an nbc news photographer now affected with ebola in africa. growing by the minute as well. what's being done to contain the virus in texas? >> isis threatening our military members and their families. the target now in our own backyard. the brand new warning from the army. >> this from a guy who wasn't ready to handle an amusement park ride. he passes out not once, not twice, but three times. oo "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ >> good friday morning. welcome to "fox & friends first". we always enjoy it when you join us. >> jordan sparks such a nice girl. she has been here several times. >>> fearings of an outbreak spreading fast as we learn more people in texas came into contact with the infected patient thomas duncan. leland vittert is live for us with what the cdc is doing to keep us safe. a lot of people asking that, leland. >> a lot of people are asking that question and a lot of people saying they are simply not doing enough. start with the nbc news photographer. that makes four americans working in liberia to contract the vi

in to the fears of a panicking public. ebola, fears and science. it's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. after a doctor coming home to new york after treating ebola treatments in west africa submitted himself to treatment, and a nurse landed in new jersey's newark international airport, worry about the disease spread in the country's most densely populated region. governor chris christie puts the nurse in involuntary quarantine even though she's show nothing symptoms of the disease. he backed off the absolute form of mandated quarantine for people who showed no symptoms over the weekend. the obama administration was critical of both' approaches, noting mandatory quarantine for volunteers made it less likely for volunteers to head to west africa where their help is badly needed. the u.s. is trying to figure out how to treat the trickle of potential cases landing here. over the weekend a child checked into new york city's belle vue hospital center with a fever. >> he had a low-grade fever this morning. he has as was noted a travel to one of the three affected countries and has a fever. that's what triggers an assessment. he has no clear exposure to ebola, but our exposure h

ebola. in africa should more emphasis be placed on ending the outbreak there rather than catching the infected here. stay with us. >>a violent crime.... >> people were shocked >> the guilty locked up >> he belongs in jail >> but it was not case closed... >> it was a cult >> allegations of intimidation... >> amish people were frightened >>torture... >> were you put into an animal pen? >> yes >> and worse >> is sam mullet sexually abusing people? >> yes >> the shocking untold story revealed for the fist time. an america tonight exclusive investigation rouge amish only on al jazeera america >> we're back with inside story on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. some of the public health experts who have weighed in on how to deal with the threat of exposure to the ebola virus in new york and new jersey have insisted that the response was not quarantine but more intensive efforts to stop new infections in west africa. still with us from new york, dean of the school of public health at sunni down state medical center and almost former new york commissioner of health. here in washington, executive dir

in west africa. as of today the only patients in ebola u.s. are in hospitals. and it is important to put in perspective what the risks are. ebola is scary. it's a deadly disease, but we know how to stop t and we're stopping it in west africa community by community. dallas is doing an excellent job of tracing contacts to stop it there, and healthcare workers throughout the u.s. need to think ebola in people who have fever and have returned from any of these three countries in the past 21 days. two more questions, and then we're going to stop. >> cdc set out strict guidelines from ebola patients. can you expand on those guidelines, and will the cdc be involved. >> the way ebola works is if you're exposed but not sick you have no ability to pass it on to others. as you begin to get sick, you have a fever you may be able to pass it to others. the sicker you get, the higher amount of virus in your body. when people die of it, there are high quantities of virus. we've worked very closely with shorts in section to insure that respectfully and the ability of the family

tam is off are eva pilgrim joins us, here's what's happening. >>> americans test positive for ebola in africawhile officials work to retrace the steps of the first known ebola patient here in the u.s. >> a cyber attack compromises the bank account of $76 million. >> celebrities sue a hollywood giant for posting their intimate photos for the world to see. >> let's go over to karen rogers in for dave and m

we know that each infected ebola patient only infects one to two other people. that's true in africa true here in the united states as well. so it's not highly contagious. highly contagious things include sars, measles, influenza, those are much more contagious than ebola. ebola doesn't infect that many people. look at the family in dallas, texas, living with a sick man and going back to their contaminated apartment and none of them became infected. the same thing is going to happen here. >> exactly right. dr. robert murphy center for global health at northwestern thank you for joining me. i appreciate it. >>> coming up here, could the treatment of health care workers returning to the states after helping those with ebola in africa hurt patients all over the world? how experts say the mandatory quarantine could do more harm than good actually. and ahead police say the ottawa gunman made a video of himself prior to an attack on the canadian parliament. what officials learning from this video and how it fits into the profile of a lone wolf next. at t-mobile you can hook up the whole fa

