i'm mary moloney reporting. hickox says she does not have access to her luggage and has no shower or flushable toilet. she says she can't see her lawyer or anyone else. a spokeswoman from university hospital says they are trying to make her as comfortable as possible. it's estimated that 30% o

dr. anthony fall key from the national institute of health said earlier today? >> as tragic as it is, if someone gets infected, she was on voluntary self monitoring. she found she got infected and she immediately did what she was supposed to have done, was to be reporting it. so, even in this troublesome situation, the system is working. >> meanwhile, there are pleas for more aid to help west africa as the death toll from the ebola outbreak continues to climb. the vitters has now killed 4,000 and 33 people. in sierra leone, a cargo plane arrived as part of a $1 million it donation. but aid agencies in west africa say much more money and supplies are still needed. some endorsed by world financial leaders meeting saturday in washington. >> $130 million that were made available very quickly so that they could have the benefit of budgetary support in order to face the var, very difficult situation that the three countries are facing. >> and here in new york, screenings are underway at jfk international airport as travelers arriving from west africa. four other airpo

dr. anthony fauci, and dr. fauci, this is becoming a weekly occurrence. welcome back. >> thank you. good to be with you. >>> governors in new york and new jersey have instituted this mandatory quarantine for who is who had direct contact with ebola patients, including all medical workers. here is governor chris christie announcing. >> new jersey and new york are going to determine the standards of quarantine since the cdc's guidance is continually changing. we need to set a standard for our two states. >> given that people are not contagious until they show symptoms, is it good science? to quarantine them for 21 days. >> first principle -- protect american people. second principle -- make your decision based on the science. right now, people as we've said, people without symptoms do not transmit ebola. so guidelines regarding how you handle people from coming back should always be based on the science. the science tells us that people who are asymptomatic do not transmit. that doesn't mean we're cavalier about it, but that middle eastern there are other steps you can protect america

dr. anthony fauci. and they have entered a next stage of the illness. dr. craig spencer's symptoms have intensified but he is in stable condition. >> people tend to get worse before they get better with this disease. so he remains in stable condition. but we are aware that this is the natural course of this disease. >> now, as part of his treatment, dr. spencer is receiving plasma from ebola survivor nancy writebol. his fiancee will be quarantined inside their apartment for 21 days. >> the man who jumped the white house fence will be back in court. we could learn more information as to why he hopped the fence and ran across the north lawn. a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation will be presented. this is adesanya's third arrest since july. >>> 4:31 is our time. a chilly start for a lot of us around the region. >> storm team 4 meet rolls tom kierein with a look at your weather. >> as you step out the door, you'll go whoa. yesterday we were hovering near 70. overnight, look at these temperatures. they have plummeted down to the 30s most of virginia and maryla

dr. anthony who was on cnn's "state of the union" this morning as well as the u.s.r to the u.n., samantha power, who is of course in west africa right now meeting with people on the ground there, as well as doctors at the cdc. those are the people they want to be carrying the message more publicly, ana. >> we'll talk to you again at the top of the hour to continue the discussion on the administration's response to the ebola outbreak here at home. >>> but coming up, we turn to ferguson, missouri. one of the centers of the civil rights conversation in america. but is it, in fact, a new civil rights movement, or is it a continuation of the civil rights era of the 1960s perhaps? up next, our conversation with two civil rights icons on the shooting of teenager michael brown and the 2 1/2 months that have followed. you're driving along, having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... boom! you've had your first accident. now you have to make your first claim. so you talk to y

dr. anthony fauci at the national institutes of health. today on "meet the press," dr. fauci said other states with international airports like virginia and dulles should not follow suit. >> go with the science. >> the science says? >> the science tells us that people who are not sick, if you do not come into contact with body fluid, if someone comes back from wherever, liberia and they're well, they are no danger to anyone. >> fauci says it is important to treat health workers with respect. especially when coming back from areas in africa that have been hit by ebola. new jersey has isolated one nurse under its new mandatory quarantine, and she says she feels like her basic human rights are being violated. >>> new at 6:00. we learned the name of a man shot and killed in northeast d.c. ellis alphonso anderson died after being rushed to the hospital. investigators are looking for clues around the area where officers found him off brentwood road off rhode island avenue. police are offering a $25,000 reward for information that helps find anderson's killer. >>> d.c. police

