dr. nina radcliff is going to join us later to talk about the virus. >>> new york city's police commissioner calling thursday's hatchet attack on four rookie officers an act of terrorism. one officer was hit in the head and remains in critical but table condition. the other was hit in the arm and is now out of the hospital. the suspect was shot to death by two other cops on the streets in queens, new york. investigators are examining the suspect's computer to find a possible motive. they say there have been no clear ties to international extremists. canada's parliament hill reopening to the public after a fatal shooting on wednesday. a gunman killed a soldier at the national war memorial in ottawa and stormed the parliament before he was shot and killed there. >>> an intense battle between isis militants and kurdish troops continues in the syrian town of kobani. the fighting is concentrated on the eastern edges of town as the u.s. military continues to conduct air strikes against the terrorist

i want to bring in dr. nina rather cliff. good to see you. let me read part of a statement from dr.nt brantly. one the first americans to beet ebola. he said it sound like new york has done everything right to contain the case. i hope the people of new york can like wise set an example for the rest of the country by handling this event with reason and calm instead of panic. the average new yorker and the average american, for that matter, is no risk of getting ebola. so should everyone in new york take a deep breath? >> i don't think a deep breath. if you're worried about getting it on the bus or the subway, that's not going happen. the public has a low risk of contracting it. it's the health care workers at this time that we're concerned about. >> and apparently bellevue and really the city of new york has been really focussed on something like this possibly occurring. so it seems like they're pretty well equipped. >> right. because they were prepared. they saw fwhapd dallas and they did a mid course correction. they learned. we looked a the missteps and made mid course corrections

we need to make sure we stop that. >> okay, dr. ninacliffe, thank you very much for your thoughts. this news conference is going to happen about ten minutes from now. we will show it to you live, it is going to be coming out of that nebraska center currently treat egg an ebola patient and the head of the nursing staff there will be giving us details. don't no he exactly what it's going to be b we will bring it to you live. >>> meantime, sounds like a great idea a camera to monitor what happens when your pricey car gets driven off by a valet, but now, some states say that cool feature breaks the law. we will explain. >>> and nope, that's not a shark. it's doggy dressed up for halloween, so that brings us to our question of the day, do you dress up your pet for halloween? we want your pictures. if you do, tweet me at, gretchen carlson, use the #the real story and we may feature your pet, coming up at the end of the show. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers, carpenters shopping online is as easy as it gets. and even piano tuners were j

nina pham? what have you learned and what experimental drugs if any did you use and what can you teach other doctors such as dr. spencer? >> first of all, we did not administer to nina any experimental drugs while she was here under our care. we followed her. we have a considerable amount of laboratory data. remember, this is only one patient. we are in contact and discussion with our colleagues at emory and at nebraska. we continually compare notes back and forth. and i think it's important for people to understand that there's a public health issue, and there's the scientific issue of understanding what's going on. and that essentially is what we do here. pry mayor it's the care of the patient first -- primarily it's the care of the patient first but together with that is to learn information that might help others. that's easy to do when you have a whole bunch of people that you can collect data on. but when you have one or two or three, you've got to focus very much and try to get enough information where gradually we'll be able to say things that will help others who are taking care of patients. that's th

with me dr. nina radcliffe. dr. radcliffe, thank you for being with us.never my kids used to start school in september they would come home with a flu and cold september, october, november then i would get it and everybody in the house would get it. what do parents do now? we have a child die in michigan, one in new jersey of enterovirus. what do parents do what do they look for and when do they take their children to the hospital. >> children love to share germs. i am worried for my daughter a 3-year-old in preschool about enterovirus. i am not worried about her checki -- catching ebola. enterovirus is making a comeback. >> what is it? >> there are 100 varyites. this takes it in the lungs. kids can have difficult breathing and can get paralyzed. they don't know the mechanism and we don't know how to stop it. >> you say ebola is not endemic to the united states. what do you mean by that? >> these children are not exposed. >> i was reading as some of your thoughts you saying well you are not concerned about ebola. >> i am on guarded condition for it. that'

i'm joined now by dr. ninacliff, a practicing physician and medical reporter, to try to separate some fact from fiction. nina, thank you so much. megan asked, why aren't we stopping travel from other countries? >> we could do that. but the concern at this time is we cannot get resources and personnel we need to get there and back. so, that might be on the table down the road. if it is, we have to ensure that those people can get back and forth in order to stop it at ground zero. >> doctor, liz asked this. do we have any past experience on limiting travel, not all travel? >> no. at this time we do not have that. right now the science does not support it. we need to keep screening when they don't have symptoms and signs. at this time if you do not have symptoms, you are not infectious. >> tim asked this, a question a lot of people have had. >> that's exactly right. our nurses are our front line of health care for these patients. we need to make sure they feel prepared and we need to reassure them. they need to fe

