dr. rick sacra for the first time. >> the cdc has declared me safe and free of virus. thank god. love you all. >> reporter: from the sweet glances and pass with his wife debbie to showing off the liberian handshake with his head doctors. say kra's good mood was the only infectious thing in the room. dr. sacra received a research drug tkn-ebola for seven days during his treatment. he also received blood transfusions from the ebola survivor dr. kent brantley. the cdc requires two blood samples come back negative within 24 hours to give the all-clear. they sent three samples of sacra's blood friday, saturday, and sunday. he said he still feels week but has decided to take recovery day by day. he's also excited for one last reunion when he came home. >> i'll probably take the dog for a nice walk. >> now, dchr. sacra is back hom but he'll probably return. >>> straight ahead, why gas prices may tumble as we head into the fall season. details ahead on "moneywatch." ♪ fa la la la, fa la la la and they're as delicious as ever. ♪ so add coffee-mate peppermint mocha to your favorite time of

dr. rick sacra. dr. sacra is 51 years old. rick is a veteran doctor with sim, he and his wife debby joined sim in the late '80s. they served in liberia. rick, at one point, i was our liberia country director. he's been our medical director of our sim hospital, and most recently he's establishing a residency program in family medicine at our hospital for liberia doctors. this is part of our initiative with sim to help in the rebuilding the medical infrastructure of liberia, which has been decimated over these years because of civil war. rick and his family are currently living in the boston area in the u.s. rick travels back and forth to liberia and he volunteered just a month ago when dr. brantly and nancy were tested positive to ebola. rick called and said i'm ready to go. we waited just a few days, and then rick returned to liberia to serve in our hospital. rick was not caring for patients in our ebola care center. he was serving patients in the obstetrics ward. he was caring for pregnant women, delivering babies by c section

dr. rick sacra for the first time. >> the cdc has declared me safe and free of virus. thank god. love you all. >> reporter: from the sweet glances and pats with his wife debbie to showing off with the liberian handshake with his head doctors. >> and a snap on the middle finger. >> reporter: sacra's good mood was the only infectious thing in the room. dr. sacra received a research drug tkm-ebola for seven days during his treatment. he also received blood transfusions from the ebola survivor dr. kent brantley. the cdc requires two blood samples come back negative within 24 hours to give the clear. med center doctors say they sent three samples of sacra's blood friday, sunday, and monday. all came back negative. >> i never felt -- i never felt like i was not going to make it. >> reporter: sacra said he still feels weak, but has decided to take recovery day by day. he's also excited for one last reunion when he came home. >> i'll probably take the dog for a nice walk. >> no, i think you'll probably be asleep. >> now, dr. sacra is back home but he'll probably return. >>> straight ahea

dr. rick sacra fights for his life tonight is so unique, it's never been fully activated until now. it was created in 2006 because of concerns about bioterrorism after september 11th. with special air and sterilization systems, secure access, 35 staff on four-hour shifts it's the largest unit of its kind in the country. >> we have respiratory therapists, nurses, technicians, they all basically volunteer for this role. >> reporter: today, doctors say sacra remains in stable condition after arriving in omaha from liberia yesterday. >> are you optimistic about recovery at this point? >> we're going to very aggressively support this patient and hope for the best. >> reporter: sacra attracted ebola while working for fim. both brantly and sacra have spoken. sacra just returned as the epidemic spread. >> he is not someone that can stand back when there is a need he can take care of. >> reporter: now doctors here expect to treat sacra for perhaps several weeks, the usual time it takes ebola. a letter that says this patient's presence here poses no risk to your loved ones. with no known cure

dr. rick sacra is the third american health worker to contract the virus while in liberia. pencer reports on his condition. >>> reporter: dr. rick sacra wasn't treating ebola patients directly. the deadly virus infected him, he was delivering babies at a hospital in liberia's capital. >> got a call from the doctor who put my son on a plane to come to the united states. he said rick is clearly sick but that he was in very good spirits. >> reporter: nancy writebol knows a little about what he is going through. >> i didn't have any idea if i would survive. i didn't have a clue. >> reporter: she and dr. kent brantly also contracted the deadly virus while working in liberia. they were loaded on specially equipped planes and flown back to the united states. sacra will be treated at the nebraska medical center in omaha, where the staff says they are ready for him, whatever his condition may be. >> we have several different types of personal protective equipment that also will be determined based on the patient himself and what type of symptoms he is having, what type of secretions

