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richard besser. with us from liberia tonight. dr. besser will have much more first thing in the morning on "good morning america." >>> in the meantime, we turn to the other breaking story we're following tonight. stunning new revelations about that white house intruder. sprinting across the white house lawn, armed with a knife, getting through the front door. and we now know getting much further than we all knew. only tackled once he reached the east room. well, tonight, we have learned he was brought down by an offduty agent who wasn't even on the clock. tonight, the new details and the new questions here. did the secret service mislead the president? how much did the president know? abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: the criticism about how this man defeated the secret service security machine was blistering. >> this was a stunning, outrageous, disgraceful breach. >> reporter: bipartisan. >> don't let somebody get close to the president. don't let them get in the white house. ever. >> reporter: and th
richard besser. with us from liberia tonight. dr. besser will have much more first thing in the morning on "good morning america." >>> in the meantime, we turn to the other breaking story we're following tonight. stunning new revelations about that white house intruder. sprinting across the white house lawn, armed with a knife, getting through the front door. and we now know getting much further than we all knew. only tackled once he reached the east room. well, tonight, we...
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richard besser with us again tonight. rich, thank you. and he'll have much more on "gma" in the morning. >>> to the other breaking story we're following tonight. fallout now from that intruder at the white house. the man sprinting across the white house lawn, through the front door. finally tackled by a secret service agent who wasn't on the clock. tonight, the head of the secret service, out. that suspect in court. and new revelations about that other security breach we first reported on last night here. the president in that elevator. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas back on the story now. >> reporter: in the end, secret service director julia pierson could not protect her own job. >> over the last several days we've seen recent and accumulating reports raising questions about the performance of the agency and the president concluded that new leadership of that agency was required. >> reporter: pierson could not survive the devastating september 19th white house security breach when an intruder with a knife jumped the fe
richard besser with us again tonight. rich, thank you. and he'll have much more on "gma" in the morning. >>> to the other breaking story we're following tonight. fallout now from that intruder at the white house. the man sprinting across the white house lawn, through the front door. finally tackled by a secret service agent who wasn't on the clock. tonight, the head of the secret service, out. that suspect in court. and new revelations about that other security breach we...
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richard besser of abc news gives us a look at the dire situation in liberia. >> this is a place where you die of ebola, they are quick for you, but if you are living, there is nowhere to go. >> he is not dead. >> dr. better says an ambulance came to pick him up and hopefully he will find care. back here it is a much different scene, hospitals in the u.s. are prepared to treat ebola and contain the virus. delaware senator chris couns chair of the african affairs subcommittee, the u.s. is sending 3,000 engineers and public health officials to west africa to help. >> set up field hospitals and train workers and distribute kits to make it possible to begin to get a handle on ebola in west africa and tamp down this outbreak. >> people ask, why do we close the boarders, that would isolate the countries even more, if people felt like they one be able to leave, it would be difficult to get people to go and help the countries that desperately need that help. isolating the countries would make the outbreak there and make it worse and affect the areas surrounding those countries. >>> there say t
richard besser of abc news gives us a look at the dire situation in liberia. >> this is a place where you die of ebola, they are quick for you, but if you are living, there is nowhere to go. >> he is not dead. >> dr. better says an ambulance came to pick him up and hopefully he will find care. back here it is a much different scene, hospitals in the u.s. are prepared to treat ebola and contain the virus. delaware senator chris couns chair of the african affairs subcommittee,...
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richard besser in the place where it all started. with more aid on the way, an urgent quest to stop the spread before it's too late. >>> plus, serial killer? this suspect, allegedly the last person seen with missing uva student hannah graham, but now police investigating whether he could be connected to the murder of at least one other woman. as the search for hannah continues, new clues connecting him to a cold case. could this arrest be even bigger than they thought? >>> and -- here comes the blushing bride. george clooney may be an oscar winner, but there's a new star in town. stealing the spotlight in a custom wedding dress that made the covers of "people" and "hello" magazine. what did she have hand embroidered? but first, the "nightline" five. >> my hygienist told me that less tartar means less scraping, so, i'm going pro. >> the only rinse that helps prevent tartar buildup and kavpties. >> a little swishing, less scraping. >> new crest prohealth. it helps you escape the scrape. >> if you suffer from constipation, you likely su
richard besser in the place where it all started. with more aid on the way, an urgent quest to stop the spread before it's too late. >>> plus, serial killer? this suspect, allegedly the last person seen with missing uva student hannah graham, but now police investigating whether he could be connected to the murder of at least one other woman. as the search for hannah continues, new clues connecting him to a cold case. could this arrest be even bigger than they thought? >>> and...