dr. nina radcliff is joining me here. we were looking up at each other for those key moments. work backwards from the most recent item he mentioned when it comes to public health actions. he said, he mentioned the active monitoring of these different potential individuals who may have been exposed and he mentions depending on, you know, case by case there could be additional restrictions placed, i.e. don't board planes, don't get on trains, buses, et cetera but you said to me he didn't specifically say isolation. >> correct. correct. the point here is we need to base it upon risk. we can't put it across the board everybody who has flied over africa, been in africa everybody gets 21 days. we have to have good science and good sense. >> we've heard that over and over. >> we don't make decision based on panic and fear. >> he was outlining the different levels of expo thursday. one through four. those who have been stuck by a neeld by an infected patient and four no identified risk. but in west africa. >> in west africa. that's interesting to note. most of them -- doctors without

you released dr. nina pham. there she is being released this week from nih when she was free of the ebola virus. have you determined how she got the virus? was it a problem with the cdc protocols? if so, have you tightened those up? >> first of all, you never can tell exactly how she got it because she was under one protocol for a few days and then the other. so, whatever it was, she certainly was at a risk and got infected. so, whenever you see that, chris, you try to tighten things up. right now the cdc protocols are much tighter than they were. those were protocols that actually worked very well historically in africa. we find now that with the intensive care setting, that we give in this country, they may not be optimal and that's why the cdc has changed them. >> finally, there was a story in "the new york times" this week, mike levinthal referred to it, scientists came up with a vaccine a decade ago that was 100% effective in stopping ebola in monkeys, but because of the fact the disease was so rare, there

mark siegel, dr. nina radcliff. saudi arabia's banned visitors from ebola-ravaged nations.rance is not flying to these nations. great britain's not flying to these nations. have we made a mistake by allowing people to come in from these countries? >> we have to be realistic. this virus i our world today. we have to understand we need to deal with it when it comes to our borders. that's what we're doing. we have a coordinated response by the centers for disease control. >> but why did great britain and france do this? listen, sean, the numbers are still pretty small. but we also have to manage the fear factor here. let me explain what i mean by that. first thing we should be doing is taking temperatures on people coming here from west africa. >> they did. >> but they're taking temperatures of people when they leave west africa. i want them to use that gun infrared temperatures when people come in here. >> why not let them in until they solve their problems? >> let me address that. the numbers, just the pure numbers, don't allow for that because their numbers are small. but a

. >>> with me now is dr. nina r ratcliff here to answer some of the viewers questions. first, let's talk about the concerns from the nurse's association. they're the front line. if they don't feel they are adequately equipped with the technology, with the protection, and honestly, with the knowledge. >> first, i want to say this is not the time to finger point. i don't like the way they're finger pointing saying she had a breach in protocol. we're worried we have fear. right now we have to understand all hands are on deck. we need to get all hands on deck. if the nurses are feeling they're not properly trained this is something we need to get them trained. they're on the front line. they're risking their lives and taking care of patients. >> it seems some do not have the confidence in the cdc guidelines that we talked about last week. just in the latest example. >> the cdc guidelines the protocols work. doesn't mean they'll be easy but they are challenging. ebola is passed through bodily secretions, se man, blood, vomit, fee cease. if we can protect ourselves. is there

. >> joining me now, dr. nina radcliffe. thank you for joining us.uess the questions that people have now, they have real questions about the authority of anyone to tell us how you can get it and how you can't. is it absolutely iron-clad we know how you get ebola? >> yes, it is. what we know is by science, is that it can only be contracted by bodily fluids. fec feces, vomit, blood, and saliva. >> what about somebody sneeding next to you on the subway. was he able to transmit it by sneezing? >> two things. first of all, his viral counts were probably very low. and he probably was not having the symptoms of coughing and sneezing. it's not an airborne disease. yes, although it possible to transmit it by saliva, at this time, it is unlikely. >> so what do you do if you're on a plane or subway who is sneezing? assume they have the cold or flu? >> we know it's a minimal risk of getting ebola because you're on the subway, you're touching this person's bowling ball, or if you're going to the grocery store. it's a very minimal risk at this time. >> why all th

