we're on the emory hospital police department, the emory university police department that's there. and this facility on the hospital grounds but separate from the main hospital. that's a key point. they have their own -- as we mentioned a couple of minutes ago, they have their own laboratory there separate from the main hospital as well so no samples will ever have to leave the location. you're seeing precautions being taken as they prepare to get the doctor into this facility. we're not sure if they're going to take him out here or if they're waiting for access to be allowed. but you're noticing the person that got out of the ambulance, the driver, already in that very familiar hazmat suit-up which is basically head to toe, everything is covered. when he's done, whether he touched the patient or not, he'll go to an area where he'll be decontaminated. it's a three-step process where basically you're washed down with different agents. by the end you can then undress and take off that suit. it's again, a hazmat situation. that's the way these type of things are treated. so you can se

bruce ribner, medical director of emory's infectious disease unit at the emory university hospital. also, pleased to introduce dr. kent brantley, a medical doctor who was serving with samaritans purse in liberia. is as follows, dr. ribner will make a brief statement. then dr. brantley will make a brief statement. we'll take no questions. after that, dr. ribner will take questions. we have moderated call-in line as well. dr. ribner. >> good morning and thank you for coming here today. i'm bruce ribner the medical director of the infectious disease unit at emory university hospital. sorry. i lead the team of doctors, nurses, laboratory technologyists, chaplins, and many others who have cared for dr. brantley and mrs. writebol. two patients who were treated at emory university hospital for ebola virus disease. today i'm pleased to announce that dr. brantley is being discharged from the hospital. after a rigorous course of treatment, and thorough testing, we have determined in conjunction with the centers for disease control and state health departments, that dr. brantley has recovered

why emory?re are several probably places in the country that could take care of a patient like this. keep in mind again, this is not something transmitted through the air, so there's no specific airborne containment unit that was necessary. most hospitals have isolation units like this. part of why emory i think has to do with the centers for disease control. originally, it was set up to basically be able to take care of for example a cdc field worker who came back with some sort of unusual infection. how would you care for that person. this isolation unit was set up. it's been used for things like sars, bird virus, patients like that, but this will be a first with regard to ebola. this has not been done before. we had a chance to talk to the leader of the medical team who is waiting for the patient to arrive. they feel very equipped to be able to handle this because they take care of infectious diseases like this all the time. ebola is a different infectious disease, but their protocalls are ve

emory university hospital. but their job is to try to keep the body strong enough so that it can fight off the virus on its own. >> reporter: that's exactly right. it's been an emotional journey not only for the two patients but their families. as mentioned, they made the trip from liberia. a lot of questions around decision toss bring them to the u.s. there was concern and controversy. as you see, less than three weeks after they were brought to american soil, being discharged truly speaks to the care they received in ata t ordoctors. >> we're expecting to see dr. kent brantly walk into that room in just a moment. we'll read a statement, take no questions. we got this from the cdc just about ten minutes ago. cdc advised emory university hospital that there is no public health concern with the release of these patients. they no longer have ebola virus in their blood and therefore pose no risk to household contacts or the public. there are no restrictions to the patients, activities, or daily living. the doctor

bruce ribner, medical director of emory's infectious disease unit at the emory university hospital. also, pleased to introduce dr. kent brantley, a medical doctor who was serving with samaritans purse in liberia. is as follows, dr. ribner will make a brief statement. then dr. brantley will make a brief statement. we'll take no questions. after that, dr. ribner will take questions. we have moderated call-in line as well. dr. ribner. >> good morning and thank you for coming here today. i'm bruce ribner the medical director of the infectious disease unit at emory university hospital. sorry. i lead the team of doctors, nurses, laboratory technologyists, chaplins, and

we are live outside of emory university hospital. the video that you're watching now or about to watch is pretty historic. this is one of the first patients infected with the ebola virus to ever set foot in the united states. in fact, a patient with ebola has never had been in the western hemisphere of the world. it's remarkable. medically, scientifically, historically, this is a real first. now, we're going to tell you about this patient. his name is dr. kent brantly and we'll show you images about how it will transpire. we want to talk about the medical evacuation. this was no easy task. it required travel with this gulf stream airplane. it was outfitted with a special containment unit to keep the patient stabilized and the personnel on the plane safe. also after the plane landed at a military base outside of atlanta, this is a military base, we watched the scene unfold. first of all, an ambulance and then the transfer of the patient onto the ambulance. now, we did talk to the ambulance team and they tell us that they took the pati