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. >>> our richard besser arriving at the airport in liberia. we wonder, are they checking people leaving liberia to see if they're not sick. >> reporter: we're heading to the airport. the front lines on the battle to keep ebola out of the united states. people wanted to know, can you keep it from leaving? driving in. guards check my temperature. i fill out a detailed questionnaire. since i was fully covered, nothing that we did here put us in the high-risk category. this is really good screening questionnaire. only going to work if people read it carefully and tell the truth. but we know eric duncan, the patient from dallas, didn't reveal that he had been in close contact with an ebola victim. people who are sick not living the country. another visual check point. my temperature taken a second time with that infrared thermometer. all clear. but so much depending on trust and a thermometer. time to go home. richard. >> the check points at the airport there, they checked your temperature not once but twice before you prepared to come back. the ne
. >>> our richard besser arriving at the airport in liberia. we wonder, are they checking people leaving liberia to see if they're not sick. >> reporter: we're heading to the airport. the front lines on the battle to keep ebola out of the united states. people wanted to know, can you keep it from leaving? driving in. guards check my temperature. i fill out a detailed questionnaire. since i was fully covered, nothing that we did here put us in the high-risk category. this is...
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richard besser is back here. great to have you back. >> good to be back. >> the question, is it safe for to you be here? >> yeah, i think anyone who saw the reporting out of africa is asking that question. the answer is, yes, it is safe. for a number of reasons. first, i was taking incredible precautions to not be exposed. but ebola is transferred if you're sick. any sign of fever, i wouldn't be here. i would be getting evaluated. i can't spread the disease unless i'm sick. >> let's take a look at the picture. this is a man from brussels to newark. he appeared to have symptoms of ebola. tum turns out, he didn't have thes did. is it going to be a concern going forward? >> here is the thing. ebola has a long incubation period. it's possible to develop a fever in the air. you only get the infection if you are exposed to someone's body fluids. and that happens later, usually the second or third danchts you have now traveled the exact ruth. do you believe we can stop the disease at the border? >> the amount of screeni
richard besser is back here. great to have you back. >> good to be back. >> the question, is it safe for to you be here? >> yeah, i think anyone who saw the reporting out of africa is asking that question. the answer is, yes, it is safe. for a number of reasons. first, i was taking incredible precautions to not be exposed. but ebola is transferred if you're sick. any sign of fever, i wouldn't be here. i would be getting evaluated. i can't spread the disease unless i'm sick....
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richard besser is back now, just back from the hot zone in liberia. great to have you back. >> good to be back. >> the question, is it safe for you to be here? >> yeah, i think anyone who saw the reporting out of africa is asking that question.4sj2 the answer is, yes, it is safe. for a number of reasons. first, i was taking incredible precautions when i was in africa not to be exposed. the second is, ebola is onitor my signs twice a day. any sign of fever, i wouldn't be here. i would be getting evaluated. i can't spread the disease unless i'm sick. i won't be here if i am. >> let's take a look at the picture. this is a man from brussels to newark. taken off the flight in an abundance of caution. turns out, he didn't have the disease. the question is, can we travel? is it going to be a concern going forward? >> here is the thing. ebola has a long incubation period. it's possible to be totally well when they get on a plane in liberia. and develop a fever in the air. the good news is, fever is a sign of the disease. you only get the infection if you are
richard besser is back now, just back from the hot zone in liberia. great to have you back. >> good to be back. >> the question, is it safe for you to be here? >> yeah, i think anyone who saw the reporting out of africa is asking that question.4sj2 the answer is, yes, it is safe. for a number of reasons. first, i was taking incredible precautions when i was in africa not to be exposed. the second is, ebola is onitor my signs twice a day. any sign of fever, i wouldn't be here....
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richard besser. back with us tonight. in this case, rich, this nurse was wearing protective gear. so, if there was an opening on the skin, with the gear, how would she catch ebola on the skin? >> reporter: a couple ways. if there was a cut, it could be a direct infection. otherwise, if she touched her eye, her nose, her mouth with that hand, she could get infacted. >> a lot of people are going to wonder if she had ebola on the skin, how long is it contagious, dangerous on the skin without you knowing about it? >> reporter: it could be several hours. >> now in the meantime, this patient is in dallas tonight, that nurse,ed and with the breakdown there, where are hospitals that are absolutely ready for this in this country? >> reporter: well, there are four special bio containment hospitals, facilities around the country. look at this map. montana, nebraska, georgia, maryland. what i like about those places, for years, they've been practicing for just this kind of event. >> but there are only four hospitals. some people wonder, why not get the patient there or get the teams from one
richard besser. back with us tonight. in this case, rich, this nurse was wearing protective gear. so, if there was an opening on the skin, with the gear, how would she catch ebola on the skin? >> reporter: a couple ways. if there was a cut, it could be a direct infection. otherwise, if she touched her eye, her nose, her mouth with that hand, she could get infacted. >> a lot of people are going to wonder if she had ebola on the skin, how long is it contagious, dangerous on the skin...