sadly, tragically even, this ebola outbreak in west africa has occurred in countries that have little to no modern medical infrastructure. and that is the reason that we have seen this ebola outbreak spiral so quickly, in a way that has claimed so many lives. so we want to make sure that whatever policies are put in place in this country to protect the american public do not serve as a disincentive to doctors and nurses from this country volunteering to travel to west after coto tre-- africa to trea ebola patients. first, it reflects a commitment from a doctor or a nurse to travel to west africa, reflect as generosity of spirit and a concern for common humanity that is worthy of praise. it also reflect as commitment to the ideal that stopping the ebola outbreak in west africa is the only way we can eliminate the risk to the american people from the ebola virus. and i guess this is the last thing i want to say about this, jim, is you will hear from the cdc later today some additional information about guidelines they believe should be in place as it relates to protocols for returning h

committee joins me in pledging that we will be everything in our power to work with you to the american people safe from the ebola outbreak in west africa recognized the ranking member of the committee. five minutes. mr. chairman. on monday, the director general of the world health organization the ebola outbreak, quote, the most severe acute in modernrgency seen times. she warned that the epidemic, quote, threatens the very survival of societies and governments in west africa. assessment is no exaggeration. 1.4predicts that up to million west africans could be affected -- infected with ebola. more will die from treatable illnesses due to the collapse of these countries' public health infrastructure. this is a humanitarian crisis and we have a moral imperative help in west africa. but ending the west africa nationalis also a u.s. security imperative, because doing so is the best way to keep the united states. i was alarmed, like all of us were, when thomas duncan flew to the u.s. while harboring ebola and even more disturbed to learn the texascharge from presbyterian er with a fever after reporting that he had liberia.from even worse, w

today, the welp organization announced that more than 9000 people have been infected with ebola in west africand more than four and a half thousand have died. this comes as leading health officials appeared before congress to testify about the u.s. response. we will have more about that in a moment. first, the bbc medical correspondent has this report. >> in guinea, the grim battle against an invisible enemy continues. the concern is seems like this could spread the on the three countries currently to perhaps more. those fighting ebola are paying a heavy price. >> so far, 427 health care workers have been infected with ebola and 236 have died. our data shows that the cases are doubling every four weeks. >> in the first days after infection, before a patient exhibit symptoms, there is no chance they can pass it on. it is not an airborne infection like flu. sitting next to someone on a plane or a train should not be a risk. it is the second phase when patients become seriously ill that the dangers ramp up. it takes direct contact with bodily fluids to pass it on. that is why health workers need

let's begin with the nurse who volunteered to fight ebola in africa now fighting a quarantine order in her home state of maine. is kaci hickox battling for civil rights or endangering the public? hickox has no ebola symptoms. she has tested negative for the virus twice, but maine officials want her to remain isolated in her home. she will seek a court order to make sure it happens. she said she will not be violated by a policy in that is not quote science based. >> it is not my intention to put anyone at risk in the community. we have been in negotiations all day with the state of maine and tried to resolve this amicably, but they will not allow me to leave my house and have any interaction with the public even though i am completely healthily and symptom free. i am frustrated by this fact and i have been told the attorney general's intention is to file legal action against me and if this does occur, then i will challenge those legal actions. i'm fighting for something much more than myself. there are so many aid workers coming back. doctors without borders estimated 20 american aid wo

africa. she's being tested for ebola in newark after developing a fever. e governors of new york and new jersey say there will now be mandatory quarantines for to-called high risk travelers returning from the ebola hot zone in west africa. that comes one day after new york city announced its first case of ebola. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has more on that and the recovery of two texas nurses. >> there is no cause for alarm. >> reporter: tonight, new york city health officials are urging 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 at bellevue hospital, where he remains hospitalized on the isolation unit. >> reporter: the 33-year-old doctor returned to the u.s. last week after treating ebola patients in guinea with doctors without boarders. three people who had contact with dr. spencer have been quarantined, including his fiance who will be monitored more symptoms. as haz/mat crews worked to decontaminate his apartment, officials are alerting all w

in new jersey. the u.s. nurse returning from treating ebola patients in west africa is furious in a mandatory quarantine. white house is butting heads over governors. some governors backing off. this is all in a fight to prevent ebola from spreading in the united states. >>> breaking news this morning. a second shoot shot friday in the high school cafeteria in washington dies overnight as the community tries to make sense of the tragedy. >>> could there be another bush in a white house run? that one. jeb bush. his son raising the possibility. raising speculation over his father's plans for 2016. >>> welcome back to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 30 minutes past the hour. monday morning. controversy this morning and confusion over ever changing policies on how medical personnel returning from the ebola outbreak zone of west africa should be treated when they arrive back in the united states. new york state is backing off the mandatory 21-day hospital stay. it is allowing patients to be quarantined at home. patients returning medical workers who show know signs of the disease

