kent an i had worked a lot together at the ebola unit, and then he said -- david said, nancy, i need to tell you that you have ebola. and i got up out of bed and as i got up out of bed, david came toward me to give me a hug and to put his arms around me. i knew how dangerous that was and so i said no. just no. and i said, david, it's going to be okay. it's really going to be okay. and i said, you know, there are people at the front door, i think we need to go to the front door. so i went to the front door and our doctors were standing there and their comments were, nancy, we're so sorry. we're so sorry. and my same word to david came out of my mouth again. it's going to be okay. it's going to be okay. i had no clue what was going to happen. of course, i knew what the outcome could be. and yet there was no fear. there was just this sense of lord's peace and fence with us, and i thought, whether i live or whether i die, it's going to be okay. it's going to be okay. so at that point, i went back in and laid back down. that's how i received the news. >> and there were some dark days. you

health officials confirming the first case of ebola has reached the united states. ion" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, refr. >> good evening, ed. and good evening to you. we're going to continue the news about the first ebola case in the united states. let's go right back now to atlanta, to the center for disease control, where the director is taking questions on the first egoabola case diagnos in the united states. let's listen in. >> unlike this, that individual was

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >> the first confirmed case of ebola in the united states. dallas hospital. that patient went about his business for days before knowing that ebola was in his system. how many others could follow. >>> and the biggest day of bombings against isis so far as they close in on bagdad. paul ryan is out front tonight. >>> plus a suspect in the disappearance of uva student hannah gram. police are investigating possible links to four more cases. could this

ebola. the first days in the united states. meg has the latest back at headquarters. >> this news just coming. the cdc confirming the first ebola case in the united states. we're still getting details about it. there's expected to be a press conference at 5:30. we'll bring you more details. we also have news, cnbc has been confirmed with the texas governor's office that the governor of texas is aware of the first ebola case there in texas. so that is currently what we know. the first ebola case arriving here in the united states. we'll bring you more details as we learn them from this 5:30 press conference. again, this has mostly been in west africa. >> meg, talk to us about the companies that are poised to deliver treatments or vaccines. we are seeing shares of techmir move. >> these companies are working on ex tperimental drugs. they're very early in testing. they are starting to ramp up testing in humans for these drugs. the hope is they can ramp them up fast enough to be used. they're participating in a c consortium of clini

first, as many of the senators have mentioned, we will be building more ebola treatment units, and in addition a number of other entities, including the government of liberia, are also building ebola treatment units. there will be a scale-up of ebola treatment units. there's a a number of groups that are actually working to scale it up. in the meantime -- >> go ahead. >> there are a number of interim measures that we're also going to be taking so that people can be isolated safely, not in a treatment unit. so there's a number of ways to approach that. there are community holding centers for lack of a better term where people can be isolated safely with one caregiver and that caregiver can be provided with the appropriate personal protective equipment that they need to prevent transmission to themselves. there's also some efforts afoot to do that in household. so a caregiver in a household would be given a kit which provided all the equipment that the person would need to protect themselves and also some of the medications, such as oral rehydration, for example, tylenol to help with fe

you have ebola treatment units which are good. we want those. it will not be enough to stop the transition of the disease. moving into the emergency ebola care units, which are in the communities, and the communities will have action and with protection, obviously, and will be able to be part of the units. that is the next piece that we have to get up and going. liberian and sierra leone, we are working with their deposi governments to get up and run. >>> there's a lot of your issues that are ongoing, not considered emergencies. you've been in places for a long time. notwithstanding the difficult topics, you are making headway. the world is making headway, great headway out of extreme poverty. there are goals that could be eradicated by 2030. where do you stand on those types of goals, and whether that's a good reflection of what world? >> when you look at the number one goal globally, it's to end the death of kids understand -- upped five. when you look at the number, it's stunning. there's 17,000 kids that live today that would not have lived i

first, as many of the senators have mentioned, we will be building more ebola treatment units and in addition, a number of other entities, including the government of liberia, are also building ebola treatment units. so there will be a scaleup of ebola treatment units. there's a number of groups actually working to scale it up. in the meantime, there are -- i'm sorry. in the meantime there are interim measures we're taking so people can be isolated safely, not in a treatment unit. so there's a number of ways to approach that. there are community sort of holding centers for lack of a better term, where people can be isolated safely with one caregiver, and that caregiver can be provided with the appropriate personal protective equipment that they need to prevent transmission to themselves. there's also some efforts afoot to do that in households. so, where households -- caregiver in a household would be given a kit which provided all the equipment that the person would need to protect themselves, and also some of the medications, such as oral rehydration, for example, tylenol to help wi

