lieus weise took thomas duncan to the hospital the first time.he says she was asked for a social security number for thomas duncan. she told the person checking them into the hospital he didn't have a social security number because he had just came from liberia. the person checking them in said that's okay, no problem. >> he wasn't questioned by a nurse where he was from. she volunteered that information to the hospital? >> she says she did. as related to social security. then she said a second time around to a nurse or some sort of physician's assistant, that he had also come from liberia. she says she told -- said twice he had come from liberia. did not seem to raise any red flags. she didn't think about ebola. wasn't in her mind. she thought maybe he had malaria. he didn't mention anything about ebola to the health care workers and the health care workers when they heard about liberia, according to louise, nobody mentioned anything about ebola or asked thomas duncan if he had come in contact with anybody who had ebola. he was sent home with an

because those three young people all were in the hospital, in the apartment at the same time that thomas duncantarted showing signs of being sick. she said -- louise brought duncan to the hospital the first time around. >> when he was turned away. >> given antibiotics, given some excedrin, told -- she mentioned twice that he had come from liberia, didn't seem to raise any red flags for anybody there. he was sent back to her place. within two days or so, he started having very -- actually on the bint otics, he started having a lot of diarrhea, making a lot of trips to the bathroom. he was not vomiting according to louise. but he was sweating a lot during the night in her bed. the sheets are still on the bed, she told me. >> in the apartment where she called from. >> in the apartment, the sheets he sweated on are still on the bed, the pillows are still on the bed. the towels he used she put into plastic bags, they're still in the apartment. she's not clear what to do with them. the cdc has visited her apartment, told her not to go outside, she has to stay inside for 21 days. she's taking her own

sanjay, thomas duncan symptoms, visits to the hospitals, you heard louise describe it. how clear sunny was, duncan arrived from liberia, told the person when she checked them in. the person asked for social security, he didn't have one from liberia. she told the health care worker as well. by her account the hospital didn't miss understand. they just didn't seem to consider that this could be ebola. i think you are right. we heard the same thing from the hospital now. that jibed with her version of events. at first, remember anderson weave couldn't figure out what happened here. we heard the hospital hadn't asked and mr. duncan hadn't disclosed he was from liberia. we know that is not true. because the next day the hospital came back and said, well in fact, we did ask. we were told that he is from liberia. but somehow within the team, the health care team, the information got lost. somehow wasn't acted upon. that is a mess. that, that's low hanging fruit. you should be able to address these sorts of things talking about adequately be able to take care of patients with in

♪ >>> the nation's first ebola patient, his name is thomas duncan, he remains in serious condition ate dallas hospital. his partner is a woman by the name of louise is quarantined with her family in her dallas apartment where duncan was staying where he became ill with ebola. she talked to anderson cooper earlier today. here's part of what she shared with him. the sheets duncan used in the bed in which they shared where he was sick sweating all over with a fever, they are still on that bed. a cdc official told cnn that a medical waste contractor is on the way to get those sheets and get those towels that he used. meanwhile, health officials, health workers are scrambling trying to get in touch with about 100 people who might have had direct contact with thomas duncan, this patient. what does this mean with regard to risks for you? dr. sanjay gupta is standing by with answers to those questions. sanjay, let me begin. we got news that this patient, thomas duncan, when he was still living in liberia, he was in contact with ebola patients during that stay there including one individual wh

thomas duncan's family contacted the cdc and soon after thomas duncan was admitted to the hospital.aw video only yesterday of thops duncan's mother, 85-year-old mother who lives in virginia make an attempt to visit her son in the hospital. she traveled from her home in virginia to texas to visit her son. she was told at the time that she was not able to see him for safety reasons. obviously he's been in isolation. we just reported only a short time ago that an experimental serum was being used on thomas eric duncan in hopes of saving his life. but obviously that serum and all efforts at the hospital were unsuccessful. so we're working to get more information. but obviously you have three patients. two treated at emery and a third, dr. sacra treated in nebraska. now we have the first person, the first confirmed case in the united states, case that was confirmed in the u.s., this patient, according to the hospital systems of texas, texas health resources passed away at 7:51 a.m. we're going it take a quick break and we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financi