>>> i'm here at the emory university hospital here in atlanta. just behind me is where recently saw an american doctor infected with ebola walk into the hospital here after being medevaced from africa. now we know right now he and a second american patient did receive experimental treatments. although we don't have a good idea whether that has helped we'll learn that over the next few days. but at least one vaccine has been tested for safety in healthy human volunteers. earlier i spoke with a doctor who has been working with ebola in a lab for a quarter of a century. right now as you know better than anybody there's only certain things you can do in the field and in the hospital. there's no particular medicine for ebola. it's supportive treatment which means replacing fluids, sometimes replacing blood clotting factors. but your group got a $26 million grant to develop a vaccine and two medicines. a lot of people asking about this now. how far along is it? >> they are at different stages. but basically what our grant covers is taking three treatme

jon: now going to emory hospital in atlanta where dr. kent brantly has been release of her coming down with the ebola virus. let's listen in this news conference. >> good morning, and thank you for coming here today. i am the medical director at emory university hospital. i lead the team of doctors, nurses, laboratory technologis technologists, and many others who have cared for dr. brantley and mrs. nancy writebol. two patients treated at emory university hospital for the ebola disease. today i am proud to announce dr. brantly is being discharged on the hospital after rigorous course of treatment and protesting, we have determined in conjunction with the center for disease control and state health departments that dr. brantly has recovered from the infection and that he can return to his family, to his community and to his life with public health concerns. the second patient, mrs. writebol, was discharged august 19. the medical staff here is confident that the discharge from the hospital of both of these patients poses no public health

brantley will be treated at emory hospital. what is the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon, the latest is that they did arrive in an isolation plane at 11:20 a.m. as you said he was transported in an ambulance followed by six or seven vehicles. it appeared that the vehicles brought over to the university. i was standing right there when the special ambulance came by. he is being placed into the special isolation you want here at emory university right now. dr. kent brantley is a doctor with samaritan's purse, the aid organization he works for, and they were the catalyst for making all of this happen. samaritan's purse contacted emory hospital who then contacted the cdc, which is next to the hospital, and then they began to alert the state department and create the evacuation. we were told that the other aid worker is expected to be here in the next couple of days. the private jet that landed, that's already gone and has taken off again we're told it's on its way to maine where it will refuel and then head back over to liberia

she is on her way to emory university hospital for treatment.ill be a news conference that will take place at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. the american missionary organization that nancy writebol represented in liberia will be granting that news conference. we will bring you all the very latest as that ambulance continues to make its way to emory university hospital. >> welcome back to "outnumbered" a former white house spokesman writing a lengthy piece for "rolling stone" magazine. he chronicles what the headline calls the president's toxic relationship with the press from the first campaign to the present. he says the white house simply doesn't trust media and those journalists feel persecuted. these feelings feed off each other creating a vicious cycle. turlin writes, the administration and press are he can talking past each other as each decries treatment of each other. white house suggest that reporters intentionally sensationalize its stories and reporters argue that the white house plays with the facts to get its mess out. both suspicions are

>> the doctors that are caring for her now at emory university, we're turning those reports over to emory university hospital on those kinds of situations, her medical care. >> i'm with abc news. how are you? >> this is the president of ism. this is the group that nancy writebol, a woman who had been living with her husband david in liberia, had been working with, employed with, working with samaritan's purse doing great work in west africa when she had gotten ebola. she's the second american ebola patient. something to note, pretty stunning to know that she is in atlanta being taken care of at emory hospital. but to listen to the president of sim talk about the conversation that she had with her husband saying it was a week ago when they were already thinking of funeral arrangements and here she is steadily improving. she is in this hospital in the same isolation ward with dr. kent brantly. he was working with ebola patients in liberia as well last month when he became infected. here they both are. so they are both americans but they have both been given a highly experimental treatment t