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that way no one is at risk. >> all right, richard besser, a packed airport. safe trip home. (t that massive storm system back here at home. hundreds of miles long from dallas to chicago overnight. hundreds of thousands this evening without power in texas and this scene in arlington, just look, the roof ripped off this dorm, a young woman grabbing p > tonight, that storm system is marching east. and frigid air, snow in some places. abc chief meteorologist ginger zee now. >> reporter: potent storms whipping across the plains and the midwest.ww for each dot marking the more than 250 severe storm reports in the past 24 hours is a disastrous image and story. huge hail terrorizing waco, in arkansas, a tree killing a man inside his home. and that wind, up to 90 miles per hour, blowing transformers in arlington, texas. >> carports, roofs, everything started flying. everybody's scared to death. >> reporter: the storm shredding the roof off that dorm at arlington baptist college. inside, student cassie bush. >> i was scared to death. i didn't know what to do. i just closed my door. al
that way no one is at risk. >> all right, richard besser, a packed airport. safe trip home. (t that massive storm system back here at home. hundreds of miles long from dallas to chicago overnight. hundreds of thousands this evening without power in texas and this scene in arlington, just look, the roof ripped off this dorm, a young woman grabbing p > tonight, that storm system is marching east. and frigid air, snow in some places. abc chief meteorologist ginger zee now. >>...
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richard besser, back from that drill. this is a big question. we saw what happened in dallas, the patient turned away the first time he went. was there anything encouraging that you saw today? >> reporter: there was. i'll remember the look in the eyes of the doctor when he said it was a wakeup call. he said they're drilling to the next patient who walks in with ebola, they're not going to miss it. >> doctors and nurmss at the ready. rich, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to alarming images and claims of excessive force tonight in indiana, erupting during a routine traffic stop over a seat belt. all of it caught on camera by children in the backseat. abc's steve osunsami on the case tonight. >> reporter: caught on tape. a family of four -- >> are you going to open the door? >> reporter: on their way to see a dying mother stopped by police. >> oh [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the officers with the heavy tool and the stun gun and today in a statement, admit this all started with an alleged seat belt violation. >> all of my windows is up. i feel lik
richard besser, back from that drill. this is a big question. we saw what happened in dallas, the patient turned away the first time he went. was there anything encouraging that you saw today? >> reporter: there was. i'll remember the look in the eyes of the doctor when he said it was a wakeup call. he said they're drilling to the next patient who walks in with ebola, they're not going to miss it. >> doctors and nurmss at the ready. rich, thank you. >>> we're going to turn...
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richard besser who is in dallas tonight. you are learning she might have shown symptoms before we even knee about it? >> reporter: that's right, david. the cdc just told mel that as part of their investigation, they learned that amber vinson was already feeling unwell on friday, before she headed up to cleveland. so, they're going to expand their investigation and track down every passenger who was on the plane going up there, just as part of an abundance of caution. >> that's going to widen this circle, rich, because we know she went to that bridal shop after showing symptoms, as you are reporting here tonight. rich, i wanted to ask you about something else, the experimental treatment being given to these two nurses. we had not heard about that yet. >> reporter: that's right. this is big news. we hadn't heard about experimental drugs in these two nurses. but you know, we've talked about it. all you can really do for an ebola patient is provide fluid and nutrition. so, they're going to try any experimental drugs to try to im
richard besser who is in dallas tonight. you are learning she might have shown symptoms before we even knee about it? >> reporter: that's right, david. the cdc just told mel that as part of their investigation, they learned that amber vinson was already feeling unwell on friday, before she headed up to cleveland. so, they're going to expand their investigation and track down every passenger who was on the plane going up there, just as part of an abundance of caution. >> that's going...
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richard besser inside a hospital drill. so many of you asking, what's being done after that breakdown in dallas, after that patient was sent home the first time he showed up. and what about that patient tonight? let's get right to cecilia vega, she's life live in dallas again for us. cecilia? >> reporter: david, good evening to you. thomas eric duncan is receiving that experimental drug that you mentioned. his family says he is showing some signs of improvement, including now having a normal body temperature. but he is still here, in critical condition. tonight, as thomas eric duncan fights for his life, outside this dallas hospital, his mother is speaking out. >> i just want to see my son to be all right, to be healthy. >> reporter: and now, new questions about whether western hospitals are ready to handle infected patients. >> the enemy here is a virus. the enemy is ebola. >> reporter: new concerns tonight after a nurse in a spanish hospital became infected while cleaning a missionary who died from ebola. she is the first
richard besser inside a hospital drill. so many of you asking, what's being done after that breakdown in dallas, after that patient was sent home the first time he showed up. and what about that patient tonight? let's get right to cecilia vega, she's life live in dallas again for us. cecilia? >> reporter: david, good evening to you. thomas eric duncan is receiving that experimental drug that you mentioned. his family says he is showing some signs of improvement, including now having a...
