he is attached to new york presbyterian hospital in new york city. he was affected in the west african nation of guinea. dr. spencer was working to fight the ebola epidemic alongside the heroic international medical organization called doctors without borders. new york officials say craig spencer felt some mild fatigue in the last couple of days but nothing serious. he has been self monitoring, taking his temperature twice a day since he returned last week. he reportedly did not have a temperature until this morning, but then he did. they said it was 103 degrees when he contacted doctors without borders to tell them about his fever. that organization contacted the health department. the health department contacted local emergency services in new york city. this is interesting. the emergency services in new york city dispatched one of the 36 teams in the foot ny, 36 has tacked teams that have been set up by the new york city fire department to handle first medical response and medical transport for infectious diseases and hazardous materials. the fire

in new york. when he does that, he wants to create as the capping moment, he was to create the tallest building in the world. this is four years after introducing his first car. it was called the chrysler six. at the time he is throwing up this building in 1927, 1928, there is a building going on downtown with the same idea. the owners there had the same aim in mind. this instigates what i call a sky race. a lavishly publicized competition to see who is going to build the first building taller than the eiffel tower. the tallest building in the world. everyone thought that is both buildings were nearing completion, everyone figured that 40 wall had won the day. but chrysler ordered the construction inside the building, in secret, of a thing called the vertex. that is this deal needle on the top. it is about 180 feet high. it is built inside the tower, and then one october morning, in 1929, they raised it up. it wasn't even covered in the papers. chrysler makes an announcement that -- gotcha. [laugh

we can do that here in new york. president obama supports it. so do the energy department and the interior department. senators schumer angela brandt supported. -- senators schumer and gillibrand support it. the d.c. says 50,000 jobs. the 640 1000s, for new yorkers who are still unemployed right now, getting by on a second job, those are the jobs he pretends to have created. good jobs. this will lower energy costs, bring back manufacturing. it will be back -- it will be good for our taxes. need to gete people back to work. but make sure we protect the environment and the public health. symbolically is on my left today. he believes that fracking is very dangerous. my rightino is on today and he believes fracking is safe. i say i am not a scientist. let the scientists decide. it is very compensated. it is very controversial. academic studies come out all different ways. let the experts decide. let the department of health and the department of conversation give me a report. what the experts say is right, that is what i will do. it is too complicate

there is an on going press conference in new york city that consists of the new york city mayor and newgovernor andrew como -- cuomo. >> -- a friend said that they felt he and the patient as i've said did not report any fever. although he did report that he felt tired. >> well, he did a really -- he did attempt to self-isolate. and we're still gettingvooxu cl the amount of time that he spent outside of his apartmentfb butr impression is he spent most of his time in the apartment and took his temperature twice a day. he was being mindful about contacts with people. he's a medical doctor, asv8 all said. so he was very alert to signs and symptoms of ebola coming from a place where ebola is truly ravaging the dó#ñpopulati the waste? we have contracts in place for the removal of medical waste. the patient really only displayed symptoms today. and i see no reason for the building to be concerned.

come to new york ñ new york airports.so we kpt say this is unexpected. >> trace ghallager is live with the latest. trace? >> and megyn we have learned doctor spencer got to guinea in mid september working in guinea treating ebola patients. he says hecuvs# does not believ protective gear had been breeched he left guinea october 14th, arriving at jfk airport october 17th. new york authorities say he came in direct contact with very few people, but that could be largely unknown. here is why. dr. spencer says he began feeling sluggish tuesday of this week. he says he did not have a fever but yesterday, went for a three-mile jog. later took the subway. three different trains to brooklyn. he went to a bowling alley he says at the time he felt fine except for some fatigue. he took uber back home, uber says the cdc and new york health department told them that neither the driver or subsequent passengers were at risk. it's important to note he may not have come into contact with many people, but on dry surfaces ebola can live seve

new york's world class public health system. >> we want to state at the outset there most reason for new yorkers to be alarmed. new yorkers who haven't been exposed to an infected person's bodily fluids is not at all at risk. >> we have a full coordinated effort literally working night and day coordinating city, state, and federal resources. coordinating in drilling from airports to transportation to subway stations to ambulances to hospitals so we are as ready as one could be for this circumstance. >> harlow is at bellevue with the latest on the story. >> good morning, john. this is where the 33-year-old doctor craig spencer is being treated for ebola. the first case of ebola in new york city. we know he came to new york back from guinea when he was working to save lives. he came here on october 17th. on the 21st had began to feel sluggish. he started to develop a significant fever, nausea, pain, fatig fatigue, the symptoms of ebola. he immediately contracted authorities. he was transported by