team that was on the transported these two americans to emory and joins me now from atlanta.u so much for joining us. i know you are very busy right now with very important things to do. you cannot comment on the status because oftients privacy rules but i want to ask you in general -- talk to me about the operation at emory hospital. this is one of the most state-of-the-art hospitals in the country. what kind of protections and technologies are in place to make sure that this disease does not spread? >> thanks again for the invitation. in the entire transport of the patients from liberia back to and toanta metro area the emory university of hospital isolation unit, the primary mission is to take appear the patient and provide the support of care while protecting the health care workers and understand get exposed. much of the technology that is applied in both the transport element and in the hospital is the same. the goal is to not he come in contact with some of the infectious bodily fluid. typically that requires is to try and provide the health care worker the appropriate

he will be taken to emory university hospital. atlanta's emory university hospital says it is prepared to treat him in a specially designed unit for those with highly infectious diseases. with a good day to you, walk us through what happens now that his plane has landed. >> now that the plane has landed, alex, dr. ken brantly will be loaded into an ambulance, which will be accompanied by law enforcement. it will make its way through the atlanta metro city center before arriving here at emory university hospital. dr. brantly will be rushed up to the specialty isolation unit. it is one of just four in the country. and was developed in partnership with the cdc, which is located just down the road here. once inside that isolation unit, he will be given supportive care for his illness. it is the doctor's goal to keep his body going so he can develop these antibodies to fight the anti-virus. that might mean putting him on a respirator, kidney dialysis, maintaining his blood pressure, whatever he needs, doctors say they are ready. >> we'

also grateful for the staff at emory who will care for him.ly concerned about his health and the health of his colleague nancy as she returns her return to come home and for all those who don't have the option of leaving africa to receive the most advanced care. the plane landed at dobbins air force base outfitted private jet with a tent inside to make sure no fluids would escape. after the rifle, there was a 15 minute drive through atlanta to the emory facility. dr. seemed to get out of the back of an ambulance and was walked inside. u.s. officials and emory doctors are confident the patients can be treated without putting the public in any danger. >> we have an inordinate amount of safety associated with the care of this patient and we do not believe that any health care worker, any other patient or any visitor to our facility is in any way at risk of acquiring this infection. >> reporter: emory hospital university located down the hill from the center for degrees control and prevention one of four units around the country for testing and tr

jay very key is an infectious disease specialist at emory university hospital. he says he's confident that the facility can handle the disease. >> i truly believe in the practices we have in place and i have no specific my personal safety or my colleagues. >> the doctors will wear protective suits. ebola virus can only be transmitted through close contact and bodily fluids. cdc points out the chance of ebola spreading to the workers and operators in the us is highly unlikely. doctors say brantly's chances of survival at emory are much higher than they would be in west avenue from today. >> we can deliver a higher level of care and substantially higher level of support to optimize the likelihood those patients will survive. >> doctors say there known cures for vaccines for the virus they can only help the body fight the disease itself. >> well, for now the cdc says the only way to fight ebola is to stop it at its source. the agency's emergency

gupta is live at emory university hospital. all i can think of is when that ambulance arrives, i don't know if we're going to get that same image, sanjay, where the first person was able to walk of his own volition, whether nancy will be able to do that, and after that, getting through the actual facility. how do they logistically do that safely? >> to the first part of the question, we don't know. i think it was a surprise to a lot of people that dr. brantly, the first patient, was able to walk off the ambulance. remember, he had been described as being in grave condition just a couple days prior. we'll see what happens with miss writebol when she arrives here. typically what happens, the ambulance can literally pull right up to the hospital, which, by the way, is part of the reason they use an ambulance instead of a helicopter. it pulls up right to one of the doors by the isolation unit. usually there's an elevator waiting. people will escort her. you'll see them wearing those so-called space suits, bio protective suits. my g