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richard besser. in the meantime, a lot of people asking why this doctor didn't put himself into self-quarantine. >> well, he was going the right thing. you can't spread ebola unless you have symptoms. immediately, he isolated himself. >> and the big change tonight for two airports. >> well, jfk and newark, now a 21-day self-quarantine if you took care of patients. >>> and this nurse, walking out of a hospital, ebola free. and a hug from president obama. and she says she's grateful for everyone's prayers. >> i believe everyone has been praying for me. >> and is looking forward to being reunited with her dog, bentley. and this image, not quite done with his quarantine, but look g i ing good. >>> and rob marciano with what neighbors lived through. >> that's how they start. >> reporter: it struck during lunch hour in longview, washington. watch the debris spinning hundreds of feet in the air. and winds pushing this dumpster down the street. and this camera catching these employees racing for cover. >> it
richard besser. in the meantime, a lot of people asking why this doctor didn't put himself into self-quarantine. >> well, he was going the right thing. you can't spread ebola unless you have symptoms. immediately, he isolated himself. >> and the big change tonight for two airports. >> well, jfk and newark, now a 21-day self-quarantine if you took care of patients. >>> and this nurse, walking out of a hospital, ebola free. and a hug from president obama. and she says...
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richard besser, taking questions right now. >>> all right. let's take this to the white house. meeting with his ebola team yesterday, the president. >> reporter: they're concerned. they see them as unnecessary, not based in the science. the real fear is what you heard from dr. besser. they will discourage health care workers from going to west afri africa, where they're desperately needed. and the key to fighting this disease, the view from the white house is fighting it in west africa. getting control of the epidemic there. >> you had a revealing interview with jeb bush's son, george p. over the weekend. it showed the bush family closing ranks around a possible presidential run. >> reporter: no question. george p. bush says he believes it is more likely than not that his father will run for president. i spoke to a bush family friend over the weekend, who recently visited with george herbert walker bush and he's encouraging his son to run. we haven't heard from the man himself. i'm told that will happen after the midterm elections. >> barbara bush reported to be concerned but w
richard besser, taking questions right now. >>> all right. let's take this to the white house. meeting with his ebola team yesterday, the president. >> reporter: they're concerned. they see them as unnecessary, not based in the science. the real fear is what you heard from dr. besser. they will discourage health care workers from going to west afri africa, where they're desperately needed. and the key to fighting this disease, the view from the white house is fighting it in west...
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richard besser of abc news, having his temperature taken at nairobi national airport before flying home. >> the seener discovered the better for the patient, treating them early with iv fluids. >>> we spoke to the president of the the liberian association of pennsylvania, many members that visit the country during their holidays, have canceled their plans and anybody who is coming home to skip activities for 21 days and look for symptoms of the virus. >> people are dying, babies, i mean pregnant women and senior citizens, a lot of people are dying, we are asking everyone, hospitals and individuals and organizations to help us fight this deadly virus. >> if would you like to help fight the effort, we have information on our website at 6abc.com. and a list of seven things you should know about the ebola virus. >>> things got heated today during a debate between governor tom corbett and challenger tom wox. they fought over school funding in the one hour event in spring garden, and as is often the case, the pair talked over each other and directly challenged each other's claims and statemen
richard besser of abc news, having his temperature taken at nairobi national airport before flying home. >> the seener discovered the better for the patient, treating them early with iv fluids. >>> we spoke to the president of the the liberian association of pennsylvania, many members that visit the country during their holidays, have canceled their plans and anybody who is coming home to skip activities for 21 days and look for symptoms of the virus. >> people are dying,...
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richard besser with tough questions for the hospital, asking how they messed up, sending thomas, duncan home the first time he came in. >> how did that happen? >> we were well prepared to take care of a patient who walked in, holding a sign that says, i have ebola. a couple of weeks ago, it was a gentleman with nonspecific symptoms, who happened to have ebola. >> who walks in with a sign that says, i have ebola. and he had a 103-degree fever, did he not? >> he did, and they sent him home. the second time he came in, they weren't prepared either. two of their employees are now in the hospital with ebola themselves. >> is there any way to keep this hysteria at bay. >> people need to understand, you're only at risk when you have had contact with bodily fluids of someone with ebola. >> and this from an animal shelter where the nurse's dog is being taken care of. he's said to be doing very well. >>> and the headline about vice president biden's son. jim avila has the story. >> reporter: the second son. hunter biden, who his father, the vice president, bragged completed the biden military fam
richard besser with tough questions for the hospital, asking how they messed up, sending thomas, duncan home the first time he came in. >> how did that happen? >> we were well prepared to take care of a patient who walked in, holding a sign that says, i have ebola. a couple of weeks ago, it was a gentleman with nonspecific symptoms, who happened to have ebola. >> who walks in with a sign that says, i have ebola. and he had a 103-degree fever, did he not? >> he did, and...