. >> the first confirmed case of ebola in the united states. the patient tonight being treated in a dallas hospital. that patient went about his business for days before knowing that ebola was in his system. how many others could follow. >>> and the biggest day of bombings against isis so far as they close in on bagdad. paul ryan is out front tonight. >>> plus a suspect in the disappearance of uva student hannah gram. police are investigating possible links to four more cases. could this be the cereserie yl the serial killer? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news. ebola is in the united states. just moments ago. the cdc confirming the first virus at a dallas, texas hospital. the patient we are now returning, just recently returned from west africa where the virus has killed more than 3000 people. the president of the united states has just been briefed and we're going live to the white house in a moment. but first sanjay gupta is out front and what can you tell us about the case and the pat

first, as many of the senators have mentioned, we will be building more ebola treatment units and in addition, a number of other entities, including the government of liberia, are also building ebola treatment units. so there will be a scaleup of ebola treatment units. there's a number of groups actually working to scale it up. in the meantime, there are -- i'm sorry. in the meantime there are interim measures we're taking so people can be isolated safely, not in a treatment unit. so there's a number of ways to approach that. there are community sort of holding centers for lack of a better term, where people can be isolated safely with one caregiver, and that caregiver can be provided with the appropriate personal protective equipment that they need to prevent transmission to themselves. there's also some efforts afoot to do that in households. so, where households -- caregiver in a household would be given a kit which provided all the equipment that the person would need to protect themselves, and also some of the medications, such as oral rehydration, for example, tylenol to help wi

united states, and there was the first case confirmed here in t. receive oa diagnose that happened here in america. there have been four other patients who contracted ebolahat returned to the united states, but all of those contracted the virus in west africa, confirmed there came back to the united states, so this is significant that the first case has been diagnosed here in the united states. now, of course, this ebola outbreak has been sented mostly to five countries in and around west africa, primarily, guinea, sierra leone, and liberia. the health organization, more than 3,000 people have died in these five west african countries. now prior to this most recent outbreak, the death rate for those to ebola was about 90%, but, thanked to early treatment, of these most recent casings the death rate has fallen to about 60%, so that's good news. but again, the news here today, is the first time someone has been diagnosed with the virus here in the united states. we will be taking you to atlanta in just a few moments to hear from officials get more information about this man who travelinged from west africa, in fact, he is traveled there frequently, just la

we need more ebola treatment units.need more humanitarian organizations coming in to run them and with he need measures in place such as contact tracing and isolation of individuals who are sick. with those measures with can he stop this emdemmic and all of it is possible. >> we see the u.s. military some 3,000 troops over there, building these ebola treatment units as i understand it, they'll be building the sorts of things you're talking about. how will we know when this war is over? >> when transmission stops, when we aren't seeing any new cases of ebola. >> when we start seeing decline in cases is obviously a good sign and treatment centers are definitely a step in the right direction but our number one priority has to also be to stop the transmission of the virus from person to person and that's how we're going to stop the epidemic from spreading. >> i was interested, i want to show you a business news cover that appeared while you were in the in country, which basically as you can see says "ebola is coming," just

l will lead the ebola coordination unit. "lead new role, she will the state department's outreach to international partners, including foreign governments, to ensure a speedy and truly global response to this crisis." declared thema has outbreak and national security priority. the president will be addressing the oboe outbreak in a speech to the united nations general assembly. his -- will be addressing the ebola outbreak in a speech to the united nations general assembly. in nebraska'sates second congressional district face-off tonight. lee terry is running against brad ashford. -- thehow the coverage race is very close to it we have some ads we will show you the candidates are running -- polls show the race is very close. will showme ads we you the candidates are running. >> we would go to battle and give our lives if it is necessary. about homelessk veterans, the va hospital, the veterans sarah terry -- veterans cemetery, you hear lee terry's name. thank you for caring about our veterans and giving us an opportunity to st

