marcy stetch, let me start with you. what are the top priorities? when public opinion researchers go out and say to women, what are you voting about, what do you tell them? >> well, women, 2014 is all about women. women candidates and the issues that matter to women and families. what we know through our research and what we see happening on the campaign trail is that it all boils down to economic security for women. that means economic security for women in the form of raising the minimum wage, ending gender discrimination in pay, ending the gender wage gap that you referenced in your opening piece, and access to contraception, and health access for women and their families. right now it's been a volatile news cycle. we've had topics coming up. people worried about national security, economic security through and through has been the number one issue that women are clearly going to decide on tuesday. we do a lot of this research, and it's motivating to women and many men voters, drop-off voters in 2014 when they hear about what is at stake in these

round, marci's a changer.aid no. she said, yeah. and she goes, and, she's a doctor. i go, oh, my god. you're kidding me. she's taking over dr. biber's place. i couldn't believe it. she's really not really a -- i always thought marci was a woman. >> i am a woman. >> you are -- yeah. >> reporter: in the few years she's been in trinidad, dr. bowers has already performed nearly 500 sexual reassignment surgeries, which she prefers to call genital reassignment surgery, since she says it's about genitalia, not about sex. her office gets hundreds of inquiries a week, from prospective patients. dr. bowers and her staff respond to each and every one. monday morning, the day all three patients have their preoperative appointments. dr. bowers heads out to the office. in style. >> i have a porsche in the garage. what else do i need in life? i mean, what am i going to get? a ferrari? that's not a woman's car anyway. >> reporter: by noon, all three patients arrive at dr. bower's office. patric and amy, from north dakota. >>

live in new york, marcy gonzales, chapel 6abc news. >> rick, back be to you. >> marcy thank you for the report. we have a special section of the web site with complete coverage of ongoing ebola story at 6abc.com/ebola and there we have a list of myths and fact of the disease to help you steer clear of misinformation and you can see the signs and symptoms of ebola and a look at how ebola spreads. >> septa workers are still open the job this afternoon. they could strike at any moment after a weekend vote up tended to send a message to the transit agency. union leaders are giving us update now open the heels of yesterday's vote to authorize a strike. that move comes more than 7 months after the union contract expired and any potential strike would take 4700 drivers and maintenance workers off the job. it would impact buses, trolleys, and trains. david henery is inside that media briefing right now. he'll have a live report with more on the issues in the negotiations coming up at 5. >> pennsylvania state trooper will have a tool in the manhunt for eric frein this gives them extra set of eye

marci gonzalez, abc new, dallas. >>> there are daily developments on the ebola crisis. dallas. >>> there are daily developments on the ebola crisis.ight. marci gonzalez, abc new, dallas. >>> there are daily developments on the ebola crisis. you can get updates with our app. free to load down on the apstore or google play. >>> in a rare saturday decision, the supreme court is allowing texas to use its shers shal new voter identification law in the november election. the nation's highest court rejected an emergency request from the justice department and civil rights groups to prohibit the requirement. the seven forms of approved i.d. now needed to vote in texas include concealed handgun licenses but not college student i.d.s. the judge ruled voters could be turned away at the polls because they lack acceptable identification. they say the law is designed to proegt the integrity of the election. >>> a disturbing discovery in a florida home. the 23-year-old was changing the input on her living room television when a computer screen popped up with a live feed of her bedroom

marcy gonzalez begins our team coverage in dallas. >> reporter: tonight abc news has learnethat one day before she was hospitaliz, health care worker turnedy ebola patient amber vincent was given permission from the cdc to fly. her temperature at the time was 9 fine .5 -- 99.5 degrees, lower than what the cdc classifies as a fever so she traveled from cleveland to dallas on frontier airlines. >> she should not have traveled on a commercial airline. >> the cdc said the risk to other passengers is very low. still, they are reaching out to all of them. tonight vincent boarded another kind of plane, this speciazed private jet taking her to atlanta where tonight wearing a hazmat suit she walked into emory university hospit where she is now being cared for by experts in the by -- bio bio containment unit. meanwhile her colleague is being treated in dallas at the same hpital where both contracted the virus. >> she is so positive. she does pesident feel and have any doubts about her care or anything like that. >> health officials are still trying to figure out how they were infected treating th

marcy gonzalez, abc news, dallas. >>> on tuesday, california nurses plan to meet with governor brown in sacramento to discuss statewide procedures to protect them from any potential exposure to ebola. also national nurses united have created an online petition asking congress for a comprehensive uniform protocol regarding all nurses treating ebola infected patients. >>> there are daily developments on the ebola crisis. you can get the updates as they happen and other breaking news with our app. it's free to download on apple's app store or from google play. we also have more information at abc7news.com/app. >>> police want to learn more about a crash that might have killed a man. someone discovered a smashed-up toyota pickup along atherton avenue around 8:30 this morning. inside, police found a man's body. it appears the crash happened hours before the truck was found. the marin county coroner is trying to identify the victim and determine how he died. >>> antioch police want to know if a shooting led to a car crash. it hit a parked car before plowing through a fence this afternoon.

