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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

dr. anthony fauci, director of institute of already and infectious diseases. welcome. >> thank you, chris. >> let's tart with the one known case, thomas duncan downgraded to critical. what kind of shape is he in? and what do we know about the treat treatment? >> first of all the most important treatment is good medical care, because one of the areas where people get into trouble, they have dirhea, they're vomiting, they lose fluid. getting ivs, acute critical care is what we have. with regard to experimental drugs, they're all experimental. zmapp is just not available. the crux and the critical sure of caring for this person is good intensive-care medicine. >> do we know what shape he's in? >> i don't know personally, but the hospital is saying in critical condition. he went from critical to serious and now they're saying he's back in critical. this is what we're hearing from the hospital. >>> we talked with judge jenkins about the 50 people that public health officials are monitoring. to the best of your knowledge, have any of them shown any signs of developi

dr. anthony fauci, director of national allergy and infectious diseases. doctor, this is becoming a weekly occurrence. welcome back. >> good to be with you. >> as we just mentioned, the governor of new york and new jersey have instituted this mandatory quarantine for all people coming back from west africa through their airports, who have had direct contact with ebola patients including all medical workers. here is governor chris christie announcing it. >> new jersey, new york are going to determine the standards of quarantine since cdc's guidance is continually changing and we need to set a standard for our two states. >> given that people are not contagious until they show symptoms, does it -- is it good science to quarantine them for 1 days? >> first principle, protect american people. second principle, make your decision based on the science. right now, as we said many times, people who are without symptoms do not transmit ebola. we know that. so, guidelines regarding how you handle people from coming back should always be based on the science. and the

dr. anthony fauci, that was her care, that transfusion. she received no experimental drugs. great news to see her looking as good as she does. the good news is that she has pulled through. joining me to talk about this fantastic development, dr. alexander van tulleken along with sanjay gupta is joining us on the phone. great news. perhaps not unexpected considering her condition had improved over the last few days. but still, i'm a little surprised to hear all of these success stories in america and so few of them elsewhere. >> that's right, ashleigh. mortality rate can be as high as 90% in some of the previous outbreaks. that speaks to a very important point. dr. fauci mentioned this. but the bottom line ultimately for these patients is that their own immune systems, if they are healthy, can ultimately fight this virus if they are just supported and that means giving them fluids, making sure they don't become too dehydrated, if they have any bleeding problems, giving blood back. she received the blood transfusion, as you mentioned, from dr. kent brantly. he fought ebola and

dr. anthony fauci of the nih, thank you for coming in, and big breaking news. >>> of course, this weekend, jfk was the first airport in the u.s. to introduce screening measures for passengers from sierra leone and guinea and liberia and our own helene co cooper is here and she just went through the process in liberia. we want you to the tell us a about the process, because we know that jfk has started and four other airports, dulles, hartsfield, and newark and chicago's o'hare is also going to the be doing these, but describe what you went through in leaving liberia. >> well, it is, i came into dulles, and i -- the really interesting thing was that my time in, just getting into the liberian airport, you are getting the -- you can't even ep ter the grounds of the airport in liberia without getting your temperature taken. my temperature was taken three times at the robert fields airport before entering the gate. and there is a guard there at the place where i reside, and i had to wash my hands with chlorine bleach and you do that before entering any public building in liberia. hayed to fill

dr. anthony fauci from the national institutes of health, and first to mark potter who is in dallas covering the story. mark, what do we know about when this health care worker came into contact with the late mr. d duncan? >> well, it sounds like the contact occurred on duncan's second visit to the hospital which began here september 28th. the officials say they got the preliminary test results back late last night indicating that a health care worker here at texas health presbyterian had contracted ebola and further tests will be conducted by the cdc in atlanta to confirm the finding. the worker is said to have cared for thomas eric duncan, the dallas patient who died of ebola wednesday, again, on the second visit to the hospital. the worker are reportedly was wearing the protective clothing at a that time and considered low risk, but now has tested positive. the worker came in friday to the hospital complaining of a low-grade fever, and was isolated and then sets a sud for testing. treatment has begun. currently, the officials are not releasing the patient's name to honor the wishes of his

dr. anthony fauci.come back to "fox news sunday". >> good to be with you, chris. >> let's start with the one known case we have in this country, thomas duncan, downgraded to critical condition. what kind of shape is he in and what do we know about the treatment he's getting? >> well, first of all, the most important treatment is good medical care because one of the areas where people get into trouble with, they have diarrhea, vomiting, they lose fluid, get electric ro ee elect. zmap is not available. there are the crux and critical issue of caring for this person is good intensive care medicine. >> do we know what shape he's in downgraded -- >> i don't know personally but the hospital says he's in critical condition. he went from critical to serious and now they're saying he's back in critical. this is what we're hearing from the hospital. >> we talked with judge jenkins a moment ago about the 50 people that public health officials are monitoring. to the best of your knowledge, have any of them shown an