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we continue to ask for support to be able to meet the increasing demand on the ebola treatment unit by people who are now coming forward as they contract this disease. at the same time, the president has ordered a roll back of the curfew back two hours, across the country, because of the level of support we're getting from communities that are themselves increasingly engaged in owning up to this fight. as well as lifting the quarantine on an infected community called dolos town. that quarantine was imposed on the 20th now being lifted based on a recommendation from our ministry of health which indicated that the communities are best positioned now and able to fight. >> it does sound like you're cutting back on the curfew when the world health organization is predicting that you're going to have thousands more cases in liberia this month. why cut back on the curfew? some say you should be extending it. >> well, quite frankly we've been able to look at other aspects of the fight against this virus which has really been on the prevention side. we're pleased from west point to dolos town t

unit at emory university. the organization is exploring all options for the doctor but right now the focus is on his care at his current location, which is an ebola isolation unit in liberia. we are expecting an update on his condition in a news conference that has been scheduled out of charlotte headquarters. that expected to begin at the bottom of the hour. gretchen? >> all right. jonathan, thank you for the update. >>> so back to the crisis across the world. more boots on the ground headed for iraq even though they're not called boots on the ground. what exactly are those u.s. troops going to do there? >>> as the reach of isis spreads across the middle east, the president being asked by members of his own party, like democratic florida senator bill nelson to step up our military actions. an exclusive interview with the senator coming up. >> isil threatens to outpace al qaeda, outpace al qaeda as the dominant voice and influence in the global extremist movement. ó >>> growing outrage over the cruel and cowardly executions of two americans by islamic extremists fueling demand for stronger military action against isis even if it means launching

units to liberia. one in monrovia, and one in another city, and they will be associated with ebola treatment units, so we can have rapid diagnostics. department is providing a 25-bed hospital that will be staffed by international health workers and public health service medical personnel. the department of defense will not be involved in direct patient care as part of this patient care as part of this operation. to construct 17 100 bed ebola tradition -- ebola treatment units in liberia. and the planning and preparation contracting for that. that should start to show results on the ground in the next few weeks. these units will be staffed by local and international health care providers. department will not be engaged in direct patient care. but we will provide training based on the infection control training that msf has established in belgium and at the cdc has replicated in alabama at a facility there. we are going to establish a similar training center in liberia. and the focus of that will be on infection control. the department of defense is prepared and has requested support from congress for u

help patients and to be able to help dress doctors and nurses as they got ready to go into the ebola unit, to make sure that they were safe, and then to be able to -- when they came out, to deacon tam nate them and to make sure the suits were coming off properly and doctors and nurses were kept safe. i would like to thank the doctors and nursing staff at emory. what a great, great nursing staff and what great doctors. i don't know that i have ever known five doctors who have cared so much and for the 21 nurses that served dr. brantly and myself, thank you. they were amazing people, and just a lot of fun to be around too. if you have to be in the hospital. i don't want to forget the people that have prayed for us and david has mentioned this. we thank you for your prayers during this time. prayers from all over the world. to god be the glory for what he is doing, and two last -- well, actually four, four last people that i would actually like to thank is our amazing sons and their -- and our daughter-in-laws. never in my life, would i think those were the first faces that i knew when i arr

collins do you fear or are you preparing for the ebola outbreak in the united states? hance of the sustained outbreak is pretty low. on the other hand, it would not be shocking if someone with ebola got off of a plane in the united states because there is such a large outbreak in west africa. even though they are screaming at the airport. but to be rapidly identified. to make sure that quarantine extremely low that is the testimony that has built up over many decades. but to suggest to help in this situation the world health organization of those that try to help and the ngos there want to give the shout out to the doctors without borders who have been carrying fellow. but to mention the statistics most money is not spent here but it goes out to the best and finestí' cheering from the university of chicago. but it was funded by giant -- and i h. >> but the "wall street journal" has the numbers of 1.4 million. the worst case estimate of myth january 200-0811 the latest death toll. so the 1.4 million that is if nothing happens and it doesn't take a the calculation that w