marcy gonzalez, "channel 6 action news." >>> marcy, thank you for the report. back here tomorrow we'll host a phone bank to raise funds for fight against ebola. medical experts say this is outbreak that affects us globally and the most effective way to get under control is at the source point. members from red cross and local community will be on hand to take your donations call the number on your screen tomorrow 877-940-6222 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. >>> you can also follow latest developments on ebola outbreak on 6abc.com. we also posted five most important facts about the spread of the virus. also, details about the new screening measures at several major airports. it's all right there, right now at 6abc.com. >>> and in other news a philadelphia police officer is in the hospital after being involved in a collision with another officer's cruiser. chopper6hd was over the scene of the intersection at 21 and spruce in center city and police tell "action news" one of the cruisers was parked after responding to a call when a second cruiser responding to different call w

marci gonzalez live in pennsylvania. thank you. >> and stay with abc news for developments on his capture. more live coverage coming your way on "good morning america." >>> and new details about the deadly plane crash in kansas. a small plane crashed into a building at at mid-couldn't airport in wichita, killing three people inside. and igniting the smokey inferno. it appears mechanical failure is to blame. tahman bradley has the latest. >> reporter: a tragedy in the skies over wichita. >> i need to declare an emergency. >> reporter: this chilling call from a pilot of a small plane after he crashed into a building on thursday. the pilot, identified overnight at mark goldstein and three people inside the building were killed. another five were rushed to the hospital, some with serious injuries. the roof burned for hours, sending out thick, black smoke. >> it was horrific. there was heavy smoke on the horizon as you approached the airport for miles. >> reporter: about 100 people were trapped inside. witnessed described the

the liquor chair and a proponent i'd like to toward is opening statement from each of you marcie first>> thank you for having us the library party of san francisco has recommended a no vote own this proposition and there are to main reasons the first one is that speculation can't be controlled by legislation designed to bring about a political outcome you can't do that there are market forces that are going to be under and i can't do away with them the second situation is that not only is prop g useless it is harming the innocent for example, people that need to leave the market the tenants market or the landlord market in order to get a new job somewhere else you know your harming that person that has has nothing to do with it speculation or sporting a person gets sick and needs to sell the home there are consequences saw claude why you're opening statement. >> opposition to me is not taking or tax tenancy in common is facts speculators who buy in 5 years or who buy a rental unit and not interesting in being landlord only interested if a quick profit and using the ellis act to evict m

abc's marci gonzales has the latest. >> tonight health officialness dallas trying to figure out how a nurse contracted ebola. well, she did treat thomas eric duncan died of the virus here wednesday, hospital management claims that she followed cdc guidelines and wore protective gear. >> certainly very concerning, and, it tells thaws there is a need to enhance training and protocols to make sure that protocols are followed. protocols work. >> reporter: the nurse in her 20's started having symptoms friday night and drove herself to dallas health presbyterian hospital. within 90 minutes she was in isolation, later testing positive for the virus. officials now working fast to figure out hot nurses have been in close contact with, since she started feeling sick. one person, already in isolation, as a precaution. as crews decontaminate her home and apartment complex and wordings out to neighbors in person and by phone. >> please be advised that a health care work shore lives in your area has tested positive for ebola virus. >> reporter: officials are urging calm saying the community is not

marcy gonzalez begins our team coverage in dallas. >> reporter: tonight abc news has learned that one day before she was hospitalized, health care worker turnedy ebola patient amber vincent was given permission from the cdc to fly. her temperature at the time was 9 fine .5 -- 99.5 degrees, lower than what the cdc classifies as a fever so she traveled from cleveland to dallas on frontier airlines. >> she should not have traveled on a commercial airline. >> the cdc said the risk to other passengers is very low. still, they are reaching out to all of them. tonight vincent boarded another kind of plane, this specialized private jet taking her to atlanta where tonight wearing a hazmat suit she walked into emory university hospital where she is now being cared for by experts in the by -- bio bio containment unit. meanwhile her colleague is being treated in dallas at the same hospital where both contracted the virus. >> she is so positive. she does president feel and have any doubts about her care or anything like that. >> health officials are still trying to figure out how they were infecte

marcy gonzalez begins our team coverage in dallas. >> reporter: tonight abc news has learned that onehealth care worker turnedy ebola patient amber vincent was given permission from the cdc to fly. her temperature at the time was 9 fine .5 -- 99.5 degrees, lower than what the cdc classifies as a fever so she traveled from cleveland to dallas on frontier airlines. >> she should not have traveled on a commercial airline. >> the cdc said the risk to other passengers is very low. still, they are reaching out to all of them. tonight vincent boarded plane, this specialized private jet taking her to atlanta where tonight wearing a hazmat suit she walked into emory university hospital where she is now being cared for by experts in the by -- bio bio containment unit. meanwhile her colleague is being treated in dallas at the same hospital where both contracted the virus. >> she is so positive. she does president feel and have any doubts about her care or anything like that. >> health officials are still trying to figure out how they were infected treating thomas duncan, the ebola patient who di