dr. anthony fauci, director at the national allergy and infectious disease. welcome back. >> good to be with you, chris. >> let's start first of all with the one known case we have in this country, thomas duncan. downgraded to critical condition. what kind of shape is he in? what do we know about the treatment he's getting? >> most important treatment is good medical care because one of the areas where peopleble wit a diarrhea, vomiting, they get electrolyte imbalance. acute critical care is what we have. with regard to experimental drugs. they're all experimental. z-map is not available. there are other experimental drugs. i don't know if he's getting them. the crux and the critical issue of caring for this person is good, intensive care medicine. >> do we know what shape he is? n? >> i don't know personally. the hospital is saying critical. it was serious and now back in critical and hearing this from the hospital. >> we talked with judge jenkins about the 50 people that public health officials are monitoring. to the best of your knowledge, have any of them

dr. anthony fauci of the national institutes of health appeared on "face the nation" with charlie rose. >> right now we have a devastating epidemic in west africa and having an epidemic of fear in the united states. >> critics of mandatory quarantines are concerned healthcare workers like hickox and dr. craig spencer who contracted ebola will be discouraged from traveling to west africa, knowing they will have to stay in quarantine for three weeks upon their return, even if they are not showing symptoms of the deadly disease. >> doctors here at bellevue say spencer is doing a little better than yesterday, just right now spencer is in serious but stable condition. jerika duncan, thanks very much we return to our chief medical correspondence jon lapook, he spoke to kaci hickox, how did she describe her home coming to you. >> when she first described at new jersey airport it was all smiled and when they found out she was in sierra leone the smiles evaporated and she felt she was being treated like a criminal. they actually took her temperature and it was transiently elevated which she thinks

dr. anthony fauci, the two lead officials on the u.s. response to ebola. cory gardner says "i will be at to discuss today, inclusions to stop the spread of ebola, including my call for a travel ban." "a temporary ban on travel to the united states from countries afflicted with the virus is something the president should absolutely consider." and this one from ed royce." givingen the need to contain the disease at its source -- >> four more u.s. airports will have their tams taken today. it is part of an effort to keep travelers with ebola from bringing the virus into the united states. and the associated press reports that the top official with the u.n. reports that the death toll from the ebola crisis will rise from among 4,500 9,000 infected from the ebola virus. om frieden and anthony fauci live at noon today on the u.s. ebola response. >> well, this is a work in progress. we are trying to determine prt c.d.c. what it has ordered to do certain things. i know it is advisory. i also want to see how we can fix this problem. the problem in dallas at texas p

dr. anthony fauci, director of the national institute for allergies and infectious diseases say we just don't know if it helped them. >> when it becomes more available, we'll be abtermine if it really works. unfortunately there's none available. all the doses have been used up and we're not going to have any more dose until at least another month and a half or two months. >> reporter: in nashville at vanderbilt university medical center researcher say they are working day and night to try to develop antibodies from people who survive ebola. dr. james crow hopes his research leads to new treatment for the virus. >> that we can actually manufacture or produce the naturally occurring antibodies the patients made themselves and then we have those as a protein we can give as a drug. >> reporter: dr. fauci says experimental drugs are not the tion to this outbreak. >> healthcare providers, field hospitals, equipment, identifying, isolating, treating, contact tracing, that's how the epidemic will end. >> reporter: susan mcguiness, cbs news, bethesda. >> we contacted nine of the major hospital groups

dr. anthony fauci of the national institutes of health about the guidelines and quarantines. dr.uci, thank you very much for joining us. these now c.d.c. guidelines recommending voluntary at-home isolation for healthcare workers returning from west africa who are in a so-called high-risk category, how does one determine these guidelines are strict enough? we've seen there have been already been mistakes. >> well there's really a difference here, judy and that is what is being matched is the stratification of the risk of the person, according to the risk. so you mentioned high-risk. there are some very clear guidelines now, if a person is high risk and they have symptoms, this is what you do. if they're high-risk and don't have symptoms, this is what's called direct active monitoring, namely a person is monitored not only that they take their temperature and tell someone but someone actually every day comes and monitors the person with the temperature and an evaluation of symptoms and that the decision is made based on that exactly what the restrictions are. but clearly, if someon

dr. anthony fauci and cnn military analyst lieutenant colonel rick francona. the united states is preparing to send up to 4,000 troops in west africa. do you believe that is enough and do you believe that is absolutely the right call, that those troops are needed to handle the who gistlogistics, g hospital beds set up, making sure things are working better to treat those patients? >> i was very clepleased to hea when the president announced he would be sending 3,000 to 4,000 troops. they are absolutely essential. what we need is the command and control and the organization, logistics, the ability to set up hospitals that our military can do better than anyone else. so it's going to be a very important advance in our ability to do what we need to do to get the epidemic under control in west africa. so it's a very good thing that this is happening and i'm very pleased to hear that. >> colonel francona, i've heard mixed thoughts from people telling me, why are we sending u.s. troops? are we putting u.s. troops in harm's way? you've got to think the answer would b