dr. rick sacra is being treated in a nebraska hospital with a different drug than the ones treated with theother americans. >>> the michael brown case for officials is meeting this week. they will continue this work until they decide to indict officer darren wilson. the officer could face charges of murder or manslaughter unless it is determined he acted in self defense. wilson gunned down unarmed 18-year-old michael brown on august 9th, setting off weeks of protests in ferguson. >>> a young california boy viciously attacked by a mountain lion. this happened yesterday afternoon as the 6-year-old boy was hiking with his family on a trail near cupertino. the animal lunged at the child and dragged him away from his father. another man jumped in to fight off the lion. >> the cat did make contact with the boy. did end up taking up to a brushy area. his parents did fight the animal off and the boy is in the hospital right now. >> wow. the boy suffered no life threatening injuries and is expected to recover. >>> the battle over same-sex marriage back in court today. a federal appeals court in san

dr. rick sacra is expected to make a full recovery. he contracted ebola volunteering in liberia. >>> we will get an early start on your money. europe stock ended higher. stocks around the globe are rising after fed chair janet yellen reiterated interest rates will stay low for some time. this could be another record day if this holds. the dow closed at a record yesterday thanks to the fed's reassurance. what is expected to be the biggest ipo is almost here. prices for alibaba. it is china's largest e-commerce company. compared to amazon and e-bay here in the united states. >>> another nfl player arrested for domestic violence. four players have now been separated from their teams for off the field violence. we have new developments ahead. why do we clean? to help keep our homes healthy. but not all cleaners are equal. at lysol, we go beyond cleaning, we call it healthing. healthing is killing germs, and having more cleaning power than bleach without the harshness. it's being the #1 pediatrician recommended brand. and sharing healthy ha

dr. rick sacra, surviving ebola, is back home near worcester, massachusetts. ed him is not entirely clear. >> he was given essentially three things. one the experimental drugs and the serum from dr. brantly and the care. we are not sure which helped him. obviously, he is sitting here today. >> again, everyone is happy about that. sacra had been in a nebraska hospital for almost three years. >> supportive care. you talk about the infrastructure and lack of it in west africa that is a big problem here. we don't know how well someone could withstand the disease with a better health care infrastructure. >> big clean cases and care. >> and how to follow health care warnings. 20 minutes past the hour. for you here in the u.s. there could be new help this morning on the war on isis. britain expected to vote in hours to join air strierskes live in iraq. live team coverage is next. >>> new help could be coming in the war on isis. in just hours britain will vote on whether to assist in u.s.-led air strikes in iraq. those air strikes now hitting isis where it hurts most.

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dr. rick sacra is the third american to be infected with ebola. was working in western africa for the aid organization serving in mission known as s.i.m. but was not in direct contact with ebola patients. sacra is unlikely to receive the experimental zmapp drug as there are no doses available. >>> the family of photo journalist steven sotloff is remembering him as the kind of person who always tried to help those who were more privileged than himself. >> executing sotloff is against the teachings of islam, a spokesman for the family quoted the koran and delivered a message in arabic asking the isis leader, where is your mercy? >> translator: you talk about islam and the noble koran, fight in the eyes of god and those that fight you and do not trans gres. i'm here in kindness. i do not have a sword in my hand and i'm ready for your answer. >> experts in the u.s. and britain are examining every frame of the isis video to identify the man who killed james foley and steve sotloff. >> they believe it's the same man in the videos. brian todd reports. >>