ebola. the death rate for something like the flu epidemic is less than 2%. clearly, this is not flu. more than 4,000 people in west africa have now died. in dallas, we are hearing for the first time from the nurse that contracted ebola. the hospital issued a statement in which the nurse, nina pham said, and i quote, i'm doing well and i want to thapg everyone for their kind wishes and prayers. i'm blessed by the support of family and friends and am blessed to be cared for by the best team of doctors and nurses in the world here at texas health presbyterian hospital dallas. the nurse is now also getting plasma, a component of blood, of course. the plasma comes from dr. kent brantly. dr. kent brantly, back in august, flew him back from liberia. they gave him an experimental drug and he fought off the virus. very important to note. the nurse is right now the only person ever to have contracted ebola in the united states, one person, the nurse who says she is doing just fine and is blessed. officials say you need to have direct contact with someone who is showing symptoms or recently died of the virus. again, she was treatin

in new jersey. she has tested negative for ebo ebola. she arrived yesterday and was quarantined when officials learned she had been treating ebola patients in west africa. she returned to the u.s. just as new guidelines were issued by officials ordering a 21-day mandatory quaurn teep for some travelers coming from the ebola hot zone. so, what will these quarantines mean for the general public? elizabeth cohen joining us now live. so, you've been talking to doctors who have been taking care of ebola patients overseas and they're not that excited about this. saying now they don't even want to go back because of the investment of time, dedicating care to the patients in west africa and then dedicating the time for this quarantine, so what is this going to mean when it comes down to really attacking ebola at the source and it needs a global effort in which to do so. >> right, that's exactly the right phrase to use, fred. attacking ebola at the source. if you don't get rid of ebola in africa, you are not going to get rid of it in the united states. these doctors are questioning why christie and cuomo want this quarantine. when health care workers come back

in africa next year. in addition to the efforts in the ebola response as supporting a number of other response activities including the health care system preparedness, developing policies and guidance on patient movements, standards of care and clinical died guidance, the logistical to west africa and ongoing coordination and communication with national and international communities responding to the threat. finally we face significant challenges as have been discussed in the coming weeks and months with the ebola epidemic continuing and as these medical counter measures are manufactured and evaluated. bo bottom line is my colleagues and industry partners will use all of our collective capabilities here and abroad to address today's epidemic and be better prepared for future outbreaks and bioterrorism eventing going forward. i want to thank the committee and subcommittee for your generous and continued support over the last decade and opportunity to testify. >> dr. bore rio, you're recognized for five minutes. >> good afternoon. >> please pull the microphone to you as close as possible. >> good afternoon

in africa to win this deadly battle. we do not have to leave the door open to all travel to and from hot zones in western africa while ebolas an unwelcomed and dangerous stow away on the flights. i'm confident we'll develop a reason and successful strategy to meet the needs. the current airline passenger screening at five u.s. airports through temperature taking and self-reporting is troubling. the ebola patients are only contagious when having a fever, but we know this may not be totally accurate. a determined infected traveler can evade screening can mask the fever with ib profin, and it's nearly impossible to conduct tracing on flights going all around the globe. let me be clear to those responding to the outbreak, if resources or authorization is needed to stop ebola in its tracks, tell us in congress. i pledge, and i believe the committee joins me in plemging, we'll do everything we can do keep the american people safe from ebola outbreak in west africa. i recognize the ranking member of the committee. five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. on monday, the director general of the world health organization called the

." >>> french health officials say they're ready to take on ebola in west africa. they plan full scale clinical testing to try to combat ebola in west africa. a drug has been developed by a japanese company. >> translator: we'll conduct a clinical study with the medicine favipiravir. we'll know the result by the end of this year. >> a team from the french national institute of health and medical research will conduct the testing. the medicine was developed as an anti-influenza drug by a subsidiary of japan's fujifilm corporation. favipiravir has yet to be approved as a treatment for ebola, but it was administered as an emergency measure on patients in france and spain. researchers say they chose the drug because it's already available in large amounts. they also said the drug is easy to administrator because it's taken orally. the team will test the drug on about 50 patients in southern guinea. if the results are positive, the medicine will be given to more patients to confirm its effectiveness and safety. >>> and officials at the world health organization are also

