meg terrel joins us with the details. hi meg. >> hi scott. that's right. we just got word from the hospital that thomas eric duncan, the patient from liberia diagnosed here in the united states last tuesday passed away this morning at 7:51 a.m. that is the message from the texas hospital where he was being treated. a lot of questions are arising about his treatment and about any delays in care he received. we have a timeline of when me arrived here in the youth and received care. he flew from liberia september 19th, arriving on september 209 in the u.s. he didn't have symptoms when he was flying. about four or five days later he started to feel ill and sought care at the hospital in dallas. it wasn't until sunday he was admitted and started to receive care for ebola. and then tuesday he was diagnosed. it wasn't until then the following saturday he began receiving treatment with an experimental drug brincidofovir made by chimerix so o lot of questions were raised why initially the delay. and why he was sent away with antibiotics at that time. and a lot of q

how fast information spreads. >> information and misinformation as the case may be. >> yes. >> meg terrelladelphia this morning. she's covered the story from dallas to atlanta and today to philly. meg, having stood outside the cdc just a couple days ago, what is their stance likely to be in the wake of this news about duncan? >> well, i'm sure that obviously they will be -- they will express condolences as all the health officials in texas have been and the hospital as well. a lot of questions i think now are being raised as to how to handle mr. duncan's remains. there is questions -- the cdc has guidance about this. they say an autopsy should not be performed. if one needs to be they will discuss guidelines for that. a lot of questions about that. and so cdc does have guidelines in place. it is important to note. it is also important to note that 48 of mr. duncan's contacts have been monitored since his diagnosis in texas. none have shown any symptoms more than a week after he entered the hospital. but a lot of questions of course have been focused on and we'll continue to focus on the t

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meg terrell spoke to the ceo about them acquiring astrazeneca for the inversion deal. meg, what did the ceo say about the proposed rules for the treasury and covering inversions. >> they're very vocal, saying it puts american companies at a competitive disadvantage to their european counterparts. and he says the new proposed rules from treasury only complicate that further and put them at a further disadvantage when it comes to business development. he says that the fact the treasury says they may implement more rules or suggest more rules brings even more uncertainty to the process, potentially stopping the deal activity. pfizer will have to look at everything on a case by case basis. >> is there a chance they will start another inversion deal? >> some analysts like sun trust analyst john boris says instead of going for the big inversion deal like astrazeneca, pfizer may start to look at smaller deals and beef up the cancer pipeli pipelines. >> all rightterrell, reportg f new york, thank you. >>> another dow reporting results, profits at dupont shot up 52% thanks to se

m meg terrell as more. >> the major giant has a big pharmaceutical polish against ebola, j & j is developing a vaccine for the virus, investing $200 million to accelerate and expand production. it hopes to make a million next year, they are one of several drug makers working on an ebola vaccine, joining others, can the development happen fast enough in the current outbreak? >> it is actually the production side of the vaccine that caused the difficulty, especially when you're doing -- working on large scale. they claim they will be ready to go into testing by may. to me, that sounds ambitious. but i hope. >> more than 9900 people have been infected by ebola. primarily in the west africa countries of guinea, liberia and sierra leone, more than 4500 people have died. j & j is working with the world health organization. the lack of financial return for diseases not frequently seen and affecting primarily poor countries means they don't focus on viruses like ebola. >> we really ought to use this as a trigger to have a discussion about a policy regarding emerging infectious diseases. because the

. >> on that note, let's get to meg terrell with a lot more on the ebola case in new york. >> reporter: i think you guys are making good points about the importance to not panic here in new york city. we did just get information about dr. spencer. we initially heard his temperature was as high as 103 yesterday morning. now we learned it was actually 100.3, so much lower than we initially heard. a lot of people are concerned because he was out and about in the city wednesday evening. health officials are trying to tell people because he wasn't feverish at the time and ebola doesn't spread when you're not systemat systematic. he finished his work in guinea on the 12th, left the country on the 14th. arrived at jfk on the 17th. it wasn't until tuesday he started to feel sluggish. of course not until yesterday morning he came down with a fever. because he is a doctor and he had been through all the trainings, he followed all the right protocols, so did the folks who picked him up. we have video from the "new york post" showing emergency responders wearing full personal protective equipment.