the other patient being treated there at emory. brantly is expected to speak but is not going to take any questions. he's been in the hospital's isolation unit nearly three weeks. the ebola outbreak has killed 1300 people across west africa. we'll keep an eye on this and bring it to you when it begins. >>> thank you. turning to the weather now. hot, humid out there. amelia segal joins us with her first midday forecast for this thursday. good morning. >> well, barbara, summer has returned to the area. temperatures already very warm. 80 degrees is the temperature right now in washington, 79 in college park. we're going to continue to climb as we get on into the afternoon hours. not only is it hot today but humid as well. you could be dealing with an afternoon or evening shower or thunderstorm. because of that, the weather having a low to maybe moderate impact on your day, especially if you're really looking to get something done outside later today. you do need to keep the umbrella handy because of that threat of rain for the afterno

ken brantley, is quarn teend in emory university. robert ray picks up the toy from there. >> a private chartered jet landed at dobbins air force, base just outside atlanta carrying one of the american aid workers infected with ebola. dr. kent brantley got out of the airplane in his own, got out of the ambulance walked into this isolation unit that the cdc and emory built 12 years ago, where he will be treated over the next weeks to stabilize his condition even more. yesterday a press conference at emory university, one of the infectious disease doctors explained why this unit is capable of taking the patients in. >> we have a special containment unit from the centers for disease control and together we have developed a unit which can safely care for a patient with a serious communicable disease delivering the highest level of care are required, including intensive care unit. >> emory doctors say they are going to manage this situation very carefully. some sort of fluids they're going to be putting into patients, we'll have to wait to

what are folks saying there on the ground at emory?tious virus, this isn't very contagious. meaning, if you were on a bus or plane with somebody, it's not an airborne virus. it isn't easily contracted from one person to the other. so there are fears, there are concerns. we've talked to people here. there's actually a conference here that's been going on all week. they've watched it develop over the course of last week and some are very scared about that. there are others here, specifically public health school students i've spoken to, a great public health school and they're excited about the possibility of groundbreaking research what they're calling a historic moment. others are really unscared about the uncertainties and the lack of knowledge about the ebola virus. this being such a deadly virus. 90% of the people that get this virus end up dying. so clearly, a very mixed reaction here among the community throughout atlanta. miguel, christi? >> the effects on the body are so horrible. nick valencia, thank you very much. >> thank you

. >> reporter: brantly received a second dose just yesterday at emory. back in africa, nancy writebol was getting her second dose yesterday, too. feeling well enough to ask for her favorite liberian potato soup. the head of writebol missionary group says these two americans may save a lot of lives by consenting to experimental treatment. >> if they had to suffer through this in order to save tens of thousands and maybe more lives saved, they would say, i'm willing to go through what i've gone through. >> the two american patients will each have a room inside a special isolation unit at emory. all the air in that unit is filtered and contained. lab tests are done inside and any contaminated materials are cleaned of virus and incinerated. still, images like this have many americans concerned. dr. donald siegel, a decorated air force colonel, a surgeon, says while he trusts the doctors at emory it was foolish to bring ebola patients to atlanta. >> they could have taken the medical equipment, and the experimental serum to africa and treat the patients there,

sanjay gupta outside the hospital in emory. we are expecting the plane to land in atlanta carrying nancy writebol in 15 minutes. when that does that happen, we're going to head back to sanjay. a lot of people wants to know what happens to those people who are recovered from ebola? is this something that affects them the rest of their lives? plus we're going to have you ask some questions and sanjay will try to answer them. >> we want to head back to the patient in new york city, doctors in mount sinai hospital in new york, monitoring a man who recently returned from west africa, he had some symptoms that presented a bit like ebola. he was quickly isolated within arrival of the hospital yesterday morning. >> doctors at this point say they do not think that this man has ebola. obviously, they are not taking any chances. when will they know for sure? >> well, that's the big question. we might know today at the very latest. those test results from that unidentified male patient could come back as late as tomorrow. right now, we're

dr.jay varky is an infectious disease specialist at emory university hospital. do you worry when you go in and treat a patient that has a disease like ebola? >> i don't. i actually truly believe in the practices we have in place, and i have no specific concerns either for my personal safety or for my colleagues'. >> reporter: the doctors will wear protective suits. the ebola virus can only be transmitted through close contact and bodily fluids. the c.d.c. points out the chance of ebola spreading to the workers and others in the u.s. is highly unlikely. doctors say brantly's chances of survival at emory are much higher than they would be in west africa. >> we can deliver a substantially higher level of care and a substantially higher level of support to optimize the likelihood that those patients will survive this episode. >> reporter: the c.d.c. says the only way to end the epidemic for now is to stop it at its source. the agency's emergency operations center is tracking ebola's spread in africa and helping organizations figure out how to keep other people from