nine years before getting that eclipse. >> i'm john seigenthaler in new york. "america tonight" is next. we'll see you tomorrow night. on america tonight. toughened up. and attack on their capitol forces canadians to new action. >> our laws and police powers, need to be strengthened in the area of surveillance, attention, and rest. they need to be much strengthened. >> signs of a growing threat north of the border and what canada will do now. also tonight, ebola in new york city? the young doctor who sudden sickness launch as full scale alert, has the virus landed in our biggest city and can it be contained? and behind the headlines.

this is with new york cityj=aç r de blasio, new york city governor andrew cuomo and other officials.t's go back to that right now. >> -- the governor mentioned an additional person. this person was a driver of an l uber car with whom the patient had no direct physical contact and is considered not to be at risk. on today when he reported fever he contacted the health department.  and he was brought to bellevue hospit hospital. the test for ebola conducted and conducted at our public healo= lab. i think that i shoulde÷'Ñ turn to dr. 6zypher to talk about prospect of his transfer.kzñ confident that alln are.kzñ of the protocols that we've worked so hard to put in place for communications with all levels of our public health system, with our emergency medical system, with our public health system have worked as well as we expected0c!ñ them to work. and we're glad that the patient is safely here at bellevue hospital. over to you, doctor. and governor cuomo and mayor de blasio. firstly, our wishes and prayers go out to this doctor, his family and friends for a speedyw recovery. ast;bj÷

it's a doctor in new york city. om the hospital where he's being treated in isolation. >>> another breaking news out of northampton county. a police chase and shooting leaves a driver dead. we're gathering new information about that as well. >> we're waking up to a much nicer start this morning. the rain is gone that's been over our head for the last few days. bill henley will get us started with his first alert forecast. we have a few clouds, right? >> blowing through, winds gusting 36 miles an hour in poconos and 18-mile-an-hour winds in pottstown. temperatures are warm in most area. with with the exception, where cloutsdzy already broken. millville, 46 degrees. that matches 46 degrees in pocono mountains. we'll see lots of sunshine in between the clouds. 55 degrees at 9:00. 61 degrees at lunchtime. then more sunshine later in the afternoon. that's when we'll warm up to 66 degrees. i'm back in less than ten minutes with a look at your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast. but right now, let's check in with jillian

that it for us in new york. "inside story" is next on al jazeera america. >> protecting a vulnerable public or giving in to the fears of a panicking public. ebola, fears and science. it's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. after a doctor coming home to new york after treating ebola treatments in west africa submitted himself to treatment, and a nurse landed in new jersey's newark international airport, worry about the disease spread in the country's most densely populated region. governor chris christie puts the nurse in involuntary quarantine even though she's show nothing symptoms of the disease. he backed off the absolute form of mandated quarantine for people who showed no symptoms over the weekend. the obama administration was critical of both' approaches, noting mandatory quarantine for volunteers made it less likely for volunteers to head to west africa where their help is badly needed. the u.s. is trying to figure out how to treat the trickle of potential cases landing here. over the weekend a c

this is new york, people come through new york. they come through new york's airports so we can't say that this is an unexpected circumstance. we have had a full, coordinated effort that has been working literally night and day, court nading sfi, state and federal resources, coordinating and drilling from airports to transportations, to subway stations to ambulances to hospitals. so we are as ready as one could be for this circumstance. they didn't know what they were dealing with in dallas. and we had the advantage of learning from the dallas experience. just the other day, it had been long days, but i believe yesterday we had 5,000 health care workers who were being drilled on just this situation. we also had a fortunate circumstance here that the infected person was a doctor. the doctor who worked on doctors without borders. so he was familiar with the possibility and the symptoms, et cetera. and he handled himself accordingly. our best information is that for the relevant period of time, he was only exposed to a very few people

he is attached to new york presbyterian hospital in new york city. it was believed he was infected in the west african nation of guinea. we were told he was working to fight the ebola epidemic alongside the heroic international medical organization called doctors without borders. new york officials said dr. craig spencer felt some mild fatigue in the last couple of days but nothing serious. he has been self monitoring by taking his temperature twice a day since he returned last week. he reportedly did not have a temperature until this morning, but then he did. they are saying it was 103 degrees when he contacted doctors without borders to tell them about his fever. they then contacted the health department. the help department contacted local emergency services in new york city. emergency services in new york city dispatched one of the 36 teams in the -- they have been set up by the new york city fire department to handle first medical response and also medical transport for infectious diseases and hazardous materials. the fire department of new york