. >> thank you very much, meg terrell outside of bellevue here in new york city. let's talk about how the markets have been able to digest this news. last night i was at a party and talking to a ceo level executive of a major bank here in new york city. he showed me the phone saying that the doctor was positively diagnosed with ebola. i said what was the reaction on the markets tomorrow. he said sell. what happened today? we close on our highs of the session. >> the initial reaction was correct. marginal returns. sort of like the headlines with the car recalls, same thing. it just becomes less and less effective. but i'll im still of the belieft the headlines will get worse before they get better. pete and tim have been spot-on with the airlines but case in point i think it will affect the airlines because it will affect consumer behavior. >> bringing back to the cruise ships which might be the ultimate petri dish if you're stuck on them. >> more so than a little tube of flying metal in the air where you're trapped in and not any air in there? >> -- reactive to th

meg terrell is on capitol hill. the hearings under way on how to stop the virus. phil lebeau at the dallas-ft. worth airport on what airlines are doing, sue, to ease travel fears. >> we're watching apple this hour. of course, it's a big mover most of the time on these events. the tech giant kicking off its special event right now. new ipads expected. jon fortt with all the breaking news as the headlines cross. first to bob pisani with me on the floor of the nyse. the volatility was back big time. however, the tone of the market feels much better today. >> we did not have the big, sloppy selling that we saw at the open in the etfs. people were getting out yesterday. we were down this morning but it was very orderly. the s&p was down -- put it up -- it was down 27 points at one point. rather significant decline. now you can see the s&p has gone positive. it went briefly positive a few hours ago. but we're now in positive territory again with the s&p up 5 points right now. what you want to do is look at some of the stuff that's turned around. the ten-year yield, we w

meg terrell at the hospital where the doctor is receiving treatment. meg, over to you. >> reporter: hi, simon. first, we are getting word that the obama administration is considering quarantining health workers returning from west africa. that's in response to the new york city ebola case. according to reuters which is citing a cdc official. reporting that changes to the guidelines from returnees are likely and number of options on the table and that spokesman says that any changes must nt hamper the u.s.'s effort to stop the outbreak at the source. an also news today on nina pham, first dallas nurse diagnosed with ebola. he is discharged of the nih and now virus free and today she met with president obama. now, we know that she was diagnosed october 12th and moved to the nih from dallas october 16th and we have heard that amber vinson is making good progress. her tests are no longer detecting the virus in the blood but she is still receiving care at emery in atlanta. here in new york city, dr. spencer is being treated at bellevue hospital, stable condi

meg terrell back at hq. >> yesterday the u.s. announced enhanced screening measures at five u.s.rts that account for 94% of the incoming travelers from the three affected countries in west africa. new york's jfk, washington dulles, newark, chicago o'hare and atlanta. they are going to start increasing passport checks. if travelers have been in those countries, take them for enhanced screening, including taking their temperature and more questions. also getting reports today some airline cabin cleaners are striking at laguardia over concerns of infectious disease protection, including ebola concerns. of course concerns are increasing across the u.s. after thomas duncan being treated in dallas passed away yesterday. questions about his care. another patient has been admitted to the same hospital. it's not clear whether he has had any exposure to ebola. he was not one of the 48 cass of mr. duncan's who has been monitored. none of those people showed any symptoms 11 days after mr. duncan was admitted to the hospital. it's important to note the world bank in a key meeting with stakeho

cnbc's meg terrell is live in dallas with the latest on what we know. meg? >> that's right. the health care worker is the first case of ebola to have been spread here in the united states. the cdc called it a breach in protocol, but they have not identified how the infection happened. they're now investigating all of the health care workers who may have had contact with duncan. they don't know the total number now. they say if one person was infected, they have to think others could have been. they're looking at what changes could be made to make the treatment of ebola pains easier and safer. cdc director tom frieden in a briefing said every hospital needs to be prepared to treat ebola or to diagnose ebola. >> the single most important thing for every other hospital in the country to know is the importance of taking a history of travel. if someone has fever, or other symptoms that could be ebola, ask where they have been in the previous 21 days. and if it's to liberia, sierra leone, guinea, then immediately place them in isolation, consult with us and the state and local hea

