You even see her smile in that video. There are concerns, however, that the second sick nurse, amber vinson could have developed symptoms earlier than originally thought so this means she could have exposed hundreds of other people aboard her flight to ohio. The first flight she took on and then, of course, those who boarded later flights on the same airplane. Just minutes ago, we learned that a u. S. Marine on her flight to dallas has now placed himself in voluntary quarantine and Carnival Cruiselines confirms one of its passengers is under watch in isolation, she is the Health Care Worker who may have handled Lab Specimens at that hospital in dealing with tahoma eric duncan, the first victim to die of ebola. Carnival says the passenger is showing no signs of infection. Lots to talk about, we begin with renee marsh, cnns regulation correspondent from washington. Renee, fill us in on the cruise ship situation. Obviously it doesnt sound good when people are in that close quarters for so long. Absolutely. It doesnt come anyone on board that cruiseship. But heres what we know so far. A lab worker from the dallas hospital where the ebola patient Thomas Duncan received treatment is now under quarantine on board that Carnival Cruise ship in belize. She did not have direct contact with duncan but she did test his fluid samples. She boarded the ship for vacation on october 12, thats before she was notified of updated monitoring requirements. We are hearing from the cruiseline this morning, this is a quote from them in a statement. Theyre saying at no point in time has the individual exhibited any symptoms or signs of infection and it has been 19 days since she was in the lab with these testing samples. Shes deemed by the cdc to be very low risk. We do know the incubation period for ebola, weve been told all along, 21 days so shes been out of that lab for 19 days now. We know a doctor on board the ship checked her out but in the meantime the cruise ship are taking some steps of their own. Theyre putting restrictions in place for future passengers and heres what that includes. They will not be allowed to board if they have been in sierra leone or guinea or liberia in the last 21 days. Also passengers may have to answer Health Questions and they could be asked to undergo further medical screening, ana. So we dont want to raise too much of an alarm over this current situation. Again, that person is in isolation but on the other side of what weve learned this morning is airline risk and the fact there was now perhaps a whole other flight of people who could have been at risk of contracting this virus from amber vinson. What do you know about the search for those people who were exposed and kind of letting them know about the potential risk thats out there . Right. So lets reset. This is all coming or stemming from information that we heard yesterday that she may have had symptoms earlier than first thought. That being said, the airline, frontier airline, is now notifying anywhere between 700 to 800 passengers linked to flights amber vinson took. That included her trip from dallas to cleveland and then back to dallas, but in addition to that, theyre going beyond that. Theyre also notifying people who may not have been on her flight but they were on the same plane for five later flights. You are looking at some of those flights there, there were stops in Fort Lauderdale and atlanta. Again, airlines saying this is out of an abundance of caution. They believe the risk to all of these passengers is very low but what theyre doing is letting people know you were on board this plane. If you need numbers theyre giving them cdc numbers, theyre giving them numbers to the Health Department as well and answering any questions these passengers may have. Ana. Rene marsh in washington, thank you. How concerned should we be that some workers who had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan are traveling relatively freely . Here with some perspective, an Infectious Diseases and Public Health specialist. Should staff be traveling . I think if somebody has had exposure to a patient with ebola, especially Health Care Workers who had exposure to a lot of bodily fluids, they should not be traveling. Cdc should have put these persons on a do not board list and, frankly, the local Health Department, and this is under their jurisdiction, should have quarantined these persons and just like Thomas Eric Duncans fiance and her family members, enforced that with Law Enforcement officials. Why is ebola such a Mysterious Illness that were seeing kind of a panic reacting to it . Weve obviously dealt with other Infectious Diseases. Well, i think ebola has a particular fear factor so to speak. Weve made movies about it and people recall the images from those movies outbreak contagion. Its scary laws its a highly deadly disease and people dont really understand the details of how ebola spreads and what it does to the human body. What would be your advice to the passengers who are on airplanes, specifically those couple of airplanes as well as this new cruiseship were learning about. The cdc is most concerned about nine passengers who were on the plane with amber vinson. Those nine were within three feet of her. So the reason they have drawn this