good morning, marci. >> good morning, t.j. and reena.battling ebola, there are now new questions about how health officials are responding. abc news has learned that one day before she was hospitalized, health care worker turned ebola patient amber vinson was given permission from the cdc to fly. her temperature at the time, 99.5 degrees. lower than what the cdc classifies as a fever and so she traveled from cleveland to dallas on frontier airlines. >> she should not have traveled on a commercial airline. >> reporter: the cdc saying the risk to other passengers is very low. still, they are reaching out to all of them as vinson boarded another kind of plane. this specialized private jet taking her to atlanta wearing a hazmat suit. she walked into emory university hospital where she's now being cared for by experts in their bio containment unit. her colleague, nurse nina pham continues being treated in dallas at the same hospital where both contracted the virus. >> she's just so positive. she doesn't feel and have any like doubts about her

>> can you hear us now, marcy echo >> we will try to get communication with marcy in just a little bit. let's go ahead and move on. >> coming up, one of the stars with the newsd that his toys are being pulled from store shelves. >> everything you need to know ahead of this week's korean corps marathon. >> a gym membership that is not working out for a rockville man and has fire lit -- fouled a civil lawsuit claiming it made her promise it did not keep. i will introduce you to that man >> where health officials are retracing that doctors steps. , what isarcy gonzalez being done now? told he is in stable condition and came down with a fever yesterday when he was rushed here to bellevue hospital. he contracted ebola while treating patients. health officials are retracing his steps. he rode the subway, went to a bowling alley, a restaurant. health officials say that they are absolutely safe. they are also decontaminating as the doctor's fiance is here in this same hospital in quarantined. the doctors friends are also in isolation. he is a doctor in new york, any word on if he's treated any

once you meet marcy's book and you will understand why this is so strange. she obviously had a sense of herself as a southern cook, her food is the daring coup and was a covert in the interwar years tried to claim this regional identity for their food. in a really weird coincidence, dixie meals was published write him in nashville by the parthenon press which i imagine she discovered during her trip to nashville because one of her sons was enrolled at vanderbilt and her daughter was at belmont. that is how she found the parthenon press. the other reason i think our pairing is so fitting is i know that you have experience something i have experienced when i talk about my topic to people. i say i am talking about women and beauty, like it is so much fun and to be honest it is fun. it has been fun. in what other endeavor will one try to -- be cash of photographs. show young beauty queens, and tobacco leaves like this. bizarre. i ran across that in the archives but just as southern food is serious business which i imagine you will tell us, so is southern believe

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. the associated press released a review of how ready american hospitals are for a potential out right and even small clusters could overwhelm parts of the nation's health care system. is finishing its push through our area this afternoon. >> let's get right to chief meteorologist doug hill in the weather center. >> the cold front passing along with it. lots of cloudiness right now. here's one of the time lapse cameras from one of our many hd cameras. this one is laurel, maryland. looking live at the cloud cover if you look out in the horizon, this clearing up in the process what we will be going through overnight continuing to push east northeast pushing skies and temperatures have been dropping during the day. we were in the upper 60's earlier in the day. last hour, 75. the cold front is getting there and everyone is getting knocked back in the 50's and low 60's. 90 degrees cooler than it was yesterday at this time. 26 degrees cooler at dulles. you can feel what this will bring. throu

marcy gonzales joins us from dallas, texas, where the first american ebola patient died. >> reporter: hi rick, the hearing will start in a half our to go over the ebola case and discuss what other cities could be doing to prepare. >> two days after the first ebola death in the u.s., local, state and federal officials meeting in dallas today to discuss how thomas eric duncan's case was handled and what could be done to keep the virus from spreading. the hearing held just a day before five other airports start additional screenings for patients from west africa. air travellers are on edge. >> a hazmat team boarding this u.s. airways jet from philadelphia moments after leaving for the dominican republic. a passenger sneezed and then said he had ebola. >> it turns out he does not have the virus or even a fever, they were simply following the cdc's guidelines, but it highlights the concern world wine in spain more than a dozen people had quarantined including a nurse that contracted the virus treating a patient there. >> reporter: and we are told he is still in stable condition and researc

craig spencer is still hospitals in new york listed in critical but stable condition. >> marcy thank you. >>> tom manino retired, he was elected mayor five consec tifr times, he dies this morning after a lengthy battle with cancer, he was 71 years old. >>> the poconos police department involved in the search for eric frein increased their own security today. the barracks is getting a new protective fence at the cost of $5,000. the chief says that the search for frein makes their own security a top priority. the suspected cop killer is on the run now for 48 days. >>> the roosevelt boulevard is back open in east falls after major delays from a gas tanker, the sedan collided with the sunoco truck this morning in heavy fog, it shut down all southbound lanes near fox causing backups all the way to la langdon street. >>> a woman says she was driving with dogs in the car and may have been distracted when she crossed the lanes and collided head-on with a car and hit two parked cars. the animals were not injured she was taken to the hospital in serious condition. >>> coming up a man shoots at

