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dr. yasmin, bottom line, is the united states really to handle this ebola situation? as people are coming here, or people are discovered already here that may have the virus? >> well, we really hope so, reverend. we have a robust public health system here in the united states. we're hearing from cities and counties across the country. that they are now really gearing up, they are ready in case an ebola patient walks into the hospital. i was in a local ed yesterday and they said we're on high alert, we know an ebola patient could walk through the doors. they're all gearing up in case there's another case of ebola. >> charles had lock and dr. seema yasmin, thank you both for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up the story that republicans don't want the president to talk about. it's a huge issue, and it could prove the difference in these mid-term elections. plus a stunning new failure by the secret service. how did a man posing as a congressman get backstage at a presidential speech. >>> also a fox news anchor is now asking if being a grandmother might hurt hi

dr. sima yasmin is here and dr. thomas geisberg is here to anxious your questions. for being here. i want to ask you, dr. yasmin, mel wrote in saying why isn't this being treated the same way that sars was in vietnam and china? >> it's really because of the way that ebola is transmitted and although we are actually scared of this virus it's not as hardy as other viruses and it's less contagious so that's why this response feels so different to the public even though the virus sounds so scary so, again, just to go over that. ebola is transmitted through direct contact with infected bodily fluids things like blood and saliva and urine. it's not airborne. >> very important point to continue to making people because it is really scary and they get concerned if they are near someone what's going to happen. i want to go to you, tom, joanne wrote in this question, is this outbreak all the same strain, she wrote, or if not, can different strains create a new superstrain? >> there are actually five different species of ebola virus. three of these cause significant morbidity

dr. seema yasmin and dr. brian walsh. dr. do any of these courses of treatment show any promise to be the ultimate choice for a mainstream widely available treatment plan? >> well, ronan, the canadian vaccine you mentioned as well as another one being tested by nih in africa, the u.s., and the uk have been shown to be very effective in primates or monkeys. but they have been v not been tested in humans up until now. it's a tord say whether they will work. the first type of testing you do for any type of experimental vaccine is just to see whether it's safe to give. not people with ebola. >> brian, take a listen to what the canadian minister of health said about this. >> the canadian vaccine provides great hope and promise because it has been shown to be 100% effective in preventing the spread of the ebola virus when tested on animals. >> so echoing what dr. yasmin was saying about this being promising, but there are also calls for larger human samples to be tested next. is that code for running tests in west africa and would t

dr. seema yasmin, a public health professor in dallas and a former disease protective at the cdc and dr. frank esper. dr. yasmin, you're part of the community where more than 40 people have been released from varying levels of restrictions and quarantine. is this a big moment down there? how is it being received? >> there's a big feeling of relief here in dallas that about 40 people have been released from quarantine or from self-monitoring. it's very reassuring. it reassures the public again that that risk of ebola can be quite low when you haven't had very much contact with an ebola patient. lots of happy people in dallas. still watchful or waiting for another hundred or so who have been monitored for a few more days. >> more cautious optimism, i suppose when you look at the situation in west africa. we know the numbers there are still increasing and that's a cause for concern. however, nigeria dr. esper, as infectious disease specialist, you can talk about this. the president of nigeria said "we are ebola-free. we have had no new cases." what can we in the united states learn from tha

dr. seema yasmin, and professor of public health, and dr. william fisher, the director of research at the university of north carolina's division of pulmonary diseases. earlier this year the doctor treated patients in guinea where he was working with doctors without borders. sanjay, it is incredibly interesting, the hospital showed no transparency whatsoever basically now says we were in compliance with the cdc standards at the time these nurses contracted ebola. when everybody knew how doctors without borders have been dealing with ebola patients, all that was on line. it seems like they're still refusing to accept any level of responsibility for this. >> yeah, no, it is amazing they still lay a lot at the feet of the cdc. in fact i read their statement earlier. they say we wanted to ensure we were compliant with cdc regulations, in fact, the first two nurses complained their necks were exposed. they told them to cinch their gowns with tape. it is a little remarkable, they were a little bit contrite about mistakes. with regard to this issue