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richard besser, chief health editor for abc news and former acting c.d.c. director. >> let's talk about perspective here. compare what we're seeing with ebola to the flu. >> well, i hope people hear this and decide they want a flu shot. the early symptoms of ebola look the same as the early symptoms of the flu. >> meanwhile, the pentagon is assembling a team of 30 specialists to handle u.s. cases. >> that training will take about a week or so and then when they complete that training they will be o kno w what we call prepare to deploy orders. >> the white house has changed course now naming an ebola czar and around the country ambulance crews are learning how to properly gear up with no room for error like those made in dallas. that is why the new guidelines being issued will be much tougher, mandating full body suits, buddy system, and a site manager to make sure all protocol is followed. >> thank you, scott. as concern appears to be growing about the spread of ebola here in the u.s., local leaders are trying to bring some calm. dallas nurse nina foreman i
richard besser, chief health editor for abc news and former acting c.d.c. director. >> let's talk about perspective here. compare what we're seeing with ebola to the flu. >> well, i hope people hear this and decide they want a flu shot. the early symptoms of ebola look the same as the early symptoms of the flu. >> meanwhile, the pentagon is assembling a team of 30 specialists to handle u.s. cases. >> that training will take about a week or so and then when they complete...
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richard besser is here. dr. besser, the cdc has been saying all along that there are protocols in place to prevent exactly this. are hospitals ready for this epidemic? >> reporter: i don't really think that are. it's not so easy to do this correctly. take a look and see what was involved when i went into the ebola ward in liberia. several people suited me up. they made sure that every spot of skin was covered. and then coming out, the critical point. they made sure that they sprayed me down as i took off every layer of clothing. you need to be able to train, to practice and be supervised. it's not easy. >> you've seen it there firsthand. what should hospitals, if anything, be doing differently here at home? >> reporter: well, every hospital has to be ready to receive someone who may have ebola. so, they have to ask about travel. if they're suspicious, they need to isolate and test. but at that point, if they have ebola, they need to think about transferring to one of the four hospitals in america who are trained
richard besser is here. dr. besser, the cdc has been saying all along that there are protocols in place to prevent exactly this. are hospitals ready for this epidemic? >> reporter: i don't really think that are. it's not so easy to do this correctly. take a look and see what was involved when i went into the ebola ward in liberia. several people suited me up. they made sure that every spot of skin was covered. and then coming out, the critical point. they made sure that they sprayed me...
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richard besser. >> peggy orenstein was big on pink.h doctors said 35 was too young for her to have a mammogram, it found a lump, and she had surgery. >> i really believed that the mammogram that i'd had early on had been instrumental in saving my life. >> reporter: but 16 years later in spite of that early detection, peggy's breast cancer returned, and she looked at the numbers. between 1987 and 2010 as mammograms became the focus of the pink ribbon campaign, the rate of mammograms doubled, but breast cancer deaths decreased by only about 2% per year. >> early detection was becoming such a mantra and it was so pounded in american women's heads, if it wasn't really decreasing the number of deaths from breast cancer, it was really important to find out why and what was going on. >> reporter: some cancer specialists think that pink's emphasis is all wrong. >> what we had hoped with the early detection concept is that we would be able to screen our way into a cure. but i think we have to accept that that is only part of the story. >> repor
richard besser. >> peggy orenstein was big on pink.h doctors said 35 was too young for her to have a mammogram, it found a lump, and she had surgery. >> i really believed that the mammogram that i'd had early on had been instrumental in saving my life. >> reporter: but 16 years later in spite of that early detection, peggy's breast cancer returned, and she looked at the numbers. between 1987 and 2010 as mammograms became the focus of the pink ribbon campaign, the rate of...
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richard besser has been in the ebola hot zone covering the story for us. he just returned to the u.s. this weekend. he spoke to rebecca jarvis about whether the precautions being taken are enough. >> i had my temperature taken three times before i got on the plane in liberia. someone looked me in the eye to see if i looked sick. i had a detailed questionnaire. that makes me more comfortable that people that are sick are not getting on the plane. if i were taking tylenol, those symptoms wouldn't show up. or if i was not honest on the questionnaire. we have to knock it out in africa so we're safer here. >> we'll have much more from dr. besser later on "good morning america." >>> a second new jersey preschooler is being monitored for enterovirus. eli waller's death is the first linked to enterovirus 68. he went to bed with pink eye and no other symptoms and never woke up. there have been confirmed and suspected cases in 46 states. >>> in pennsylvania, search teams looking for accused cop killer eric frein are focusing on a small area after a possible sighting
richard besser has been in the ebola hot zone covering the story for us. he just returned to the u.s. this weekend. he spoke to rebecca jarvis about whether the precautions being taken are enough. >> i had my temperature taken three times before i got on the plane in liberia. someone looked me in the eye to see if i looked sick. i had a detailed questionnaire. that makes me more comfortable that people that are sick are not getting on the plane. if i were taking tylenol, those symptoms...