. >> abc news reporter marcie gonzalez has more on how the u.s.contain the disease. >> reporter: new restrictions for people entering the u.s. from ebola stricken countries in west africa. the cdc announcing travelers from guinea, liberia and sierra leone will be monitored for symptoms for 21 days. each getting one of these kits which includes a thermometer so they can take their temperature twice a day and report back to the cdc. for now it will only be enforced in six states. >> we'll continue to put in place additional measures as they make sense in order to assure that we don't see continuing spread of this disease. >> reporter: another new rule went into effect, only allowing flights from west africa into the u.s. through one of five airports where each of those travelers is screened once they land. overnight several sick passengers were evacuated from two of those airports, newark and o'hare and garn teend until doctors were confident they didn't have ebola. >> no indication at this point that he has been infected with the virus. >> reporter

marci gonzalez, abc news, dallas. >> government officials and doctors say the general public is not at risk from ebola but despite the assurances some people aren't taking any chances. steven tschida shows us the precautions some in our area are taking. >> images of medical personnel enclosed in protective gear left some wondering whether they should start preparing for ebola themselves. >> looking for hazmat suits. >> we spent the morning browsing online. >> i'm scared to travel without the protection. >> some people are heading to stores which carry protective gear. >> this is an official hazmat suit >> we checked out a couple dealers around the area. they've seen a spike in demand from medical personnel and just regular folks. neil kraemer attributes his increased business to fear. >> i guess a scare like this everybody buys something they think is going to protect them. i don't know. >> at granger which supplies an array of equipment they say they've had people coming in asking for masks, not surprising since some people say they expect to be wearing masks soon when they head to a

expected to talk about the disease any minute and we'll bring that you as soon as he does but now marcy gonzales is in dallas. >> reporter: a second dallas nurse battling ebola, amber vin vent coming down with a fever and she is now with nurse, knownal pham who came down with the disease last week. >> this is the second person dealing with the diagnosis with the grit and determination that nina has dealt with the diagnose. >> vincent and pham part of the 77 person team that treated thomas duncan but their travel was not restricted and now the cdc says it may have been a mistake. she was on a plane on monday, from cleveland to dallas on frontier one day before she started to show symptoms. they said there was little risk to other passengers. >> but we are putting into place extra margins of safety and we are contacting everyone that was on the flight. vincent's neighbors also cont t contact contacted. her home being diseffected. and they are concern that some other health care workers that cared for duncan are on min straight he leave could have ebola. vincent is transferred to emory hos

in dallas, marcy gonzalez. >> police in trenton are looking for the person that shot and call a driver behind the wheel of mini vanch the engine was running when officers arrived at intersection of mulberry street and knottingham way. the victim was a 22-year-old man and police have not released his name or motive. >> meanwhile, philadelphia police recovered automatic weapon following a deadly shooting overnight. they say a tech nine fell off the victim as officers pulled him out of of the police cruiser that rushed him to the hospital of the university of pennsylvaniach the 33-year-old man was shot in the head, neck and chest in the 3800 block of girard avenue before midnight. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. so far, no arrests and no word quite yet on what sparked the shooting. >> southbound route 130 was shut down four hours today in delran, burlington county as police investigate aid serious accident involving a pedestrian. the action cam was on the scene along route 130 and chester avenue a bit afte

lets go live to marcy gonzales outside of the hospital in dallas. >> reporter: good afternoon the hospital here released a statement less than an hour ago that it is with heartfelt sadness that thomas duncan passed away here. his family is still left with so many questions. thomas eric duncan lost his battle with ebola. his girlfriend told abc news on the phone that she was worried. >> the other americans, that came from africa -- i don't care -- >> according to his family, duncan was unconscious and heavily sedated and on dialysis. he was given an experimental drug different than the ones that were given to the first ebola patients in america. the family questioned if the health system failed leading up to this. first sending duncan home when he first sought treatment only to be brought back by ambulance days later. knowing all along he came from an ebola infected african current. >> the hospital did not detect this right away and was sent into the community where he could spread the disease more. >> that was marcy gonzales reporting from the hospital in dallas. stay with "action news" fo