in august. the ebola outbreak killed more than 4,500 people in west africa and the w. hnch oranh.o. ays t be 10,000 new cases every week if the response isn't stepped up. back to you. >>> learn more about ebola by going to nbc10.com. we have a special section that shows how this virus is spread. it's not easy to catch. we're posting information on social media using #ebola. >>> now to a developing story tonight in southwest philadelphia where a correctional officer was found stabbed to death in her home. the victim's brother found her body after her bosses said she never showed up for work. tonight we learned that the woman worked for the philadelphia prison system. police believe she may have known her attacker. >>> only nbc 10 was there as a bucks county teen headed into court. he's accused of trying to rape a classmate at knife point after dragging her into a bathroom. >> reporter: police say 15-year-old cody hendricks wanted revenge, flipping this kitchen knife into his boot before school this morning and holding it up to the throat of a female classmate who he forced into a boys

in to the country from west africa. and let's assume that everything in the screening process works right. may be in day 14 of having been exposed to ebola in west africa. they show up here in america with no symptoms. they go through the screening process. and so they go on about wherever they go. akron, cleveland, cincinnati, los angeles, wherever. day 17 or 18, they start getting ill. and they start seeing a spike in their temperature. if they walk into any emergency room and appalachia, ohio, and start throwing up, having symptoms, does your plan identify that? and does your plan tell that hospital emergency room what to do in that scenario? they don't know that person came from liberia or any other place. >> we have detailed checklists and algorithms we've distributed widely, provided repeated trainings and information so that health care providers throughout the country have a detailed checklist of what to do step by step by step to determine whether the person has ebola if they do, to call for help and we will be there. >> okay. mr. chairman, i yield back. >> mr. green's next in line. so mr. mathison is next for five minutes. >> w

than it has been in the past. >> how does ebola kill its patients? >> two ways. in africat's often dehydration. they get diarrhea. it's actually called ebola hemorrhagic fever and people have internal g.i. bleeding and die from that. and the other way is they can't expand their lungs. they get basically a severe type of pneumonia. >> but both of those could be handled on the spot by the doctors caring for this nurse, right? i mean, do you see those possibilities as realistic in her case? >> you know, we've got her in a state-of-the-art center. the truth is, there's not much we do for people with ebola. we do what we call supportive care, which means we give them hydration so they don't dehydrate. we give them antibiotics so another infection like pneumonia does not move into an already damaged lung. and we just kind of cheer them on. that's what we do. >> then why did thomas duncan die? >> well, he probably had an exacerbation of pneumonia. and even though you do these things, they don't work. they don't work half the time. that's about the mortality rate we've been seeing

ebola stay in their homes with others and spread in a way that would never happen in the united states. president obama is right now meeting with top officials outlying u.s. efforts to stop ebola spread in africa. ebola is not spreading in the united states. no one in the general population has caught it ever. we're expecting to hear from the president at some point in this hour. we have team fox coverage starting right now. rick levenle that is in new york city that an ebola patient here lied to investigators but let's get to jennifer griffen from the pentagon this afternoon. what does this mean for the troops who want to take leave, for instance? >> well, shepard, defense secretary hagel said he would review the decision in 45 days. here's what he said when he announced he was expanding the mandatory quarantine to all the services. >> and what i said in response this morning was, give me within 15 days, the operational specifics of how that would work and then i believe we should review that policy within 45 days. the fact is, the military will have more americans in liberia than any other department. >> in essence the army and joint chiefs forced hagel's hand after hearing from military fam

health organization shows that the who admitted nearly everyone involved in the response to ebola in west africa failed to grasp the severity of the outbreak. health experts agree to prevent cases here we have to stop the outbreak there. >> right now we know who's coming in. >> the doctor that is the head of the c.d.c. son the hot seat on capitol hill yesterday facing a barrage of questions. both he and the president asked why they are not imposing a travel ban on people coming from west african nations affected by the ebola outbreak. >> the problem is that in all the discussions i've had thus far with experts in the field, experts in infectious disease, is that a travel ban is less effective than the measures we are currently instituting. >> and that is the opinion of many health experts, including health experts here at the c.d.c. they say a travel ban can actually backfire because people would find their way into the country a different way, and in that case they would not be screened. that's the latest here, live in atlanta, ali gorman channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, ali. while there

statement outlining his goals for today's hearing which are, quote, to learn how we can address ebola in west africaprotect the united states from this disease, and bust the myths surrounding it. live in the newsroom, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> to learn more about ebola, go to our website, kpix.com. click on health. >>> the first case of the enterovirus has been reported in santa clara county. that makes a total of 7 cases reported in the bay area. there were two cases in alameda county and one each in san francisco, contra costa, solano and santa cruz. the person infected in santa clara county is under 18 reported in good condition. >>> at 1 years of age she was hot -- 11 years of age she was shot in the head by the taliban. malala yousefzai is sharing the nobel peace prize with kailash satyarthi. malala has continued her activism. satyarthi is at the forefront of a global movement to end child slavery. >>> 6:33 we're looking at the skies through our weekend weather and all what's ahead with fleet week. >> i have been looking at a box of kleenex! my allergies were through the roof yesterday. were you