dr. rick sacra, being treated for ebola, he now has a big appetite, asking for and eating a plate of enchillada's last night. and eating chicken noodle soup and he is getting cabin fever and making phone calls and talking to friends and family and his wife is happy to hear the u.s. is stepping up the efforts to fight ebola in west africa. >> thank you. >> more than 70 philadelphia police officers receive special come ondations today for a job well done. this ceremony is held throughout the year for officers that made outstanding arrests or performs other outstanding acts of service. their families and friends were there to cheer them on. they have proved the best of the best in the face of danger. >>> right now chopper 6 is in the air, go to 6abc.com/chopper 6 and try out the 360 camera. >>> new jersey is one of four states that will experience cuts to its food stamp program, a farm bill signed by president obama in february, attempted to scale back what some call a loop alcohol in the food stamp program. 16 state as lowed the practice and 12 figured out a way to avoid cuts, new jersey, wisconsin

dr. rick sacra has been making trips to west africa since the mid-80s. on august 2 this year he posted a facebook message sending well wishes to his friends kent brantly and nancy writebol, after they'd been diagnosed with ebola in liberia. sacra then volunteered to go himself. bruce johnson runs the sim aid group. >> i remember the day i got the word that rick said, "send me back in." and i just-- i just literally kind of went, wow. what commitment of an individual knowing that he was going into potential harm's way. >> reporter: sacra was not working in an ebola clinic. he was delivering babies in an obstetrics wing. sim says upon diagnosis, he immediately isolated himself and is now being treated by some of the same doctors he trained. it's not know if he'll come to emory university hospital for care. writebol, release released fromy two weeks ago spoke to us. >> probably the darkest moment was the night they put me on the airplane. it was a very-- not knowing whether i'd ever see my husband again, not knowing whether i would live on that flight. it w

dr. rick sacra was not treating ebola patients when he got sick over in africa.he was working in a maternity ward so what's his prognosis? here's abc's bazi kanani. [ sirens ] >> reporter: the third american with ebola whisked by ambulance and police escort after a 6,000-mile journey from liberia to omaha, nebraska. this is where dr. rick sacra is being cared for this morning by dozens of staff at the nebraska medical center taking on this case of ebola to make sure they're ready for more if needed. >> the longer the current outbreak goes on it's inevitable we will continue to see additional spread worldwide. >> reporter: dr. sacra's infection alarming because unlike the other two american aid workers also evacuated from liberia after fallingill, sacra was not working with ebola patients. he was delivering babies in a maternity ward. in a ler to his colleagues he apologized for getting sick. dr. sacra's wife, debbie, says even now her husband is hoping to return to west africa. >> we are, indeed, praying that rick will stay longer with us so that he can continue

dr. rick sacra is responding well to treatment. he's been given blood from dr. kent brantley who has recovered from the disease. s sacra's wife says the ebola outbreak has to be stopped. >> every day and every week that we don't do what we can to stop the risk of ebola in africa, there's the possibility it won't stay in west africa. >> she said her husband is eager to return to help people when he gets his strength back. >>> the government spying and burger king shows its dark side. details ahead on "moneywatch." relief doesn't get any better than this. advil every time you take advil you're taking the medicine doctors recommend most for joint pain. more than the medicine in aleve or tylenol. the medicine in advil is the number one doctor recommendation for joint pain. relief doesn't get any better than this. advil if you can clear a table without lifting a finger, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. muddle n

dr. rick sacra will be treated in omaha. he contracted the virus while serving with the charity in liberia, the same mission that dr. kent brantly and nancy writebol served. he did not treat ebola patients its unclear how he contracted the virus. >>> and a boy the subject of an amber alert was found this morning. the man is a suspect in a quadruple killing and believed to be the boy's father. he moved to florida after living in lehigh county, they believe that the search yesterday after police found four bodies during a wellness check. also, in florida. a high school is facing backlash for humiliating a student for violating the dress code. miranda wore a skirt considered too short for school policy and she was forced to wear a shame suit, pink sweatsuit and neon jacket, and she was upset to the point of tears and is contacting an attorney. >> i done have a punishing kids, you don't like the rule, tough, you have to follow the rule, but punishment shouldn't involve humiliation, you wouldn't do that to an adult, why a kid. hu