marcy gonzalez has more from dallas. >> family of the first person to ever day of ebola in u.s. releasing medical records to associated press report led edly showing when only thomas dunkin went to this dallas hospital he not only told a nurse he's gone to west africa but temperature was alarmingly high. and they were too high and later dunkin was rushed to the hospital and admitted. dying there on wednesday. his case part of the focus of a congressional hearing at dallas fort worth hearing. >> we learned from these miss steps and we need to assure proper procedures are established and followed should another case rise in the united states. >> dunkin's family says he was cremated. kent brantly expressed his sympathy, he was the first ebola patient. >> my heart is broken for his family. >> health of another ebola family is said to be improving. passengers coming from that country as well as guinea and sierra leone will face extra screening jfk with four other airports doing the same later next week. this as death toll from ebola continues to climb in west africa. now more than $4

live in dallas, marcy gonzales, channel 6 "action news," back to you. >> thank you. >>> the search isr the thiefs that pulled off a weekend crime in center city philadelphia. this surveillance video was released this morning showing two men breaking into a garage along southeast 18 and street late saturday night. they carefully picked the locks of six bicycles and walked them out one by one. if you recognize the thieves, contact philadelphia police. >>> the candidates for pennsylvania governors are getting some big name support today. hillary clinton will be at independence mall for tom wolf and chris christie will be on the main line for incumbent governor, tom corbett. at their debate last night, corbett accused wolf of trying to be all things to all people. recent polls give wolf a solid lead over corbett. >>> crews are working to fix a water main break that closed a portion of route 100 in chester county, chopper 6 hd was over the scene here at east township line road. crews managed to get the water turned off but the northbound lanes of route 100 are detoured until the repairs ca

. >> marcy gonzales, for abc 7 news. more than 4000 people have died in west africa so far from ebola. microsoft's new ceo is apologizing after comments made about pay raises for women. satya nadella said that instead of acting -- asking for a raise, they should get good karma. >> it is not about asking for a raise, but knowing that the system will give you the right as you go along. >> there was an audible intake of breath -- did i hear that right? >> they did, and they did not like it. nadella was the keynote speaker at one of the largest women's technology conferences in the country. he later wrote that he answered the question completely wrong and that women should get equal pay for equal work. users --:00, snapchat hackers claim they stole 100,000 private images and videos and plan to release them. what's critical is this photo sharing app is widely popular among teenagers because some of them share naked images thinking that they will disappear. that is what snapchat does, you take pictures and then they disappear.

marcy gonzales has the details. >> the nurse forced to stay in a tent for three days outside a hospital is now back at her home state. casey hickox says she was treated like a criminal when she returned from treating ebola patients. she will spend the rest of her 21 day quarantined in maine, considering her legal options. >> her rights were violated. >> nine states of instituted some type of quarantined above and beyond of federal guidelines. the night states army is doing the same thing. fromen soldiers returning liberia were placed in isolation for 21 days in italy. they are sign -- showing no signs of ebola. the cdc is revising its guidelines to eliminate the word quarantined for people returning from west africa. they are calling for restricted travel and public activity. >> we are trying to set the bar based on scientific data. that is not to criticize or put down a decision that an official might make wanting to go the x to mile. infected ind nurse dallas will soon be heading home. amber vincent is discharged from emory university hospital, given the all clear. the only ebola pati

a abc's marci gonzales has the latest. >>> at this hospital in dallas eerie bowl a case, health caretreated the patient who died from the virus last week now infect. >> she identified symptoms immediately on their on on set. >> reporter: officials from texas health presbyterian hospital says workers followed guidelines including wearing full protective gear while caring for thomas eric duncan. cdc director says the infection shows that there was a breach in protocol, and they are now urgently trying to figure out how this happened. >> we're very concerned. >> reporter: officials say there is no risk to the community but sending out a reverse 911 call to alert health care workers neighbors. >> health care worker who lives in your area has tested positive for the ebola a virus. >> reporter: while hazmat crews rush to decontaminate cars, and apartment complex. >> i was so freaked out. >> reporter: as president obama was briefed on the first transmission ofe bowl at in u.s., cdc is investigating and offering more training to the staff at this hospital, adding that they are prepared for t

abc news reporter marcy gonzalez has more from new york. >> i'm so grateful to be well. >> reporter: with no trace of ebola, amber vinson is now heading home. the nurse infected while treating a man who died from the virus in dallas discharged today from the hospital. >> this is a day for celebration and gratitude. i ask that we not lose focus on the thousands of families who continue to labor under the burden of this disease in west africa. >> reporter: the world health organization now saying at least 5,000 health care workers are needed in west africa to battle the ebola outbreak. as the debate continues here over how those people on the front lines are treated when they return home. >> we don't want to discourage our health care workers from going to the front lines and dealing with this in an effective way. >> reporter: nurse kaci hickox came back and was forced to stay in a tent outside a new jersey hospital for three days even though she had no symptoms and tested negative for the virus. >> her civil rights were violated. >> reporter: she is now in isolation in maine, one of n