radius, essentially, of three feet is that ebola spreads through contact, direct contact as well as contact with bodily fluids, that includes droplets. So droplet cans spread up to three feet from the person whos emitting them into the air. That said, the most common way somebody with ebola would be spreading droplets is if theyre vomiting and she was not vomiting. Dr. Celine gounder, thank you for being here, we appreciate your expertise. My pleasure. Were going to go live to the pentagon updating reporters at this hour. This is rear admiral john kirby speaking to reporters now, lets listen in. Sir, ill turn it over to you. I will be moderating after the generals Opening Statement so ill call on you, please identify who youre with before you ask the question. Thanks. Good morning, everyone. Ill make brief opening comments and then answer your questions. Three weeks ago, we began conducting offensive precision strikes inside of syria. Prior to that, the strikes conducted in iraq were limited to the protection of u. S. Personnel and Key Facilities and the prevention of human suffering. The intent of the expanded air strikes is to degrade isils capability and their ability to threaten u. S. Interests and the interests of our partners. More specifically, we are enabling the efforts of the iraqis in their fight against isil. Acknowledging that in addition to halting isils advance, the iraqis must secure the border, they must regenerate and restructure their forces to ensure that they are able to provide for the sovereignty of their country going forward, and this represents our main focus right now. Enabling the efforts of the iraqis. With respect to the air strikes, and together with our Coalition Partners we are purposely and necessarily targeting very specific capabilities. Again, with the intent to degrade the enemys ability to command and control, to degrade his ability to project combat power and to degrade his ability to sustain himself. Weve conducted precision strikes, for example, targeting isils Communications Equipment and hardware, their command centers and their vehicle parks and tanks and humvee which is were stolen from the iraqi army. As well as Oil Refineries which are now under isils control. Isil derives significant revenue from Oil Production and so by striking these types of facilities we reduce their ability to generate the funds and the fuel required to sustain their operations. We are having the desired effects. Were seeing evidence of this not only in our battledamage assessment bus, more important, were noting changes in the enemys behavior and tactics that refreshed his diminished capability and restricted freedom of movement. For example, were no longer seeing them move around the country in large convoys. Now theyre mostly traveling in civilian vehicles and smaller numbers. This is hindering their ability to mass and to shift combat power. Weve also seen them alter their methods of communication, which is inhibiting their ability to coordinate and synchronize their efforts. And so we are having the desired effects, but this will take some time. But also note that weve been very careful in how weve gone about conducting strikes because we want to avoid unnecessary collateral damage. Had we killed a lot of innocent civilians and specifically in sunni areas, i think its fair to say that we would be in a much different place at this point, but because weve done this the right way, weve secured the support of our sunni arab partners in the region. All right, weve been listening in to a press conference at the pentagon. The man you are looking at there is general austin, he is the commander of the u. S. Central command in this battle against isis in iraq and syria. Basically the headliner there is he believes that the air strikes are having an impact and the proof of that is in that isis is changing its tactics. Ultimately the goal here in this first at least Strategic Point here is to give more control to iraqi forces, more control to the leadership . Iraq. So that country can become stable. We have breaking news right now on the ebola crisis. President obama now we know has named an ebola czar, ron plain, we believe. Chief washington correspondent, host of cnns the lead jake tapper is joining me now. Jake, tell us more about it. Sources tell me that president obama will appoint ron clain to be the ebola czar. Thats the one individual coordinating the federal response to ebola. Ron clain first came to National Prominence as the chief of staff for Vice President al gore. He headed mr. Gores effort in florida during the recount. Hes gone on to be a successful investment banker and also hes very well regarded in the Obama White House for his stint both as Vice President bidens chief of staff and also as the person who supervised the stimulus act, the distribution of funds which was a massive federal government undertaking that people forget there was a lot of fraud, the money would be going to lots of corrupt places and in retrospect it is very well regarded in terms of the distribution of funds, the stimulus, even if people disagree with the bill itself. Ron can klain will be named the ebola czar. The president had been resisting calls for someone specific individual to head up the response, the