dr. rick sacra we're talking about being treated in omaha, nebraska.is doctors trying to figure out how he got the disease. he was working in a hospital in liberia delivering babies. sacra is the third american with ebola to return to the united states from africa for treatment. >> congress is getting back to washington this week and immigration is expected to take center stage. how president obama's decision to delay executive action on immigration reform could impact the upcoming midterm elections and really fuel some partisan bickering. >> some are saying it's an about face. e future? the future of kids? like a stock. not the kind of stock that's about making money. but a stock for social change. a whole new kind of investment called better futures. when you invest, it helps kids go to college. believe in us, invest in us. watch us grow. my name is sydni and i'm your dividend. >>> 42 minutes past the hour. president obama let's say he's under a little heat right now for what some are calling a broken promise. >> really came as a surprise in fact dur

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dr. rick sacra is expected to ariver friday and begin treatment. sacra a doctor from the boston area is in liberia tonight and was not taking care of ebola patients when he came infected he was an obstetrician who treated women with no sign of the disease. >> "healthcheck" at 10 research shows specific foods could reduce the risk of stroke. key is potassium. they studied diets of post men pawsal women to see how much potassium they ate. those who ate potassium had lower risk of stroke compared to those that ate the least potassium. leafy greens, potatoes, bananas are foods to consider. >> tyreke evans has a heart for his community. he shows it every year by 45 mobile clinic to town of delaware chester county and it offers screenings for kids and adults and provide them with glasses. vision care sponsors the mobile clinic with evans and over the weekend he will host a basketball camp for students in chestier. >> great way to give back. time for sports. >> ducis rogers live at the big board. hey, ducis. >> it's one of 16 and in some way the first gam

dr. rick sacra was given blood from dr. kent brantly. his blood now carries antibodies for the virus. he has also been given an experimental drug, so it's difficult to determine what is helping him to improve. >>> overseas, arab nations are giving lukewarm support to president obama's attempt to defeat i.s.i.s. and secretary of state john kerry is in the region trying to drum up support from arab leaders in saudi arabia. not calling it a war against i.s.i.s. instead, using the term counterterrorism operation of a significant order. >>> when it comes to approval ratings, president obama has been struggling for some time. >> but you think he would be a slam dunk with the kids. turns out, it's not necessarily true. check out what happened when students were told a mystery guest would be stopping by. >> i really wanted it to be beyoncÉ. >> i understand. most -- malia and sasha would feel the same way. >> we thought you were going to be beyoncÉ. it's a disappointment. >> but then i realized it was going to be you, that's even better. >> oh, see there. well, i appreciate you saying that in

dr. rick sacra. their destination, the university of nebraska medical center, the largest isolation ward in the u.s. >> the transfer went very, very smoothly. our patient is sick but stable. >> reporter: stable, after a 6,000-mile journey from liberia, when i traveled there, i saw firsthand how doctors treating ebola patients protect themselves. this is where they try to sort out what they're patients have. he contracted the deadly disease not in an ebola clinic, but in a normal maternity ward, where he was delivering babies. monday, he e-mailed his missionary organization, apologizing for getting sick. worried that he would distract them from their work fighting the epidemic. he was blunt, saying, "with or without evacuation, i could well die from this disease." still, the decision was made to bring him home. >> rick is clearly sick, but that he was in very good spirits. and he walked onto the plane. >> reporter: a team of 35 doctors and nurses will now care for him in the specialized isolation ward

dr. rick sacra is a missionary working with ebola patients in liberia.his ambulance was taken to the hospital in omaha. it has a special isolation unit. sacra is the third american aid worker brought back to the u.s. to beebola. >>> a new study reveals that wearing a bra does not suggest breast cancer. researchers also say it doesn't matter what your cup size is, how would you were when you started wearing a bra, or how long you wear a bra every day. the study is published in cancer epidemiologist. >> i think we better move on to weather. >> mike is here with a look at the forecast. >> we have a little bit of everything for everybody. we have football all over the place. and more events to tell you about. i'll have the forecast coming up. >>> speaking of events. eric, look who is here! a tv host, businesswoman, chef, and author. her name is rachel ray. she's joining us live on the set in a few minutes. >>> get ready to start speaking a new language in the kitchen. you may find yourself using sammys or yum-o. >> but the queen of everyday dishes is coming