that it's here in new york, it's more frightening. new york is a dense place. a lot of people on top of each other, but the more facts you know, the less frightening this situation is. we have had a full, coordinated effort that has been working, literally, night and day coordinating city, state and federal resources, coordinating and drilling from airports to transportation to subway stations to ambulances to hospitals, so we are as ready as one could be for this circumstance. what happened in dallas was actually the exact opposite. dallas, unfortunately, was caught before they could really prepare, before they really knew what they were dealing with in dallas. we had the advantage of learning from the dallas experience. >> new york governor, andrew cuomo, speaking at bellevue hospital talking about the new york city and state in response to this breaking news that a doctor just back from west africa has tested positive for the ebola virus. comparing the new york response to what happened in dallas, where the very first patient to be diagnosed, thomas eric dun

that possible ebola case in new york city. to the new tensions and violent new protests in ferguson, missouri. continued leaks from the grand jury investigation are raising questions about what happened when a police officer shot unarmed teenager michael brown. joining me is don lemon, jeffrey tuben, john gaskin and tom fuentes. john, you've been on the ground in st. louis. there were so many protesters in the streets of ferguson last night. there were seven people arrested, a lot of police were assaulted by rocks and bottles. is this a situation getting out of control? >> well, you know, with the leaks, people are very, very agitated. they see it as egregious, unethical, and obviously orchestrated. so you've got a community that already does not trust law enforcement, that was told from the beginning that this process would be highly confidential until the end of the investigation. now you have leaks that appear to be coming out every day. you have a community that is very, very upset about it, and really wants answers as to w

with the first confirmed ebola case in new york, the race is on to get a lid on it. and now there are new rules about who should be quarantined. >>> police now say it was an act of terrorism when a man armed with a hatchet attacked uniformed police officers in a new york city street. >>> and your stories. tonight the nominations are in from our viewers, and we'll meet some extraordinary people who are making a difference. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. and while we are covering developing news on several fronts on this friday night, most urgently this evening, there has been another school shooting in this country. this time at a high school north of seattle in marysville, washington, where a student started shooting in a school cafeteria. we want to begin with the very latest. nbc's hallie jackson is covering for us tonight. >> a possible shooting in the cafeteria. >> reporter: moments before students sprinted out of marysville-pilchuck high school, just af

new york city. this event was hosted by the new york public library, and last about 90 minutes. >> thank you, lois. i want to thank the library for organizing this event. can you guys hear me in the back? can you hear me now? no? yes? i will speak loudly. it is great to be in the city, lecturing on the city that he wrote about. in the very place in the city that you wrote about -- midtown manhattan. a couple of preliminaries before we roll into this illustrated talk. i like that better than powerpoint, as a term. i'm not good at powerpoint. it's not that i'm a luddite, i'm just a technological idiot. this is not the book i originally set out to right. the original idea was to do the whole city. all five boroughs, and stretch it out from world war i to world war ii. without trying to be too cute, i took to bigger bite out of the apple. i discovered, as i was doing my research, that i was really drawn to a really compelling story within the larger story i had intended to tell. it is an untold story, a

what's going on with ebola in new york city. so let's do it. >>> ebola has reached new york city. >> 33-year-old dr. craig spencer now in an isolation unit. >> there is no reason for new yorkers to be alarmed. >> guy pulled out an axe. it was just chaos. >> two new york city policemen seriously wounded by a man wielding a hatchet. >> one person with extremist views. >> this video gives a play-by-play of the shooting rampage on canada's parliament hill. >> this is a threat that is very difficult to counter. >> welcome back to "new day," i'm alisyn camerota alongside chris cuomo. new york health officials are downplaying the dangers this morning after revealing the city's first diagnosed case of ebola. dr. craig spencer returned last week from west africa where he was treating ebola patients. since then he's been busy, going to restaurants, bowling, riding the subway. that was before his symptoms appeared. >> the key word they're telling us is "before." we know that dr. spencer is now in isolation. thankfully for now we're told he