opponents say quarantines could discourage people from helping to fight ebola in africa. one hospital in texas found a way to test how prepared it is to deal with ebola. at the university of texas southwestern medical center, they're treating fake patients by spraying them with *tabasco sauce.* doctors and nurses inspect them. once they take their protective gear off, they're asked to rub their eyes and touch their lips. if anything burns, that means they're infected. vice president biden and his wife will be in illinois today to campaign for democrats. doctor jill biden is attending a women's coffee in northbrook this morning, on behalf of brad schneider's re-election campaign in the tenth congressional district. the vice president is headlining an early voting rally this afternoon with governor quinn and senator durbin in rockford. a burglary at a church on the south side became a distraction in the governor's race, as the candidates enter their final week of campaigning. judy wang is live at the thompson center with the latest. >> with election day about a week away the

it gives us confidence that we will be able to control ebola in west africa. there is a lot that we are doing, based on what we have learned in the past week. for example, we have hospital awareness. we already work regularly with hospital associations. we have an intensive involvement in infection control, technical support. calls from doctors have increased tenfold since the first case was diagnosed. there is a lot of awareness. we are working to increase further. we are working closely with health departments, big city, state, and help the public associations. is a good example of a function health apartment. we want to make sure that the lessons that we learn from dallas are rapidly incorporated into the practice of health departments around the country. i know that people are eager for more information about travel. i want to adjust that. -- two address that. as the president said, we are looking at what we can do to increase the safety of americans, and, in the coming days, we will announce further measures to be taken. right now, i can get easily basic p

in dealing with ebola both in controlling and in preventing outbreaks. this is based on experience with almost two dozen outbreaks in central africa since the virus was firstd in 1976. the key elements to that control and the prevention of outbreaks when ebola rises in a community is to first identify cases, isolate them, care for them under conditions that protect the health care workers and importantly perform contact tracing. people in direct contact with a sick ebola patient should be monitored for symptoms for at least 21 days. if no symptoms arise, the individual is cleared. if symptoms arise, the person is appropriately isolated and cared for. this formula has worked very well over many years. the situation in west africa has been very difficult largely due to the lack of an adequate health care infrastructure to deal with the outbreak. and so i want to reiterate what the secretary said. our health care infrastructure in the united states is well-equipped to stop ebola in its tracks. as the secretary said, in addition to managing the issues associated with containing the situation in dallas as it exists today and addressing the very dire situation a

under quarantine after trea ebola patients in africa. dr. colin bucks spent a mon >>> today we got another chance to speak with the bay area doctor in quarantine after treating ebola patients in africa. dr. colin bucks spent a month helping in liberia. that involved direct contact with infected patients. now he is back in redwood city under a home quarantine. >> we do the monitoring every day a list of things that would be characteristic of the illness. >> so far, no symptoms of the disease yet. dr. bucks arrived back on friday. he says he is fine with his quarantine which will last 21 days. >>> meanwhile, a nurse from maine has broken her ebola quarantine. kaci hickox was supposed to stay in her home for 11 more days. but she went for a bike ride with her boyfriend this morning. hickox treated ebola patients in west africa and was quarantined when she developed a fever on her trip back. so far, she has tested negative for the virus. >>> the national guard has been called in tonight because of a lava flow is threatening to cut off another haw

there are so many misconceptions about ebola that they are seeing a reduction in investments in parts of africa that are in no way shape or form in the ebola outbreak. so we are concerned if we don't ensure to focus on what works and do that well we may have that same unnecessary and counter productive cost here. from the phone. >> next call from huffington post. >> hi, i wanted to ask a question about the difference in care between thomas duncan and kent brantley but i think you have already addressed you are referring all those questions to hospitals. is that correct. >> yes. i would just comment each patient situation is different. unfortunately, z map, which is a promisin promising, but unproven experimental treatment for ebola is not available. there is no more of it in the world. while people are working hard to manufacturer more it takes a long time to develop. other medications it is up to the treating physicians and the family whether or not to use. so that's all i would have to say at this point. next question on the phone. >> next question is from wall street journal. >> hello. are t