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dr. yasmin and dr.sper, we appreciate it. >>> ahead for us at this hour, what was the dirty word uttered by this candidate for governor that we are about to show you hopefully. >> right there. >> what did he say? did he mean to say it? and could a republican have ever gotten away with saying it? that's next. >>> the didn'tic challenger to south carolina governor niki haley really call her -- i don't even like this word. i'll let you listen to it. or was this an unfortunate slip of the tongue. >> well, whether it was a slip of the tongue or intentional, ann romney is blasting the democratic candidate after he said this at a campaign event last week. listen to it now. >> that is the worst kind of politics and we are going to esco escort who o esco esco esco escort whore out the door. we're going to escort her out the door. [ laughter ] all right, calm down out there. [ laughter ] >> i kind of half expect to see both girls appalled in either side of my -- they are, i know they are because that word sends m

dr. yasmin, it is interesting to me, because i don't see a huge international response to this.octors without borders is an international group. they have doctors from all over the world coming. but in terms of governments around the world there have been promises but on the ground, the u.s. has sent troops. there are british forces who have gone and a few other countries, as well. there hasn't been a huge global immediate response on the ground and that is kind of shocking to me. >> it is very shocking, in fact, now it seems we're moving back yards, anderson, the australian government has announced they won't be sending any health care workers, actually stopping humanitarian aid to this part of the world and also not allowing travellers from guinea and liberia to enter australia. or sierra leon. so at a time when we need to ramp up the response and send in more doctors and health care workers, more troops in fact, we're seeing other countries are not stepping up, and it's delaying the stopping of the spread of ebola in west africa. >> all right, dr. sanjay gupta, and dr. seema

dr. yasmin a staff writer at the "dallas morning news" and a former cdc detective and also joining me is exander van tulleken. you worked with casey hickok, what are your thoughts on the new mandatory quarantine we're seeing in both new jersey and new york? >> the concern here, ana, is from public health experts are saying that these policies don't align with the science and politicians are responding to fear from some seconds section of the public but it's really causing more fear because people are now scared about health care workers returning. the science tells us if you don't have symptoms, you are not capable of transmitting the virus to anybody else. and what public health experts also worried about because they weren't notified about these policies, they're not prepared to provide quarantine appropriately to the many potentially hundreds of health care workers, u.s. military who will be returning to west africa and they really need to make sure if there is going to be quarantine they have the time and the facilities to be able to do it properly. at the moment we know that casey is

dr. seema yasmin.y, what she is saying there, the lack of protective gear, and told to put one-inch medical tape on their necks. it is not like hospitals didn't know what ebola was like out there and what other hospitals were doing worldwide to protect them. shouldn't they have been prepared? >> no question, several problems she outlined very well. two big ones, first of all. the gear itself, what was available, not available. the training, putting it on and off. there are many steps to it. the second part of it, even if you followed the cdc guidelines on ebola it left a lot of exposed skin. and that is quite concerning. i think we have a picture. i got an exclusive look inside what emory uses to basically try and protect their doctors versus what she was just describing. take a look. i mean, this is the lead man on the five-member team that has been taking care of patients here at emory. they go above and beyond what the cdc recommends. but you can't see his whole body there, but take a look specifica

dr. yasmin, you're in dallas. one of the headlines in the news conference seems to me to be they're now dealing with this family with compassion. they got them out of that apartment where they had been trapped really, under armed guard in quarantine right now with soiled linens where this ebola patient had been. they got them out of there and into the house and sent the ment message that they cared. why is that an important message. >> i think it is important, people are reaching out to the people, the gentleman suffering with ebola. it is also important in stopping the fears with the transmission of ebola. we are getting the key reminder that it can only be transmitted with infected fluids. the workers said we were not afraid, took them in an undisclosed location in the car with them. >> that jumped out at me. the mayor met this house, the family, the judge who is running the homeland security response, the response in the county, they actually took them in the car to the area. made a point of saying he was in th