"power lunch" exclusive with meg terrell and receptos' ceo live from san diego. >> hi, tyler. thank you for joining us. >> thanks, meg. thanks for having me. >> let's talk about the stock's incredible reaction. it looks like people were positively surprised about the data. can you explain why they were so upside surprised here? is it that it is a bigger opportunity? just talk about what the landscape is here where your drug is working to treat. >> absolutely. we actually -- the drug we have is called rpc 1063. we actually disclosed positive data in multiple clurose s in june of this year. i think people were expecting this drug to work effectively and our thesis was to see improved safety profile which appears to be playing out. in inflammatory bowel disease this is really an unvalidated mechanism. until this point in time nobody has been able to prove that this particular drug working in this kind of a mechanism would work and this is the first data of its sort. it is a really great outcome for patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease in general. we are very excited

meg terrell joins us from dallas with the latest. >> hey, melissa, how are you? >> what's the latest? >> you mentioned that false alarm in hawaii. they told us the scope of some of those inquiries they've been getting. they've gotten 100 inquiries from different hospitals or health departments concerned they have people with ebola. they've identified 15 where testing was warranted. of those, just one was positive. that's thomas duncan being treated here in dallas. they are treating him in the hospital. and they are assessing about 100 people he may have come into contact with. and of those, they've identified just a handful who may have had serious exposurexposure. four of his close family members have been ordered to stay in their home until october 19th. that's the end of the incubation period for the virus. in terms of -- the cdc director tom frieden said experimental therapy is being discussed at the hospital with the patient and the family and it would be made available to them if they choose. there's some concern here that they are emphasizing they know how

meg terrell is live at a major infectious disease meeting in philadelphia perhaps with answers for us. over to you, meg. >> that's right. thomas eric duncan, the only u.s. patient to be diagnosed with ebola here in the u.s. passed away this morning. the cdc has clear guidelines on how to handle remains of ebola patients. they say only trained personnel should be involved. they should wear full protective gear. very, very clear protection and that handling of remains should be kept to a minimum and discourage autopsies and say the cdc should be consulted and remains should be cremated promptly. it is also important to note that 48 contacts have been monitored none are showing symptoms of ebola. we expect to hear more from the cdc later today. it is important to note there will be a lot of questions about the treatment mr. duncan received. he just started receiving that experimental drug on saturday. >> thank you very much. to morgan brennan with more of the fallout from this case. >> well, as meg mentioned chimerix we are seeing that stock. he was treated by the company's experimental

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. >>> our meg terrell joins me now. >> a big question in light of several missteps by the cdc and texaslth presbyterian hospital is how prepared we are. stony brook hospital in long island is on the list and head of infectious diseases at stony brook is in charge of the task force there. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> can you tell us some of the lessons that can be learned from dallas? what are you incorporating in your hospital after watching what happened there? >> i think the lessons we can learn is that we have to appropriately identify these patients and isolate these patients, that we have to be extra vigilant when we take care of the patients because they are highly infectious. we also learned from the cases that we can successfully treat the patients. the hospitals are now putting plans in place how to take care of these very complex patients. >> one of the questions that arises is every hospital prepared to diagnose patients? if they are going to kpae of the 200 hospitals across new york state is every hospital prepared? do you think that they are? >>

meg terrell has been watching closely as well as the treatments coming down the pipeline. meg?een a crazy day. and at the end of the day, we got updated guidelines on health care workers returning from the affected countries in west africa. this after the governors of new york and new jersey agreed that folks should be quarantined if they treated people over there. that caused a lot of consternation. as a nurse just got discharged today. the cdc coming out with more nuanced guidelines that continues between the states and federal guidelines. and this 5-year-old boy at bellevue. we don't know if he has tested positive for ebola. we know he was taken to the hospital last night, developed a fever this morning. today dr. frieden from the cdc said he was presenting in an unusual way for it to be ebola. so we're thinking maybe it isn't ebola. but we still don't have the test results back. those are expected this afternoon. and then the doctor who is being treated at bellevue, dr. craig spencer, who has tested for ebola, the only person in new york to have done so, we know that he is