ebola. anyone with fever should be asked if they have been in west africa, specifically guinea, sierra leone and liberia in the past 21 days and if so, rapidly isolated, fully assessed and if appropriate, tested for ebola. we provide something called health alert network which reach hundreds of thousands of health care workers. we do webinars. we reach out to professional organizations, hospitals, emergency department associations and medical associations and many others so that we can assure that the available information is up-to-date and useful. right now the bottom line of what we're talking about today is that we're stepping up protection for people coming into this country and for americans related to travel. we will continuously look at ways that we can increase the safety of americans and we do that at many different levels. we do that in dallas where officials there are working intensively to monitor every person who might have had contact with the index patient to make sure if they do develop fever they're immediately isolated and the chain of transmission can be broken. we do that

is helping to stop ebola in africa. >> today's big number $142 million is the amount of new money the u.s. is sending to stop ebola in africa. >> the needs in liberia alone are growing. the government needs supplies fast, like 2.4 million exam gloves, 1.2 million protective suits and 85,000 body bags. >> the numbers of frightening. 4200 people have now been infected in liberia alone. more than half have died. >> a big rescue operation is underway in the him lay i canes, officials in nepal say 20 are confirmed dead, mostly foreigners. the avalanches were triggered by unseasonal blizzards along the route. >> we are right at the base where most of the hikers are stranded. the army choppers right next to us, just around the corner from us. there are five bodies brought this morning. yesterday was the day when four bodies were taken to katmandu. it seems very unlikely right now, the weather is beautiful, but the army choppers were trying to rescue people earlier, and they were saying that up in the pass, around 4,200 meters, the weather is turning, and it's going to be quite difficult for

in a dallas county hospital. the ebola outbreak in west africa is the biggest ever. nearly 7500 cases. tonight, cate caugurian talked to a local who wants to go back to the hot zone. >> i need to get on the ground and help this response and i need to be on the front lines. >> reporter: dr. dan kelly just returned from what might call a dangerous mission in sierra lione and he says there is still work to be done. >> we need leaders in the crisis. we need people to do the work on the ground that is badly needed. >> reporter: last month t doctor helped train a thousand healthcare workers in one of the country's hardest hit by the ebola epidemic. >> reporter: are you afraid of exposure? >> absolutely. the first time i went from san francisco to sierra leone, i thought i was jumping off a cliff. >> reporter: doctors are afraid to work and patients afraid to get help. >> they don't see the ebola wards as any other place than a place to go and die. >> reporter: so things need to change. change the way doctors approach patients and how patients feel about the centers. >> we need to provide peo

like we should be doing here in america even in our civilian preparedness. >> yeah, about an hour ago the military gave an update on the ebola mission in africa. about 100 soldiers arrived yesterday after 4,000 soldiers could end up being deployed there. how do our troops help officials make gains in a region where thousands of people have died of the virus? >> we have already set up, as you probably know, three labs that are beginning to test people's blood to see if they have it. then what is done is our engineers are building these isolation wards. the key, as you see in texas, is isolating the individuals. look, if we had not done this, and i think we've been a bit slow to get there, we would have about 1.2 million infected over there in africa. eventually without any uncertainty it would begin to spread. i think we're beginning to bend the curve down. it's also critical our military medical personnel are training the indigenous population health care people to treat the patients directly. we can step back and do the training and testing. >> now, admiral, the president is working on the isis strategy. the white house acknowledging it will

and he was covering the out break of ebola in west africa. e fifth american with ebola to return to the united states for treatment. we are expecting to hear from dr. brad the dean of college of medicine at the university of nebraska medical center. let's take you there live now and pick this up where we are. >> many are fearful about the spread of this disease. indeed it was last thursday that we first became aware and through some ongoing communication thursday and friday the decision was made late friday and transportation occurred over the weekend. we are proud to offer our assistance to work closely with the national, the state, the regional public health leaders to assist in the care, both within our country and through telecommunications around the world. the nebraska medical center bio containment unit is one of the safest places in the world for for him to be. but towels one of the safest places in the world for our team of highly trained professionals caring for him, for his family and for the general public. as with our last patient

the nurse had just arrived friday after a month-long trip treating ebola patients in africa. she believes this quarantine will discourage doctors and nurses from volunteering saying, quote, i am scared about how health care workers will be treated at airports when they declare they have been fighting ebola in west africa. i'm scared like me they will arrive and see a frenzy of disorganization. will they be made to feel like criminals and prisoners? now dr. anthony fouchi chit sized the mandatory quarantine. listen. >> the best way to protect us is to stop the epidemic in africa and we need those health care workers. we do not want to put them in a position where it makes it very, very uncomfortable for them to volunteer to go. >> the back and forth continues. >> it continues indeed, brian. so the nurse was there. what is governor cristy's response. he was in guinea and came back sick later. >> that's right. that's part of chris christie's point. he says i'm sorry for the inconvenien inconvenience. bottom line, the current cdc policy calling for voluntary quarantine is simply

she returned from treating ebola patients in africa and was ordered to stay in a hospital tent for days. now she's refusing quarantine orders at home. what's next? >>> sit down and shut up. >> all right. fighting words from new jersey's governor to a protester who says he hasn't done enough to help hurricane sandy survivors. the outburst, is this necessarily presidential? >>> secret recipes. something sweet from the