dr. seema yasmin and dr. frank esper, thank you so much for being with us.e appreciate your help here. as you say, perhaps the 24/7 hotline, which is what texas health presbyterian has, and maybe annual training is not enough to deal with ebola, which is not forgiving. >> absolutely. we continue to search for answers after another health care worker is diagnosed with ebola. ahead at this hour, dr. sanjay gupta and elizabeth cohen will return and answer some of our questions. stay with us. narrator: these are the skater kid: whoa narrator: that got torture tested by teenagers and cried out for help. from the surprised designers. who came to the rescue with a brilliant fix male designer: i love it narrator: which created thousands of new customers for the tennis shoes that got torture tested by teenagers. the internet of everything is changing manufacturing. is your network ready? ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. remember, the open enrollment period is here. the time to ch

dr. seema yasmin. sanjay, you have been to west africa. they are working extremely hard to stop the outbreak. the fact in new york and new jersey they're subject to a 21-day quarantine, when they return will that prevent good people from going over there and not doing the work? >> it is likely to have an impact, anderson, this is one of those things where first of all an organization, doctors without borders have been doing this for a long time. they have very specific guidance. this is not just the cdc. they say the quarantine is neither recommended nor is it warranted. these are not just words, but based on science. these people are risking their lives to help, and coming back and having to follow something decidedly non-scientific. it is the collision of science and social fear. the science is not changing. it is the fear. the politics and fear. i have tweets from people that are understandably fearful. the people who are coming back, unless they are sick they are not a threat. >> and the fact this quarantine is being put in place only

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dr. yasmin, we really don't know much about ebola? >> that is fair to say, wolf.iscovered this in 1976, had about 20 or so outbreaks since then but we have to question why don't we know more about this disease? is it because of the people it affects or the countries it affects and why have we seen such big cuts in medical research funding the past few years and now scrambling for a vaccine. they are looking for a vaccine and developing one since 2001. had they not had the consistent cuts in funding we may have been years ahead and may have had an ebola vaccine to use right now. >> let me ask dr. labell. do you agree with dr. yasmin on th that? >> i agree. the funding is not there. i don't think there are not verologists. i think we need to do more in terms of the infectious disease community as a whole. we just need to put a lot more resources into infectious disease. we lost a lot of capacity over the ages because we thought we congress converted ma-- conquer many diseases but we haven't. >> i was going to ask the doctor, there is a real nightmare scenario out th

dr. yasmin is right, the training is crucial. having them read a pamphlet or watch the video is not enough. it has to be person-to-person training. >> dr. yasmin, how long does -- how long do you think somebody needs to be trained? again, it can't just be one session with a breakout sessions or something on a weekend. how long is training, you think, necessary? >> it can take tas, anderson. and it has to be repetitive. it has to be a session where you learn how to do it and then you have multiple times to practice, to be critiqued and to make mistakes. we all make mistakes. another key point is to make sure that the equipment does fit you. we keep hearing about these masks that you put over your face to protect you. you have to be fit tested for those before you can have them. and when i was at cdc i had to undergo n-95 mask fitting. and guess what, the masks don't fit me. we're talking about a situation where these things need to be prepared in advance. you can't have someone like me turn up one day and the m-95 mask does not fi

dr. yasmin, the fact that this nurse has received a blood transfusion from dr.rks, why it's so significant. >> the idea is that dr. kent brantly survived ebola, that means in his blood he has these special proteins called antibodies. they attack the virus, stick on it and neutralize it. with this nurse what's really good, she did come into the hospital very early on. she hadn't had the fever for long at all. by giving her these antibodies or pre-made proteins that can latch on to the virus, help to kill it and gives her more of a fighting chance question the disease. >> you say the united states has been a bit overconfident when it comes to ebola. the biggest problem is lack of training. why do you think people weren't better prepared? >> well, it's actually really hard to know because this is the cdc's job and it's the job of the hospitals and the local public health authority. what there should have been, we've had many months to prepare for what was very likely to be a case of ebola in the u.s. and someone should have been anticipating every single possibilit

dr. elizabeth cohen, and staff writer, seema yasmin. and elizabeth, i know sanjay has been hearing this as well. we have been talking about the protocols, what the cdc says is rock solid evidence about when somebody can transmit this virus. they have now lowered what a temperature actually is on their website. can you explain this? >> well, i know they're discussing it. this is what i heard from an official, ms. vinson was about to get on the flight, she said i had a 99.5 temperature, one person who talked about the guidelines says it is not considered ebola until it is 100.4, that allowed her to get on the plane, what i hear from an official, we're thinking about should we reconsider that? maybe we should lower that threshold down? >> sanjay, wasn't the threshold supposedly 101.4? >> 101.5 was the threshold. that is listed on some of the cdc documents. even over the date today we saw people diving into it. i wanted to tell you another piece of information that was important. what is changing? is this a strategic change, what is going o