. >> our first questions comes from meg terrell with cnbc. you may ask your question. >> hi, guys. i am just wondering, are you concerned about health care workers feeling safe and well-prepared on the job, concerned at all that folks will be afraid to come to work? >> we are concerned that if health care workers are afraid to come to work or patients are afraid to go to hospitals or health care settings, we could see wider health care impacts. it is so important that we focus on what will work here. we know how to stop ebola. we no know care has been provid in hospitals throughout africa without infections. with he know it is hard. we know a single breach can cause an infection. a single slip can cause an infection. that's why we are looking at every aspects of the procedures so that we can make them safer and we are empowering health care workers with information. when you are concerned about something, when you are worried about it, i find it is always helpful to get more information about it so you can juunderstan it more fully. when we understand ebola doesn't spread, that hel

meg terrell is at bellevue hospital where the patient, dr. craig spencer, a doctor who returned from treating patients in africa is being cared for. we want you to weigh in. should rules be stricter for people coming into the u.s. who have had contact with ebola? you can go to cnbc.com/vote. >> reporter: hi, sue. we are just getting details from a news conference going on with mayor bill deblasio now. we learned dr. spencer is in stable condition and is talking on the cell phone. that is all we know about him right now. health officials are reemphasizing that there is little risk to new yorkers. out of an abundance of caution they are tracking everywhere dr. spencer went since he started to feel sluggish. yesterday morning he began to feel feverish. we know he road the subway on wednesday. health officials emphasizing people are not contagious unless they are feverish. mayor deblasio is stressing that the risk is very low for new yorkers. >> there is no cause for alarm. new yorkers need to understand the situation is being handled and handled

meg terrell is live outside bellevue hospital in new york. what new news do you have? >> reporter: we just heard from the cdc that it has confirmed the diagnosis of the patient here, dr. spencer. the cdc says that three members of its ebola response team arrived in new york last night and more are expected to arrive today. we just got off a news conference with health officials here in new york saying that dr. spencer is in stable condition and is talking on a cell phone. we know that a cleaning crew has arrived at his apartment in harlem. his fiance is in quarantine and two friends have been served with orders. they will be isolated and monitored for 21 days, taking their own temperature once a day and having health officials take their temperature once a day. they are all well right now. it is important to say. mayor deblasio is emphasizing that new york is prepared to handle this. >> looking at the juxtaposition of what happened in dallas versus here i have a lot of respect for our colleagues in dallas dealing with the crisis much earlier and without as much informa

our first question comes from meg terrell with cnbc. you may ask your question. >> hi, guys, i'm just wondering are you concerned about health care workers? you know, feeling safe and well prepared on the job concerned at all that folks will be afraid to come to work? >> we are concerned that if health care workers are afraid to come to work or patients are afraid to go to hospitals or health care settings, we can see wider health care impacts. that's why it's so important that we focus on what will work here. we know how to stop ebola. we know that care has been provided and hospitals throughout africa without infections. we know it's hard. and we know that a single breach can cause an infection. we know the single slip can cause an infection. that's why we're looking at every aspect of the procedures so we can make them safer and we're empowering her with information. when you're concerned about something, you worried about it, i find it's always helpful so you can understand it more fully. when we understand that ebola doesn't spread

meg terrell will have more straight ahead on "street signs." >> personal injury attorneys. chu to run down a couple of stocks. >> not a personal injury attorney. i have something to show you for the markets. if you look at the stocks that have done the best sector wise health care, consumer staples and utilities have been star outperformers since the market peaked on the 19th of september. utilities positive. some of the individual stock standouts we look for the ones in the s&p 500 that did well positive during that time. look at mylan labs. one of the stocks have gone up in the timeframe. we have monster energy, monster beverage up 6%. people still like the consumer staples play on beverages. we have nike shares and global consumer up 7% since the market peaked. certainly weathering the storm and doing better than the overall picture. one of the best performing stocks is clorox. if you like bleach you like other consumer products that stock is up 8%. there are stocks that are having good news and nice moves to the upside. >> i like bleach, as well. let's see what is comin

charles link as well as our own reporter meg terrell.at to have you with us. >> hi, melissa. >> the vaccine was already in a trial of 500 volunteers or so. so what will this bigger study starting in january do for you and what sort of data are you expecting out of it? >> the first 500 volunteers are in phase one testing, testing for toxicity and trying to determine dose. the large-scale trial in west africa is trying to look at the effectiveness to determine if it should be widely distributed within the hot zone. >> what sort of timeframe should be we be expecting? >> it's a little hard to project, but we expect to get the first phase one data by around december, and that data will be used to make a choice, to then launch the larger scale trial, and sort of a phased version in january of next year, but it's a little hard to nail that date downright today. >> are you going to be able to ramp up supply in order to help -- i know the w.h.o. is looking for 20,000 doses potentially starting in january. do you have that capacity? gsk talking a