dr. rick sacra is in isolation unit now and he's sick but stable. sacra contracted ebola at a liberia hospital where he was delivering babies. he's the third american aid worker infected with the disease. >> and the eagles were applauded for advancing local cancer treatments. swoop was a hit on the red carpet and dinner at the link. they honoreds birth for cancer awareness and funding at jefferson. 6abc president and general manager therey brpy prazenica was there. >> all right. talking about the game the injury report is relatively clean haiding into the opener against the jags sunday. rookie receiver josh and backup lineman matt tobin are only listed as at. polk is questionable with a hamstring injury. time to hit the tacklinging dummy is over. eagles expect contributions by jordan matthews and chip says he views new byes no different than veterans. >> for the off season program they were philadelphia eagles the first day they stepped on the field until now. >> it will be a good feeling. something i dreamed about all the preseason games got me goi

dr. rick sacra is being treated with the blood and it came from dr. kent brantly. he was treated at an atlanta hospital where he recovered and was released last month. >> it's really meant a lot to us that he was willing to give that donation so soon after his own recovery and i spoke with his wife before it was arranged and we both marvelled at the fact that they had the same blood type. >> sacra's doctors say's weak but improving every day. >>> we just passed the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks but this morning the flight 93 memorial in shanksville remains a work in progress. the project is still just walls and steel beams right now. flight 93 visitor center complex on track to be completed by next year's anniversary. a memorial wall with victim's names opened to the public three years ago for the tenth anniversary. the annual tribute and light can be seen above the new york city skyline right now. it's seen each year from sunset on september 11th to sunrise on september 12th. >>> if you wonder what it's like to be locked up in prison, there's a restaurant i

dr. rick sacra was delivering babies in west africa where he became infected. colleagues say he has a passion for being a missionary physician. we're also hearing from ebola survivor nancy writebol for the first time. jeff glor talked to the aid worker about her near-death ordeal and her recovery. that's good news. jeff, good morning. >> good morning. nancy writebol first thought she had malaria and actually tested positive for it. then she was tested again and got the news just as sacra has this week, it was ebola. >> the darkest moment was the night they put me on the airplane. not knowing whether i'd ever see my husband again, not knowing whether i would live on that flight. >> reporter: nancy writebol was released from atlanta's emory university hospital two weeks ago. she told us she felt near death when she was transported from liberia to the u.s. in early august. she received the experimental drug zmapp. >> was it the zmapp drug? was it the supportive care? or was it your faith? and my answer to that question is all of the above. >> reporter: writebol an

dr. rick sacra has been in isolation. heading to the nebraska medical center in omaha where he'll receive treatment in a specialized isolation unit. >> i just had a call from the doctor who put rick on a plane to come to the united states. and he said that rick is clearly sick but that he was in very good spirits. >> more than 3600 people have been infected with ebola in west africa during this outbreak. more than 1,500 have died. >>> in delaware, health officials confirmed a second case of chicken gunnia virus. the cdc says a woman from new castle county contracted that virus last month. she was treated at a hospital an real estate leased. officials say that woman and a man who got sick in july both caught the virus while traveling to the caribbean. >>> a new report shows pennsylvania and delaware have some of the worst obesity rates in america. delaware has the 13th highest rate, pennsylvania comes in at 19. on the other hand, new jersey rates in the country at 39. the rates have gone up in all three states over the pas

dr. rick sacra is being flown for treatment in its biocontainment care unit. >> rick is clearly sick butery good spirits and he was -- and he walked onto the plane. so we're really encouraged by that news and looking forward to ryu nighting with him. >> the nebraska hospital is considering possible experimental drugs or vaccine for sacra. none of them have been tested on humans. >>> still to come, microsoft unveils a smartphone built for a selfie. >>> and in sports the nfl kicks off with the seattle seahawks pick up where they left off last season following a resounding is super bowl victory. so my doctor told me about botox® an fda-approved treatment that significantly reduces headache days for adults with chronic migraine. 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more. it's proven to actually prevent headache days. and it's injected by my doctor once every 3 months. the effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away, as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be