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the hundreds of passengers who were on the same planes with this patient, thomas duncan, before he had symptoms of ebola. duncan first arrived in the u.s. at dulles airport outside washington. nbc's tom costello is there tonight for us. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. united airlines tells nbc news it is now reaching out to all 300 to 400 passengers on the same plane with thomas duncan as he transited through dulles airport, even though the cdc says the risk he infected anyone is very, very low. if thomas duncan lied his way past airport health screeners that may have exposed a gaping hole in efforts to contain ebola. in the u.s., ebola health advisories are now posted at major points of entry. at delta airlines, which flies into three west african countries, flight crews and ground staff have all been on the lookout since march for suspicious symptoms. >> we told them to look for a person who seems to be ill, and particularly to assess for fever. whether that assessment is by actually touching the person with a gloved hand or the individual says they feel feverish. >> repor

and with that in mind, my conversation with the last relative to see thomas duncan before he was taken to the hospital. she is his stepdaughter, she watched him go down hill. she called 911, she warned emts that mr. duncan came from liberia. if anyone has reason to worry about being exposed to ebola, and carefully being monitored, it is yungor, and these two kids who also came in contact with mr. duncan, when i asked her how she was notified. who told her that her stepfather did in fact have ebola. she told me something that left me pretty speechless, and you might be, too. we spoke to her earlier. yungor, i want to start by asking you, are you under quarantine? >> no one told me i'm under quarantine. >> youngor, you were in contact with your stepfather who now has ebola, it is a very serious condition. do you feel like you're being given information you need? >> no one gave me instruction and no one is telling me nothing. >> they're not telling you that you should not go out for 21 days? >> when they came, they said they would be coming here for 21 days. but we asked them can we go ou

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and as we reported earlier, thomas duncan is in quarantine. e's sons were there when duncan became sick. her 13-year-old son was there when duncan was there, and can't play with his friends or go outside to see his dad. his father spoke with gary tuchman. >> reporter: peterson wayne on the telephone with his 13-year-old son who is now in quarantine amid this ebola scare. >> how are you doing? >> are you okay? >> uh-huh. >> where is your mommy? >> huh? >> is your mom home too? >> uh-huh. >> is she okay? >> yes. >> peterson wayne moved to texas from liberia in the early '90s. his son's name is timothy. timothy's mother, louise, is in quarantine with this child in this apartment because the ebola victim, thomas duncan, was a guest in the apartment until a few days ago. >> timothy is a nice boy, a smart little boy. respectful. smart in school and stuff. >> so he is a good kid. >> he is a good kid. i love him. >> peterson has talked to his kid several times since timothy has been told he can't leave the apartment. timothy has told you he is in quara

the woman is among those who took care of thomas duncan the man who died in adallas hospital last week. >> kris sanchez, this new case comes amid serious actizations by nurses at the dallas hospital. >> officials wouldn't address the nurses unions allegations that their training, equipment inadequate to deal with the ebola virus but this morning, health officials did say their monitoring system is working and the health care work who are contracted ebola after caring for the patient duncan was in isolation within 90 minutes of spiking a fever. pham remains in isolation but good news, she's in good condition, upgrade from yesterday. that second health care worker now is among the hospital staff who had contact with duncan who died of ebola at that hospital. health officials are working to identify additional people who now need to be under observation. we know that woman lived alone at this dallas apartment. photos posted on twitter by dallas police of the complex where neighbors got a knock on the door, every one of them, telling them what happened and what their risk was. decontam nat