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meg terrell is covering it all from capitol hill. ll us what you're hearing, meg. >> reporter: hey, mandy. right now in the middle of a pretty intense q&a session with dr. frieden and others. off the top, the opening statements, the chairman, fred upton, a republican from michigan, making the call for travel restrictions. >> we need a plan to treat those who are sick, to train health care workers, to safely provide care and to stop the spread of this disease here at home and at its source in africa. this includes travel restrictions or bans from that region beginning today. >> reporter: cdc director tom frieden, of course, fielding a lot of questions on that, finally responding that they will do -- they will consider any options to better protect americans. now, the white house in its daily briefing saying it still opposes a ban on travel from those three countries in west africa. and president obama meanwhile canceled travel outside of washington today in order to focus on ebola, saying that he will call members of congress today and

cnbc's meg terrell is there. and she joins us with more. what more have we learned, meg?> reporter: hi, mandy. i just got off a telebriefing with the cdc and health officials here in texas. learning a lot of information. first and foremost, cdc director tom freeden emphasizing they remain confident they can contain any spread here in the united states. he emphasized that the risk only becomes zero when the outbreak in west africa is contained. and he did say there could be additional cases here in texas who are already exposed but systems are in place so they won't further spread ebola. now, they are assessing about 100 people that they say may have come into contact with the patient. they have cast a wide net. and they say just a handful may have had exposure, and they will be monitored. now, four close members of the patient's family are ordered to stay in their home until october 19th. that's the longest incubation period for the virus. their temperatures are being taken twice a day. they're not allowed to receive any guests. and that is being monitored by local law en

cnbc's meg terrell joins us from outside new york's bellevue hospital with the latest. meg. >> good morning. we know that dr. craig expenser, who is 33, was working with doctors in new guinea. we know he completed his work on october 12th, left on the 14th and arrived at jfk on the 17th. it wasn't until days later that he started to feel sluggish and then yesterday, came down with a fever. now it's important to note that because he wasn't symptomatic while he was traveling, health authorities say there was little risk that he spread ebola when he was traveling or in the gates until yesterday. he is a doctor who was well trained, looked like he took all the right steps. they were careful in transporting him to the airport -- to the hospital wearing personal protective equipment, put him right into isolation here at bell view. and in the news koshs last night, new york governor andrew cuomo and the mayor de blasio emphasized that the city is ready. >> we have been preparing for months from the threat posed by ebola. we have clear and strong protocols which have been skrup

meg terrell is outside the cdc in atlanta for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.re have been a lot of questions about what the u.s. intends to do to stop additional cases from entering the united states. calling for flights from west africa to be blocked. they are saying they are looking at strengthening screening protocols from passengers leaving those west african countries and leaving the united states. >> we are working to do additional passenger screening at the source and here in the united states. all these make me confident here in the united states, at least, the chances of an outbreak, of an epidemic here are extraordinarily low. >> this as the first case of ebola was contracted outside west africa. that was confirmed yesterday in spain. a nurse treating a priest who died from ebola is confirmed to have come down with it. there are discussions about the nbc cameraman flown yesterday to nebraska for treatment. he is expected to potentially receive experimental drugs. we learned thomas eric duncan, the only patient diagnosed on u.s. soil has been treated w

we have meg terrell following the ebola story for cnbc with a little more information on what mr.ill be doing. >> that's right. some of the criticism so far is all these different agencies are working on this themselves. there's been no centralized control or organization of efforts. what a czar is expected to do is coordinate that as john mentioned, we don't necessarily need a medical person in charge. we've got a lot of medical people working on this. cdc has been criticized for not taking control. they didn't have the jurisdiction. this person will have the jurisdiction to see all the efforts. we have four biocontainment unit equipped hospitals in the united states. if there are more cases in dallas, where will they be treated? we only have three cases here now. as we heard yesterday, needing to step up the u.s. response to make sure infections don't spread. >> i was surprised they appointed someone with such a strong political background and not as much of a health care background. >> maybe they see it as more of a political problem. >> and a communication issue. >> he has man

our pharmaceutical bio tech reporter meg terrell has the latest. meg? >> reporter: hi, bill. that's right. dr. craig spencer is being treated here for ebola in isolation at bellevue in serious but stable condition and no more updates on him and still only patient in new york city to have tested positive for ebola and a child transported to bellevue last night. this morning developed a fever because he had returned from one of the affected countries in west africa and being tested for ebola. mayor deblasio saying they expect the results this afternoon and bringing you updates when we get them. the debate is growing about the quarantine measures of health care workers returning from the countries. mayor deblasio is calling the treatment of casey hickocks unacceptable. she is discharged from the hospital. the cdc is expected to update the guidelines today, a news conference beginning in a few minutes and any updates from that. bill an kelly, back the you guys. >> all right. meg, thank you very much. curious what they have to say, what a mess of washington and new york and new je