dr. rick sacra has been making trips to west africa since the mid-'80s. he sent well wishes to kent brantley and nancy writebol after they had been diagnosed with ebola in liberia. he volunteered to go himself. bruce johnson runs the s.i. aid group i remember the day i got the word when rick said send me back in. i just went, wow, what commitment of an individual knowing that he was going into potentially harm's way orr sacra was not working with ebola. he was going into an obstetrics wing. he's isolated himself and is being treated by the same doctors he trained. it's not known if he'll come to emory hospital for care. writebol two weeks ago spoke with us. >> probably the darkest moment was the night they put me on the airplane. it was a very -- not knowing whether i'd see my husband again, not knowing whether i would live on that flight. it was a very dark moment. >> doctors had told writebol it could be another six weeks before she's 100% healthy. >> a lot of people are wondering, would you go back? >> we haven't made a decision yet. >> but you're cons

dr. rick sacra is being treated with an experimental drug. the blood donations came from dr. kent brantly who was treated as emory hospital in atlanta where he recovered and was released last month. >>> miami marlins star could face the rest of the season after getting hit in the face with a fastball. we're about to show you the video. we have to warn you that you may find it hard to watch. 0-1. yikes. oh man. >> it happened during the fifth inning of last night's game with the brewers. stanton as multiple facial fr t factures and dental damage. that is hard to watch. the pitcher obviously upset you'll see after he threw the ball later apologize to stanton and his family on twitter. the phillies are opening up a series with the marlins tonight at citizens bank park. >> good morning. as we head into the end of your workweek, we expect temperatures to stay below average. we won't be in the 80s like yesterday. we'll stay in mid to high 70s. a cool friday on tap and we're tracking weekend rain and even cooler to start off your weekend with temperatures dropping down to 69 degrees

dr. rick sacra is expected to arrive tomorrow he was infected while working as ob sti nrition liberia.ight now finding them fast and clearing an athlete to play is a challenge especially on the field. well, tonight, "healthcheck" reporter and registered nurse ali gorman shows how a local skp testing new technology make the whole situation easier. >> that time i'm going to place if you allow me the headset on for you. >> mind reader was created by a lehigh valley company. it aims to objectively answer three key questions about head injuries. >> does the individual have a concussion? when are they ready to return to play? when is a student ready to get back into the classroom. >> many use impact testing a computerized test comparing athlete's mental abilities after app injury with baseline performance. but there are reports some players intentionally do poorly on the baseline test so. conclusion would be hard to detect and test takes some judgments to interpret. there's no cheating with mind reader. it measures brain waves comparing those from activities before a conclusion after those w

dr. rick sacra who's being treated in isolation in a hospital in nebraska. doctors say while a blood transfusion from a survivor isn't new, it is still highly experimental. doctors hope the antibodies in the survivor's blood will kickstart the active patient's immune system. >>> still ahead for us tonight, dirty money. a massive raid like something out of a movie. an army of law enforcement storming the fashion district, federal agents say they've never seen so much cash all in one place. >>> and later a flare for the dramatic. a giant explosion on the sun, the question is, will we feel it here? >>> it is an insane amount of money, all of it in cash. and it's all dirty, though not in a way you could see. a raid of alleged drug kingpins in l.a. has yielded $100 million in cash, all of it in $100 bills. profits from a narcotics trade the police say has a new west coast headquarters. the authorities called it operation fashion police. nbc's miguel almaguer shows us why. >> reporter: an army of 1,000 federal and local agents storming downtown l.a.'s busy fashion