>> for thomas duncan. she doesn't quite understand why american missionaries who got sick in liberia and were flown back here, they received the zmap, the serum. i was in the opposition trying to explain to her that the u.s.s government is saying there's no more of this serum, it's going to take several months in fact for it. she heard the news about the nbc cameraman being flown back here. she seemed to believe, perhaps, that he was receiving some sort of different treatment than thomas duncan was receiving. >> that's tough. >> yeah, and obviously so that raises all sorts of concerns for her. and she's also furious with the president of liberia to say the least, ellen johnson sirleaf who the other day made a statement saying that thomas duncan could be prosecuted if he returns to liberia, if in fact, he lied on his form coming out. >> is she angry because she said, look, he's fighting for his life right now. that's not what you say at this point in time. >> that's one of her points. this is the president

she's in isolation at the hospital where she helped treat thomas duncan. one other person is being monitored as having potential contact with her. they are monitoring every single health care worker in duncan's care circle including those in full gear who followed procedures. >> the care of ebola can be done safely but it is hard. it requires skroop lus attention to infection control. a simple slip can result in contamination. >> nbc outside the hospital in dallas. kristen welker is covering the story. we heard the words coming prosecute the cdc this breach. it's early on. they are asking how this happened. what do we know about what the breach is? >> good afternoon. officials are confident a breach did happen. in the past people follow iing say if you follow the protocols you won't be infected. they are confident that it happened. they have asked this young woman, they have interviewed her. she has not been able to specify when this might have happened. isolating the breach is key now. they are asking the hospital to use the minimum number of staff in ther

the man at the central of the scare is this man, thomas duncan. sary critical condition and we can tell you, receiving a new experimental drug. the first time this drug has been used in the united states to treat ebola. the cdc said duncan is not get the drug that was used to treat the two americans that returned to america. duncan is not getting it because it is supposedly all gone. >> reporter: it took one ebola patient the show the vulnerabilities of screening for the deadly virus. >> in terms of what happened in dallas. we don't have a lot of margin for error. the procedures and protocol that's are put in place. >> reporter: at times the response has seemed chaotic. keeping track of nearly 50 people who made contact with ebola patient thomas eric duncan has had its issues. >> we just need to locate this individual and we can use your help in letting them know, they're not in trouble. we want to move them to a comfortable and compassionate place and care for their every need while we monitor them. >> reporter: but the biggest confusion still swi

"outfront" on who exactly thomas eric duncan is. >> thomas eric duncan is the first patient diagnosedh ebola in the united states. but in his native liberia, community leaders said he was sharing a house with a woman killed by the disease. duncan rented this room in her home in liberia and came into contact with the woman who was 7 months pregnant and too sick to walk as recently as september 15th where he carried her to a taxi, according to "the new york times." >> in liberia, we help each other. this pregnant woman was falling and he ran to help her. >> richard smallwood said his half brother duncan didn't come to the states seeking treatment. he planned for the trip for two weeks and didn't even know he was sick. and the 42-year-old was screened three times before leaving liberia and was permitted to board the plane showing no signs of the virus. but now authorities say he was asked if he cared for an ebola patient and touched the body of someone who had died in an area where there is ebola. he answered no. >> but the fact that he knew and he left the country is impossible, quite f

thomas eric duncan will be cremated. a sheriff's deputy who had been inside his apartment has been hospitalized after falling ill. h head no contact and he had no fever. susan mcginnis is in washington. good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. they offered these screenings to do something to allay americans' fierce. the president has been criticized by some of capitol hill after failing with a respon response. for now certain travelers will have their temperatures taken. dozens lit candles last night at wilshire baptist church in dallas to remember thomas eric duncan. yesterday he became the first person in the u.s. to die of ebola. duncan's fiancee who remains in quarantine told friends she's heartbroken. >> the first thing she said, my baby is gone. i'm finished. >> health officials are monitoring about 50 people who had varying degrees of contact with duncan. they say out of an abundance of caution, a sheriff's dep it who has exhibited ebola-like symptoms is hospitalized. he had been in the duncan apparent where he

. >>> tonight a lab supervisor who handled a specimen from deceased ebola patient thomas eric duncan is under quarantine aboard a carnival cruise ship confined to her cabin until that ship docks in galveston. the employee left the country october 12th just before the cdc updated how hospital workers had to be monitored and today belize's prime minister rejected secretary of state john kerry's request to have the cruise passenger disembark and fly back to the u.s. >>> tonight the second dallas nurse to contract ebola is in stable condition and doctors say she is weak. >> amber vinson is being treated at emery university hospital in atlanta -- at emory university hospital in atlanta. investigators are looking at if she had symptoms before flying to ohio last friday. vinson claimed she felt funny on that trip home to plan her wedding. 12 people who may have come in contact with the nurse including her mother are being monitored for symptoms. >>> vinson's colleague nina pham is resting comfortably at national institutes of health reportedly alert, interacting with staff and eating a bit.

