freeden?thank you very much, and for questions we'll start in the room and then go to the phone. i thank you very much also for that comment, dr. goodman. as emphasized, ebola does not spread by direct contact. i also want to thank texas and dallas county health departments for their collaboration, cdc has a team of epidemiologists en route to texas now. at the request of the texas department of health and we work hand in hand collaboratively to do what public health does best, which is protect people. and we protect people in this case by making sure that we find the contact, identify them and make sure that they're traced every day for 21 days and if they develop a fever, that they're immediately isolated and their contacts would be identified as well. so first question in the room? >> you were saying that he started showing symptoms, went to a hospital, and then was released, sent home and then was not admitted until a day or two later? >> the initial symptoms of ebola are often nonspecific

freeden the head of the c..c., i think he will come out and be really honest and give very specific details on how this contracted the ebola virus, and where exactly, probably a lot of very specifics because it is one of those things where i believe the cdc and the national institutes of health are going to want to i guess tame the public outcry a little bit, because there are probably going to be likely a lot of people that are freaked out by this. what they should know, is that if someone who has ebola, is put into an isolation unit, and quarantined and taken care of like they have been here in the u.s. the four previous patients here, then the ability to recover is good, and also the infection going to another person is very unlikely, because we have to remember, ebola is not very easy to get. it is transferred from human bodily fluids and the issue in west africa is the hygiene is so bad, and there's not enough paragraph. >> robert, according to the associated press, this particular patient in dallas arrive

freeden, you send i ing your team down to look at this infection. once we get additional information, we'll report out to the public. >> and i would comment that this is a tried and true protocol. this is what we do in public health. it's what we do in this country for a variety of infectious diseases and it's what we do at cdc globally in ebola cases. in fact by coincidence, today we released in the morbidity and mortality weekly report, a report of the nigeria case investigation where a single patient came 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? >> can you give us a number or to the scale of how big this team from the cdc is going to be and who that directly entails? doctors t

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freeden said, doctor, that this is a scary disease. what's your reaction to this press conference he just had? >> i actually think dr. freeden did a very nice summary. he mentioned it is a scary disease. it is associated with my mortality, but it's not a disease that's easily transmitted. remember, this is not a virus that is transmitted as easily as measles or whooping cough. it requires direct contact with patient fluids. for that reason, it's been difficult to transmit. the reason it's a problem in sierra leone and guinea, the total collapse of the health care infrastructure. they've gone through such horrific civil wars over the years and they're paying the price for the destruction of their health care system. we're looking at a very different situation here in the united states. >> so let me make sure that we understand you correctly. it is difficult to transmit, but it is a very serious disease, a deadly disease? >> i think you summarized it very nicely. the risk that this could lead to an ebola outbreak in dallas, or in texas,

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freeden says global leader need to do more. >> we know how to stop ebola. challenge is scale it up to massive levels that are needed to stop the outbreak. >> the president informing west africans about ebola. >> joan rivers family confirms the 81-year-old is on life support after going into cardiac arrest. her daughter issued a statement confirming the condition saying the family is extremely grateful for public support. rivers was placed in a medically-induce coma after a procedure on thursday >> there is a sort of walk of fame in san francisco's castro district. rainbow honor walk this morning honoring 20 lgbt leaders. 20 bronze plaques are embedded in a sidewalk and are to people like oscar wild. >> it's part a larger project which i think is going to lead to a renaissance we'll have outside dining. so it's a happy day, here. >> some are saying some have spelling errors. this plaque mentions his biting wit next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the start of the vietnam war. and there are wounds from the war that have not healed. tonight one veteran'

dana, good afternoon to you, in about a half an hour's time, the centers for disease control tom freedence 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

freeden said he is 100% confident they can stop ebola in the united states but i'm giving you insight into what that process entails. >> it entails a lot. and doctor sanjay gupta, we are going to talk about this and a study coming out today, a virus on a door within four hours, half of the office had come into contact with it. this is serious questions. and i want to get to the president because he was just briefed by the cdc. joe is live outside of the white house. what was he told. >> the person doing the briefing was dr. tom freinan of the centers for disease control in atlanta and they talked exactly about what sanjay was just speaking to you about, that is tracing contacts to mitigate risk on the patient as well as isolation protocols and it is important to say that the president visited the cdc just a couple of weeks ago and talked with the people down there and among the things he said, in the unlikely event someone with ebola does reach our shores, we've taken measures so we are prepared here at home. but the president did give one sobering remark and said the reality is this

freeden traveled to west africa and reported back to all of us. >> this does have a relationship to the lack of primary healthcare infrastructure in africa. and i spoke to the head of the world bank, dr. kim, also an infectious disease expert, saying that these kinds of things can hit places where the primary infrastructure is not there. there's not of danger of an ebola outbreak in the united states. you can have it here and know how to contain it. >> we know how to contain outbreaks of ebola, and this is a reminder to all of us of the importance of a working health system. so what's really clear, particularly in liberia and sierra leone, the health structure wasn't this, so even when recognize, you couldn't push the button on what to do. >to do. >> this is what you do with the bill and melinda gates foundation, you go in and how do you know what to do to get the protective suits and the medication and whatever, but how do you support the infrait structure so when it happens the next time? >> here's what we know, though we invested approximately $4 billion last year in terms of the wor

cdc director, thomas freeden, said that the ebola virus in west africa is spiraling out of control. >> there is a window of opportunity to tamp this down, but that window is closing. we need action now. >> he says this is the first time that an ebola outbreak has spread across many countries. >> we need financial assistance, we need human resources. the doctors and nurses in clinic00 manage many. and we need measures for infection control. >> ebola has killed more than 1500 people this year, and the world health organization said there could be as many as 20,000 cases before the outbreak is under control. >> we thank you, but we need more from you. and we also need those countries that have not come onboard yet. the whole world is responsible and accountable to bring the ebola threat under control. let's do it. action, action and action. >> unsafe burials, without proper protection and isolation is worsening the spread of the virus, and even with the experimental trials of the vaccine in the u.s., the international health unit said we can't count on that. there's no time to wait. >> i