dr. rick sacra, the third american and second doctor to contract erks ebola is said to be making steady progressn omaha, nebraska. he was flown back to the u.s. after volunteering at a hospital in liberia. >>> there could soon be a powerful new weapon in the fight against ebola. new studies on monkeys show one shot of an experimental vaccine triggered fast protection and immunity that could last ten months. doctors will test this vaccine on people this week here in the u.s. more than 2,000 people have died in this latest outbreak in west africa. >>> and, a single shot is all it takes for a powerful new anti-flu drug. researchers call it peramavir. taken only once as a shot, it could be safe and effective in relieving most flu symptoms if taken within 48 hours of contracting the virus. the two, current fda-approved treatments require two doses a day for five days to get the same protection. the new drug is still experimental. >>> a search resumes this morning for a mountain lion that attacked a 6-year-old boy in california. the boy was hiking with his family in cupertino yesterday with his family

dr. rick sacra. he contracted the virus at the hospital where he was working. >>> one of the two americans brought back to the u.s. after contracting ebola is speaking for the first time. nancy write bol sat down with matt lauer. she described her reaction when she heard that sacra had also been infected. >> my heart sank. and i just -- i just didn't have any other words, but oh, no. >> you're close to him? >> they are part of the family. >> writebol and kent brantly were successful treated for ebola at emory university hospital in atlanta. the disease director says it is highly unlikely sacra will be brought back to the u.s. and says they are ready to treat more patients. >> emergency responders stuck in traffic when every second count. >> where are you going right now? >> chest pain call. >> how crews in our area are dealing with a growing problem. >>> five armed robberies in seven days. the video the police want you to see before two men strike again. >>> and the rare poisonous snake that paralyze

dr. rick sacra arrived at nebraska medical center in omaha before sunrise. the $51-year-old doctor somehow became infected with the ebola virus while working at an obstetrics unit in liberia. his wife says medical staff in liberia gave her an update on her husband's condition before he left the country. >> she said that rick is clearly sick, but that he was in very good spirits and was -- and he walked on to the plane. >> reporter: the nebraska medical center is specialty equipped with an isolation unit, where staff often do drills like this one. >> the team that's led by dr. smith has drilled for this for years. they're well prepared and i'm very confident we'll care for this patient appropriately. >> reporter: dr. sacra is the third american missionary serving in africa to become infected. the other two, dr. kent brantly and nancy writebol were successfully treated at emory university hospital in atlanta. they received an experimental p ebola drug. there are no more doses of that drug available. erika edwards, nbc news. >>> new at 11:00, a bay area lawmake

dr. rick sacra volunteered to go back to liberia after learning his colleagues were infected.he was airlifted back to the u.s. the other missionaries have recovered after being treated with the experimental drug z-map. one of them, nancy whitebowl is asked what was it that helpeder r her survive? >> was the drug zmap, was it the supportive care, was it liberian and u.s. medical people? was it those doctors and nurses that helped to save you? or was it your faith? and my answer touz? that quest is all of the above. >> meanwhile, u.n. officials are warning of a potential food shortage in west african countries hit by ebola. in liberia, an ebola patient cause add panic when he escaped quarantine to search for food in a market and was finally taken back into custody. >>> in this country, millions of u.s. households continue to lack adequate access to food. according to a new report from the u.s. department of agriculture. the report said about 17.5 million households, or one in seven, experience food insecurity in 2013. those numbers were roughly the same as last year, anti-hunge

dr. rick sacra has been in isolation in liberia since contracting the disease.ng to the nebraska medical center in omaha where he'll receive treatment in a specialized isolation unit. >> i just had a call from the doctor who put rick on a plane to come to theç united states. and he said that rick is clearly sick but that he was in very good spirits. >> more than 3,600 people have been infected with ebola in west africa during the outbreak. more than 1,500 have died. >>> the ncaa has slapped the university of connecticut with a secondary violation of recruiting rules after the school's women's basketball coach called taney little league star mo'ne davis. davis said she wanted to play for uconn some day. the coach congratulated her during a two-minute phone call. the secondary violation usually does not include any official penalties but the ncaa will send a letter. >>> you're watching nbc 10 news. it's friday morning. >>> and nbc 10 news today at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> police are searching for a driver that hit a streetlight, fl