thomas duncan arrived in the u.s. on september 20th. debora patta retraced his path to texas from liberia where you heard he helped a woman who died from ebola. >> reporter: neighborhood of tin roof homes. it's here he rented a home from the williams family an rushed to help when their heavily pregnant daughter doubled over with stomach pans. she was rushed to the nearest clinic but there was no room. she died on september 17. her family got more bad news when sonny boy died yesterday. another neighborhood was carried away on a stretcher. this resident said it was only then they realized the pregnant woman had ebola. duncan worked for a delivery company. the manager told us that duncan resigned abankruptly on september 4th. he was constantly talking about his son who lived in the united states and planned to travel there. all passengers leaving liberia are screened for fever at the afrmt duncan had none. he also filled out a health form saying he had no contact with anyone with ebola. today liberian officials accused him of lying and sa

we're talking about from the apartment of thomas eric duncan.te company had planned to take to it a landfill in louisiana but now authorities in louisiana are refusing to accept it. drew griffin reports. >> reporter: it is this waste, the attorney general of louisiana is worried about. the bags of sheets and clothes and stuff that ebola victim eric duncan may have touched or soiled while he was sick and living inside this dallas apartment. the bags of waste were hauled away, disinfected, then placed into 55-gallon drums. the drums taken to this port arthur, texas, facility for incineration. burned into ashes. the ashes is what louisiana's attorney general says he doesn't want in louisiana. there are too many unknowns at this point, says louisiana attorney general buddy caldwell. and says it is absurd to transport potentially hazardous ebola waste across state lines. what's absurd, says infectious waste expert dr. gavin skinner says how uninformed louisiana's governor is on the danger of incinerated ebola waste and how that's adding to hysteria.

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thomas duncan is in critical condition in dallas. ly when he was diagnosed with ebola. neighbors said that duncan was among a group of people had helped a pregnant woman who collapsed. since then nine other people who helped her that day have died or have become sick. >> reporter: 9-year-old mercy is being looked afford by her 17-year-old brother hair pips their mother also was among the first at william ps' side. days later she herself was rushed to the hospital. mercy doesn't know this yet, but after we leave, one of the neighbors is going to take her aside and explain that her mother is never coming back home. >> we're joined live from liberia. you visited the home where thomas duncan was allegedly renting a room, spoke to some of his neighbors. what did you find there? >> we found a community really reeling, anderson. the whole compound has been quarantined. the room that we were told duncan was renting is locked up exactly as he left it. even the ebola task force volunteers are refusing to go in there. they're just too afraid. au

we can tell you that, the body of thomas eric duncan is being cremated and the ashes will be given to his family. don. >> gary tuchman. thank you very much. first person diagnosed with ebola in this country, thomas eric duncan died at the same dallas hospital where deputy michael monnig is a patient. joining me a pastor. eric duncan's fiancee, they held a memorial where the pastor revealed his last word. let's have a listen. >> the last words that eric duncan said, were said to a nurse, she asked him -- what he wanted. he said -- he want feud sed to son. he was proud of his son. she asked him then where his son was. he said he was in college. where she should be. he was proud of his son. >> pastor george mason joins me now. i'm sure there is a very tough moment for you and everyone involved. our hearts are going out to you guys. friends and family. how there a to night? >> i can't say i spoke to them since the service. i talked to them before the service. continued to be distraught. really trying on them. >> i'm sure the family has questions for the hospital. do you know if they are?

