kept brantley -- ken brantley contracted it. stay in isolation for 21 days and disease officials say there is hope that a vaccine will be available as early as july. >>> police in hollister have identified a homicide victim. police say arian that was taken to a -- police say she was taken to the hospital and she died later. this is the suspect, jose. he may have vanessa is a flores with him -- vanessa flores with him and it is not known if she is being held against her will. >>> they have so called smart guns and it is something only the down they are can use. others say it is a mistake to depend on electronics during an emergency. there is no gun dealer willing to offer a smart gun for sale. >>> they are considering a bill today one that will allow family members and healthcare providers to get weapons take an way from at risk gun owners. it was provided in the area where six students were killed. the suspect took his own life and his family had concerns about his mental stability during the ram paint, and they are still waitin

. >>> growing stronger every day, that is the message from doctor ken brantley this morning. he's one of the two americans that contracted the deadly ebola virus while working in west africa. from his isolation room he released a statement saying quote, i thank god for his mercy as i have wrestled with this terrible disease end quote. he went on to speak about the situation in west africa saying i witnessed the horror firsthand. and i can still remember every face and name. ken brantley and nancy rightbold are being treated at emory university in atlanta. >>> police in new york city say they have solved the mystery of white flags placed on top of the brooklyn bridge on july 22nd. that's the flags up there. usually american flags go up there. these are actually american flags, but they were bleached white. police studied surveillance video along with dna samples and social media postings to find out who did it. they say they've identified four persons of interest. no arrests have been made. >>> political leaders in hawaii hope clean-up efforts from iselle will not stop people

nancy right pole and nancy and nancy writebol will be joining ken brantley her colleague. they are using an experimental drug and within an hour of the doctor using the drug his condition improved dramatically. >>> the death toll is almost 900 and one new york city hospital is performing tests on a man who recently visited from fast throw intestinal to be on the safe side. >>> they are evacuating 340 volunteers a sacramento man arrived home after being in sierra leonia and planned to it be a teacher but his plans were changing when he was told to be ready to fly home. >> there were cases of ebola virus where they whether located. he heard stories about zip willing from hospitals. >>> two attacks happened just minutes apart, they are not known for violence and coming up, the reason violence where people and police are now on high alert. . >>> live in ocean beach where the coast guard arrived, coming up on the dangerous work ahead and removing a ship that washed ashore since yesterday. room. >> it is not loom the willing food. we had some rain on it and we will look to see i

ken brantley at the university hospital.he said her husband's condition is improving. >>> now a retired american doctor is now in quarentine in the u.s. just a week ago. he does not have any symptoms of the virus so far and he will stay in isolation which is the incubation period of the disease. >> the concern is, if which to contract the infection, while i was there i would not have the facilities available for a better level of treatment. >> now his daughter picked him up at the airport upon his return to the united states but he has not had any contact with anybody else since his eyes layings started. we will find out because of a toxics bloom in lake erie. they have been passing out bottles of water. they are making stations where people can fill up with pure paid to water. last night algae levels dropped to levels that are considered safe however the mayor is not ready to live those and i will not take any chances with this town while that is going on. >> more water testing is expected later this morning. >>> and right

ken brantley who was also flown to university hospital over the weekend. both are being treated with an experimental serum. within an hour of getting that serum, dr. brantley's condition improved dramatically. the. >>> well it has affected them and he is suffering from a high fever and gastroup testnal symptoms. doctors say it is likely he does not have the ebola virus but has been placed in isolation just to be on the safe side. >>> africa is evacuating 340 of his volunteers. he mapped to be a teacher put his plans changed. >> there were cases of quarentined and contained cases of ebola virus within the same city we were located. >> he said he was never in danger but heard frightening reports of people with ebola virus escaping from hospitals and some doctors who didn't believe in the disease were letting people leave the hospitals. >>> according to the president democrats and he went up there and never returned because the area was so rugged and treacherous they could not begin the search until the next day. >>> smart signs will be put a long route 08. t

ken brantley speaking before leaving the atlanta hospital where he t/2 >> i am forever thankful to god for sparing my life, and i am glad for any attention my sickness has attracted to the plight of west africa and this epidemic, please continue to pray for people of liberia and west africa, and encourage those of leadership and influence to do everything possible to bring this ebola outbreak on an end. lou: the two americans may be cureed thanks to part appears experiment at drug z-mapp but outbreak in west africa shows no signs of slowing, he'll official say 1350 people have died of the disease in wes west africa, and medical centers are overrun with patients, joining us with director of national institute of allergy diseases, good to have you here doctor. nancy writ writebol the news, a. brantley, walking out of the hospital, does this excite you about possibility of for 0-mapp. >> i am pleaseed thaed that ther and the nurse are well now. and able to get out of the hospital, i still have to reserve judgment about the efficacy of z-mapp, it helped, it did not harm home them, but we d

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

ken brantley and nancy whiteball, infected while taking care of ebola patients. one has lifted off and the other is standing by. they could expect them here at emory in the next few days. doctors have told ugs the patients are stable enough to fly. they'll fly on a special aircraft designed to contain germs. once they are flown here they are put in a special unit, one of only four in the country that allows them to treat but also medically isolate from all of the other patients in the hospital these patients who have a severe infectious disease like ebola. this is a big deal because we never had a case of ebola case in the united states. but emory believes it has the capability and has the team and equipment and this unit to take care of these patients in a way they need to be taken care of. dr. bruce ribner believes they deserve the right to come home and have the best access to care. really they don't have a great chance of survival right now, there's a 60% fatality rate with the west african outbreak and no standard treatment or vaccination. they have to asupp