>> it is obviously bad news, but i also know i spoke with tom freeden, the head of the cdc a few days in cleveland talking about infant mortality and low birth weight babies, and this is always a public health issue. i mean we knew how to eradicate small pox almost entirely. we have managed the issue of hiv aids. this is the biggest threat in africa and also a threat in the united states. it speaks to the issue of public health internationally and also public health in this country. that is a lesson to learn from this. we need to be alert. we need to fund public health infrastructure. we need to listen to people like dr. freiden. we know how to control it generally. >> there is no doubt that we're far ahead of these west african countries when it comes to prevention and procedure. how confident are you that we'll be able to handle this and it won't be near the threat that it is in africa. >> it won't be that kind of a threat here. we should not be alarmists about something like this. we know we went years in the u.s. about any significant tuberculosis. we're more prepared for this. bu

thomas freeden the head of the c.d.c. gave us the best and worst.we will start off on a positive outlook, they say that if the dead are buried properly, in the coming weeks and months, that 70% of the patients that have ebola, could be treated properly, in isolation units and by january that would almost be done as far as the infection and the spread. let me give you the worst now, a staggering number, 21,000 people they say could be infected by september 30th, and 1.4 million by january. if this continues as it is. >> so robert, has the c.d.c. outlines any new plans to try to contain the virus. >> they have, this morning one of the biggest things in this new model they brought out is they want patients isolated. they say that's the biggest thing, if they can get the people into tents and out of the public, then this infection should slow down out there, they also think there's a lot of mistrust and misunderstanding, in west africa, as far as what the disease is, and what some of the health aid workers are there for. so they feel like if that can be

engaged in thest to try to turn back a frightening outbreak of ebola in west africa and yesterday, tom freeden did make this projection that if nothing happens, we could look at more than a million cases of ebola over the next few months. a frightening number. but we want to make sure everything is don't to keep that from happening. what is our role? largest supporter of research in the world including research on infectious diseases led by the best known infectious disease expert in the world, tony fauche. partly the development of vaccines and developments of new treatments for people infected. vaccines moving forward at unprecedented rate and this is an effort we started 13 years ago anticipating there might be a need for a vaccine because ebola has been around since 1976. albeit small outbreaks. this is the 5th generation ebola vaccine. looks very good in the animal models. you don't know until you try it out in human patients whether it will be safe or work. we did start three weeks ago what is called a phase one trial of this vaccine. 20 individuals have now been injected with that. they

tom freeden.ned from a trip to the hot zone in so-called south africa including nigeria and sierra leone. i understand you wanted to see firsthand for yourself it's worse than you feared. >> absolutely. we've seen outbreaks of ebola before. this is the first epidemiic spread widely through theout the country and many countries, and it's spiraling out of control. it's bad now and much more than the numbers show and it will get worse in the future and our window of opportunity to turn it around is closing and it's not yet closed. the crucial thing we need to do is to act fast. action today is worth much more than action within a day or a month or two. >> explain why the window is closing. >> what we're seeing is a spiraling of cases, really a hugely fast increasing basis that's harder and harder to manage. the more we can get in there and tamp that down, the -- the fewer cases we'll have in the weeks and months to come. right now the epidemic is completely out of control. >> you said the world canno

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engaged in thest to try to turn back a frightening outbreak of ebola in west africa and yesterday, tom freeden did make this projection that if nothing happens, we could look at more than a million cases of ebola over the next few months. a frightening number. but we want to make sure everything is don't to keep that from happening. what is our role? largest supporter of research in the world including research on infectious diseases led by the best known infectious disease expert in the world, tony fauche. partly the development of vaccines and developments of new treatments for people infected. vaccines moving forward at unprecedented rate and this is an effort we started 13 years ago anticipating there might be a need for a vaccine because ebola has been around since 1976. albeit small outbreaks. this is the 5th generation ebola vaccine. looks very good in the animal models. you don't know until you try it out in human patients whether it will be safe or work. we did start three weeks ago what is called a phase one trial of this vaccine. 20 individuals have now been injected with that. they

so it is very important for people to understand that, and i think that tom freeden from the centers spoken extensively about this. our experts believe it is low probability that it would actually come here, and if it were, we've got the infrastructure and the public health expertise to isolate it and contain it, but what is important now is that we deploy the resources, and we have an international response that is stepped in and increased to contain and control the outbreak at its source in west africa. >> absolutely. a huge crisis west africa is facing from ebola right now. if i could switch gears to other major national security threat that the u.s. and you face everyday, the expansion of the u.s. in iraq. the air strikes outside of baghdad is a huge move, and it is requested by iraqi troops who were under fire and the air strike troops moved in. it begs the question, is baghdad now at risk? >> well, kate, from the beginning, the president has been quite clear, we will take this fight to idil, and they do pose an immediate threat to our personnel in baghdad and irbil and now also