rushed to the hospital in texas after starting to feel ill coming days after that deputy searched thomas duncan's apartment. thomas was the first ebola victim in the u.s. and died this morning. >> reporter: thomas duncan died 10 days after being admitted to presbyter ran hospital with ebola. they issued a statement it is with profound sadness and heart felt disappointment we must in form you thomas duncan died at 7:54 a.m. he first went to the emergency room when he became sick and despite saying he had been in liberia, duncan was sent home returning two days later when his condition worsened. once admitted, it went from serious to critical. he battled the disease for ten days taking an experimental drug. today, family members had no comment as they left the hospital following his death. in a written statement, his fiance said my family is in deep sadness and grief but we leave him in the hands of god and called for a thorough investigation into all aspects of his care. one of the people being watched for ebola. we're now approaching a pivotal time ebola would develop. >> reporter: she shared an

we're told there could be up to 70 people who were treating thomas eric duncan, that first patient who> well, they call it contact tracing. first, they were just tracing everyone who came in contact with thomas eric duncan. now the web is getting bigger, they have to trace everyone who has come in contact with these two health care workers who have themselves become infected in texas right now. they are in care. we should note that these two new ebola patients are now inside texas health presbyterian. the very hospital where protocols, the protocols, have come under serious question. >> we've been looking at some of these pictures. sanjay gupta did a nice demonstration showing what it is like to take off the protective gear once it's soiled, how to take it off. and it is easy to see how you could breach those protocols. how easy it would be to touch the skin to those fluids. >> very, very difficult to do it perfectly. but ebola say virus where you need to be essentially perfect if you are caring for an ill patient. so there are serious questions as we sit here this morning. what to do

they are now monitoring 50 people who have been in contact with ebola patient thomas duncan. right now hazmat teams are at the apartment where one of the biggest tasks is taking place removing sheets, towels, and other items that he may have contaminated. there is an unimaginable amount of red tape involved in this entire operation. martin savidge is at the apartment complex where hazmat teams have been all afternoon and what is the latest on the cleanup process there? >> reporter: randi, hazmat teams have been on site for a couple hours and they are being assisted by a private contractor that apparently is doing the cleanup work. and we knew all of this was happening because you saw for the first time really evidence of hazmat officials coming on site with the dallas fire rescue. there was also with these very large trucks and emergency equipment specialized personnel and then also the cleanup trucks as well. what they've been doing is preparing to go in and begin the cleanup process. as part of that you saw people suiting up going to the apartment unit and dressed in what a

amongst those no contact with mr duncan, thecm of monitoring was established to protect those that cared from thomas eric duncan, and the community at large, by identifying early cases and getting them into treatment. finally, we have put the emergency department at presbyterian on diversion until further notice. ambulances are not currently bringing patients to our emergency department. while we are on emergency department, we care for the patient and use the time to triple-check c.d.c. guidelines. we are monitoring all staff with relation to mr duncan's care, ooep if they are not -- even if they are not assumed to be at risk of infection all steps are taken so the public and employees can have confidence in the integrity of the care we provide at our facility. thank you. >> as an added step, in consultation with the c.d.c., the c.d.c. will be working with presbyterian to monitor all the people in the self-monitor pool as we are monitoring the 48 people in the monitor pool. so the people that are - that were self-monitoring, all of them are health care professionals. they will now be monitored twic

that's what we do. >> then why did thomas duncan die? >> well, he probably had an exacerbation of pneumonia. and even though you do these things, they don't work. they don't work half the time. that's about the mortality rate we've been seeing lately, 50%. >> and he got into the hospital later. last question, we're coming up next on a segment where we had dr. siegel go on the plane that the second nurse flew on when she went up to cleveland and then she came back. and they're going to show us where she sat and so on and so forth. but i want to ask you, is frontier airlines really taking a hit? people don't want to fly on this airline just because one patient who does have ebola but was generally asymptommatic except for her fever flew on it, they've taken the other plane out of commission, what are your chances of contracting ebola from one of these planes? >> this is probably the cleanest plane in e world right now. it is much lower than the chances of dying from influenza from getting the flu at random on a plane. i mean, they've done