this is new york. people come to new york, they come to new york's airports. unexpected circumstance. we have had a full coordinated effort that has been working literally night and day coordinating city, state and federal resources. coordinating and drilling from airports to transportations, to hospitals. so we are as ready as one could be for this circumstance. what happened in dallas was actually the exact opposite. dallas unfortunately was caught before they could really what they were dealing with in dallas. and we had the advantage of learning from the dallas experience. just the other day -- they've been long days, but i believe it was yesterday we had 5,000 health care workers being drilled on just this situation. we also had a fortunate affected person was a doctor. a doctor who worked on doctors without borders. so he was familiar with the possibility and the symptoms, et cetera, and he handled himself accordingly. our best information is that for the relevant period of time he was only exposed to a very few people, partially because he knew exactly

in new york and this is cnn tonight, i'm don lemon. our breaking news, new york and the nation on alert over ebola. dr. craig spencer who returned from treating ebola patients in west africa on october 17th, he is infected. he is in isolation in bellevue hospital right now in new york city. he had close contact with at least three friends. they're all now quarantined. anoth another, a taxi driver, not considered at risk at the moment. want to get straight to poppy harlow at bellevue hospital where they wrapped up a press conference including the mayor and governor of new york city. both saying new yorkers shouldn't be worried. i'm not sure how much that will translate to those who say there are still too many unknowns. >> reporter: it's a good point but can't reiterate enough that new yorkers could separate as normal. this disease ebola is not hard to contract. you contract it by transmission of bodily fluids and becomes increasingly contagious, the more symptomatic the patient becomes. this doctor, the 33-year-old who returned from tre

the first case here in new york.at struck me, that struck with me, that the city was dispatching what it called disease detectives to fan out and do the contact tracing necessary. can you tell me anymore about who those folks are and what they're doing? >> well what they 'doing is part of general precaution. they'll go out and speak to everybody that he has had contact with. obviously, his girlfriend was one of those people. and that's why sources say that she is in quarantine right this. now're going to trace his steps to see who he has had physical contact with what so ever and then they'll be physically kaushsz under a quarantine of 21 days chrks is what we saw in dal lass for the family of mr. dunc duncan, who, unfortunate hi, died from it. so what they'll do, they'll talk to him, find out exact hi what he did, as much as they can, and then they'll try to piece together who could is possibly been in contact with them. they've hr gone thu apartment building and speaking to neighbors with anybody who e who has had

he was born and raised in a new york family. in 1959, his family branched out and bought loews theaters. today the loews corporation has $80 billion in assets that generate $15 billion in annual revenue with interest from everything in hotels, insurance, oil and gas. jonathan tisch runs the company with his cousin and is also the chairman of loews hotels. >> he took this area and made it guest friendly. >> he completed a massive luxury renovation of a flagship hotel that is near and dear to his heart. >> i grew up in this hotel. >> but that work has not stopped him from writing three business strategy books. >> you get about six hours of sleep? >> 5 to 6 hours of sleep. you will get an e-mail from me at 3:00 in the morning. >> despite a demanding schedule, he tries to make it to every giants home game. i caught up with him at his team's home turf -- metlife stadium. ♪ >> it is incredible to be out here. how does it make you feel? >> pretty amazing. i think of my father and what he went through to afford us this opportunity to be

city. >> new york city, new york state.e at the top of the list. you learn that the hard way several times. security and making sure the people in this state are secure, public safety is job one. and understand the diming that is driving. charlie i don't believe this goes away, i don't believe this gets better. i believe this is a new normal. i believe this isis, there are a number of groups. >> rose: you support what the president has done so far. >> i support -- >> rose: should he do more. >> i support the president in his war on terror. he's the commander in chief, he calls the shots. i don't think that we can do enough. i think this is the new reality. >> rose: should the president havecm done more in syria. you know what the criticism of the president is at an early time when asked to support and secretary clinton said we need to do more and ci director petraeus and defense secretary all said we should do more and the president said no. >> yes. for me charlie it's like yesterday, i'm not going to second guess the presi

here is what the statement from the new york city department of health is. y, hazmat units transported a patient to bellevue hospital who represented a fever. this is new here, gastrointestinal symptoms as well. the patient is a health care worker who returned to the u.s. within the past 21 days from one of the three countries facing the outbreak of ebola. the patient was transported wearing personal protective equipment. so they apparently did put on the equipment. props to the doctor who locked himself inside his apartment. he didn't want to spread this to anybody. after consulting with the hospital they decided to conduct a test for the ebola virus. we are waiting on the test results, they will come in 12 hours and market has lost -- i want to say, charlie, markets lost about 80 points on the rally, but holding on. >> clearly, there's obviously an algorithm tied to ebola. we've been talking about it for weeks now. it's not the end of the world, but clearly the markets will trade off on this news, just something you have to be prepared for. the market was a