white house talking about how they were comfortable with the Management Structure they had in place. The president s top Homeland Security advisor lisa monaco, also dr. Freeden and also the secretary of health and Human Services burwell, all of them had been working on the Ebola Response but last night president obama signalled an openness to appoint someone who would be the one individual just focused on ebola. Individuals at the cdc have many issues they talk about including the flu and other viruss in this country so ron klain will be appointed by president obama. Were breaking that news right here on cnn. Ana . Any idea when there will be an official announcement, jake . My understanding is that it will be either today or tomorrow. The fact that im breaking this probably expedites the matter a little bit. They werent planning on announcing it this morning but my understanding is it will be within the next day or so. Jake tapper staying on top of it. Thank you so much. Were covering all angles for you now. We have a whole panel of experts. Senior washington correspondent joe johns. Also with us senior political analyst david gergen, Public Health specialist dr. Is celine grounder and dr. Sanjay gupta. Joe johns, david gergen, sanjay gupta and, again, celine gounder. Lets talk about what this means from a medical perspective. Sanjay, well start with you and your reaction first of all to this announcement. As jake mentioned, weve been talking about the idea that somebody who could sort of work at the executive level of government but not always through formal channels to get things done with regard to ebola, maybe a person like that would be necessary as weve brought in this notion of Airline Travel and other things and, you know, it seems like much more than a local health issue and its consumed attention of many people within the government. Ron klain, interestingly enough, has done a lot of things. People may also remember him i dont know if jake said this but he was involved with the recount back in 2000. In fact was part of that. His character was portray bid kevin spacey in the movie recount. But hes been around for a long time. He was involved with the company that primarily worked on health, revolution health, steve cases company and he had some interest in the work that steve case was doing with regard to consumer health. So hes still a lawyer, a governmental person but has had that background as well. And, you know, a czar overall probably a necessary thing given all weve heard about ebola, recently. Sanjay and dr. Gounder stay with me. We want to take our viewers out to secretary kerry speaking about ebola right now. Lets listen in. Thats why were allocating up to one billion more for our armed forces for this purpose. Thats why were creating 17 ebola treatment units and providing support right now for the mobile laboratories in the communications infrastructure. We are using every instrument of American Power in order to try to get this job done. As many of you know, i have been making a number of phone calls each day to my counterparts from your countries in order to encourage concrete steps and weve been raising this issue in every single bilateral meeting i have that but we know that nothing that one, two, three countries do together will solve it. We have to all be engaged in this. There is no country is exempt from being able to do something to be able to contribute to this effort and help make a difference. And everything we do depends on how we coordinate our efforts as partners and how we contribute together. Already we are seeing nations large and small stepping up in impressive ways making a contribution on the front lines. Timor has donated 2 million. Cuba, a country of just 11 Million People has sent 165 Health Professionals and it plans to send nearly 300 more. We want to thank france for committing 70 million euro and for their response in guinea where theyve taken on special responsibilities. And we want to thank the United Kingdom for the ebola treatment units that they are building in sierra leone and germany has significantly stepped up its efforts, including offering their facilities to treat Health Care Workers. The European Union is organizing medevac capacity and contributing 140 million euro and the world bank and imf have committed more than 678 million. The African Union is moving to send trained Emergency Responders to west africa. But no matter what we have already committed, it is clear we have to do more and quickly. So of the one billion in needs estimate bid the u. N. I regret to say we are barely a third of the way there. If we dont adequately address this current outbreak now then ebola the potential to become a scourge like hiv or polio and we will end up fighting all of us for decades. We shouldnt kid ourselves. Winning this fight is going to be costly. It is going to take all of our efforts and it is not risk free. Nobody knows that better than the Health Care Workers on the front lines right now. Whatever the differences there are between us in this room on one issue or another, on one attitude or another, the fact is everyone i know respects and admires the courage of any Health Care Worker who is undertaking this challenge. So lets make sure that those Health