plus -- the two nurses battling ebola after caring for thomas duncan are being treated. how one nurse might have been infected longer than authorities previously thought. next ...we need to break up. is it the biting? cuz i can stop? no! i love you and your show. it's cable. customers are more satisfied with u-verse. switch and we can stay together forever. forever? ow. i'm not gonna lie to you. it's also the biting. break up with cable. choose u-verse tv from $19 a month for 2 years. police are reporting a possible assault and stabbing near a-t&t park. in other big news. the first nurse diagnosedting id patient, thomas duncan has arrived in maryland for treatment. nina pham is being treated at the national institutes of health in bethesda. she flew on the same jet that ferried the second infected nurse. to emory university hospital in atlanta yesterday. today - we got a first look at pham from her hospital bed in texas. before she was transported. meanwhile -- we're learning, the second nurse who tested postive for ebola may have shown symptoms of the virus as many as f

that guy was thomas duncan, and he entered the u.s. late last month by passing through customs at dulles. as do hundreds of thousands of other passengers each year with itineraries that originated in west africa. >> do you think that is a good idea? make thenything to disease not come to this country. >> the airport only has one direct flight to and web -- to and from west africa, south african flights to hundred eight. flighth african airlines 208. many criticize the u.s. for being slow to act. passengers area just returning from a pilgrimage to mecca, where for the first time, members of the faith were blocked from attending because of the scare. did not issue us visas this year. the visas they issued, they were limited. customs and border patrol agent plan to be on standby. they will be interrogating passengers a little bit more to make sure they will -- they are not lying about their exposure to ebola, similar to what thomas duncan did. dulles, kendis gibson come abc 7 news. >> thank you. more details on the nbc canvas -- cameraman

thomas eric duncan has now died of ebola. another crime stories we are following.n against ms. of the vikings running back adrian peterson arraigned on child abuse charges. the kids of spanking his young son with a wooden switch. peterson said he never intended to hurt the four-year-old be at hell spring court claiming if he doedeservesdoes of the neutralif lawyers up in the conviction and death sentence for the murder of 11 women. the bizarre attack in florida, a strip club dancer got angry because her boyfriend would not talk to her, so she went after him with an ax or do police and the dance was apparently drunk. eric: shannon, back to our other story now, the fight to save kobani. kobani is right on the border with turkey. the country under fire for not doing enough to stop the terrorist movement. tomorrow the head of nato will visit turkey and special envoy to the coalition john allen heading there as well with deputy under center estate investor. people tried to convince the government to do something instead of just standing by like bystanders. will it work?

officials in dallas say it is tragic that thomas duncan succumbed to the disease and that his was an isolated case and no one else has come down with the disease which is remarkable when you consider that duncan is the second person to die after transporting to the hospital and back, an ebola patient in liberia died. the folks in dallas are not out of concern yet. best way to prevent ebola, is to contain its source. they are teaching them how to deal with patients so they don't become infected. dr. young is leading the program. >> arming them with the mindset to work safely in west africa and be aware of what they are doing and what parts of the body they are touching. if they are touching their face don't do it with a contaminated hand. >> among the students samaritan's purse who had the first american doctor infected with ebola who got better after being treated at emory hospital. the students have a healthy fear of going to west africa. but they are still going. >> i really didn't ask anybody whether to go. i just felt like this is where god wants me to go go. and i asked for my fa

rushed to the hospital in texas after starting to feel ill coming days after that deputy searched thomas duncan'sment. thomas was the first ebola victim in the u.s. and died this morning. >> reporter: thomas duncan died 10 days after being admitted to presbyter ran hospital with ebola. they issued a statement it is with profound sadness and heart felt disappointment we must in form you thomas duncan

we cheer them on. >> why did thomas duncan die? >> he probably had exacerbation with member pneumonia. even though you do these things they don't work half of the s time. that's the mortality rate we have seen 50 hpercent. >> he got into the hospital a later. >> we are coming up on a segment where we had dr. seigel go on n the plane which the second nurse flew on.am they are going to show us where she sat and so on and so forth. i want to ask you, frontier airline has taken a hit. t people don't want to fly on the airline o because one patient w does have ebola was generally at asymptomatic flew on it they take the plane out of he commission. what are your chances of contracting ebola from one of the planes. >> this is probably the cleanesr plane in the world right now.he it is much lower than the chances of dying from influenza from getting flu at random on a plane. they have done everything. the entire airline industry if you look at the sector on wall street hasr taken a big hit fro what is a super stretch of a u long shot for a