some countries have to say we're building the units we'll put people in there to take care of cases. >> while experts say it's not like that i ebola will spread to the united states, the chances increase everyday as the virus rages out out of control. >> a pregnant woman claims officer with the nypd slammed her to the ground. >> one man went to extremes to make sure his car wasn't scratched, but >> welcome back let's take a look at your traffic scenarios here, first up, ever where it is wet out there, it's going to be slow. this is the schuylkill expressway, a truck ran into the median in the westbound lanes past gulph mills. traffic is not bad, but that will increase as the morning goes on. 422 oaks, rainy conditions, traffic fine on that portion of the 422, but a vehicle went off the road at route 100 westbound. watch for emergency work he wors heading to the scene. >> calling them a scenario makes it look chic. >>> where pilots see green and where they see other colors. here's the national picture, the lower 48 all the planes live on the screen. 1285 which is quite a few for a thursday morning. we have ice cream sandwich type o

units. in addition a number of other entities including the government of liberia are also building ebola treatmentthere will be a scale-up. in the meantime -- >> go ahead. >> there are a number of measures that we're also going to be taking so that people can be isolated safely, not in a treatment unit. so there's a number of ways to approach that. there are community holding centers for lack of a better term where people can be isolated safely with one caregiver and that caregiver can be provided with the appropriate personal protective equipment that they need to prevent transmission to themselves. there's also some efforts to do that in households. so where households of a caregiver would be given a kit, which provided all the equipment that the person would need to protect themselves and also some of the medications, such as oral rehydration, tylenol to help with fever that the patient themselves could use during their illness. so there's a numb of different kinds of interim measures that we're working to scale up now at the same time as we're working on building additional isolation facilitie

that saudi arabia, uae, landed those campaigns, but president obama is addressing the issue of ebola at the united nations. >> partners, and ladies and gentlemen, as we gather here today, people of liberia, sierra leone, and guinea, are in crisis. as secretary general bonn and chad have indicate, the ebola virus is spreading at alarming speed. thousands of men, women and children have died. thousands more are infected, without check, this epidemic could kill hundreds [ audio difficulties ] disappeared. our courts dealt with that. i do think we have some precedence that enable us to say that this fight needs to be carried out in the legal framework and with respect to human rights that would guarantee that we don't keep feeding this monster. thank you very much, mr. president. >> thank you your excellency nestor kirchner. i will say that we be respectful of time constraints here. i now turn it over to the excellency kagame president of rwanda. >> dished ladies and gentlemen. terrorism has been a reality in africa and across the world for decades. and it continues to be . in some regions it has gott

the big ebola virus diagnosed in the united states. >> first time ebola has been diagnosed in the united states. what we know is the opinion is in presbyterian health in dallas, texas, we'll learn more details when the press conference starts from the cdc. doctor says they now have a tenth child in colorado with weak arms and legs with the respiratory virus. there is no word yet in entero virus 68 is the cause. doctors are on alert for new cases, so far in our area no cases of children with paralysis are reported. we'll continue to follow this story. >>> penn says the class for nursing staff is going on and it will be expanded for other staff in the future. we'll have more about that, and drexel university is celebrating a new plaza that opened today, this is the perlman plaza between chestnut and market. the heart of the campus with a new retail space, philanthropist ray and ann spielman paid forever the construction. >>> now chopper 6 is in the air over parts of the delaware valley, the 360 camera is officially deployed. that means you can control the cam ran see what is sees right now

one of the overlooked -- there is a lot of focus on ebola treatment units but those most at risk are in the normal health system. when someone presents with ebola symptoms if that facility does not have the equipment needs and the staff person does not have the training that they need then they are extremely at risk. these are countries with extremely weak health systems. so there is traditionally not fantastic infection prevention within the health system. the community care program that the president announced is intended in part to address that. it will be at priority health facilities providing training and equipment so that health workers can better protect themselves and will also help to set up ebola care centers which will be already popping up. communities are self organizing to set up care centers. they are just not getting support. this will provide support, a degree of training and equipment support to the centers so health facilities will have a place to go with people infected with ebola rather than have to keep that in the health center where they may not be equipped to