dr. sema yasmin, staff writer for the dallas morning news.hank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> congresswoman, let me go to you first. a lot of people down there seem pretty scared. do they have the right to be given how the hospital handled this initially? >> well, i think they have been given the facts of what happened. clearly, if the person had just checked what was available, which were the protocols, this would not have happened. he would not have been sent home. that's a human error that we can't retrieve. so we have to work with that having happened. >> but, dr. yasmin, duncan's nephew said he called the cdc twice and was getting more and more worried. listen. >> i called cdc to get some actions taken because i was concerned for his life. and he wasn't getting the appropriate care, and i was fearing other people might also get infected. >> i mean, should the hospital have acted sooner? it would have been avoided, the possibility of more people being exposed? >> yes, absolutely. the cdc guidelines do say we should be asking pe

dr. yasmin, if anything.e us an idea about the new patient. >> so in terms of the patient here in dallas, that's just a potential case that they are monitoring very closely because he is considered low risk. the sheriff's deputy went into the home where thomas eric duncan stayed. and he did not have any contact with thomas eric duncan. did not even have any contact with any infected bodily fluids. he just went in, spoke to the family and left. so they're acting out of an abundance of caution. he is feeling unwell today but the chances of ebola are very low. >> all right, thank you for that information. as well as your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> turning now to a developing story on this isis jihadist, the fbi asking for public health, for the public's help in identifying the man in this propaganda video. the fbi made the unusual move of posting a clip of the video on their website. the agency believes the man is speaking is either american or canadian. and officials hope someone recognizes either his face

dr. sema yasmin, director of health at the university of texas, dallas, and a former cdc detective.joining us. is this a breach of protocol or a case of a hospital not being well-equipped to deal with ebola? >> to answer that question, wolf, we need upmost transparency from the hospital so we can learn from what happened here. many health care facilities are asking that exact same question, they want to know if the protocols that they are practicing will protect them or did something else happen. health care workers are human and work long hours and sometimes mistakes are made. >> we're told the nurse was wearing the protective gear. if that's the case, how could she possibly contract ebola? >> sometimes, wolf, you think you're wearing the right equipment but you may have forgotten a vital piece of equipment. sometimes you're in a rush to take care of a patient and other times you are wearing gloves that have torn and may not know that they tore because you're wearing more than one layer. i've investigated in the past infections that occurred in hospitals with health care workers. s

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dr. seema yasmin is a professor of public health at the university of texas dallas. staff writer for the "dallas morning news." and dr. james sears is a pediatrician and co-host of "the doctors." good to have all of you with me this evening. dr. yasmin, i'm going to start with you. there are ebola patients now in dallas and omaha and now reported in spain. so at what point does this pass beyond a few isolated cases in terms of spreading outside of africa? >> so the experts have been saying for many months it's likely to other parts of the world just because this outbreak has been going on for so long in west africa, don. you know, we talk about it starting in march of this year. actually, it's more likely to have started in guinea in december of last year. you have an outbreak that goes on that long, you're going to see cases in other places. but in places like dallas, where i am right now, spread of the disease out from this one case is very, very unlikely. we'll see isolated cases. they'll likely stay isolated cases. maybe a little bit of spread. nowhere near the ou

dr. yasmin, thank you very much. so much that we need to focus on about that and continuing confusion about ebola especially in light of the new stateguidelines. we have a panel of doctors that will take your questions. tweet us # ebola q&a. all spelled out. we have new details tonight about how police say the gunman set up his victims. >>> breaking news. disturbing new details in the deadly shooting at a washington state high school. police now say the gunman set up his victims with a text asking them to meet him in the cafeteria. his classmates including two of his own cousins were sitting at a table presumably waiting for him when he opened fire. one died a tt scene the others were rushed to the hospitals all with gunshot wounds to the head. another died over the weekend. she was just 14 and a freshman. the three surviving victims remain hospitalized, two in critical condition. the community in marysville, washington, is struggling with the loss, obviously, and also with disbelief. by all accounts the gunman, a po