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next. >> the "world health organization" said that it botched the effort to stop the red of ebola in west africa. in an internal document leaked to the associated press. it claims an incompetent staff and bureaucratic red tape. it should have known that traditional containment plans would fail because the area has poorly enforced borders and weak healthcare system. emily, good to speak with you. look, i'll ask you to be bruta brutally frank with me. >> okay. >> don't pull any punches with me. i'll be very upset if do you. the former secretary general of the united nations covey a kofi annon. he said he's bitterly disappointed in the global response. do you share his bitterness? >> yes, it's been too little, too late, and we're seeing the affects of that now. >> and i this is from a doctor. nearly everyone involved in this outbreak and the outbreak response failed to see fairly plain writing on the wall. talk to me about your level of disappointment given your team's experience given your team's experience on the ground. >> i feel that this could have been stopped much sooner. organizations were

ebola. anyone with fever should be asked if they have been in west africa, specifically guinea, sierra leone, and liberia in the past 21 days, and if so, rapidly isolated, fully assessed, and if appropriate, tested for ebola. we provide something called health alert networks which reach hundreds of thousands of health care workers. we do webinars, reach out to professional associations, hospitals, emergency department associations and many others so we can assure that the valuable inform something's up to date and useful. right now the bottom line of what we're talking about today is that we're stepping up protection for people coming into this country and for americans to travel. we will continuously look at ways that we can increase the safety of americans, and we do that at many different levels. we do that in dallas where officials there are working intensively to monitor every person who might have had contact with the index patient to ensure that if they do develop fever, they're immediately isolated and the chain of transmission can be broken. we do that in our health care system with

battling enin -- ebola in west africa. dr. and your group and many others are doing one of the only things that will truly ensure the world will be free of ebola. we need to support you as much as we can, do it foerszfully, and convince the rest of the world to do the same. again, i say this is our watch. and two, my fellow committee members, it is not a time for us to move to common ground. we have no choice but to move to higher ground, and so with that, mr. chairman, i look forward to the testimony today, and with that i yield back. >> i thank the member. with that we go to our panel of witnesses. the honorable [ inaudible ] is the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict. major general is the deputy director in affairs in africa. the honorable john ross -- sorry, i apologize. the honorable john ross, the inspector general for homeland security. the assistant secretary for preparednessen -- preparedness and response. and the senior vice president of international operations at the inte

>> even the head of the cdc says the only way to get zero risk in this country is to control ebola in africa. >>> well, the deadly ebola outbreak is spurring innovation. a group of scientists have created a unique way to use technology in the story you'll see only on nbc bay area, we see the high-tech fight. >> reporter: from the beaches of silicon valley -- >> each one of the mutations is respected by a little tick here. >> reporter: -- comes a new collaborative browsers. santa cruz is giving scientists all over the globe a way to flight ebola together. dr. jim kent is the director of the genome browser project. he walks us through ways experts can compare everything from biological statistics to outbreaks instantly. >> it is a way to collect all the scientific data in a place that's very easy and quick for other scientists to find it so they can find out about each other's work. >> reporter: the site breaks down the ebola's dna virus sequence. it's kind of a scientific social network. >> it's amazing how much the scientists are working together, even labs that are normally competitive with

ebola quarantine policies here in the u.s. casey a nurse who recently treated ebola patients in west africa is defying her quarantine orders. now, this morning she left her home, she took a bike ride. this is no legal action against me. >> police followed her, but did not have a legal reason to detain her.

will be required for anyone arriving at those airports who has had direct contact with an ebola patient in africa. a dr. who recently treated ebola patient -- the worker had no symptoms at new york airport, but developed a fever later. dr. craig spencer is in an isolation unit at bellevue hospital. he returned from new guinea last week and was diagnosed positive for ebola last night. >> reporter: well, jim, in the wake of the first ebola case in new york city, new procedures have been -- >> our responsibility is to make sure that we protect the public health. >> reporter: anyone returning to new york or new jersey after being in west africa and having contact with an ebola patient will be quarantined for 21 days. >> the cdc's guidance is continue wally changing and we need to set a standard for our two states. >> reporter: the doctor returned home a week ago and was diagnosed with the deadly disease. dr. craig spencer is in a special isolation unit in stable condition at the bellevue hospital in manhattan, but people have some lingering fearings, especially after hearing that he rode on a subway