new york city is our major city. white house now has this new ebola czar, whatever his exact title is. and there is going to have to be further education from the white house through public health and public safety entities about how to deal with the threat or you know with these cases that are going to arise. and now, just given the nature of travel, as sanjay said, just the nature of the volunteer of the medical force that is going to africa. we should probably hear from the white house relatively soon given that it does now have an ebola czar. i understand them deferring to new york but whether there will be changes in protocols from the cdc or the airport level, those should come out soon, as well. people are looking to the white house to centralize and organize what at first seemed a very complicated and confused response. and i would suspect we hear from them tonight after this press conference. they will defer to the locals and then probably come out later on tonight. >> and dr. seema yasmin is joining us, now

and standing by outside bellevue hospital in new york city is dr. 's the latest there? >> sean, dr. craig spencer who trained at columbia was over in guinea treating ebola patients. and he came back by our reports october 17th about six days ago. and about two or three days ago he started feeling ill. and this morning he developed a fever of 103.o unfortunately he likely exposed hundreds of people to ebola before he got sick, which again is a very unlikely that he transmitted it that way since getting sick. the estimates are four people that have been in contact with including his girlfriend. he was brought by the fire department down here to bellevue hospital in a tried and true unit that's been tested.71% hospital in an isolation unit likely to be on the service used previously to isolate tuberculosis patients. let's hope that the 62>/jtju are followed double gloves,np= gowns, hazmat suits, no skin exposedcéms hoods. because there's a lot of secretions that are involved right now. we don't need another health care worker to come down with e lo bo l

new york city has been working with new york state, the center for disease control to prepare for thisand our nation's largest city, based on what we know no -- now, i believe they have done absolutely everything right. the unck physician returned from west africa ten days ago, where he had been working on the ebola crisis. upon arrival into the united states, the doctor was fromminged by the cdc and the cust tolls and border control, and reported to new york city health authorities. yesterday when he reported he has 103 degree temperature, the healthcare system sprang into action. he was transporteded to bellevue hospital. the hospital has been designated for the isolation, indication and treatment of potential ebola patients. governor has designated eight special hospitals in new york city. earlier this week, a specially trained cdc team visited bellevue and determined that the hospital is well prepared to treat patients. i -- i must say that i respond to your concerns about nurses and at the hospital there were clear protocols in place to ensure that nurses and all staff caring for

and matt miller in new york.umpton is standing right in new york with a preview of what is coming up on "bottom line." >> on the customer as we his housing -- one of the top stories we're following his housing. more home building in september. will that give the u.s. and offer against any of the economic slowdown? see you at the top of the hour. back to you in san francisco, home to the national league champion giants. >> yes! go giants! thank you. awesome game yesterday. the giants going to the world series. >> third time in five years. >> corey and i were at a restaurant in 2010, he did these -- it was kind of like jumping jacks. >> synchronized swimming on land. i was excited. >> we will talk about sports, coming up. more on "bloomberg west." ♪ >> travis ishikawa hits one into right! the giants win the pennant! >> the san francisco giants are heading to the world series on that dramatic walkoff home run. the giants will face the kansas city royals. everybody is buzzing about it. our editor at large cory johnso

federal official tells cnn the cdc is "not happy" about those mandatory quarantines now in place in new york and new jersey. >> the governors of the states imposed 21-day isolation for health workers who are returning from hard-hit west african countries. illinois has a similar rule and now florida is jumping in, mandating twice daily monitoring for 21 days for anyone who is coming back from the outbreak zone. state officials say they're protecting public health, but enforcement, that is still an open question, and federal leaders worry the measures will wind up discouraging u.s. health workers from traveling to liberia, guinea and sierra leone. >> one nurse is slamming the way she was treated after landing in newark airport in new jersey, returning from her work in sierra leone, her name is kaci hickox and writes "i sat alone in the isolation tent and thought of many colleagues who will return home to america and face the same ordeal. will they be made to feel like criminals and prisoners?" she added "my blood was taken and tested for ebola. it came back negative." new jersey governor chris