marci gonzalez has the latest from dallas. >> reporter: good morning. an investigation under way with some seriously concerned that the nurse who is in isolation in stable condition may not be the only one who was infected here. health officials in dallas trying to figure out how a nurse contracted ebola. while she did treat thomas eric duncan, who died of the virus here wednesday, hospital management claims she followed cdc guidelines and wore full protective gear. >> certainly very concerning. and it tells us that there's a need to enhance the training and protocols to make sure that the protocols are followed. the protocols work. >> reporter: the nurse in her 20s reportedly started having symptoms and drove herself to presbyterian hospital. they are working fast to determine who the nurse has been in close contact with since she started feeling sick. one person already in isolation as a precaution. as hazmat crews decontaminate her home and apartment complex and word goes out to neighbors in person and by phone -- >> please be advised that a health c

marcy gonzalez with more on the story. >> reporter: still in a standoff, the governor of maine saying today negotiations with the nurse has failed. he's now vowing to exercise the full extent of his authority to force her to stay quarantined in her home, as hickock defies the request, taking a bike ride with her boyfriend. >> thank you, guys. i have to go speak with the health department now. >> reporter: hickock returned from treating ebola patients last week still has no symptoms. telling tv station lbz last night she's taking a stand for herself and other health care workers who will soon be coming home from the front lines of the outbreak. >> i'm not willing to stand here and let my civil rights be violated when it's not science based. >> reporter: the governor telling abc news the only way to resolve this is for her to be tested for ebola again. attorneys now trying to get a court order, even though she's already tested negative for the virus twice. >> i'm not sure how this resolves anything. the blood test is only positive if you have symptoms of ebola. >> reporter: despite expe

abc news reporter marci gonzales has the latest. >> reporter: life of the ebola patient died here last week was celebrate today the the investigation into how the virus was spread, continues. today family members mourning thomas eric duncan. memorial service held this morning in north carolina for liberian man who died of ebola at this kalas hospital last week. two nurses infect while treating him still battling the virus in specialized isolation units. vinson in atlanta, nina pham in maryland at the national institutes of health. >> she's making progress. we are pleased with her progress but you perfect condition is fair and stable and she's comfortable and resting. >> reporter: seventy-five other health care workers involve in duncan's treatment still being monitored now told to avoid public places, and public transportation. before that notice was issued and before vinson was diagnosed, she flew from dallas to cleveland and back with the cdc now saying she may have already started to feel sick at the time, we have learn more than 100 people in ohio, including other passengers and vi

in dallas, marcy gonzales, "channel 6 action news." >> you can find updated information on 6abc.com and we'll continue to follow this story and bring you any new developments and on-line we also have resources to learn more about the ebola virus, its symptoms and how it spreads. >> a 17 mile police chase in delaware county ended when suspect's car over nurpd chadds ford. troopers began pursuing vehicle for unknown reasons on route 352 media and followed car route 1 south and back to route 352 when the driver lost control and flipped overch the driver was taken into custody and now faces a long list of charges. >>> one man was seriously hurt during a shooting this afternoon in wilmington. the suspect fired shots into a car hitting the 23-year-old victim several times open the 2100 block of west fifth street. the wounded man drove to a nearby intersection where paramedics found him and took him to the hospital in critical condition. police recovered the gun nearby. they believe the suspect tossed it as he ran away. >>> two family who's lost their homes in a tragic fire were surprised toda

abc news reporter marcy gonzalez has more. >> reporter: today as president obama reported ron klain to oversee the country's response to the ebola virus, nurse nina pham began her first full day of care in a specialized isolation unit at the national institutes of health in maryland. >> we fully intend to have this patient walk out of this hospital and will do everything we possibly can to make that happen. >> reporter: as her colleague, amber vinson, continues her treatment in atlanta, vinson's family is coming to her defense. her uncle telling abc news that while health officials did give her permission to fly despite having an elevated temperature, vinson did not feel sick when she flew from dallas to cleveland and back in the days before she was diagnosed. >> she certainly would not have done anything to put the other passengers who were on that plane or her family at risk. >> reporter: the other 75 health care workers who may have had some contact with thomas duncan who died from ebola at this dallas hospital last week now being told not to use any kind of public transportation. b

abc's marci gonzalez has been sorting through the details and is here with more.od morning to you. >> reporter: hi. allen prue is being tried separately from his wife. both have pleaded not guilty. and now despite the emotional confession played in court, he now says he did not know his wife was planning to kill. the defense claiming prue just thought they were luring the victim for a threesome. >> we strangled her, and that was it. >> reporter: a chilling confession from accused murderer allen prue. >> the next thing i know i got her on the ground doing it. >> doing what? >> strangling her. >> reporter: recorded during a 2012 vermont state police interrogation, prue initially takes full responsibility for kidnapping and strangling melissa jenkins to death. >> i did it myself. my wife had nothing to do with it. >> reporter: prosecutors say prue and his wife patricia lured the 33-year-old mother and science teacher from her home with a phone call pretending their car had broken down. jenkins reportedly agreed to help. >> she got out of her vehicle, and as she did,