nina pham? what have you learned? what experimental drugs if any did you use and what can you teach other doctors such as dr. spencer in helping him recover? >> well, first of all, we did not administer to nina any experimental drugs while she was here under our care. we followed her. we have a considerable amount of laboratory data. remember this is only one patient. we are in contact and discussion with our colleagues at emory and at nebraska. we continually compare notes back and forth. and i think it's important for people to understand that there is a public health issue and there is the scientific issue of ,understanding what's going on that is essentially what we do here. primarily it's the care of the patient, first. but together with that is to learn information that might help others. now, that's easy to do when you have a whole bunch of people that you could collect data on. but what you have -- when you have one or two or three you have to focus very much and try to get enough information where gradually we'll be able to say things that will help others who are taking care of patients. that's the

dr. spencer, also the remarkable news we just got that nina pham has been declared ebola free and is beingtional institutes of health. joining us by phone are chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta and elizabeth cohen from bellevue hospital where we are awaiting the news conference. sanjay, let's start with the remarkable news, the gud news. just week ago nina pham was airlifted to the national institutes of health, she had ebola. tests showed today she is ebola-free and is being discharged. >> it's fantastic news, john. obviously it's great news for her. i think it's also -- it can be really important scientifically as we see more and more patients in the united states starting with dr. brantly who was diagnosed in liberia and flown over here, as was nancy writebol, but they both got treatment here. nurse pham, nina pham as you mentioned, they've all done really well. when we talk about the mortality rate surrounding ebola, it's been as high as 90% we know at times in outbreaks in central africa. with early detection, treatment, even just fluid replacement possibly experimental drug

dr. kent brantley. >> nina put herself in a situation where she knew it was a risk. she said the prayers and others helpful her through. >> i think them for their prayers, concerns, hope, and love. >> she underwent five consecutive tests, all of them ebola free. she is cured and it could take weeks before she feels 100%. in bethesda,e suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. blood tests show no sign of ebola but a discharge date has not yet been set. >> as the nurses recover, the centers for disease control has confirmed a new york city dr. now has the virus. the doctor is being treated. >> he is here in isolation and in stable condition. >> he battles the virus in this manhattan hospital. >> there is no cause for alarm. new york is need to understand the situation is being handled well. >> nearly a week after he returned, treating ebola patients in jenin. the days before spencer was diagnosed, 33-year-old went to this bowling alley in brooklyn, wrote the subway, and ate in a restaurant. he was showing no ebola symptoms. experts stress it was not contagious. health officials che

nina pham? what have you learned and what experimental drugs, if any, have you used and what will you help dr. spencer in recovering? >> first of all, we did not administer to nina any experimental drugs while she was here under our care. we have a considerable amount of laboratory data. remember, this is only one patient. we are in contact and in discussion with our colleagues at emory and nebraska. we continually compare notes back and forth. it's important to understand that it's a public health issue and there's the scientific issue of understanding what is going on and that's essentially what we do here. primarily it's the care of the patient first but together with that is to learn information that might help others. now, that's easy to do when you have a whole bunch of people that you can collect data on. but when you have one or two or three, you've got to focus very much and try to get enough information where gradually we'll be able to say things to help others who are taking care of other patients. that's why we may have done different kinds of lab tests or more of them. that doesn't

dr. marty, thank you for being with us. nina's friend -- >> my pleasure. >> -- she was wearing a hazmat suit. cdc said you can just wear a gown and gloves but she was wearing a full hazmat suit. you spent time wearing these suits in horrific conditions. what is the likelihood she would have contracting the virus while taking a hazmat suit off? >> while taking it off, there is always a risk. so you have to take it off in a meticulous fashion. from what i just heard from jennifer, nina is quite the heroine and very wonderful and sad to hear she is ill and even the best of us could make a mistake but that might not be why she issin fektded. >> what could be? people want answers here. >> well, i saw a photo in the dallas morning news of someone, apparently a nurse taking care of what apparently was the index case, and i was looking at the image and it seemed to me that there was skin exposed in that individual who was the nurse in that photo. so -- and it also looked like they were wearing some kind of a positive breathing apparatus t