so it's really a remarkable day here at emory. less than three weeks ago, these patients arrived here, by all accounts, have made a stunning recovery. >> you made an important point about this not being a public health threat. that's something they emphasized in this announcement. another thing that came up, the emory doctor who treated them spoke about the experimental drugs. take a listen to that. >> an experimental gene is exactly that. they are the very first individuals to ever receive this agent. there is no prior experience with it and, frankly, we do not know whether it helped them, whether it made no difference foreit or if it even delayed their recovery. >> you spoke one on one with that doctor. what more did you learn? >> he reiterated that point. without a clinical trial we just don't know what this drug, zemath, which a lot of discussion has been made. the fact of the smaert the company that makes it has run out of supply. and wouldn't be widely available for quite a while. without these clinical tests we just don't k

obviously emory is a great hospital. they have four centers that can take care of this. of course finding if anyone has fever that has traveled to africa, the next question is, we should take that person in the hospital and isolate them so we cut down the aggressiveness. >> i think a lot of concerns are also human error. you cannot guarantee that one doctor could potentially make a slipup. so people are worried about human error, possible transmission that way and also security risks. this could be used as a weapon. >> what we saw -- >> if it's in the wrong hands. >> your point is well taken. ebola is also known as a biological weapon. if the virus comes into your system, takes over the immune system, then starts traveling to all the other organs. it basically makes organ failure. it causes clotting in the blood vessels, but it causes massive bleeding all around your body and you can die. so it's true, it's a biological weapon. we just had a recent mistake at cdc where they send a live virus from one lab to another one. >> that's the reason i bring this up. we will go in

kent brantley, one of the two american aid workers being treated at emory university hospital said hes growing stronger every day. one doctor was on the team that transported these two americans to emory and joins me now from atlanta. i asked how they are keeping the medical personnel safe while treating these patients. >> in the entire transport of the patients from liberia to the atlanta area to the emory hospital isolation unit, the primary mission is take good care of the patient while protecting the workers and the public so no one else can get exposed. the goal is not to come in contact with some of that bodily fluid. what that requires is providing the healthcare worker the appropriate protections. you have seen in on the videos. they are typically wearing a water impervious suit that pretty much covers them from head to toe. then you also see these workers wearing what's called a hooded purifying respirator. i want to stress this point. the centers for disease control publishes the guidelines that we are well aware of to help prevent the transmission of this illness. they requ

and emory built 12 years ago, where he'll be treated over the course of the next few weeks.terday a press conference at emory, one of the main doctors explained why this unit is capable of taking these patients in. we have a special containment unit which has about developed with the centers of disease, control and prevention. and together with them, we have developed a unit which can care for a patient with a serious communicable disease. delivering care. >> emory doctors say they'll manage the situation carefully, and have been working with the f.d.a., protocol treatments - not sure what that means, wh it is antibodies or fluids they'll put into the patient. we'll have to wait to see when they talk to us. the private jet that dropped off the first aid worker has left dobbins air force base in atlanta, headed to main to refuel and headed to liberia to pick up the second aide worker, nancy riball. odds are she'll land in atlanta on monday and be brought to the isolation unit in atlanta. one thing that doctors are stressing is they feel because of the modern health care, that

bruce ribner, medical director of emory's infectious disease unit at the emory university hospital.s serving with samaritans purse in liberia. our run of show is as follows. dr. ribner will make a brief statement, then dr. brantly will make a brief statement, and will take no questions. after that dr. ribner will take questions. we have a moderated call-in line as well. dr. ribner? >> good morning and thank you for coming here today. i'm bruce ribner, the medical direct aror of the infectious university of emory hospital. i lead the team of doctors, nurses, laboratory technologists, chaplain, and many others who have cared for dr. brantly and mrs. writebol. two patients who were treated at emory university hospital for ebola virus disease. today i am pleased to announce that dr. brantly is being discharged from the hospital. after a rigorous course of treatment and thorough testing, we have determined in conjunction with the centers for disease control and state health departments, that dr. brantly has recovered from the ebola virus infection and that he can return to his family, to