orders the past three weeks are today in the clear. >> and we go live to the hospital where thomas eric duncan died of that disease. mark, people want to know what we know about the folks who have now been cleared. >> well, they are the people who first came into contact with thomas eric duncan when he flew from west africa to dallas, and now they have been cleared from the ebola virus quarantine because they have passed that critical 21-day incubation period. they include thomas duncan's fiancee and her son and two nephews, who are happy to be off that list. there are still 111 who are in quarantine, most of them health care workers and employees here at texas health presbyterian. nina pham is at the washington institutes of health and is stable. vincent's family is pushing back about her taking that flight, saying she was cleared by the cdc and the hospital to make that trip and that she checked in with hospital officials while she was traveling. today the county's top administrator here in dallas said that amber vincent did nothing wrong. >> that was a mistake, and that caused her problems,

we are also now hearing from thomas duncan's family. this just coming into us from duncan's long-time pam partner. a woman named louise. she is one of the four family members you should quarantine, by the way, inside that apartment here in dallas. duncan came to texas from line ear wra to visit her. the statement reads, we want to put it up for you, in part, "my family is in deep sadness and grief, but we leave him in the hands of god. our deepest sympathies go out to his father and family in liberia and here in america. eric was a wonderful man who showed compassion towards all." louise and three others were all crammed into a tiny apartment together for days with mr. duncan as he started showing symptoms of the deadly virus and then got extremely sick. the cdc considers them high exposure risks, and that is why they remain under that court-ordered quarantine, but at this point they remain asymptomat asymptomatic. in other words, they are not showing any symptoms of ebola at this point. >> right. but the family, they were exposed, so th

sarah doloff joins me from dallas outside the hospital where thomas duncan was being treated. the latest on what the hospital is saying now that mr. duncan has died, sarah. >> reporter: well, they're not saying much today, joy, other than to say they will not be holding a press conference out of respect for the grieving family. now, that family arrived yesterday from north carolina. they were able to meet with doctors about duncan's condition. they were given a small glimmer of hope in that his liver function was improving and he no longer had a fever. however, they understood how grave his condition was and they knew him dying could be a possible outcome. his fiancee, louise, who he traveled to america to marry, released a statement which reads in part, his suffering is over. i trust a thorough examination will take place in regards to all aspects of his case. the hospital is coming under scrutiny for originally discharging him from the er on the 24th before admitting him on the 28th when he returned in an ambulance. he also did not receive a blood transfusion from dr. kent br

do we know if this person was actually treating -- having direct interaction with thomas eric duncan? were they handling just fluids, blood, do we know? >> we don't know. we know this person is a woman. we know she was directly taking care of thomas eric duncan. i think it's interesting. i was talking to a nurse who took care of ebola patients at a different hospital and she said she felt nurses were particularly vulnerable. they spend more time with the patient and they're also -- they're the ones responsible. i don't mean get too graphic but they're responsible for cleaning up bodily waste and you have a huge amount of diarrhea, a huge amount of vomit when you're dealing with ebola patients. >> we'll check in with you throughout this hour. the nurses union, as elizabeth mentioned, said it is sounding the alarm, to use their words, on the dallas hospital where two health care workers are diagnosed with ebola. national nurses united said it spoke with a number of workers at texas health presbyterian in dallas. she said what the nurses told her made her cry. she says adequate safety pr

first, the hazmat teams are still cleaning the place or hoping to clean the place where thomas duncan was sick. duncan went into isolation on september 28th. it's now october 3rd. how at risk are those under quarantine having been that close to contaminated material in that apartment now for so long? >> right. so you always want to assume they have been exposed to the virus. so assuming that they have been exposed to it, their quarantine is entirely appropriate to make sure they don't develop any symptoms. how likely it is depends on how much contact they had with the patient, what sort of contact it was, all of these different variables that come into play. >> and what would have been the proper procedure there? what should have happened to that apartment where duncan was living? how fast ideally should the cleaning crews have gotten in there with those proper permits? >> so understanding that this is a first case scenario and so as the old saying goes the best laid plans always fail when you have first contact with the enemy. that's what happened here. so i think they were very well