you are using, if we understand reading the press releases, about ten doctors and nurses to treat nina. drck davie is in the room with her. we have four or five nurses. they change shifts. if things have a problem where we have to do a lot more intensive things, we'll switch it to eight-hour shifts and bring more people in. why then did it take 70 folks at the dallas hospital to treat an ebola patient? mr. duncan, who, unfortunately -- >> i think there were a lot of people, technicians coming in, going out of the room and getting samples and things like that. we have at the n.i.h. a very specifically equipped, trained, experienced people who are specifically dedicated only to that type of a situation. that's why it's different. >> he also said today that there does need to be more medical units in the united states, equipped and properly trained to handle all ebola patients. frontier airlines says it's contacting up to 800 passengers that may be linked flights she took. vincent is the second nurse diagnosed with the disease after treating patients thomas eric duncan. frontier says that the

nina -- >> dr. varga. i'm going to stop you there. they were already using universal precautions but also had -- were using some of the more isolation and just answer yes or no. >> yes. >> okay. to that, i'd like to move on, dr. frieden, this, of course, and i'll just back up. on october 2nd. excuse me, october 6th, i sent a letter to the cdc to cbp and hhs calling for travel restrictions. there's no question, i believe, travel restrictions needs to be put in place. and now after having this subcommittee hearing, i believe even more strongly that we need them. and i just want to back up to a couple questions for dr. frieden and dr. fouche, do we know the strains -- are there multiple strains of ebola? >> there are five subspecies. this outbreak and all of the strains that we've seen have been closely related. >> okay. so we know that it's isolated to one particular strain? >> yes. >> now, you had mentioned and, i believe, the quote was, unless it mutates, there will not be an outbreak here in the united states, is that correct? >> the

dr. kent brantly and nurse, nina pham, president obama urged the nation to encourage those who treat ebola patients and not discourage their sacrifice. >> they deserve our gratitude and they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. >> he's confident the united states will end the outbreak in west africa and eliminate the threat it poses to the world. >> the truth is, that until we stop this outbreak in west africa, we may continue to see individual cases in america in the weeks and months ahead. because that's the nature of today's world. we can't seal ourselves off. >> president obama pointed out of the seven americans who contracted ebola, all seven survived. only one remains in treatment. at the white house, andrea mccarren, wusa9. >> the only station with weather alert days, wusa9's first alert weather. >> okay, we were tracking some showers early this afternoon. most of the showers have dispated and moved off to the east. a couple showers down to the south. these are developed in the past half an hour or so. some showers are good toward fredericksburg. going down 95, could run

nina says she is fine. she is doing well. >> pham received a blood transfusion from ebola survivor dr. brantly yesterday as part of her treatment. jennifer joseph trained with pham at aknowing nina she would do it again. she's always willing to take on the difficult patients. >> yesterday hazmat crews took on the second phase of decontaminating her home. according to medical records, pham is one of about 70 hospital staffers who cared for thomas eric duncan. he was the first person to be diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. he died on wednesday. >> we're particularly concerned with the third process, taking off the isolation personal protective equipment. >> there are ongoing concerns about how pham became infected. the centers for disease control and prevention believe she may have made contact with nonsterile materials. >> if it is contaminated there's a possibility that a worker will contaminate themselves and become infected in that process. >> officials say the one person who had close contact with pham before she came to the hospital has not developed symptoms. >> thanks. topping ebo

nina pham has received a blood transfusion from an ebola survivor, dr. kent brantly. s 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 monday quick to point out a statement made by dr. frieden, the director of the cdc. he walked back something he said the day before. on sunday, he said there was obviously a breach of protocol that led to the infection. on monday, he said some people likely took that as blaming the nurse or hospital. that was not his intention. immediately after that, the hospital sent o

nina pham is. want to got to dr. debbie here with me in new york city.or, as we are looking at, we looked at the ambulance arriving. this, this, this must have been a harrowing trip. and really, a harrowing couple days if not a week or longer for this nurse. who has been diagnosed with ebola. what happens to her now once she is in this facility. our own dr. sanjay gupta said there isn't a treatment or cure of sorts. more monitoring and taking care of a patient. keeping them comfortable providing them with liquid. >> exactly. that's what we do with most people who have viruses. think of the flu virus. you try to get the person through it. so, if a person has vomiting, let's say, you try to do something for their nausea. diarrhea, you manage symptoms. with ebola there are mr. serious symptoms. you can bleed. you can suffer from blood loss and dehydration. so the idea would be to give people fluid. blood if they need it. they can have kidney failure, liver failure. you want to observe for signs of that. try to manage symptoms. if you can actually help the p