now to that ebola case that might have hit the united states.roberts, what can you tell us? >> this is a fast moving story. talked to the tent of health and human services in dallas county. and they told me centers for disease control was preparingte human services in dallas county. and they told me centers for disease control was preparing to have a press conference and that can only mean one thing because i had been told earlier that director tom frieden would hold a press conference if the results consider positive. and now at 5:30, they're expected to announce that we have the first case here in the united states of ebola that did not arrive on a medevac plane. as best we can tell, this patient, a man who came from liber liberia, was asymptomatic on the plane on the way over, which is good news because if a patient is not showing symptoms and there is not some intimate contact with bodily fluids, like lie ho liely hood of transmission is very low. but upon arrival, he for tt got sick and went to the hospital with a very high fever and perhap

mamividine. >> i think i need to try this medication. >> this is as close as i could get to this ebola isolation unitd i want to introduce you to four young men, elizabeth, susan, fatu and massa. they came here with ebola, but they were given the hiv drug and now they're doing well. they're able to walk around and they'll be able to be discharged soon? >> how do you feel now? >> the doctor has tried the drug on 15 patients so far and remarkably, only two have died. the outbreak is killing at a rate of 70% across africa, but in this group of patients, just 7%. is it possible that an effective treatment from ebola may have come here, from your ebola treatment center in this rural area? >> yes, it's highly possible. >> we reached out to top scientists in the u.s. does dr. logan's approach make sense? they say yes. ebola and hiv cells are a lot alike, but they want a lot more proof. in the united states, some doctors would say no, don't use a drug until you need a study. you need a study first. >> our people are dying and you're talking about study. it's a matter of doing all that i can do as a doctor to

health officials confirming the first case of ebola has reached the united states. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, refr. >> good evening, ed. and good evening to you. we're going to continue the news about the first ebola case in the united states. let's go right back now to atlanta, to the center for disease control, where the director is taking questions on the first egoabola case diagnos in the united states. let's listen in. >> unlike this, that individual was not cared for with infection control and resulted in a number of secondary cases. but even in lagos, and even with 19 secondary cases, they appear to have been able to stop the outbreak. i have no doubt that we'll stop this in its tracks in the u.s., but i also have no doubt that as long as the outbreak continues in africa, we need to be on our guard. other questions in the room? >> request you give us a number or a scale of how big the team from the cdc is going to be, and who that directly entails? doctors in the hospital? or people who are fanning out into the c

ebola virus to prevent its onset. this health keeping mission of the united nations could also coordinate contributions made by all. luxembourg has contributed. the regional response programs to the ebola virus of the w. h. o., the world food program special operation to provide humanitarian air services, a project to fight ebola in cooperation with the university hospital, and india on a high level meeting, organized by the secretary-general on the coming 25th of september, we are considering the possibility of making further contributions and close coverage with countries of south africa and united nations. madam president, acting swiftly to stop the ebola virus must go hand in hand with long-term work to prevent such a crisis from repeating in the future. we must face up to the structural challenges which condemn the greater part of citizens of west africa to live in poverty and precariousness, in which increase their ability to stop such an ebola epidemic. the peace building commission will have a role to play in this context by supporting the strengthening of state institutions which are responsible and effecti

and i went to a ebola treatment unit run by msf. the doctors are working with incredible effort and their largest response ever exceeding their capacity, stretching the limits of their operation. and we ran into a treatment unit and we saw a scene. it was patience in all stages of the disease, from those suspected that maybe didn't have it and maybe might get it if they were not effectively separated from others. in our lab next door was working more than 12 hours a day confirming within a few hours whether people have the disease or not. people who were just getting in and being cared for and desperately needed rehydration to survive in patients that were recovering, including one guy that was healthy enough to complain about the food. and i thought that he should probably be helping to make the food if he could complain about the food. also tragically, three patients who had died in the past few hours and the staff was so overwhelmed that they could not remove their bodies. and the facility in which there are 14 to 20 beds per ten