marcy gonzalez, abc news, dallas. >> so many people are concerned about ebola. we posted a detailed list of seven things you need to know about this virus, including its symptoms and the way it's transmitted. that's at abc7news.com. >>> olympic runner oscar pistorius will finally learn his fate in just a few hours. a judge in south africa will announce the double amputee's sentence for the shooting death of reeva steenkamp. h pistorius was found guilty of manslaughter and could be sentenced to several years in prison or given no jail time at all. on the eve of the announcement his relatives told reporters they are hoping the judge will show mercy. >> she would just creep into your heart and really, she had a wonderful charisma and zest for life. >> a judge ruled last month pistorius did not intend to kill steenkamp but acted negligently and with excessive force. >>> in sweden, the biggest submarine hunt since the last days of the cold war continues for a fourth day today. swedish naval ships, helicopters and ground troops are searching for signs of a foreign sub

in dallas, marci gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> turning now to the weather, just beautiful outside to cap off our weekend. you're certainly going to need the blankets tonight. we have a kind of chilly forecast. >> it's going to be almost cold especially the further north and west you get of the city. in fact, frost advisorys in effect for parts of the region. i'll show you that in a moment. right now temperatures are sitting in the 50's to around 60 degrees in d.c. 56 at dulles as well as b.w.i. tonight temperatures will range from 32 to 42 degrees under mainly clear skies and patchy frost is possible northwest, frederick, and carroll counties in maryland under the frost advisory including counties along and west of the blue ridge. i have much more on the work week forecast and when you'll need the umbrella this week coming up in about ten minutes, guys. >> all right, eileen. turng to sports, here is a word we haven't used in weeks when talking about the redskins. that word is "winners." the redskins getting a much needed victory today against the titans. robert burton is here with all the hi

marcy grace caught one woody woodson and shares his story. >> reporter: he has played with some of the biggest names in music and is credited with creating the iconic feed for the isley brothers' hit "it's your thing." >> one of the greatest drummers of all time and deep influence on my playing. >> but after losing his leg to die beat oh the drumming legend was up able to he were a living. >> it's rough. >> after news4 profiled woodson's struggles, viewers reached out, wanting to help. >> it tickled me to death, not play a gig, but just to be able to have played a couple of songs. i play a couple of songs, airport no telling, man. >> one of those people who wanted to help was judy anderson, a nurse atted a vennist rehabilitation hospital. >> i thought maybe we could get him in here and we did we love him. >> thanks to the helping hands from the team atted a ventist, woodson is a new man with a new leg. >> got to the dance. >> his doctors say woodson's progress is nothing short of phenomenal. >> i have the expectation and vision that woody has, that he will play the drums again and dole

. >> abc news reporter marcy gonzalez has more. >> reporter: we are told the dallas ebola patient is awake and talking to loved ones from her isolated hospital room using face time. >> she is a person that's dealing with this with a heroic and graceful spirit. she is incredibly concerned. we are all incredibly concerned. >> reporter: a full investigation under way into how, despite wearing full proeffepr protective gear, she contracted the virus from treating the patient who died here last week and if she's the only one. >> if this one individual was infected and we don't know how, within the isolation unit, then it is possible that other individuals could have been infected as well. >> reporter: officials saying other than health care workers, there is no threat that anyone else was infected. though one person believed to have had contact with the patient after she started showing symptoms friday is in isolation as a precaution. her dog is also being monitored, her home decontaminated. as the cdc says, changes are being made and more training is being done at this hospital. some exp

marcy gonzalez, abc news, dallas. >>> there are daily developments on the ebola crisis.ou can get alerts on that and other breaking news with our abc 7 news app. we have more information at abc7news.com/apps. >>> contra costa health services -- officials are now confirming the first case of the enterovirus d-68 in that county. the case involves a person under the age of 18 who was hospitalized but has since recovered. this is the fifth reported case of the enterovirus in the bay area. it's been reported in 43 states so far with one confirmed death. >>> new details in the bathroom attack that happened at levi's stadium during sunday's 49ers game. two men who attacked two others were in court today in santa clara county. prosecutors say one of the victims is in critical condition and partially paralyzed from the attack. abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live at the courthouse with more. >> reporter: you can see just how brutal the attack was from the cell phone video. just a warning to our viewers, it is extremely graphic. the two suspects were arraigned here at santa clara c