dr. anthony fauci, speaking a short time ago at the nih on caring for the facility's first ebola patient, nina pham. pressure is building on congress for a u.s. travel ban from west africa. congressman and dr. michael burgess pressed the cdc director on safety protocols on thursday's hearing. and joining me now is texas congressman and doctor, michael burgess, who completed part of his residency and served on courtesy staff of texas presbyterian. so you're familiar with that hospital. thank you very much, congressman. what would a travel ban accomplish? >> thanks for having me on. >> explain you know, what you think the purpose would be in banning travel from west africa. >> well first let's take a step back and recognize that in 2005, the cdc and the national institute of health in conjunction did produce a pandemic plan when we were concerned about avian influenza coming into this country. chapter 5 of the pandemic plan deals with travel and borders. and in that plan there is acknowledgement that you cannot always stop a disease at the border. you about you may be able to slow it down in ord

dr. garza, let's talk about protocol. look at the ambulance. awaiting nina pham to get off the plane.here are reports, in spain, a patient is under on ser vaebser because they rode in an ambulance that carried an ebola patient. an ambulance that had not been decontaminated. if true, what would it moon how the virus is being transported. >> it depend a lot on the environment of the ambulance. clearly if the patient was transported in the ambulance, had left behind bodily fluid. the flew is was left on the surface. and a patient came in contact with it. then, that could be the mode of transmission right there. you would assume that, that that, ambulance would have been thoroughly decontaminated before anybody else would have gotten into it though. so it is a little built surpr-- surprising that did not happen. we are looking at the pictures. takes them a little while for them to get together and get off the plane. this, they arrived fairly quickly. commercial flight here, 3:30. but they did it in a short amount of time. of course different when you are flying private. don't have to wait

dr. kent brantly. and texas nurse nina pham has been upgraded from fair to good. she was admitted to the national institutes of health just last week. >>> riveting new details from the official autopsy of michael brown and the statement of the ferguson, missouri, police officer who shot him. >> the report found brown was shot nine times, three to the head. he had marijuana in his system. >> news sources said that darren wilson said brown slammed in the door and punched him in the face through the window. >> wilson said he shot brown in the hand after he grabbed the drawn gun. he said that brown did not have his hands up and fired again when brown ran towards him. >>> next to the federal investigation. trying to determine if three american girls wanted to join the terrorists. >> the girls hopped on a plane from denver to germany possibly en route to join isis fighters. tahman bradley is in washington with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. this is the latest disturbing example of terrorists recruiting in the united states. this time it appears they went after t

and i want to go live right now to bethesda, maryland and i think that's nina pham on the right side of dr. fauci, walking out on her own two feet, no haz-mat suit. and let's listen in. >> good morning, everyone. i'm francis collins, the director of the national institutes for health. and it's my privilege and pleasure to welcome you into the life of this remarkable institution. nih. and you have noticed the guest of honor. the most [ inaudible ] way to contain the spread of ebola. and also [ inaudible ] so >> remarkably dedicated workers, and physicians. among the physicians we have several doctors. i guess i have got you. the director of the clinical center, all of whom have been involved directly in the care of this patient. i think hope just went up a notch today by the fact that we are all here to celebrate the recovery of a patient -- i have some very good and happy news to inform you of right now. our patient nina pham is free of ebola virus. we know that because we have multiple determinations of her pcr. she has no virus in her. she feels well. as you will see in a moment and prob

dr. brantly. the 26-year-old nina pham contracted ebola virus last week >>> officials will talk about how to better republic for ebola virus outbreak. the 15th district representative attended a homeland security meeting in dallas and spoke of the government handling of the crisis. five united states airports that handle 90 percent of passengers from west africa are stepping up their prevention measures with daily developments in the crisis with updates as they happen and other breaking news where apple app and google play and more information is at abc7news.com/apps. >>> investigators are trying to clean up a freeway after a double-decker bus with passengers flip this morning near indianapolis. one is in critical conditions. the bus overturned 20 miles south end indianapolis at 1:30 our time. the bus was headed to chicago from atlanta. the diver swerved to avoid another crash. it is people were on the bus. the bus is operated by the megabus tour company. police are looking for a driver who hit and killed a woman and drove off at north 33rd at 8:00 last night. the woman was found in the street suff