the first case of ebola diagnosed in the united states. gorman has details. >>> and a tragic accident in delaware after a 2-year-old child is shot. that and much more coming up next at 6:00, for adam joseph, cecily tynan, jeff skversky, monica malpass and it's entire "action news" team team i'm ri i'm tom wolf. these are my parents. we look after each other. but too many seniors have no one. and harrisburg politicians don't seem to care. as governor, i'll create a registry so families can check backgrounds of care providers. and, i'll increase access to home health care, so seniors have the option of staying in their own homes. after all, seniors have earned that right. we certainly have! tom wolf. democrat for governor. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> it is tuesday night and big story on "action news" is breaking news from dallas where doctors are treating a patient for ebola, and the centers for disease control say it is the first ebola case dia

is the sixth individual in the united states who has been treated for ebola in this country. irst one diagnosed after coming to the united states. it looks like the individual was here for a week before developing symptoms acute enough that the possibility of any bowl and diagnosis -- and ebola diagnosis was reached. we are in a global world, it is inevitable that people are going to travel, including people who of terrible diseases and do not know they were sick. the individual has behaved very properly. theyon as they took ill, officialshealth and said i was in library and submitted to all medical isolation and dave names that are being followed up on by dallas and texas state authorities to try to track down everyone can you could have been in contact with the individual in the weeks since he or she landed from library of -- liberia. >> tell us what we should know right now about ebola. that there isknow an out-of-control epidemic, unfolding in west africa, particularly in library and sierra leone. and the international response was quite sluggish until last week. as a resu

right now at the centers for disease control talking about the first person diagnosed with ebola in the united states. let's listen. >> so it's only someone who is sick with ebola who can spread the disease. once those contacts are all identified, they are all monitored for 21 days after exposure to see if they develop fever. if they develop fever, then those same criteria are used to isolate them and make sure that they are cared for as well as possible so that they maximize their chances and to minimize or eliminate the chance that they would infect other people. the bottom line here is that i have no doubt that we will control this case of ebola so that it does not spread widely in this country. it is certainly possible that someone who had contact with this individual, a family member or other individual could develop ebola in the coming weeks. but there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here. it does reflect the on going spread of ebola in liberia and west africa. there are large numbers of cases and while we do not currently know how this individual became infected, they undoub

we heard that ebola is left to continue its alarming spread. i welcome the united in convening the historic session and we're completely with president obama this week. we know the ebola outbreak has transformed into much more than a health crisis the grave humanitarian crisis that can spread. women are disproportionately affected. female represents the majority of those killed. economic growth forecasts are already being slashed and it is already having an impact on establishment in the region emerging from conflict and grappling with chronic conflict risks sufficient as high youth unemployment. it is self-evident that this crisis is a threat to international peace and security. we have much catching up to do if we are to succeed in bending the epidemiological curve from its current explosive trajectory. the effects of the outbreak are still reversible, but only if the response and particularly, isolation and treatment capacity is scaled up massively quickly. there's no time to waste. it's absolutely vital that there's an urgent coordinated response, that strongly

united states. they were cleared and cured of ebola. re this latest case first in the united states to be discovered, is. the cdc will, we hope, explain everything. 5:30 p.m. eastern. but in the meantime, we've been on this story. in fact there have been companies that have come up with perhaps vaccines for this. tekmira was one of those names. look at this reaction. tekmira is up some 16% in the after-market close at this moment. ticker symbol tkmr. tekmira pharmaceuticalsry solutf some sort to ebola. cdc discovered the first ebola case here in the united states, 5:30 p.m. time, david. david: tekmira is up as a result of. that we question and wonder and keep you informed what futures are doing because this may have an impact on overall market. liz: let's get to the story of the federal communications commission. it voted to abolish the nfl's blackout rule which blocks local broadcasts if the home team didn't sell out the arena. there is a catch, the ruling does not guaranty the nfl will lift the controversial policy. david: rich edson j

we have to build the ebola treatment units, get medical personnel in there and have capacity so anyone is infected can come in and be treated. and also being in there they are not infecting more people in the community. that capacity has not been there, so it is very impressive that the ul..s., u.k., and others are now pledging substantial resources. the department of defense making sure people can be flown in, supplies can get in -- >> you talk about the u.s. military building treatment centers, but what if that ability is outpaced by the spread of the disease? >> looking at the case count increases, a lot that is going on is geographic spread. i'm optimistic that if we get enough volunteers here the treatment capacity can be high enough. they have to get the communities feeling good about coming to the treatment centers. >> that is the problem. they are suspicious. >> they are dealing with panic. ebola has never been in this par t of the world before. many groups have burial practices were they want the body back, so somebody has to from those communities talk to them about why for t