abc news reporter marcy gonzalez is in dallas where the latest case was discovered. >> reporter: nurseing well following her blood transfusion from dr. kent brantly. she released a statement praising the treatment she's getting at this dallas hospital from what she called the best team of doctors and nurses in the world. still today, health officials are trying to figure out how, despite wearing full protective gear, the 26-year-old contracted the virus while treating a patient who died of ebola here last week. >> a single infection in a health care worker is unacceptable. what we are doing at this point is looking at everything we can do to minimize that risk. >> reporter: concerns growing about the potential spread of ebola. the world health organization now saying by december, there could be 10,000 new cases globally every week. here in the u.s., health officials trying to calm fears about the virus being transmitted, saying there is no risk of an outbreak in america, but there could still be more isolated cases and health care workers at this hospital. one nurse who asked not to be

marcy gonzalez, abc7 news, dallas. >> developing news in southern california, where los angeles county health officials now say an airline passenger suffering flu-like symptoms was not at risk for ebola. the passenger was sick onboard a flight thatland at lax from kennedy airport in new york. the united airlines plane was briefly taken to a remote area out of ebola concerns. >>> nurses here in the bay area are raising the alarm over what they say is the look of guidelines and safety measures in the treatment of ebola. they took their concerns public today outside kaiser permanente medical center in oakland. the nurses' union says the hops treating ebola patients in in nbc and texas have set higher safe standards than those recommendedded by the cdc. the union is calling on the cdc and kaiser to upgrade emergency preparations. >> we believe peel transporting waste are being better protected than the nurses in the hospital. >> the union wants proper hands-on training and protection for health workers exposed to ebola. kaiser says that it is, quote, fully prepared to evaluate and treat su

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >>> residents living in the path of this lava flow in hawaii haveeen warned they may need to evacuate their homes as early as tomorrow. new video from today shows just how far the lava from the big island's kilauea volcano has traveled over the last 72 hours. it is now just 100 yards from the town of pahoa. a former scout leader has been helping residents in the area. >> i have a lot of resources and six trucking companies have committed. >> the volcano has been erupting continuously since 1983. most of the lava has flowed south into the ocean but for the past two years, the lava has flowed in the opposite direction toward pahoa. >>> alcohol, women and cash. it's all part of a major scandal rocking the u.s. military academy at west point. abc news reporter karen travers tells you more about red faces in the long gray lines. >> reporter: booze, women and money. these are the shocking details about how army football players tried to lure high school recruits. cadets treated 14 high school players to a wild weekend of partying and underaged drinking, a

with santa drive fewer with the division and board of education and are a proponent we're joined by marcie the lib terrain a proponent thank you folks for joining us starting with opening president fewer and so measure c is a ballot measure under the battle to authorizing a person of the general fund to be set diode aside to provide services to the city government san francisco youth the children's fund. >> you public enrichment fund to join together to better lion the services those fund have been providing education for thousands of children in sophistication for example, this fund as 73 drenlz to liernsz and people's 3 p e teachers and engineering and math so this is has a great impact on san francisco children for the past decade and so we hope to reauthorize it thank you. >> you're opening remarks ms. berry. >> the lib terrain has recommended a no vote on this proposal because we have challenged with all 3 components of the proposal first of all, the children's fund does not just fund science and magnet and those kinds of things there are 3 things of what it funds a lot of services ev

marci gonzalez in dallas for us. >> reporter: after weeks of calls for change, the cdc is updated protocols for health care workers treating ebola patients. protective gear has to leave every part of the skin covered. though admitting we may never know how they contracted the virus while treating thomas eric duncan. >> the tbottom line, didn't wor. taking care of ebola is hard. >> reporter: others who have spent 21 long days watching for symptoms. luis troh and her family out of quarantine after the all-clear. >> she is thrilled to be free of quarantine. >> reporter: more than 40 others who had contact with duncan before he was hospitalized, off the watch list. including several children who returned to school. >> i was scared. but when they said we were safe, then i was okay. >> reporter: 116 people are still being monitored in dallas. many of them, health care workers. texas health officials saying that nearly 200 others who travelled and cleveland and back on want same plane as amber vinson in the days since she was diagnosed are being watched for symptoms. and many more in ohio for that

marci gonzalez in dallas for us. >> reporter: after weeks of concerns and calls for change, the cdc announcing it's updating its protocols for health care workers treating ebola patients. the head of the cdc now calling in part for protective gear to leave every part of the skin covered. though admitting we may never know how nina pham and amber vinson contracted the virus while treating ebola victim thomas duncan. >> the bottom line is the guidelines didn't work for that hospital. dallas shows that taking care of ebola is hard. >> reporter: meanwhile, a major milestone for others who spent 21 long days watching for symptoms. duncan's fiance louise troh and family out of quarantine after being given the all-clear. >> she is thrilled to be free. >> reporter: more than 40 others who had contact with duncan before he was hospitalized taken off the watch list. including several children. >> when i heard the news, i was scared. but when they gave us the paper that we were safe, then i was okay. >> reporter: 116 people are being monitored in dallas. many are health care workers. and nearly 200 other