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richard besser opposes quarantine. he says health care workers don't pose a risk. >> the reason is, you can't share the infection until you're sick and sharing body fluids. we need to celebrate these people as heros so more people will go over. >> the obama administration says the policies in new york and new jersey not grounded in science. >>> and the heartbreaking development this morning. after friday's deadly school student, a second victim, 14-year-old gia soriano has died. three other teenagers remain in intensive care this morning. the shooter has been identified as 14-year-old jaylen freyberg. students and teachers turned out for a community meeting. >> we're grieving really hard right now. keep them in prayer, please. we can never understand why this may have happened. >> freyberg died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. a teacher who confronted him being called a he roar. >>> officials say the video is persuasive evidence that michael zahaf-biboe's attack was motivated. >>> british troops turn over control in
richard besser opposes quarantine. he says health care workers don't pose a risk. >> the reason is, you can't share the infection until you're sick and sharing body fluids. we need to celebrate these people as heros so more people will go over. >> the obama administration says the policies in new york and new jersey not grounded in science. >>> and the heartbreaking development this morning. after friday's deadly school student, a second victim, 14-year-old gia soriano has...
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richard besser is reporting from the center of the outbreak in liberia. >> reporter: it will happen again. it may not be next week or next month. but as long as ebola runs rampant in west africa, someone else will bring it back to america.besser is at the heart of the battle against ebola. in the same city where the infected man in dallas may have contracted the virus. here, there are more patients than doctors can handle. fears fueling violence and riots. 3,000 people have died in the region. in an attempt to control the spread, each airline passenger is checked for signs of fever at the pair port. but sick passengers aren't always showing symptoms, which is how one of them made it to america undetected. >> reporter: the passengers on the plane with the infected man were not at risk. you are only contagious after you start to show symptoms. and officials tell us that he developed symptoms several days after he arrived in america. the only people who are truly at risk here are those who came into close contact with him after he became ill. >> reporter: nancy write boll is one of ebola's l
richard besser is reporting from the center of the outbreak in liberia. >> reporter: it will happen again. it may not be next week or next month. but as long as ebola runs rampant in west africa, someone else will bring it back to america.besser is at the heart of the battle against ebola. in the same city where the infected man in dallas may have contracted the virus. here, there are more patients than doctors can handle. fears fueling violence and riots. 3,000 people have died in the...
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richard besser was in monrovia just last week and actually spent time in the neighborhood where duncane contracted ebola. >> i'm in a small courtyard. this is where thomas eric duncan lived. he's the man who brought ebola to texas. i wanted to understand how this happened. how duncan got infected with the virus through an act of kindness. when a 19-year-old who was pregnant got sick, she went to a clinic in the area. this is eric duncan's neighbor, irene. she's showing me what happened on that night. we took the same path marthalien did. have there been people in your area that have ebola? many people sick? >> yes, yes. two people died. >> two people died? a quarter mile down the road, we finally arrived. this is the hospital right here. marthalien was very sick. they didn't know if it was the pregnancy or something else. weakness, poor appetite. she fainted. when duncan arrived later that afternoon, the situation was grim. marthalien was not getting better. chef w they said she needed to go to the hospital. so, they called for a car. eric duncan came to the rescue. duncan helped lift
richard besser was in monrovia just last week and actually spent time in the neighborhood where duncane contracted ebola. >> i'm in a small courtyard. this is where thomas eric duncan lived. he's the man who brought ebola to texas. i wanted to understand how this happened. how duncan got infected with the virus through an act of kindness. when a 19-year-old who was pregnant got sick, she went to a clinic in the area. this is eric duncan's neighbor, irene. she's showing me what happened on...