Care Workers arent hanging out there by themselves. Lets make sure that were pulling together the resources, the equipment, the commitment, the cash, the to support their efforts and lets make sure that their courage is motivating us every step of the way. For these men and women to succeed, they need nothing less than our full commitment which is why weve asked you to come forward here today. This is a matter of real people, real lives, in countries that were beginning to take off. Countries that were beginning to see the future and feel it and suddenly theyve been hit by this. This engages all of us and it is a real test of global citizenship. So today in this room we have a unique opportunity to try to come together to make important were going to step away from the press conference but we got the hidline there. This is secretary of state john kerry making a public call to action to the International Community to do more than n the fight against ebola. He talked about how a billion dollars is needed. Only a third of that funding has already been put forward so they have a long ways to go on that. He said thanks basically to the uk, germany and the handful of other countries who have taken action in sending their people there and helping to build ebola treatment facilities, in providing medical supplies butedly theres still a long way to go and we spoke with the World Health Organization spokesman the other day. He said of 193 countries in the u. N. , only 12 to 15 of them have come forward with some kind of help and assistance in this. Of course ebola is a huge Health Crisis and were seeing today breaking news on that front here in our country with the president now naming an ebola czar. Jake tapper is breaking this news, working his sources. Lets go back to him. Jake, you have more information for us, right . Thats right. I have some direct information from a white house official and pardon me if i just read this, its coming on my iphone. The president has asked ron klain to take the task of coordinating his administrations whole of government Ebola Response. Were calling it an ebola czar but the actual title is Ebola Response coordinator. Klin will report directly to the president s homeland secured a visor lisa monaco and the president S National Security advisor susan rice as he ensures thor the efforts that ebola patients are integrate bud dont distract from the aggressive commitment to stopping ebola at the source in west africa. His role is consistent with the view the president articulate in the Oval Office Last night, that monaco, rice and others have been outstand bug given their management of other priorities, this will further enhance the governments Ebola Response. As i mentioned earlier, ron klain, worked for the administration, well regarded for his work as Vice President joe bidens chief of staff. Also well regarded in the own white house for his relationships within the Obama Administration and also on capitol hill. So he will be the ebola czar. He does not have any Extensive Health care background. I asked about that. Im told this is perceived largely as a managerial job not as one requiring a great deal of Health Care Expertise. Its one making sure that the trains run on time, making sure that the cdc has the support it needs, hhs has the support it needs. But theres a political dimension to this. The administration has been under fire to a degree, ana, for its response to the ebola crisis and whether or not cdc has been doing everything. This is an acknowledgment that more help is needed. The president saying yes, lisa monaco is Homeland Security advisor and has been doing a job, yes, dr. Susan rice iS National Security advisor doing a great job but in addition they need an Ebola Response coordinator, an ebola czar. There have been calls on capitol hill from both democrats and republicans for one point person and now we are learning that person will be ron klain, former chief of staff to Vice President joe biden. Jay, that is a very detailed update for us. Again, ron claen, the new guy in charge of the Ebola Response. Lets expand this conversation. We have cnn political analyst david gergen, dr. Sanjay gupta, joe johns in washington. Standing by to give us some more color and insight and context to this person and this new job of the ebola czar. Lets go to david gergen. Im curious to get your take in terms of sort of why were seeing the president make this move now, david. Is it him buckling under the pressure to appoint somebody, do you think . No, i think hes responding to the publics very strong clamor to see a government that is in charge and in control of the situation. Americans are not panicked about ebola but they are very anxious to have the government on top of it and this Administration Given the context of the last few months cannot afford to have a bumbling response in the weeks ahead. They need someone to coordinate. Ron klain is an excellent candidate, hes strong, hes tough. Hes very tough. Its important in this job. To be a coordinator you have to knock Heads Together occasionally. Hes tough enough to do that. Hes very bright. Whats also interesting is he has both the Foreign Policy portfolio and the domestic portfolio because hes reporting both to susan rice and to the