an ambulance will take the patient to a special isolation university at emory university hospital. either nancy or kent will be on the first flight. it will go back for the other. in ten minutes, we will look at the precaution the cdc is taking to get them here safely. >>> a virginia mother is describing the heart break and terror her 12-year-old daughter has been through. the girl and a friend were sll asaulted last sunday. police arrested three older teenage boys. the victim's mother tells us the attack may have been an act of retaliation. >> reporter: the 12-year-old victim's mother, we're not identifying her, clutches a stuffed bunny. the girl and an 11-year-old friend left the family's apartment sunday morning to take out the trash. that's where they encountered three older teens known as bullies and trouble makers in the neighborhood. >> they are persuasive. she said they were pushing them with their chest and they was pulling on them in a sense. >> >> reporter: after the girls in their pajamas failed to return she grew worried. she searched by car and on foot and called poli

the second patient is expected here early next week and will also be brought here to emory. doctors say families will be allowed to visit, but they're not going to be allowed inside the room. their only access, brian, will be through a glass window. >> stephanie gosk starting us off from atlanta. stephanie, thanks. some of this looks like scenes out of a movie of course. and there are a lot of questions about ebola. understandably a lot of fear as we just heard. well, tonight we asked our chief medical correspondent dr. nancy snyderman for some answers. >> how contagious is ebola? it requires direct contact with vomit, diarrhea or blood. and when a patient is symptomatic. this is not something that is airborne like influenza. you can't catch this casually. you're not going to get it by being on an airplane. you can't get it by breathing the air. this is a disease passed from infected person to another person. another question is about symptoms and how easy this is to diagnose. symptoms can come on any time between two to 21 days after exposure and includes sudden fever as hi

her colleague is at emory hospital. doctors insisting there was no choice but to bring the two patients back to the united states. >> most of the medical care consists of supportive care and our sense is based on speaking to providers in that part of the world that, given our training, given our knowledge and our unit, we can supply that care better than can be supplied in the current environment. >> we are tracking the latest developments live from london. what are you hearing about the move to bring the people back and what that suggests for other who is may become infected? >> good morning, deborah. we hear a specialized air ambulance made its way to liberia to pick up nancy writebol. it's a similar set up we saw with dr. kent brantly. the flight is expected to land some time tuesday. we haven't been given the specifics so far. she would join dr. kent brantly at emory university hospital. we saw the images over the weekend of the doctor arriving back in an ambulance. we saw someone in a white suit walking out. the fi

he walked out in front of the media and staff there at emory, all the while holding his wife's hand.ntly was discharged from the hospital today, but not before saying thank you. >> today is a miraculous day. i'm thrilled to be alive, to be well and to be reunited with my family. through the care of the samaritan's purse and s.i.m. missionary team in liberia, the use of an experimental drug and the expertise and resources of the health care team at emory university hospital, god saved my life. >> and that second u.s. ebola patient seen here, nancy writebol, also out of emory hospital, she was discharged privately on tuesday, she is with her husband recovering at an undisclosed location. let me go to dr. sanjay gupta, covering this for months and months and months. and to think, you know, hearing from folks who have known dr. brantly and saying they were planning funeral arrangements to flash forward three weeks at emory hospital and he is walking out of there. it's stunning. >> it really is. and i mean, that juxtaposition, brooke, you know, that's real. before -- the day before he fle

plus, after surviving ebola, americans treated at emory hospital are able to leave and return home. >> today is a miraculous day. i am thrilled to be alive, to be well and to be reunited with my family. >> woodruff: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i've been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. the ones getting involved, staying engaged. they are not afraid to question the path they're on. because the one question they never want to ask is, "how did i end up here?" i started schwab with those people. people who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station fro