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richard besser is back to talk about this. this is the first study.urse, make chocolate bar, but there's some promise here. >> it's interest. it's promising. i'm a big chocolate eater. i love it. >> that much? >> we'll get to that. but, they've been looking for years for ways to reverse or prevent the age-associated decline in memory. we all have that. we forget things. they found in animals, this flavonol, this compound in chocolate, can increase the blood flow to the part of the brain that's related to memory. in animals it was effective. they tried it in small groups of people and found people who had high dietary intake of flavonos remembered more and the brain activity increased. >> how much chocolate are we talking about? >> every night, i have a little piece of dark chocolate. you would have to have 20 chocolate bars a day. a day to take in enough flavonols as they have in the study. it's not the milk chocolate that so many people like. that would hit the waistline. that would hit diabetes and other things. >> there's no flavonol in the milk ch
richard besser is back to talk about this. this is the first study.urse, make chocolate bar, but there's some promise here. >> it's interest. it's promising. i'm a big chocolate eater. i love it. >> that much? >> we'll get to that. but, they've been looking for years for ways to reverse or prevent the age-associated decline in memory. we all have that. we forget things. they found in animals, this flavonol, this compound in chocolate, can increase the blood flow to the part of...
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richard besser says this latest case may change the way patients are treated. >> every hospital has to be ready to receive someone with ebola. they have to ask about travel. if they're suspicious, they have to isolate and test. but at that point, if they have ebola, they need to think about transferring to one of the four hospitals in america who are trained for this. there is one in nebraska, one in montana. one in maryland, and one in georgia. this is what they do right. the cdc says they're thinking about a new change. i think that's a good idea. >> at one point, dr. besser was the head of the cdc. you'll hear more from him coming up on "good morning america." >>> also developing this morning, after weeks of quiet, we're now tracking new tropical storms in the atlantic. fay battered bermuda over the weekend with 65-mile-per-hour winds and heavy rain, knocking out power for 30,000 customers. the storm moved out over the ocean -- open ocean and strengthened into a hurricane. an advancing cold front is expected to neutralize fay later today. >>> meantime, much farther south, puerto ric
richard besser says this latest case may change the way patients are treated. >> every hospital has to be ready to receive someone with ebola. they have to ask about travel. if they're suspicious, they have to isolate and test. but at that point, if they have ebola, they need to think about transferring to one of the four hospitals in america who are trained for this. there is one in nebraska, one in montana. one in maryland, and one in georgia. this is what they do right. the cdc says...
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richard besser sharing the facts to calm fears. >> even in a crowded city you only get ebola when you contact their body fluids. this is a doctor he reached out with the earliest symptom, fever, before he could spread it. >> it's only spread through contact with bodily fluids. nina pham continues to recover from ebola. we're getting a new look at how her dog, bentley, is spending days in quarantine. he has been enjoying play time with jets in hazmat suits three times a day. the vets believe he's going to be okay. >>> and a big helping hand from paul allen, the billionaire of microsoft, pledging $100 million to combat ebola. that's one of the biggest personal donors trying to stem crisis. he started a website aimed at galvanizing smaller donors. >> can this latest case of ebola in america, live team coverage coming up on "good morning america." >>> and nathan cirillo, the reservist killed at the war memorial this week even his dogs waiting for the owner who will never return. police trying to make sense of the rampage by the troubled young man on wednesday. elizabeth otto this morning.
richard besser sharing the facts to calm fears. >> even in a crowded city you only get ebola when you contact their body fluids. this is a doctor he reached out with the earliest symptom, fever, before he could spread it. >> it's only spread through contact with bodily fluids. nina pham continues to recover from ebola. we're getting a new look at how her dog, bentley, is spending days in quarantine. he has been enjoying play time with jets in hazmat suits three times a day. the vets...
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richard besser. >> right now with all the fear around the world you don't say the word ebola. >> afteraking with the hazmat team the 54-year-old jokester was removed and he sure wasn't laughing. passengers booed him and the flight attendant said what everybody was thinking. >> i think the man that has said this is an idiot. >>> new details in the stephen collins scandal, a nanny who worked next-door to the disgraced seventh heaven actor is coming forward to say he gave her the creeps. >> i used to be a nanny that worked right next-door to stephen collins. >> new insight into the private world of stephen collins and his now estranged wife fay grant. >> they're very nice parents to their daughter but very odd. >> the nanny identified only as eileen called into a boston radio station. she says back in the '90s she worked as a live-in nanny in this luxury building on manhattan's upper east side. collins lived in next-door. >> he used to come over for breakfast every morning and have breakfast next-door with us. he would show up in his striped pajamas. >> collins gave the nanny a copy of a
richard besser. >> right now with all the fear around the world you don't say the word ebola. >> afteraking with the hazmat team the 54-year-old jokester was removed and he sure wasn't laughing. passengers booed him and the flight attendant said what everybody was thinking. >> i think the man that has said this is an idiot. >>> new details in the stephen collins scandal, a nanny who worked next-door to the disgraced seventh heaven actor is coming forward to say he...
