teresa ramiro's condition is improving. as we were talking about on friday, several people under observation in madrid have tested negative for ebola. thank you for the update from the spanish capital. appreciate it, al, thank you. >>> fidel castro says his country would work with the u.s. to fight ebola. he made the announcement in a newspaper editorial published saturday in cuba saying it would be in the interest of world peace. meanwhile, u.s. president barack obama appealed for calm in his weekly radio address. >> this is a serious disease but we can't give in to hysteria or fear because that only macks it harder to get people the accurate information they need. we have to be guided by science. we have to remember the facts. >> the carnival magic cut its trip short because a lab technician who handled samples from a man who died of ebola is on board. now, belize would not let her off the ship to fly home. alexandra field has more. >>> a carnival cruise ship is set to dock sunned in galveston, texas, the itinerary cut sh

we are expecting an update in the coming hours on the condition of nurse's assistant teresa ramiro. she contracted ebola in madrid while treating a mission yash with the disease. al goodman joins us live from the spanish capital. let's talk about the nurse's assist and the. she has been improving over the past few days, hasn't she? >> reporter: she has, amara. she's in this hospital behind me here in madrid. now, the amount of the ebola virus in her bloodstream has been declining, according to test results. that's according to officials. so what we're expecting in coming hours, possibly today, she'll take a test which some are hoping might show that she's free of the virus. we don't have that confirmed. those test results might be released on monday. this is what's being written about here in spanish media and what we're hearing as well. from a family friend, who's also been providing a lot of information, because the friend has been able to go into the hospital, to the fifth floor where teresa ramiro's husband is under watch with other people, he's not showing any symptoms. he's ta

teresa ramiro first tested positive for the virus on october 6th.tors say she began to show signs of recovery last week. although her immune system has eliminated the virus, she's expected to stay in the hospital for a couple more weeks. >>> today the battle to stop isis rages on. new video shows the aftermath of at least one air strike in the syrian town of kobani. it sits on the border with turkey and isis militants have been fight for control of it. the u.s. and its allies are stepping up their air strikes. a pro-isis group claims militants intercepted a u.s. air drop that was intended for cuddish fighters. nbc news cannot confirm the authenticity of this video but it purportedly shows isis militants opening boxes with weapons in them. >>> another retailer is looking into a potential credit card data breach. this time, it's staples. company officials say they've been in touch with law enforcement officials about the issue. the office supply chain said that if it turns up any data discrepancies during its investigation, customers won't be responsi

. >>> teresa ramiro says she remembers touching her face with a protective glove after leaving a room. she helped treat a spanish missionary who died of ebola at the end of september. >>> the leeing experts of infectious diseases are meeting right now at the pennsylvania convention center. >>> christine madella has been speaking to these experts. christine, how are they addressing this outbreak? >> i just heard from a doctor from the centers for disease control and she told me this is the largest ebola outbreak in history and the first ebola epidemic the world has ever seen. now, doctors from around the world are here at the pennsylvania convention center. they're attending this infectious diseases conference. ebola is a major topic of discussion. this afternoon, i sat down with the medical director of the communicable diseases unit at emory university hospital. he's treated ebola patients flown to atlanta from west africa. he says the response to ebola has been just that, a reaction. instead of taking a pro-active approach, he says health officials are trying to keep up with ebola, t

doctors say teresa ramiro began to show signs of recovery last week.e was the first known person to contract ebola outside of west africa in the latest outbreak. >>> thousands of medical kits are being distributed in liberia today. they're going to people who are taking care of family members infected with ebola and waiting to receive treatment. the kits include buckets, chlorine, soap, gloves, a gown and instructions on how to look after ill family members while waiting for a bed in a hospital. >>> an armed man accused of jumping over the white house face will have to undergo a complete mental health evaluation in the next 30 days. u.s. army veteran omar gonzalez was carrying a knife when heç scaled the fence and got as far as the east room last month. >>> today attorneys on both sides of the case agreed that further evaluation in a federal prison hospital is necessary. the highly publicized security breach helped lead to a change at the head of the secret service. gonzalez has pleaded not guilty. >>> here comes the holiday shopping season whether yo