head of Homeland Security also because hes not a health care specialist, that suggests very strongly he will not be the spokesman of this. The administration does need someone who can be out front. They dont have that right now. The fellow who runs cdc, tom frieden, the doctor who is excellent but he has stumbled here a couple of times, hes not as a strong as a spokesman as they need. If you think back to 9 11, what was so important about leadership after that. It was rulely giuliani stepping forward and being the spokesman for the country that made such a difference calming people. When we go to war, the pentagon now has a whole trained cadre of generals appearing on television to calm people and let people know whats going on. The Administration Still needs that. I dont see ron klain playing that role, i think hell be the inside guy but a very good choice for that purpose. David gergen, a positive assessment of this new development, we appreciate your time. Everybody stay with us. We have to squeeze in a quick break but on the backside well talk more about this appointment of an ebola czar, why somebody who doesnt have necessarily a health care background, well discuss this what en we come ba. [ barista ] i have two cappuccinos, a medium macchiato, and two espressos one with a double shot. Thats not the coffee talkin. [ female announcer ] start your day with kelloggs frosted mini wheats cereal. Its a delicious way to get the nutrition you want. Its a delicious way you love this game. But does the game love you . Who cares . Look where you get to stay booking. Com booking. Yeah but parallel parking isnt one you do a lof them. Ings great. Youre either too far from the curb. Or too close to other cars. Its just a matter of time until you rip some guys bumper off. So, here are your choices take the bus. Or get Liberty Mutual insurance. For drivers with accident forgiveness, Liberty Mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. See Car Insurance in a whole new light. Call Liberty Mutual insurance. Welcome back. Our continuing breaking news on the ebola crisis. The latest development this morning is the white house has now named an ebola czar, that man is ron klain who will be at the helm of this Ebola Response coordination now. He is a man who has a lot of experience in washington as the first chief of staff for first vp al gore and now vp joe biden. Lets get back in our panel of experts on this new development, dr. Sanjay gupta, our jake tapper, our joe johns. Joe, i want to go to you. What do you know about klain and what do you believe is the reason for his appointment instead of a Health Care Expert . Well, lets start with what hes not. Hes not among the people whove been first mentioned as a possible ebola czar, that would include colin powell, that would include as well robert gates, the former defense secretary. So hes not a secretarylevel cabinet official whos left office and now they want to bring him back. But what he is is a guy whos very known, very well known here in washington, as somebody who knows message, who knows politics as well. Working for two Vice President s, but not only that, working for administrations to try to help them shape message and handle Supreme Court nominees. So he knows a lot about the questions to ask, a lot about the things that need to be said publicly. Ron klain is very highly regarded among democrats, though the question, of course, is going to be because he does not appear to have extensive experience in health care, it sounds like there would certainly be a learning curve for him. The answer from the administration, at least so far, is that hes a very good manager and thats why they would bring him on board, to manage the coordination of federal, state, and local work on the ebola issue. Back to you. There has certainly been criticism about the leadership on the ebola front from the top down and so this, you would believe, is going to perhaps help that and and more of a coordinated message to the American Public. Sanjay, are you surprised this isnt somebody who has Health Care Experience and expertise . No, im not surprised by that. I think as jake and joe have both said, youve had strong people who have been at the health forefront of this, dr. Tom frieden sanjay, we hit to cut you off. Well come back to that question. Right now we want to take you nih in maryland where nurse nina pham has been moved. Lets listen in to the doctors regarding this. My name is dr. Tony fauci, im the director of the National Institutes of allergy and Infectious Diseases. I have with me the director of the Clinical Center of which were standing in front of, dr. H. Clifford lane, the clinical director of National Institute of Infectious Diseases and dr. Richard davie, the director of the the special clinical studies unit here. Im going to describe what happened last night and then have the doctor take a minute to tell you about the building and well take questions and ill direct the questions to each of the appropriate people. Last night at 11 54 nina pham, the 26yearold nurse from dallas, texas who the press has referred to as nurse number one was transferred by air evac, landing at frederick and then taken by ambulance in a special secure environment here to the National Institutes