dr. weinstein says the entire time he was involved with nina pham, thomas duncan and amber vinson everyone on the team was wearing hazmat gearhead to toe. they all believed they were fully protected. so how do you think it happened? >> i think that these two nurses took care of a critically ill patient at a time when he was not in control of his body fluids and at a time when the recommendations from the cdc that we were following did not include the full respiratory mask. i don't know that, but that's what one person thinks. that's me. >> reporter: the cdc friday night confirmed to news 8 that changes to the protective equipment required for ebola treatment are imminent because of what was learned inside texas health presbyterian. for now dr. weinstein is worried about his hospital's reputation, his colleague's damaged practices and the people who voluntarily put their own lives on the lines. >> these nurses, therapists, they are truly heroes. this has not happened before and they selflessly gave of themselves to care for these patients and they shouldn't be shunned. >>> here at wusa9 we

dr. fauci mentioned earlier, nina's care continues to evolve.i can tell you that the prayers of the entire texas health system are with her. yesterday as been noted we identify a second caregiver with ebola and i can also tell you that our thoughts and prayers well. with amber a lot is being said about what may or may not have occurred to cause nina and amber to contract ebola. the we know that they are both extremely sk nurses and were using full protective measures under the cdc protocols. so we don't yet know how or when they were infected and it is clear there was an exposure somewhere sometime and we're pouring over records and observations and doing all we can to find the answers. you've asked about the sequence of events with with regard to our preparedness for ebola and our treatment of mr. duncan. key events from our preparation timeline are attached to the our submitted statement. here is brie overview, as ebola epidemic in africa worsened over the summer, texas health hospitals and facilities began educating our physicians nurses, oth

dr. frieden, when we learned that nina pham had contracted ebola, you said it may have been a breach of protocol. do you know how she was infected? >> we don't know how that happened, but are not waiting for the results of the investigation of t investigation. we are immediately changing protocol as needed to improve care. >> president obama talked about a surge of personnel coming to the hospital from the cdc. you put new protocols in place. specifically what are you improving? >> there are three major things and then there are lots of details. the first is putting in a sight manager. someone who oversees and makes sure that everyone puts on and takes off their protective equipment correctly and monitors everything going on. >> there was no one doing that at the hospital previously? >> there was not a single individual accountable for that. there is a critical role and that is there now. the second is training and restraining and support for staff. we brought two nurses from em y emory, as well as staff who goes in as necessary to go into the isolation area. >> you said this afternoon you wish

nina pham. you remember dr.ame positive with ebola contracted it in liberia, came back here, was treated at emory. his blood has already been used in two other patients. now in this nurse pham. the diagnosis has raised concerns here, obviously, in dallas, about the safety of health care workers treating ebola patients here. not only in dallas but across the country and around the world. it puts the spotlight on dogs that have been exposed to ebola. authorities have decided against killing pham's dog. her pet is being monitored by officials. the dog named excalibur belongs to a spanish nurse was not so lucky. authorities killed that dog even though there's no documented case of any dog spreading ebola to humans. but it does raise the question about animals. one study shows dogs can get ebola without showing any symptoms. joining me now is an associate professor of biological sciences at purdue. and also back with us is dr. yasmine. do we know much about dogs and ebola and other animals? >> there are very few stud

were for nina pham, we surprised to hear that dr. -- expects her to walk out of here .n her own, virus free no timetable for when that might happen. >> no plan but we will be watching. an ebola scare tied to the loudoun county jail. in inmate who had a low-grade fever has been released from the hospital. she was taken there on thursday out an abundance of caution the cushy and recently traveled to west africa. in dallas at this hour, a doctor is under observation after showing symptoms of the ebola virus. the doctor had erect contact with thomas duncan. texas we heard from governor rick perry about how him the state handled duncan's death. >> dallas health officials confirmed that it's epidemiologist is being monitored for the potentially deadly virus. >> it is perhaps understandable --t the stakes were made that mistakes were made but it is also unacceptable. chung is one of several workers under ebola watch. >> she certainly would not have done anything to put the other passengers on that plane or her family at risk. >> vincent's uncle said that health officials gave her permission t

dr. varga, that question is for you. >> thank you, sir. we are investigating currently of this exposure and the contraction of the illness. inhave confirmed that nina, care with mr. duncan, was wearing protective patient equipment through the whole period of time, and as dr. frieden already mentioned, with the diagnosis of the ebola , the full hazmat style , we don't know at this , what the juncture source or the cause of the toosure that caused nina contract the disease was -- >> i will interrupt you because of limitation of time. i want to go to dr. frieden. just stated, health-care personnel were following cdc protocols while treating mr. duncan, which include the use of so-called ppe, personal protective equipment. do the cdc guidelines on the use of ppe mirror current international standards that, by the way, are being adhered to, those international standards, in west africa in those three countries -- sierra leone, guinea, and liberia? >> the international standards are something that evolved and changed. we use different ppe in different settings. there is no single right answer and there's -- this is something we're looking at closely. our