as the united nations said new the 4000 children in west africa have lost at least one parent to ebolad run the risk of being shunned by society. this comes as governments are sounding the alarm. the bill and linda gates foundation has pledged $50 million. this morning i sat down with bill gates in new york. >> so much money has been pledged to fight the ebola epidemic, including by your own foundation. how long until the people see the results? >> it is hard to predict how quickly we can bring the case counts down. but more will have to be done. we have to build the ebola treatment units, get medical personnel in there, and have capacity so anyone who is infected can come in and be treated. and also being in there they are not infecting more people in the community. that capacity has not been there, so it is very impressive u.k., and others are now pledging substantial resources. the department of defense making sure people can be flown in, supplies can get in -- >> you talk about the u.s. military building treatment centers, but what if that ability is outpaced by the spread of the d

stopping ebola is a priority for the united states. i've said this is as important national security priority for my team as anything else that's out there. we'll do our part. we'll continue to lead. but this has to be a priority for everybody else. we cannot do this alone. we don't have the capacity to do all of this by ourselves. we don't have enough health workers by our sells. we can build the infrastructure and architecture to get help in, but we'll need others to contribute: to my fellow leaders, the people of west africa, the heroic health workers on the ground as we speak, in some cases putting themselves at risk, i want you to know you're not alone. we're working urgently to get you the help you need and we won't stop, we will not relent until we stop this epidemic once and for auchlt i want to thank all of you for the efforts made. i hope i am properly communicating a sense of urgency he here. don't stand by thinking simply because what we have done it's taken care of. it's not. if we don't take care of this now, we are going

that our experts here at the cdc and across our government agree that the chances of an ebola outbreak here in the unitedtes are extremely low. in the unlikely event that someone with ebola does reach our shores, we've taken new measures so that we're prepared here at home. >> we've reached that unlikely event as of today. here's what we know. an individual traveling from liberia to the united states was tested positive for the disease. they're currently in strict isolation at a hospital in dallas. the patient, an adult male, arrived in the u.s. on september 20th. a week ago he began developing symptoms. on sunday he was admitted to the hospital. president obama has been briefed by the cdc which held a press conference today to disclose the case. the doctor said health officials were taking swift action to prevent the spread of the disease. he says they have identified everyone the patient may have had contact with while infectious and they're confident it will not lead to an outbreak here in the u.s. >> the bottom line here is that i have no doubt that we will control this importation, or this case of e

and breaking right now, the first confirmed case of ebola, right here in the united states. ththe american who had been to africa, home here for some time and then the symptoms. how many people did he come in contact with? dr. richard besser and what we're learning as we come on the air. >>> also breaking tonight, the widening secret service scandal at the white house. how far did that armed intruder get? and the new development here, the one person who stopped him and how. >>> also, the major break just coming in after a shooting at this american high school. the real scare inside. what happened? and tonight, what authorities have just revealed. >>> and, in hot water. america's olympic hero, michael fell list phelps, and that new controversy. and what he's saying tonight.

this is a fox news alert, breaking ebola news tonight, a north texas hospital has confirmed a patient has the deadly virus. it's the first case known to be in the united states. >> reporter: dana, good afternoon to you, in about a half an hour's time, the centers for disease control tom freeden will announce the very first case of ebola that arrived in the united states that did not alive in one of those very sophisticated medevac planes. four patients, maybe five now have been brought into the united states via medevac from places like liberia and sierra leon. there's another patient at nih who may who may not have the disease. but this would be the very first case of a person traveling from west africa on a commercial air liner to land in the united states and get sick once they were here in the u.s. the patient is in a dallas hospital and this is dallas health presbyterian hospital, in the northern part of dallas, arrived from liberia in the last couple of days, it's a man who apparently was asimple tom mattic, he did not show signs of the ebola infection which is a good thing, because if the patient with ebola is asymptomatic, the likelihood of th