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dr. yasmine, we have a viewer question. if it's so hard to contract ebola, why are care workers dressed like hazmat workers? >> good question. they are those most at risk of contracting ebola. it is very contagious, but you have to have direct contact with blood, feces, urinal and vomit. it's the family care givers and health care workers most likely to be in contact with that. >> how long does it stay live on surfaces? >> it stays live on surfaces for several hours, if not a day or two. it's not necessarily transmissable from that. being able to cultivate it off a surface is not the same thing as it being transmisable to the next person. i think it's not an issue at all. the issue only is being in direct contact with blood and contaminated body fluids like we are saying for a period. it is not a casual glancing exposure at all. >> can i add something? sorry. >> no, go ahead. >> if he was vomiting and someone came in contact with that, does that make a difference? >> if the patient were vomiting, yeah. vomit, i would count.

dr. seema yasmin, in dallas watching what's going on.ant to get to that little boy in a moment, poppy. but, seema, let's talk about what we just saw, a very emotional, heart-warming development. the dallas nurse, amber vinson, released from emory university hospital. she's ebola-free. the other day, nina pham, the other dallas nurse, released from n.i.h. hospital in bethesda, maryland, ebola-free. these are real success stories, aren't they? >> they absolutely are. it's the kind of good news we've been waiting for with the tragic story that's still unfolding in west africa. we heard dr. ribner at emory say one of the reasons that nurse amber vinson and nurse nina pham recovered so quickly is because they're young and healthy to begin with. perhaps people who are older or who already have other illnesses may not beat ebola as quickly. >> and he said fluid and electrolyte management, explain what that means. >> electrolytes are really important for us to have a good balance of those. and ebola messes that up because there's such severe dia

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dr. seema yasmin, public health professor at ut dallas and a staff writer for the dallas morning news.or being here. >> thank you. >> what did you think when you saw the plane video? is that the right response? >> reverend, this is an infectious disease, but it's very much a global health security threat. so in the same way you would not make jokes about a bomb at the airport, you cannot make jokes about ebola. it's a very serious issue. airline personnel and security personnel have to treat that as if somebody may potentially actually have ebola. it's a very serious condition and it cannot be joked about. >> you know, doc, another plane was quarantined in las vegas this morning after reports that a passenger who had been to africa recently, vomited on board. the passenger was then cleared. will we likely see more cases like this? >> we probably will because now everybody is on high alert. ebola is on the radar. this outbreak is not going anywhere soon in terms of the spread in west africa, as long as it keeps to spreading in west africa, there will be more imported cases to america, t

dr. yasmin, on this program, the doctor said look, money devoted to disaster preparedness, repeat training and stuff has been slashed ever since the year after 9/11 when it skyrocketed after 9/11. and now it has been going down gradually. the public health budgets are slashed. is that what we're seeing? there is not repeat training on this? >> that is absolutely right, anderson, in fact that is the same case in spain. the protesters who demonstrated today about the significant cuts made in the government sector, in health care, the same has happened here. when i worked at cdc we were always working with less and less money every year and it was very, very challenging to realize that we were dealing with epidemics around the world as well as public health epidemics here like whooping cough and flu, we often feel like we're working behind the scenes here. but the public health concerns have to be there for situations like this. >> and the cdc director dr. tom frieden says the only thing like this has been aids, a striking comparison. >> a very sobering one, anderson, we're still dealing with

dr. seema yasmin is joining us, now with the dallas unless. it is interesting, dr. in, new york is one of the cities, there are talks of trying to basically funnel travellers from the infected countries, like liberia, sierra leone and guinea to five major airports, two of which are in new york, i believe jfk and newark in new jersey, but often is one terminal into new york city. and try to funnel most of the people coming from those countries in west africa to those airports which can handle and have a higher level of sophisticatedion in screening for passengers coming from the hot zone. but obviously, if somebody is not showing symptoms when they arrive there is not much that can be done. >> that is the challenge, with infectious diseases. we face that challenge all the time, anderson. people may be asymptomatic when they come into the u.s., but because of the incubation period with ebola, they may not develop symptoms until they have been here for a while. let's go back to when they first issued a public health alert just a few days after that, anderson, new york c