ken brantley's family. in fact, his wife literally just sent out this e-mail just moments ago. i am going to read it for you off of my iphone. apologize but it says it was a relief to welcome kent home today. i spoke with him and glad he is back in the united states. i am thankful to god for his safe transport and for giving him the strength to walk into the hospital. so clearly, a very, very happy wife of this doctor that is back. now, we are also told this. the second aid worker who will be treated here at emery hospital, the airplane that landed at dobbins air force base earlier today took off almost immediately, went up to maine to refuel, the state of maine and is now back on its way over to liberia to get that second aid worker, nancy writebol. we are told she is expected here likelihood on monday where she will then be brought to this hospit hospital, again, emery, and put inside that unit with her colleag colleague, and be treated. >> robert ray, live at emery hospital in atlanta a robert, thank you so much. the world health organization is warning of dire consequences

ken brantley is recovering in every way and looks forward to reuniting with his family. coming up in the next half hour, we'll talk more about the toll that that virus has taken worldwide on lives and why there is another number that shows a silver lining to this infection. laura and sam? >> thank you. >>> developing now in ferguson, missouri, officers hope last night's relatively calm will last. protests were mostly peaceful but a minor scuffle when someone threw bottles of water and urine at police officers and then hid behind media. >> media, go to the designated media area now. >> police used batons and pepper spray to try to get through member of the media to the attackers. several people were arrested including a man who appears to be a journalist. there was less violence but more arrests. 47 people take noon custody for various things including threatening to kill an officer. overnight, captain ron johnson called last night a turning point and said the change came from within the community. >> tonight the elder in this community, volunteers, activists and clergy c

ken brantley on the right, said in a statement he's recovering in every way and looks forward to reuniting with his family. coming up, more about the toll the virus has taken worldwide and why there's another number giving home for the ebola virus and the victims that it's claimed. >>> it's 6:07. learning of an arrest in a dead deadly hit and run in san francisco. it's not the driver who police nabbed. me anna halfway across the street when hit. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live by the crash scene. it's interesting, though, stephanie, the police arefed the girl's aunt. >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you, laura. it was that aunt who witnessed the horrifying scene. police say 25-year-old lorysah gage was with two kids when she was crossing mission street this way against the pedestrian signal, left mi'yana to get the twin brother and that's when the girl was hit and killed by the car that kept on going. the memorial here is sizable, with many stuffed animals, candles, flowers, bal lines, pictures in memory of the little girl. family members were passing out flye

. >> reporter: it has been 11 days since missionary doctor ken brantley was flown back to the u.s.ceived an experimental drug and those supplies now exhausted. his last physical contact with nancy was in liberia nearly a month ago through protective gloves. >> i patted her to let her know i was there and loved her. >> reporter: david remains in quarantine unsure when he will be cleared. but says when he is released his first stop will be atlanta to see his wife of 40 years. michelle and devin. >> thank you, paula. a young girl in upstate new york is nursing a broken arm after a dangerous fall. the 12-year-old injured after falling ten feet from the sky flier ride at the eerie county fair. ride operators believe the girl wasn't properly secured. and boarded the ride when the person checking the riders didn't see her. >> she couldn't find a way to get in. she was trying to get up. a couple second later it just flew up in the air. >> operators say there was no mechanical failure involved in the incident. to avoid a repeat though an additional person is being added to check the riders

ken brantley is being treated.you a sense what have that treatment entails. >>> tens of thousands of people in toledo, ohio are scrambling to find clean water after their has been found toxic. we'll find out the latest. >>> plus, indiana pacers forward paul george vowing to make a big come-back after that stomach-turning leg injury. he's out of surgery, as you know. this morning we'll take a look at his odds and also how some other athletes have recovered from injury. >>> and celebrating 60 years since the newport jazz festival made its debut. i headed up there on friday and chatted with the man who made it all possible. >> good assignment on that one. >>> those stories and much more when we get started on a sunday morning here on "today." >> so, do you rock out, left sfer. >> i jazz out. funny you should ask. i did find my way on the stage because that's just what i do. >> great. we look forward to that. >>> tomorrow johnny williams will take the stand for cross examination in the bob mcdonnell corruption trial. w

first of all, what do we know about ken brantley and nancy writebol's conditions? are they improving? >> good morning, they are improving, doctors say they are stable but serious condition, but are improving. perhaps that is due to this experimental serum that has not gone through clinical trials yet. we are not 100% sure that is why, but their bodies are fighting the infection. the c.d.c. issued a level one response. that's the highest level they can issue. they did that last time during hurricane katrina here in the u.s. let's take a look at this. >> the center for disease control taking the ebola threat very seriously. >> it's the worst outbreak of ebola ever recorded. >> maps show why they are calling this disease a crisis in west africa. you can see for instance that sierra low i don't even, it's almost the entire country. >> the nigerian government plan to say limit travel to west african countries with the most ebola cases. in another hard hit country, liberia, the president declared a state of emergency as contaminated bodies are being dumped in the streets

ken -- dr. kent brantley and nancy writebol have been staying and a getting treatment. we're expecting to hear any moment now from dr. kent brantley. he is the first known ebola patient in the united states at that hospital in atlanta where he's been treated over the past few weeks. they are planning to release him any second now. they have done a series of tests, two blood tests in particular, and those two blood tests have come back negative for the deadly virus. what is surprising to us, though, is that the other u.s. missionary we followed her voyage as well, nancy writebol, she was already released. apparently she was released on tuesday. want to show you some live pictures at emory university hospital in atlanta. a news conference is expected to start soon. brantley and writebol both contracted that ebola virus while working for religious charities in liberia. they were treating people that had been sickened. they both as you'll recall received that experimental drug zmapp and recovered quite quickly. you'll remember, that brantley and writebol were very, very ill