. >> right now that is the cdc press conference in atlanta confirming the first ebola case diagnosed in the united states and dallas, texas. health officials say the unnamed patient had been in west africa where the ebola virus exists and was exhibiting symptoms which, of course, let the testing authorities say the patient is in, quote, strict isolation. it can only be spread by bodily fluids. the current outbreak has been very alarming. this can have a major impact on markets. keep in mind there is no cure for ebola. it has a 95 faye talty rate. rich, tell us what you're hearing. >> first this is the cdc going through with this, we do know this was person. he was traveling to liberia to visit family in the united states. he left in september. he arrived in the united states on the 20th of september. didn't display any type of symptoms for four days. finally he did. finally went to the hospital. and officials said at 9 o'clock they diagnosed the man president man is in strict isolation. the obama administration has put money into this. the department of defense has 150 folks on the ground in west

and save the lives of thousands of west africans and possibly americans, we need to promise the ebola unitse surge in healthcare workers, the u.s. command and control center, and we need it immediately. >> eight agencies have been critical of the international community's slow response to a crisis that first unfolded in march and worsened by the day. the world health organization said rapid needs to be taken. >> we risque humanitarian catastrophe if we don't see rapid action to scale up not just the ebola response, but the provision of essential services and the support platform needed to put that in place. >> this is the deadliest ebola outbreak ever, and it's taking its toll on west africa. the world health organization said today, nearly 5,000 people have been infected since march, and it spread over five countries. guinea, liberia, sierra leone, and nigeria t. close to 2500 people have died. want hardest-hit country is liberia, 2400 cases there, and 1300 people have died. and this map shows where the largest concentration of confirmed cases are. the who warned today that if not enough i

ebola. >> the united states will not be distracted or deterred from what must be done. >> he spoke of extremism and the need to stop terror groups like .ces -- isis >> whether nations will be able to renew the purpose of the u.n.'s founding and come together to reject the cancer of violent extremism. >> he says the future is through use. >> if young people live in a place for the only option is a dictator state or an extreme it's underground, then or terror some strategy can succeed. >> he push for global involvement in a -- in dealing with a different kind of threat, the ebola virus. >> we need a broader effort to stop a disease that could killed hundreds of thousands and inflict a terrific suffering, destabilize economies, and move rapidly across borders. >> here at home, a new report from metro shows the silver line is performing at 60% of its projected ridership at the end of a first full year of service. metro says on weekdays, 15,000 the systementering at the silver line station. that is compared to the projected number of 25,000. metro says the west and east stops already surpassed first

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rather, he was seeing parents away from the ebola isolation unit so it is not clear how he came in contact with the virus. the head of the centers for disease control says that the ebola epidemic in africa is worse than first thought and threat being to spiral out of criminal with 3,000 cases confirmed and half of those parents have died. >> the celebrity nude photo scandal rocking hollywood is raising new security concerns ahead of apple launch next week. the fbi and apple are investigating the attack that ended with new pictures being posted including jennifer lawrence and kate upton. they were taken from their icloud accounts and raising concerns this morning about the apple lineup of products which may include an iphone with a mobile wallet feature that could be tied to your credit card. >> computer security experts have tips for keeping your private data safe. first, use unique and separate pass words for all of your accounts and were -- separate verification and the user name and password and randomly generated code sent to the smart phone by text and accept the software update notif

apparently there are about 200,000 africans from countries hosting the deadly ebola virus to hold temporary visas to visit the unitedsing the stakes that it can spread to america. pardon me, the cdc right now. we will go straight to its. >> cdc ebola media briefing. i am barbara reynolds, the director of public affairs here at cdc. we will be hearing briefly from four speakers and then take questions from the media. our first speaker is the director of cdc backed chair tom friedman. >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you for joining us. as you have been hearing from us, fox business is a serious disease. it is only spread by direct contact with someone who is sick with the virus. and it is only spread through body fluid. the incubation is eight to ten days after exposure. can be as short as two or as long as 21. it is a severe disease which has a high case fatality rate, even with the best of care, but there are core tried and true public health interventions that stop it. today we are providing the information that an individual travelling from liberia has been diagnosed with ebola in the united states. this indiv