dr. anthony fauce was on meet the press responding to this issue. calls for a nationwide standard for mandatory quarantines. let's listen to that first. >> there are ways to ratchet it up. there is passive monitoring. you take the temperature. if anything goes wrong, report it. active. report it to someone. then there is direct active where someone comes in and takes your temperature. that's all short of quarantine. >> what is the right kind of quarantine? >> richard, you asked is it fair to the health care workers? i don't care about fairness. what i care about is it going to protect the american public? what's the optimal thing to do? it's very clear that quarantine will leave us much worse off than what we are doing now. i think active monitoring, direct active monitoring, two different notions, both reasonable. we should debate who, how much. this quarantine thing goes off the deep end. i don't know any public health expert who thinks this is a good idea from protecting the american public. >> what about the mix, the tension we were describing b

dr. anthony fauci spoke to msnbc's rachel maddow. >> as you get more and more people who are getting infected and not getting into the kind of isolation and able to contract trace, they're infecting a lot more people. >>> mark zucker goering and his wife donating the the cdc all as pham speaks out. >> doctors upgraded nina pham's condition from stable to good. and for the first time in a written statement, she's sharing her thoughts from the isolation unit at the texas health presbyterian unit. she says she's going well and thanks everyone for their kind wishes an prayers, also calls the specialists treating her the best team of doctors and nurses in the world, a team that the director of the centers of disease control acknowledge should have had more help immediately after thomas eric duncan contracted the disease. as a result of what happened in dallas, the cdc created a rapid response team to deal with any positive test in the u.s. because pham was infected while wearing full protective gear, 76 members of the hospital staff have been added to the list of 48 people in the community being m

dr. anthony, saying that he's stable and that they seem to be doing well. >> and the centers for the disease, they made their call to transfer them this morning saying that the decision to move her to nih was out of concern that the ebola crisis had left that facility, overwhelmed, short of critical staff. >> now, we have our teams transferring nina pham, who as we had mentioned that they are the first dallas nurse to contract that virus and that they are standing by where pham will be treated by the infectious disease specialist. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, derek and jan, the biocontainment facility where she will be treated is inside the clinical center, which is this massive hospital that is just up on this hill beside, behind me. it is just inside that beltway in bethesda. with some of the most infectious diseases that are known to human kind that ebola while deadly is not by a long shot. but doctors say that it could be transferred through the direct contact with that bodily fluids of a person that has symptoms. nonetheless the nih says that they will be taking every precaution to ensure

dr. anthony fauci and hear from two critics, congressman tim murphy and health expert dr dr. osterholm. we begin with john from atlanta. >> chris, good morning to you. this is the day the quarantine is scheduled to be lifted on family members of thomas eric duncan. he's the first person to die from ebola virus disease in this country. today marks 21 days since he was first admitted to the hospital. that hospital, texas presbyterian is admitting more mistakes today. in an open letter it apologized its training and education programs for employees had not been fully employed before duncan walked into that hospital. they are pushing back for more information in the duncan medical records saying there were lapses. that is when nurses nina pham and amber vinson are believed to have been fin ekted, both being treated at emory and nih. judge clay jenkins worries more of the health care workers currently being monitored will be at risk. >> we're prayerful we won't have more but i have my team making contingencies to cover double digit mnumbers. >> he's saying 50 health care workers may be infec

dr. anthony fouchi, thanks for being with me. comparing ebola to aids, is that a fair and accurate comparison? >> well, i think that dr. frieden's comment may have been taken a little bit out of context. what dr. frieden was saying, is there are some similarities, but there are more dissimilarities between ebola and aids. some of the similarities is that both of us, dr. frieden and i, back in the early '80s dealing with hiv/aids, there was a similar fear and concern and panic about the unknown. that, certainly, is a similarity. the similarity also is that the explosion and the rate of the infection with hiv and with ebola is early on outstripping resources, but the similarities really end there, because if you look at the magnitude of aids globally, it just completely dwarves what's going on and what will ever go on with ebola. so we've got to make sure that we don't make that strict comparison between aids and ebola, because that would be misleading. >> and i think that's why his comments caught a lot of folks off guard. you said