he was on the team that transported to americans to emory university. >> he was transported to emoryversity hospital's isolation unit. the primary mission is take good care of the patient and her vita supportive care while protecting health-care workers and the public so no one else could get exposed. much of the technology applied in the transport element and hospital is the same. to not come in contact with some of that infectious utley fluid. typically that requires us to try to provide the appropriate protections. you seen this on the videos. they are typically wearing a water impervious suit that covers them from head to toe. you also see them wearing a purifying respirator. this point -- the centers for disease control and prevention publishes the guidelines we are well aware of to help prevent the transmission of this illness. the idea is no health-care worker or anyone else could get in contact with any infectious bodily fluids will stop some of what you are seeing on television around the purifying respirator and hood are in addition to the guidelines that would work for a w

these patients are being transferred here to emory university to get the best care in the world. a level of care they simply couldn't get in liberia. this is the first time an ebola patient has been cared for in the united states. and the journey here and the transfer of this patient was meticulously planned. just before noon a specially equipped private plane carrying dr. kent brantly landed at dobbins air force base just north of atlanta. inside that plane, multiple layers of protection to make sure no one would ever come in contact with the virus. as news helicopters hovered above, police and fbi escorted his ambulance for 22 miles down two major highways and through atlanta's city streets, arriving at emory university hospital. you could see clearly from above first the driver emerged in full protective gear, then from the back another person in a hazmat suit. and then a surprise. the patient himself walking into the hospital with support, but no stretcher. inside the hospital out of sight from our cameras his family was watching it all play out on live tv. they hadn't known

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we're outside emory hospital. the video you're watching now is pretty historic.s to ever set foot in the united states. a patient with ebola has never been in the western hemisphere of the world. it's remarkable. this is a real first. now, we're going to tell you about this patient. his name is dr. kent brantly. we'll introduce you to the doctors who are tasked with saving his life and we'll show you exclusive images of how this will

he was taken to emory hospital in atlanta. take a look, dr.ntly in the biohazard suit right there escorted into the hospital. doctors and nurses will treat him there at an isolated area, one of the most sophisticated facilities for this in the nation. brant brantly and the other american, nurse writebol, were in liberia. >> you can't transfer this by eating or sitting in the same space with an individual. it's direct, physical contact with body fluid. >> dr. marc siegel a member of the fox team and first of all, doctor, should we worry? >> no. we shouldn't worry, and the reason is, because as dr. fauci said i spoke to him yesterday, head of allergy and infectious diseases, this virus is very lard to get. it's contagious, but you have to be in contact with the secretions of the virus to get. you're not getting it through the air or through casual contact, not get it through touch. plus, he addressed a question for me. if it, god forbid, a case came here, i'm not talking about dr. brantly, but if a case came here, why wouldn't it spread as in we

kent brantly, being cared for at emory university hospital. his room, isolated. his doctors covered head to toe like this. the director of the cdc saying everything possible is being done to keep the disease from spreading from here and from west africa, where it's already killed more than 700 people. adding that americans shouldn't be worried. >> it's understandable that with a deadly disease, people are concerned, but the plain truth is we can stop ebola. we know how to control it. >> the doctor's wife and siblings visiting the hospital but only allowed to see and talk to him through a glass partition. >> i know he was feeling a little bit better, and hopeful for that. >> there's a lot of optimism about his recovery, especially after seeing him walk from the ambulance into the hospital yesterday. now the same plane that brought brantly here from liberia, is heading back to get his colleague, also stricken with ebola. doctors saying while there is no cure this is the best place to treat their symptoms, giving brantly and writebol the best chance of recovery. >>

both were released from the emory university hospital this week.doctor confirmed they no longer pose a health risk to the public. >> i am pleased to announce that dr. brantly is being discharged from the hospital after a rigorous course of treatment and thorough testing. we have determined in conjunction with the centers for disease control and state health departments that dr. brantly has recovered from the ebola virus infection and that he can return to his family, to his community, and to his life without public health concerns. >> today we spend the hour with a doctor who has devoted his life to improving the health of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people. yes travel the world that only treating impoverished patients, but also challenging entire health care systems. his name is dr. paul farmer. he's an infectious disease dr. as well as a medical anthropologist. ago, he helped found the charity partners in health, an international nonprofit organization that provides direct health care services to those who are sick and living in pover