in new york city. the patient is dr. craig spencer, who recently returned to the u.s. from west africa. preliminary results show he tested positive for ebola. those results are being confirmed by the cdc. dr. spencer was rushed to bellevue hospital in manhattan. >> where he's still being treated this morning in isolation. jesse gary is live for us in new york city, just a short distance from that homent. in the last half hour you were talking about how the big job for leaders in new york city today is calming the public fear. what's being done about that? >> reporter: chris, the first thing, getting information out to residents. namely, this hop had already been designated an ebola treatment center. yesterday city council members were handing out pamphlets who live near dr. spencer. he had traveled on several subway lines and taken an uber car to brooklyn. he developed symptoms after moving around new york city and the public should not panic. >> being on the same subway car or living near a person with

ebola in new york. an american doctor who volunteered for doctors without borders in guinea is in a new york hospital with a disease. dr. craig spencer received a positive test for ebola thursday night. he was rushed by ambulance from his new york apartment into isolation at manhattan's bellevue hospital. officials are traying his fairly extensive movements in the hours before the diagnosis. out in public at a bowling alley, in a park, restaurant, subway, taxi. public officials called a news conference overnight in an effort to alay fears. >> there is no reason for new yorkers to be alarmed. new yorkers who have not been exposed to an infected person's bodily fluids are not at risk. >> we have had a full, coordinated effort that has been working night and day, coordinating city, state and local resources, coordinating and drilling from airports to transportations to subway stations, to ambulances, to hospitals. so, we are as ready as one could be for this circumstance. >> training for this in new york c

craig spencer is now in isolation at a new york hospital, a unit specifically designed to deal with the virus. but what has some new yorkers on edge is what spencer did before he was rushed to the hospital. he went bowling, he went for a run, he road the city's sprawling and jam-packed subway system. we do know that spencer had been taking his temperature twice a day since he returned to new york a week ago after bravely treating ebola patients in guinea. health officials say spencer was not contagious ebola patients are not contagious until they develop a fever and nausea. dr. spencer did that yesterday. he reportedly did start feeling sluggish a couple days ago. there are questions about why he didn't self-quarantine from the start. why don't all health workers returning from ebola hot zones self-quarantine. we ask that question to experts. dr. spencer's fiance and two friends who had contact with him after his symptoms emerged, they are now under quarantine. city health workers have been canvassing his neighborhood. a swat team from the centers for disease control is now on the groun

that is clearly not the case in february in the new york and new jersey area. >> they changed that rule for this game. >> it went away. >> the stadium has a team of 1000 at the ready to clear snow from the stands with a network of chutes. facility operations vp dave duernberger says they are ready or the snow. >> we put a snowmelt on the 300 concourse, and one down here on the field. e have a 600-ton snowmelter we can use in the parking lot. they have a jet engine inside. the heat that is produced from the jet engines is what melts the snow. >> it is a big operation. >> no matter what the weather, it will be a great day. >> some of the greatest games in the history of the nfl have been played in inclement weather. it may snow, it may rain, but it could also be 45 degrees and gorgeous. super bowl xlviii at metlife stadium will be very exciting. we want to make sure that the region knows that the super bowl has been here. >> when we come back, jonathan tisch confesses a secret. >> when people ask me what i'd be doing if i wasn't in the hotel business -- i'm a rustrated architect. ♪ >> the

come to new york ñ new york airports.so we kpt say this is unexpected. >> trace ghallager is live with the latest. trace? >> and megyn we have learned doctor spencer got to guinea in mid september working in guinea treating ebola patients. he says hecuvs# does not believ protective gear had been breeched he left guinea october 14th, arriving at jfk airport october 17th. new york authorities say he came in direct contact with very few people, but that could be largely unknown. here is why. dr. spencer says he began feeling sluggish tuesday of this week. he says he did not have a fever but yesterday, went for a three-mile jog. later took the subway. three different trains to brooklyn. he went to a bowling alley he says at the time he felt fine except for some fatigue. he took uber back home, uber says the cdc and new york health department told them that neither the driver or subsequent passengers were at risk. it's important to note he may not have come into contact with many people, but on dry surfaces ebola can live seve

come to new york ñ new york airports.so we kpt say this is unexpected. >> trace ghallager is live with the latest. trace? >> and megyn we have learned doctor spencer got to guinea in mid september working in guinea treating ebola patients. he says hecuvs# does not believ protective gear had been breeched he left guinea october 14th, arriving at jfk airport october 17th. new york authorities say he came in direct contact with very few people, but that could be largely unknown. here is why. dr. spencer says he began feeling sluggish tuesday of this week. he says he did not have a fever but yesterday, went for a three-mile jog. later took the subway. three different trains to brooklyn. he went to a bowling alley he says at the time he felt fine except for some fatigue. he took uber back home, uber says the cdc and new york health department told them that neither the driver or subsequent passengers were at risk. it's important to note he may not have come into contact with many people, but on dry surfaces ebola can live seve