i was in west africa, i came back. i was in ebola tents. my colleague elizabeth cohen was in west africa, a month ago, there was no guidance when we came back. this is the new world in which we live. the guidance will need to be clear. while travel bans may not work the idea of people being judicious about their exposure to other people i think is important and the fact that, you know, i'm sure dr. spencer is a very meticulous, responsible guy but was on subways, was bowling and at a restaurant having returned from west africa having had contact with patients with ebola. this will need to be addressed and answered very clearly. >> dr. gupta, stand by here. we've got a lot more. also the other huge breaking news story here in new york. police on alert after a hatchet attack on officers and fears there is a terror connection with this. be right back. sweered lobster'sory! endless shrimp ends soon! the year's largest variety. like new spicy siriacha shrimp, or parmesan shrimp scampi. as much as you like, any way you like. but it won't last long

ebola in its us in congress. i pledge, and i believe this in pledging,ns me that we will do everything in our power to keep the american ebola safe from the outbreak in west africa. i now recognize the ranking member of the committee. you, mr. chairman. on monday, the director general of the world health organization called the ebola outbreak, quote, the most severe acute seen in moderny times. she warned that the epidemic, very, threatens the survival of societies and governments in west africa. this w.h.o. assessment is no exaggeration. 1.4predicts that up to million west africans could be infected with ebola. many more will die from treatable illnesses due to the countries' these public health infrastructure. a humanitarian crisis. the outbreak is also a u.s. national security imperative, because doing so is way to keep ebola out of the united states. i was alarmed, like all a of us were, when thomas duncan flew to the u.s. while harboring ebola more disturbed to learn of his discharge from the texas fever after with a reporting that he had traveled from liberia. even worse, we learned this week two nurses tweeting mr. duncan, nina pham and amber vinson, have

17th. >>> meantime officials at dover air force base are ready eto support the fight against ebola in west africa. developing several scenarios and training for air crews that may be ready to call for missions. call in response for a person returns to the base showing signs or symptoms of ebola. meantime, maine's governor says negotiations between the state and nurse kaci hickox have gone no where. treating ebola victims in west africa. two days in a row hickox defied the safety quarantine, including taking a bike ride with her boyfriend yesterday. she left her home. hickox said she tested negative and she's not a threat. >>> 5:48 now. happening this weekend, tomorrow morning, in fact. 6,000 people will hit the street to make a statement about a disease that often doesn't get the headlines. we're talking about diabetes. 200 die from it every day. and it affects a lot of children in the philadelphia area. nate among those. he was diagnosed with diabetes at age 6. >> for a 6-year-old who's in kindergarten telling them he has to take injections every day and test your blood, it's scary. >> holds the

ebola. susan mcginnis is in washington with more on his recovery. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. ashuko mukpo who is the free lan photographer who contracted ebola in africa is recovering. he's expressing huge relief. and one of the nurses who contracted ebola in dallas is better today. the good news comes as new restrictions for travelers go into effect. ashoka mukpo tested for the deadly ebola virus prompting him to tweet the message i'm so lucky. the 33-year-old cameraman was admitted to the bio containment facility a little more than two weeks ago after he became sick in beer yliberia. one of the two nurses in the u.s. jeff got some good news as well. dook tors treating knee fa fam at the national institutes of health upgraded her condition from fair to good. today president obama meets with his newly appointed ebola czar, ron klain, designed to coordinate a federal response. they have come under criticism for lacking in an aggressive response to the virus. >> there have been some shortcomings in the response and the president has been pressing on his team for quite some time now to ensure that our response lives up to the high standards that he has s

he will work with government agencies to stop the spread of ebola in west africa as well. >>> local schools>> right now on lesson plan in some area schools is ebola. nbc 10 delaware bureau reporter tim furlong found people being educated about the virus. >>> if you've been following the news coverage you're probably pretty concerned about the ebola threat. you might not have thought about how it could affect your child's school. >> how to transfer, where it's coming from. >> reporter: school nurses are soaking up every drop of information they can get on ebola. >> i think it's a good idea. knowledge is power. i'd rather have them know and be prepared for worst-case scenario. >> it's scary for everyone. it's something we're not used to dealing with. >> reporter: pat gilday leading brandy wine's team of school nurses. they are learning more about ebola. she's actually more concerned with the threat posed by the flu and enterovirus d68 but she really does want to know what to look for in a child that shows up with ebola-like symptoms. that's key, what to look for, knowing the questions to ask.