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dr. seema yasmin and dr. irwin. thanks for being with us.irst of all, what do you make of these screening procedures? >> i think we're looking for ways to make sure we have identified as many people as possible. i think that's a reasonable stab at it. the problem is it's still not going to be complete. there will be people slipping through. there will be people asymptomatic and they will be incubating. i think we're taking the steps to try to reduce the chances that somebody will slip in. i don't object to them. >> i think about the forms that say have you had contact with livestock or agriculture for those diseases. anybody who wants to try to get through customs quickly will more than likely say no, i had no contact. other than the temperature still depends on self reporting. >> not only that but self-reporting in a written form. the better way to do that, if you could, would have face-to-face, verbal communication with the security questions or these public health questions will be asked directly and people tend to be forthright when it's

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dr. seema yasmin has another story, saying the doctor used a more accurate oral thermometer three times since initial temperature was taken. and her temperature is normal. so we'll continue to follow that story. when dr. craig spencer returned from treating patients in guinea, he followed the cdc's guidelines for self-monitoring the symptoms, he was rushed to bellevue hospital. tonight, he is said to be in stable condition. and our medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has more. >> reporter: tonight, new york city health officials urge for calm as they look for anyone who had contact with dr. craig spencer, the city's first ebola patient. >> the patient continues to be stable where he is hospitalized on the isolation unit. >> the patient returned last week after he treated patients in guinea with doctors without borders. three people who had contact were quarantined, including his fiancee who was monitored for symptoms over the next 21 days. and as hazmat crews worked on his apartment, city officials are retracing dr. spencer's steps and alerted all of whom came in contact with him. >> we wan

dr. seema yasmin, public health professor at ut dallas and a staff writer for the dallas morning news and joann walsh editor at large for salon.com. thank you both for being here. doctor, a new poll shows 58% of americans have a great deal, or a fair amount of confidence in the government to stop ebola. 41% say they don't have much confidence. but doctor, people see the images of the hazmat suits and they get scared. is the government on top of this? >> well, reverend, we can't just look at the government. because what they're doing is some of the international response. here they're coordinating some of the response and giving guidelines, but it really falls to other jurisdictions and health care facilities themselves to look at the guidelines. it's not enough then to look at them and print them out and stick them on the wall. you have to practice. so really this is more than a one-agency effort. it's a multi-agency effort, requiring good collaboration, lots of communication, and the utmost transparency to make this effort work, both overseas and right here in dallas where i am. >> joan,

dr. yasmin, professor of public health at the university of texas, and staff writer for "the dallas morninge worked in kenya and botswanna, investigated epidemics before. ebola is scaring a lot of people. this was discussed at the white house yesterday. are people justified in being concerned about it spreading and an outbreak here in the u.s., or are the fears overblown? >> well, of course, public health officials are telling us that the system here is geared up and ready to deal with this so that even though we've seen one case here, they're telling us that the spread is very unlikely. however, as we had that press conference yesterday, federal officials are now saying mistakes and missteps were made here in dallas. many of our "dallas morning news" readers are concerned about this. the key question they are asking us, is what happened that thursday night when this patient first went to the hospital and was sent home and even though that travel history was taken, it sounds like that was not relayed to the rest of the medical team. >> we keep hearing about how, you know, bodily fluids spre

dr. sema yasmin is joining us.'s a former cdc disease detective and now a writer for "the dallas morning news." we're seeing police cruisers guarding the house kaci hickox is being forced to stay in right now under mandatory quarantine and she's not keeping quiet at all. i want you to listen to what she said earlier today on abc. >> you know, i remain really concerned by these mandatory quarantine policies from aide workers. i think we're only adding to the citiing matization that is not based on swie science or evidence and if these restrictions are not removed for me from the state of maine by tomorrow morning, thursday morning i will go to court to attain my freedom. >> all right. sema, so kaci hickox, she's a friend of yours. what is she telling you and are you worried about her? >> we know this is panning out to be somewhat of a test case, wolf. it will be interesting to see how it evolves and with legal counsel and legal advice she will take this to court and we'll have to see what happens there. we know that