dr. richard besser, thank you. >>> this evening, nina pham, the nurse being rushed to maryland, is safing she's now in good condition, she is feeling blessed, gaining strength. she says, thankful for the outpouring of love. adding a special note for her team of doctors and nurses, calling them the best in world. tom llamas sitting down with a member of the medical team in dallas, a rse, who says they had no training. tom, good evening. >> i'm devastated for my hospital. >> reporter: this is brianna aguirre, a nurse at texas health presbyterian hospital. she describing a harrowing scene in the hospital when thomas eric duncan died. >> it was extreme chaos. the nurses were just throwing our hands up saying, you got to be kidding us. >> reporter: later, aguirre treated nina pham in that hospital, just before pham was officially diagnosed with ebola. did you ever receive any type of ebola training? >> prior to thomas duncan entering? >> reporter: yes. >> no. never was discuss eed at all. >> reporter: she says the hospitals were not wearing the right protective gear. look at this photo. this w

nina pham. >>> good morning. dr. craig spencer is in isolation and being treated in new york city right now. the doctor was working with ebola patients in guinea. he left there ten days ago and returned to the u.s. jesse gary live. is there an update on spencer's condition? >> reporter: the city health commissioner says craig spencer is in stable condition in isolation. he is able to watch tv or use a phone, but he has no contact with any people. he is in an air-tight room. she cautions, typically an ebola patient's condition will worsen before it gets better. they caution, typically an ebola patient's condition worsens before it gets better. an advanced team from the cdc is expected at the doctor's apartment today to remove any items that could be infectious. after returning home last friday from guinea where he treated ebola patients, spencer rode several subway lines, jogged and took a car to brooklyn. he developed a 103 fever yesterday prompting officials to put him in isolation. >> we really are confident that all of the protocols that we have worked so hard to put in place for communic

it is the ebola fighting antibodies in the the mrasmaportion of the blood to help nina fight the virus. dr. brandtly recovered from ebola after receiving a transfusion from a boy. he came to hospital to donate for fam. and also the nbc photographer who is showing signs of improvement. we are hearing from the nurse she released a statement saying i am doing well and want to thank everyone for the kind wishes and prayers and i am blessed by the support of family and friends and blessed to be cared for by the best team of doctors and nurses here in texas presbyterian hospital in dallas. pham is known as someone heavily involved in her community and doing well enough to talk and skype with friends and family, heather. >> that is great news for her. >> there is a possible case out of kansas. do we know anything about that so far? >> reporter: yeah, the university of kansas hospital said it plans to release the test results on a patient who walked in with a high fever and other symptoms. he caught their attention because he had worked off the west coast of africa helping to bury patients with eb

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dr. sanjay gupta said. there's no magic potion in the way of a medicine that you can give an ebola patient. so they have to treat ninamptoms here. that means she's going to be receiving fluids, potassium, antibiotics. the key question is, can she fully recover? dr. fauci addressed that, as well. >> when you say recoverable, in the sense of recovering, absolutely. we fully intend to have this patient walk out of this hospital, and will do everything we can to make that happen. >> reporter: while they take care of nina pham, they're also taking care of the care givers who are attending to her. that's a critical component of this, wolf. they're monitoring these people 24-7. each doctor and nurse is wearing a haz/mat suit. the air in her room will never circulate. they are working with the buddy system. that means each nurse and doctor is monitored by a buddy when they go into a room they are monitored. they're watched when they undress from their isolation gowns. it is strictly monitored here, wolf, because they do not want to have a breach of protocol. >> if they can't be bread via the air, why do they have to take tha

dr. kent brantly. ninaaying he's optimistic about her chances of recovering. >> she's doing well. she's being treated very well and is feeling well. >> reporter: they are heading to dallas to help fig are out how she was infected while treating the patient who died here last week. each day before she was in contact with thomas eric duncan, pham suited up head to toe in a gone, shield, face mask and two layers of gloves and shoe covers, reportedly protected according to cdc guidelines but not as much as doctors in bio containment hospitals with chemical resistant jump suits who tape gloves to suits. they are waiting to learn if anyone else here was also exposed to ebola. >> if this one individual was infected, and we don't know how within the isolation unit, then it is possible that other individuals could have been infected as well. >> officials saying other than health care workers, there is no threat that anyone else was infected, though the one person the cdc believes pham had contact with after she star