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richard besser weighs in. >> i was baffled by this. this is a person who is very low risk. you take these aggressive actions when it's not warranted, rather than reassuring people, it promotes fear. right now, we're seeing more of an epidemic of fear than we are of ebola. >> a bridal shop in akron tried to calm the nerves of the community by bringing in a high-tech cleaning company. the nurse, amber vinson, was at coming attractions three days before she was diagnosed with ebola. the cdc says ebola cannot be spread by touching objects. the owners want to be extra careful. they don't plan to reopen until some time in november. stay with abc news for the latest on ebola in america. live team coverage coming up on "good morning america." >>> for the first time, the u.s. has air-dropped weapons, ammunition, and medical supplies to help kurdish forces in syria. they're defending the city of khabani against isis fighters. the drop comes after more than 100 air strikes by u.s.-led forces. central command says air strikes have now helped push isis back and weaken its ranks. >>> the
richard besser weighs in. >> i was baffled by this. this is a person who is very low risk. you take these aggressive actions when it's not warranted, rather than reassuring people, it promotes fear. right now, we're seeing more of an epidemic of fear than we are of ebola. >> a bridal shop in akron tried to calm the nerves of the community by bringing in a high-tech cleaning company. the nurse, amber vinson, was at coming attractions three days before she was diagnosed with ebola....
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richard besser is on the line with us now. the cdc said it's not unexpected to see more cases. this is another one. what's your reaction and most concerning about this. >> this is very concerning, t.j. the fact that the first case of ebola treated in the united states has now led to two health care workers with ebola is really -- is really frightening. and i think should cause us to consider again whether every hospital in america should be expected to be able to take care of an ebola patient safely. >> dr. besser, we know the texas hospital, the nurses union came out saying they did not believe that proper care was taken when the first patient came through. how do we know that hospitals across america are prepared to deal with ebola indicationcases? >> i have seen them treated in liberia and suited up in a ward. it's not something you can read a book and figure out how to do. you want it to be done in a situation where people have been trained, practiced, where there's proper supervision. so i think the nurses union is right on target. this is not something that the average nu
richard besser is on the line with us now. the cdc said it's not unexpected to see more cases. this is another one. what's your reaction and most concerning about this. >> this is very concerning, t.j. the fact that the first case of ebola treated in the united states has now led to two health care workers with ebola is really -- is really frightening. and i think should cause us to consider again whether every hospital in america should be expected to be able to take care of an ebola...
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richard besser asked him about his helping in this situation. >> it's a small thing to give some bloodt may benefit in saving someone else's life. >> do you think it works? >> i think it's not harmful. and in theory, should have benefit. studies haven't been done well enough to prove whether it has benefit or not. people are willing to try it, i'm willing to help as i can. >> is the u.s. doing enough and doing enough fast enough to try and knock this out of west africa? >> when i met with president obama a month ago, i was -- i was really appreciative of the commitments he had made that day to send u.s. troops to increase u.s. support and logistics. i'm afraid that our response has been too slow. >> too slow? >> too slow. >> well, more from dr. besser on "gma" this morning. there's also a mystery man involved with amber vinson's trip to atlanta. and he's driving social media crazy. >> the guy with the clipboard. if you can't make that out, he's also the guy that doesn't have on any protective clothing. he takes various objects from one of the workers. the worker has on the biohazard ge
richard besser asked him about his helping in this situation. >> it's a small thing to give some bloodt may benefit in saving someone else's life. >> do you think it works? >> i think it's not harmful. and in theory, should have benefit. studies haven't been done well enough to prove whether it has benefit or not. people are willing to try it, i'm willing to help as i can. >> is the u.s. doing enough and doing enough fast enough to try and knock this out of west africa?...
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richard besser will have much more on this outbreak coming up on good morning america after "action news> happening today, mayor michael nutter will sign off on a measure sure to relax marijuana laws in philadelphia. come october 20th, anyone caught with an ounce of pot or less will be fined $25 instead of being arrested. using the drug in public will get violators an additional $100 fine or community service. >>> pennsylvania's candidates for governor are in philadelphia today for their second debate. republican incumbent tom corbett remains behind tom wolf in the polls. the final debate will take place in pittsburgh next week. >> the grace period is over for red light runners in abington township. drivers who ignore traffic lights at three intersections will now face a $100 fine. the money will pay for the traffic cameras put in place to catch violators. police will enforce the law for an entire year, then evaluate how effective the cameras have been. they are posted at route 611 at both old welsh and susquehanna roads and at route 63 at fitzwatertown road. >> time now is 4:39. here ar
richard besser will have much more on this outbreak coming up on good morning america after "action news> happening today, mayor michael nutter will sign off on a measure sure to relax marijuana laws in philadelphia. come october 20th, anyone caught with an ounce of pot or less will be fined $25 instead of being arrested. using the drug in public will get violators an additional $100 fine or community service. >>> pennsylvania's candidates for governor are in philadelphia today...