our meg terrell joins us from the centers of disease control with more. g. >> reporter: that's right. as you know, there's questions of screening passengers entering the united states from affecting countries in west africa and we were at a news con briefing here with the director saying new measures will be announced along those lines. >> and as the president said yesterday, we are looking hard at what we can do to further increase the safety of americans. and in the coming days, we will announce further measures that will be taken. >> reporter: he was also asked about experimental news and we're getting word that ashoka mukpo nbc cameraman flown back yesterday is receiving the experiment brincidofavir and learned yesterday that duncan, treated in dallas, is receiving that same drug and was given it starting on saturday. he is still in critical condition. we're told by the hospital he is on a respirator and kidney dialysis right now. none of the 48 contacts monitored for 21 days shown any signs and symptoms of ebola. and now, dr. frieden saying there's si

let's go to meg terrell in washington. >> president obama canceled planned travel today after staying to meet with cabinet members on the u.s. response for ebola. he'll be here today to follow up on yesterday's meeting. we are here ahead a congressional hearing where cdc director tom frieden will testify. along with officials of the fda, homeland security and the hospital system in dallas. in prepared remarks dr. daniel varga chief clinical officer apologizes for mistakes made in the initial treatment of thomas r. duncan. mr. duncan was initially discharged when he arrived at the hospital. he testified when mr. duncan returned to the hospital it followed cdc and texas state health recommendations using protective equipment. we expect to hear questions about the response from dallas and on u.s. preparedness overall. there have been renewed calls to block flights from affected countries in west africa which the cdc said would be counterproductive to stopping the outbreak at its source. we know the second health care worker to be diagnosed with ebola flew from cleveland to dallas on mond

meg terrell is at the amgen investor meeting. >> just now ceo bob bradway was presenting to analysts and investors. the company announced restructuring in the second quarter that would have eliminated up 15% total head count. they are adding 5% head count reduction to that. now a total of 20% head count reduction expected to result in savings of $1.5 billion annually. also responding to the suggestion by dan lobe that the company split itself up. they considered it but because they have a centralized supply chain, they don't see that adding value. they are not saying never, but right now that doesn't make sense for them. addressing a lot of the questions raised by dan logan. others about cost cutting, returning capital shareholders, saying they planned to increase their dividend by 30% beginning the first quarter. they did provide guidance for next year, $20.8 billion to $20.3 billion in revenue. they plan to pay out about 60% of their adjusted net income on average to shareholders through 2018. bottom line, not planning on splitting up. back to you guys. >> of course, under pressure

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meg terrell joins us from -- for more from dallas. meg? >> reporter: hi, david. that's right, the health care worker working here at texas health presbyterian taking care of duncan since admitted september 28th. she had extensive contract with the patient, the cdc tells us. she had been self-monitoring, taking her temperature twice a day. friday came down with symptoms, placed in isolation saturday. she tested positive for ebola and yesterday the cdc confirmed is it ebola. her condition is stable. one contact has been placed in isolation as a proactive measure. and the cdc's director dr. tom friedan says it's unknown how the health care worker was exposed. >> we don't know what occurred in the care of the indexed patient, the original patient in dallas. but at some point there was a breach in protocol and that breach in protocol resulted in this infection. >> reporter: she was not one of the 48 contacts of mr. duncan's who have been monitored and none of them have shown symptoms of ebola. all of the health care workers are being monitored. if one was exposed, it'