nina pham? drugs, if any,al did you use? what can you teach other doctors , such as those helping dr. spencer and helping him recover? >> first of all, we did not administer to nina any experiment on drugs while she was here under our care. we followed her. we have a considerable amount of laboratory data. -- in contact with our colleagues at emory and nebraska, comparing notes back and forth. i think it is important for people to understand that it is a public health issue and there is the scientific issue of understanding what is going on. that is essentially what we do here. primarily, it is the care of the patient first or together, we learn information that might help others. that is easy to do, have a whole bunch of people that you can collect data on. but when you have one or two or three, you have to focus very much and try to get enough information where gradually we will be able to say things that will help others taking care of patient spirit that is the reason why we may have done different kinds of lab tests or more of them. that does not mean everybody has to do that, but we are trying to learn from that

dr. kent brantly, who survived, has not been asked to donate to amber vinson. >> he donated to nina pham others, but not to thomas eric duncan because they were incompatible. dr. richard besser asked him about his helping in this situation. >> it's a small thing to give some blood that may benefit in saving someone else's life. >> do you think it works? >> i think it's not harmful. and in theory, should have benefit. studies haven't been done well enough to prove whether it has benefit or not. people are willing to try it, i'm willing to help as i can. >> is the u.s. doing enough and doing enough fast enough to try and knock this out of west africa? >> when i met with president obama a month ago, i was -- i was really appreciative of the commitments he had made that day to send u.s. troops to increase u.s. support and logistics. i'm afraid that our response has been too slow. >> too slow? >> too slow. >> well, more from dr. besser on "gma" this morning. there's also a mystery man involved with amber vinson's trip to atlanta. and he's driving social media crazy. >> the guy with the clipboa

dr. fauci mentioned earlier, nina's care continues to evolve. i can tell you the prayers of the entire texas health system are with her. yesterday, as has been noted we identified a second caregiver with ebola, and i can also tell you our thoughts and prayers remain with amber as well. a lot is being said about what may or may not have occurred to cause nina and amber to contract ebola. we know that they are both extremely skilled nurses and were using full protective measures under the cdc protocols so we don't yet know precisely how or when they were infected but it's clear there was an exposure somewhere, some time. we are pouring over records and observations and doing all we can to find the answers. you've asked about the sequence of events with regard to our preparedness for ebola and our treatment of mr. duncan. key events from our preparation timeline are attached to our submitted statement. here's a brief overview. as the ebola epidemic in africa worsened over the summer, texas health hospitals and facilities began educating our physici

dr. varga, that question is for you. >> thank you, sir. we are investigating currently the source of this obvious exposure and contraction of the illness. we've confirmed that nina, through her care with mr. protective patient equipment through the whole period of time as dr. frieden already mentioned with the diagnosis of the ebola confirmed, the level of personal protective equipment was elevated to the full hazmat style. we don't know at this particular juncture what the source or the cause of the exposure that caused nina to contract the disease was. >> i'm going to interrupt you for a second because of limitation of time. i want to go to dr. frieden. health care personnel were following cdc protocols which include ppe, personal protect equipment, do they mirror current international standards that by the way are being adhered to. those international standards in west africa in those three countries, sierra leone, guinea and liberia? >> the international standards are something that evolve and change. we use different ppe in different settings. there's no single right answer and this is something we're looking at very closely. our current guidelines are cons

dr. mckocormick. >> nurse nina pham good news, back in dallas, it texas. >> and her dad welcomed her backome. she got scrubs signed by doctors at texas presbyterian hospital. pham is now ebola-free. >> and at the white house, pham got a hug from president obama. she's one of two nurses who got infected after caring for thomas eric duncan. pham says she is eager to get on with her life. >> although i no longer have ebola, i know that it may be a while before i have my strength back. so with gratitude and respect for everyone's concern, i ask for my privacy and my family's privacy to be respected as i return to texas and try to get back to a normal life and reunite with my dog bentley. >> amber vinson remains in the hospital. we're going to have more on her condition coming up later. >>> a shooting spree in california ending with two deputies dead. >>> and this huge auto recall. you have heard about this? it could get even bigger. more cars could soon join the list of vehicles needing new air bags because they could explode with potentially fatal consequences. callahan's? ehh, i mean get aw