ebola has come to new york city. s manhattan apartment cordoned off. he took subways, went bowling but authorities are telling new yorkers there's no need for alarm. we have live coverage ahead. >>> the nypd is investigating a potential terror attack on a group of officers. a man reported to be a former navy sailor wielding a hatchet wounded two officers, one of them critically before he was killed in a hail of gunfire. >>> hazing forced a pennsylvania high school football team to cancel the season with just two games left to play. an investigation fond freshmen were forced to perform humiliating acts. the coaching staff suspended. >>> peyton manning threw three touchdown passes as the denver broncos blew past the san diego chargers, 35-21 last night. it was denver's second decisive win in five days for a 6-1 record. those some are of our top stories on this friday, october 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> let's start with the latest american to test positive for ebola. a new york city d

the first ebola case diagnosed in new york city. governor cuomo and bill de blasio set up a press conference to "a" train reassure new yorkers they are not at risk. >>> ebola is extremely hard to contract. people not exposed to their bodily fluids are not at all risk. >> dr. spencer returned from guinea working with doctors without borders at an ebola treatment center. according to "the new york times" he was monitoring himself for signs of infection after his return and the hospital where he works in the emergency room, new york-presbyterian said he has not been on duty since he got back from guinea. new york officials said that he exhibited signs of not feeling well to bellevue earlier today, although he did not exhibit a fever according to health officials until this morning. he had been checking his fever twice a day and when he saw it this morning that's when he contacted his employer doctors without borders who contacted the health department and called 911. as we saw in dallas people who had extensive contact with duncan did n

new york's mayor says there's no reason for new yorkers to be alarmed.at a news conference a couple of hours ago to reassure new yorkers of that. spencer completed his work with ebola patients in guinea. here's the time line for you. on october 12, he left the country two days later and arrived at new york's jfk airport last friday. doctors say he was experiencing fatigue on tuesday, but went bowling with friends on wednesday. he was running a fever thursday so he immediately contacted doctors without borders and the health department and that is when he tested positive for ebola. >> we are very clear that people become contagious as they become sick. so his first fever, in fact, was today. earlier in the late morning today. and he did not have a fever for the whole time since he left guinea until this morning. >> well, gavin macgregor-skinner joins me again. you've been with us for a few hours. thank you for talking with us again. because again, we've got another story in the united states that people are paying attention to. and there were missteps in

after a doctor coming home to new york after treating ebola treatments in west africa submitted himself to treatment, and a nurse landed in new jersey's newark international airport, worry about the disease spread in the country's most densely populated region. governor chris christie puts the nurse in involuntary quarantine even though she's show nothing symptoms of the disease. he backed off the absolute form of mandated quarantine for people who showed no symptoms over the weekend. the obama administration was critical of both' approaches, noting mandatory quarantine for volunteers made it less likely for volunteers to head to west africa where their help is badly needed. the u.s. is trying to figure out how to treat the trickle of potential cases landing here. over the weekend a child checked into new york city's belle vue hospital center with a fever. >> he had a low-grade fever this morning. he has as was noted a travel to one of the three affected countries and has a fever. that's what triggers an assessment. he has no clear exposure to ebola, but our exposure history is unclear.

>> good evening from new york. i'm chris haze. tonight, we have striking new video of the gunman from ottawa and a whole lot of clarification on just what happened in the horrible attack yesterday. more on that video you're seeing in a moment. not through casual contact. new yorkers who have not been exposed to an infected person's bodily fluids are not at all at risk. strongest pub hick health system and the world's heeding medical experts and the world's most advanced medical equipmented. we've been preparing for months for the threat posed by ebola. we have clear and strong >>> were followed in this instance. >> dr. spencer was tested and that came back positive this evening. the cdc is expected to conduct its own test. as well. dr. spencer is one -- is in one of four specially equipped isolation rooms in bellevue which has nine other rooms which could be quickly converted and should be noted new york city has been preparing for this eventual wallet for more than two months. tonight officials held a press conference to share the