against a group like isis. >> thank you very much. >>> "outfront" next, more than a week after thomas duncan developed symptoms of ebola, the bedding and towels have only just been removed today from his apartment complex. why was this cleanup operation so late? and duncan relatives said he never helped a pregnant woman in liberia. >>> and more on the brutal beheading of a british hostage. what will it take to prevent another murder by isis. to help entertain some friends at the beach. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time. and 2% back at the grocery store. even before he got 3% back on gas. all with no hoops to jump through. rafael was inspired to use his bankamericard cash rewards credit card to spend a night watching the stars, under the stars. that's the beauty of rewarding connections. apply online or at a bank of america near you. sir, we're going to need you on the runway. (vo) theraflu starts to get to work in your body in just 5 minutes. (vo) theraflu breaks you free from your worst cold and flu symptoms. (vo) theraflu. serious power. >>> welcome back chblt breaking new

were a number of people who were considered to be high risk people who had been exposed to thomas eric duncan. several of those were health care workers that treated him here at texas health presbyterian hospital. we don't know for sure if this person is one of those people who was considered to be at high risk. i'm sure that those will be the kinds of questions, perhaps they can shed some light on exactly how this particular health care worker contracted the disease, but we have been told that the person had reported a low grade fever friday night and then on saturday it was confirmed that this person had been exposed to ebola and was starting to see the virus and test positive for the virus, so many questions and the dallas county judge here has just shown up so we're several moments away and the mayor has just started to walk in so we're several moments away from this news conference beginning here in dallas. >> ed, i think it's curious, a lot of people are wondering if a health care worker has been contracted with this virus, what do we know about the condition of thomas duncan's fiancee

one concern was that nurses treating thomas duncan were ill prepared. >> was there actual training? >> no. >> many on the hearing panel says the mistakes made with duncan cannot happen again. >> it's not a drill. people's lives are at stake and the response so far has been unacceptable. >> and bringing it closer to home tonight, we bring in "action news" reporter david henry, he has more on how philadelphia leaders are preparing for the possibility of a case of ebola in the city. >> reporter: yes, almost two dozen people testified here today, mostly public health officials and the bottom line is we are either ready to face a possible ebola outbreak here or we are not. >> the head of the city health department gave a grade of either a or a-plus to its departments preparation, they are coordinating efforts with area hospitals and other health care providers to get ready, we have developed and updated guidance and information to help health care professions and the public based largely on guidance we referred from the center for disease control. >> they heard from government agencies an

let's tell you what's happening at this hospital, 75 workers who treated thomas duncan, the initial patient. the hospital made the unusual move last move of telling those employees that they can stay here in private isolation rooms if they're concerned about transmitting any illness. they called a very low risk. concerned about transmit anything illness to their families and friends. also this morning, here's part of that hospital statement. we have this for you. the hospital advised those employees being monitored to avoid public transportation. you see the quote here we also ask our potentially affected employees to be the good citizens that we know they are by avoiding using public transportation or engaging in any activities that could potentially put others at risk." this is obviously in response to the amber vinson situation -- taking the news of what came out yesterday about her flying in and out of that airport. and then later testing positive for ebola. people were in disbelief, really, that she flew with that elevated temperature. however, this is not one of the five airport that

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today, thomas duncan died, from the ebola virus. that same happies waiting for test results to see if a sheriff's deputy who arrived by ambulance today and says he was in duncan's apartment has the the virus as well. it is wednesday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is the ebola out break, and it's involving impact in the united states. did the the decision to let duncan first leave texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas allow the ebola virus to escape containment? that is one of many questions out there tonight, for which there are no obvious answers, and "action news" reporter sharrie williams is at the the "action news" big board tonight, sharrie. >> reporter: jim, you are right about the questions that are lingering. thomas duncan's death is raising those questions now about the timeliness of his care. lets take a look at what we do know about that. we know he went to the hospital and was sent home. well, that was on september 25th. come september 28th he return, and was finally admitted. his family is outr