dr. rick sacra will be worked on in this unit. he was delivering babies. >> he was so concerned with the children who were going to die without hospitalization. he is not someone who can stab back when there is a need that he can take care of. >> reporter: his wife says he is in good spirits. the ebola epidemic has killed about 1900 people. the u.s. aid agency is donating $75 million to cover medical care and protective suits for health care workers. >>> former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen are now facing decades in prison. both convicted on multiple counts of corruption. prosecutors say the mcdonnells granted favors to a wealthy businessman in exchange for more than $170,000 worth of gifts and loans. mcdonnell said they were barely speaking. >>> everybody is speaking about this in hawaii. an active volcano triggered a state of emergency on hawaii. lava from the kilauea volcano has been advancing nearly a thousand feet a day since july 10th threatening a rural community less than a mile away. mandatory evacu

dr. rick sacra. he's the third american health care worker now to be infected with ebola in liberia. and on friday he was medically transported to the nebraska medical center's biocontainment unit. and american nantionsy writebol recovered from the disease in atlanta. she spoke for the first time this week about her extraordinary recovery. >> the question is usually asked what do you think saved you. was it the zmapp drug? was it the supportive care? was it the liberian and our u.s. health, our u.s. medical people? was it those doctors and nurses that helped to save you? or was it your faith? and my answer to that question is all of the above. >> you know, writebol beat the odds. but this crisis is far from under control. in fact, the head of the cdc says time is running out. >> there is a window of opportunity to tamp this down, but that window is closing. >> i can tell you that, you know, dr. frieden went on to echo the same thing he'd said more than a month ago in front of congress. >> we know how it spreads. we know how to stop it from spreading. the challenge is to do that every

dr. rick sacra is being treated at the nebraska medical center. doctors say there are encouraging signs but he is not out of the woods yet. meanwhile, president obama is pledging more u.s. assistance to help contain the ebola outbreak in west africa. >>> hospitals in a dozen states are treating kids with an intense respiratory illness. doctors believe it's an outbreak of entire row virus b6 8. there are no reported cases in california yet. the virus has symptoms similar to the common cold but it can cause severe breathing problems for kids with underlying respiratory problems like asthma. in some cases, it can cause fever, rashes and gastrointestinal problems. >>> new this morning, at 4:39, a report says there is no evidence of technical or human error in the downing of the malaysian airliner flight mh17 flying out of amsterdam to kuala lumpur. it went down in ukraine in july. all people on the plane were killed. the new report from the dutch safety board says the plane was likely struck by high energy objects from outside >>> president obama will

dr. rick sacra who fell ill while fighting this epidemic in liberia is being taken to a special isolation unit being prepared at the nebraska medical center in omaha. he is expected to arrive some time tomorrow morning. >>> and home depot has reportedly been in contact with the u.s. secret service about a potentially huge data breach at the company. home depot ceo assured customers today they will not be liable for any fraudulent charges if in fact there was a confirmed breach. this problem was first reported by a website focuses on cyber security. said customer data could have been stolen from nearly all of home depot's 2,200 stores. >>> still ahead for us on a thursday evening, a museum science experiment explodes. a huge flash of fire caught on video. children and their parents hospitalized with burns. >>> and later, the answer to a family mystery in a household where a lot of things have gone missing and the dog had a guilty look. and the dog had a guilty look. waves don't care what age you are. take them on the way you always have. live healthy and take one a day 50+. complete multiv

dr. rick sacra now receiving treatment at nebraska medical center. he contracted ebola while in liberia. sacra did not treat ebola patients and he is the third u.s. citizen to get ebola while doing missionary work for the charity sim. it is unclear how he caught the disease. >> back here at home the philadelphia veterans medical center gets a visit from the boss. veterans affairs secretary robert mc donald toured the facility in university city today. va facilities nationwide have been under fire after investigations found tens of thousands of veterans have waited and waited for care and some never got it. >> after years of dreams that never fully panned out has the time finally come for the delaware waterfront? there are more reasons than ever to go there and tonight in time for the big fringe fest kick off there's brand now restaurant beer garden and theater at the new fringe art center. that's where karen hepp is right now. karen, how is it going out there? >> reporter: it's wonderful, iain. these are the first guests arriving for vip party. here'