. >> meg terrell is covering that story in a great way. she has the latest now. he is in philadelphia where a pe meeting is taking place. meg? >> reporter: that's right, guys. we learned this morning that thomas eric duncan, the only patient to have been diagnosed with ebola on u.s. soil passed away today. now, we have been talking with a lot of infectious disease specialists here in philadelphia, noting the length of time before mr. duncan was treated was problematic and a lot of questions raised about why he was initially turned away from the hospital. it wasn't until sunday he was admitted and treated for ebola. cdc said that's a teachable moment for the united states. we spoke this morning with a doctor of emery university treating a few of the u.s. ebola patients saying hospitals have catching up to do in terms of emergency preparedness. >> a lot of medical centers around the world are just in the planning stage, and so, we are likely to see additional patients slip through the cracks while people are implementing their protocols. >> reporter: now, it's impor

now america has a so-called ebola czar and meg terrell has the details on the new position. meg?ht. we learned the president is naming ron explain, former chief of staff to vice president biden and al gore for the ebola response coming after a grilling yesterday on capitol hill of cdc director and others over mistakes made in dallas and lawmakers making calls for travel restrictions of west africa and they were joined today by texas governor rick perry and we know that nina pham transported to the hospital at the nih. dr. fauci saying she is in stable condition and meanwhile the cdc is reaching out to anyone who had contact with amber vinson. she took flights to and from dallas and transferred to atlanta. health officials in dallas are monitoring 50 health care workers going into the room of thomas eric duncan and say we could see more cases in the coming days and learned overnight a dallas hospital employees that handled samples of duncan is on cruise ship and doesn't symptoms 19 days after contact but she is in isolation and they're returning to texas sunday morning. kelly? >>

. >>> let's get over to meg terrell in dallas with some breaking news on the ebola outbreak. >> reporterht. just getting word via facebook that mark zuckerberg and priscilla are donating $25 million for the center for disease control foundation to help fight ebola. they say the ebola epidemic is at a critical turning point and they hope that this is the fastest way to help, to empower the cdc and experts in the field to help prevent this outcome that reaches a large scale, like hiv or polio, they say. mark in this post on facebook. he says, grants like this directly help the frontline responders in their heroic work. we hope this will help save lives and get this epidemic under control. mark and priscilla zuckerberg donating $25 million to the center for disease control. >> in about ten minutes, we'll be talking to a republican congressman, whose committee will be hearing the case on ebola on thursday. >>> in the meantime, the electronics research team at ihs is taking a look under tesla hood, quite literally. the company breaking down the tesla model "s," piece by piece, at least the da

meg terrell is on the ground in dallas. what can you tell us about the situation right now?here in dallas there is a patient thomas duncan being treated. the first and only u.s. case of ebola that's been confirmed. his contacts are being monitored. only a handful of close contacts and his family's been ordered to stay in the house. that's four family members ordered to stay in the house until october 19th. there has been some question of whether he'll receive experimental treatment at the hospital. telling us that is being discussed with the hospital, with the patient, with had his family. and that will be provided if they choose. but there are questions about the supply of these drugs. and they're all experimental. of course zmapp which has been used in about seven people, the supply is expended. but the u.s. is seeking ways to ramp that up. tekmira and biocryst. speaking to a doctor who looked a lot another ebola, he said if this gets worse in kes africa, we'll need a drug to keep it from getting into pandemic proportions. but i've also talked to columbia university who th

mega terrell is in dallas. what's the latest, meg? >> reporter: hey, kelly. that's right.care worker was involved in the treatment of thomas eric duncan who passed away here last week in dallas. hers is the first transmission of ebola here in the united states. health care monitoring others saying it's possible others were exposed and more cases an ennot known exactly how she was infected. but they are looking at a couple different things and saying when he received intubation and dialysis and could have been potentially high risk procedures and removal of personal protective equipment could have been a time when somebody was contaminated. looking at ways to make treatment and care of patients easier in hospitals saying that the team involved should be kept as small as possible. pru procedures limited to those essential and one person make it the only job to oversee infection control at hospitals. cdc director saying every hospital needs to be prepared to diagnose ebola patients. >> the single most important thing for every other hospital in the country to know is the impo

. >> mike terrell is in dallas with the latest on the efforts to contain ebola. meg?reporter: hey, scott and kayla. thanks. we have been hearing they are monitoring about 100 people here in dallas, but that's really casting a wide net mo may have come in contact with the patient. cdc director, tom freiden, today telling us they have talked to most of the 100 people, not all yet and identified handful they think may have come in close contact and will be monitored. the latest we heard is 12 to 18 people closely monitored, we should get an updated number from them tomorrow. we do know that four close family members from the patient have been ordered to save in their home and not receive guests until october 19th, the inc., cube base period for the virus. the apartment is being monitored by local law enforcement. there were some concerns that the family had perhaps left or were receiving guest he is and so they had to increase the strictness of that rule. food is being delivered and a cleaning crew is coming to help deal with the effects of the patient having stayed ther