so people here in new york city and the new york health commission is saying do not -- basically do not freak out because it is very unlikely that people in new york city are going to contract this because of the way it is contracted. so we want to alert people but at the same time, erin, we don't have the results yet. we don't know yet. >> thank you very much, poppy har low. and to give you an idea the officials are going to the great lengths to keep peoplin formed. this flier is being handed out to people who live near dr. spencer. it asks, are you at risk and have you had direct contact, and did you visit a country within the last 21 days and the answer for the doctor is probably yes. we are outside of spencer's apartment building. miguel, what is the reaction where you are? >> reporter: well, those flyers are outside of the apartment and this area is flooded with public health officials and politicians, people trying to alay the concerns of people in this neighborhood. and also the public health officials going door-to-door trying to figure out who mr. spencer had contact with over

come to new york ñ new york airports.so we kpt say this is unexpected. >> trace ghallager is live with the latest. trace? >> and megyn we have learned doctor spencer got to guinea in mid september working in guinea treating ebola patients. he says hecuvs# does not believ protective gear had been breeched he left guinea october 14th, arriving at jfk airport october 17th. new york authorities say he came in direct contact with very few people, but that could be largely unknown. here is why. dr. spencer says he began feeling sluggish tuesday of this week. he says he did not have a fever but yesterday, went for a three-mile jog. later took the subway. three different trains to brooklyn. he went to a bowling alley he says at the time he felt fine except for some fatigue. he took uber back home, uber says the cdc and new york health department told them that neither the driver or subsequent passengers were at risk. it's important to note he may not have come into contact with many people, but on dry surfaces ebola can live seve

ebola case in new york city.ning me now live on the phone is new york city council speaker melis melissa mark-viverito. one of your aids tweeted out the photograph of you riding the subway this morning. what message are you trying to send? >> the message we want to make sure that every new yorker has details and facts. we want to assure people that it is safe to ride the subway since it has been reported that the patient had been riding the public transportation system and important people understand the facts, as i'm sure it has been stated over and over. it bears repeating that this virus can only be contracted if you are in direct contact with someone showing symptoms. we want to make sure new york city all residents show that new york city is ready. it's prepared. there's been training for this. it understands protocols and new yorkers should have confidence. >> we really always effort to separate fact from fiction. are you confident your city is doing enough to reduce fears. >> i'm completely confident. and

also here with me in new york is cnn medical analyst dr. alexander van tulleken. t with you, dr. le, the mandatory quarantines that go into effect for those returning to new jersey and new york, what do you make of that? >> well, ana, you know, we as health care professionals and scientists we know the science behind it. and as the other doctor mentioned, the risk to the general public is very small. however, we are also not governors and mayors of large populations. so, their considerations are much broader than ours. and so with the input of the cdc and other health professionals, if their decision that for the best of california -- of new york and new york city is to impose that quarantine on returning health care workers, then i have no opposition to it. however, i do want to say that, like you mentioned, people are giving up their livelihoods to go and volunteer to serve on the front lines. when they come back and are quarantined for those 21 days, i urge the hospitals and their employers to do as much as they can to support them so that they don't lose health

that is the story from new york city. the one that new york knew eventually would appear here. today, governor quo moe and chris christie ordered a mandatory 21 day quarantine of all workers who have had contact with patients of west africa. tonight, a woman arrived at newark international liberty airport and on the screening she said she had, in fact, been in contact with ebola. this footage may pertain to that. the woman in question did not show any symptoms of the disease, according to governor christie. she will be quarantined under the new rules with the location to be determined. >>> back here in new york, yesterday, what they have been preparing for, happened. >> the months of training and preparation that have been put into this effort has paid off. ems drilled for white a while knowing the day might come when they might have to deal with a patient with ebola. the process played out literally to the tee. they executed exactly correctly. >> here's how they have prepared. 9-1-1 operators were trained to triage out people people who might be at risk for ebola. the emt were

>>> right now at 11:00 a.m., ebola in new york city. we are learning new information this morning about dr. craig spencer, who has tested positive for the ebola virus after returning from west africa. new york's mayor is about to give us an update on his condition and the fears surrounding ebola up in the big apple. >>> more breaking ebola news to tell you about. one of the nurses who contracted the virus after treating an ebola patient in texas has been declared virus free. nina pham, she has been declared ebola free. that's nina pham. >>> good morning. dr. craig spencer is in isolation and being treated in new york city right now. the doctor was working with ebola patients in guinea. he left there ten days ago and returned to the u.s. jesse gary live. is there an update on spencer's condition? >> reporter: the city health commissioner says craig spencer is in stable condition in isolation. he is able to watch tv or use a phone, but he has no contact with any people. he is in an air-tight room. she cautions, typically an ebola patient's