of health to be admitted to our special clinical studies unit. She is now here with us, as i mentioned this morning in a release. Her condition is fair. She is stable and she is resting comfortably. In this unit, we have a group of highly skilled welltrained and experienced physicians, technicians, and nurses. I particularly point out the extraordinary capability of the training, the experience, and the dedication of our nurses and physicians who are taking care of her right now. Id be happy to answer any questions that you have, but before we do, let me just have john gallon take one minute to describe this particular place which some of you may not be familiar with, then ill field questions. If i can answer them, i will. If not, i will have my colleagues do that. Good morning, im john gallon, the director of the Clinical Center. Welcome to this building which is the largest hospital in the world totally dedicated to clinical research. Patients call this place the house of hope and our nurses say theres no other hospital like it and why is that . Its because of our mission to combine can i stop for a second . I think theres not a mic there. Are we okay . Go . Start over . If you can speak louder, thats great. Our patients like to call this place the house of hope, our nurses say theres no other hospital like it. Why . Its because of our mission, our special mission to combine research, Excellent Patient care, and training. We feel very humbled and fortunate to be in a position to work on this international disaster, ebola, and to try to develop some new preventative and treatment strategies. Thank you very much. So id be happy to take any question questions. Reporter dr. Fauci, her condition is stable . Is she deteriorating . No, i cannot tell you at this particular time why we have said fair because of patient confidentiality but shes stable and resting comfortably. Reporter any idea how long she will be here . We do not know how long. We will get her here until she is well and clear of virus. Reporter any idea how long that might be . We dont know. We never make those kinds of predictions which is a serious infection. She is getting the optimum care and it would not appropriate to make a prediction of when she will get out. She will get out when shes well enough and free of virus. Reporter what is the optimum care . Well, she has the care of physicians and nurses and technicians with extensive training, experience, and knowledge of Infectious Diseases and Infectious Disease control. So there are two things that are happening. Shes getting optimum intensive care if needed but its also being done with the optimal protection of our Health Care Workers. Reporter [ inaudible question ] can you talk about the video last night . What we saw . Im not sure what you saw because i was waiting for the patient. So what was it that you saw that you want me to describe . Reporter [ inaudible question ]. All right, i didnt see the video but i can tell you she had a long trip, a trip that was quite tiring. As you can see, we assisted her, she was in a stretcher with a tent over it. Its the kind of thing thats optimal protection for the people in the ambulance and wed what her one of our intensive care physicians dressed in the appropriate protective equipment which brought her out. When she came out, she went from the plane and she had to walk off the plane because they wouldnt get her, but when we took her from the ambulance to the room we had her on a stretcher and we wheeled her in and put her in bed. Reporter [ inaudible question ] at this stage in her virus, how is she doing . Its impossible to say how shes doing compared to others. This is an individual patient that you treat each individual patient as an individual patient. And thats what were interested, not how shes doing compared to others. We will take care of this patient. Reporter what has she been doing since shes here . Is she interacting with her caregivers . With the doctors and nurses . What is she doing . She certainly is sitting up. She was examined by a by dr. Davey. We saw her this morning. Rick, would you like to just give whatever information you could give without violating any patient confidentiality . Sure. As dr. Fauch ci said, shes resg comfortably, interactive with the staff, shes eating and she is able to interact freely and i really think shes doing quite well compared to what we were told about her status at the other hospital. Reporter can you talk more about the specifics like how people are caring for her and more about why this hospital is such a good place to treat her for this kind of disease, the special facilities or training as compare to other hospitals . Im not going to compare this opt with other hospitals, but i can tell you what we have in this hospital. We have intensivists, we have Infectious Diseases experts who on a daily basis notwithstanding ebola take care of the sickest possible patients. We have a specific attention to Infectious Disease control because the unit of which she is in is a special studies unit. Rick davy, myself, dr. Lane and dr. Gallin are Board Certified in internal medicine. She also has intentive care individual there is and nurses who are highly trained, highly prepared and highly experienced. That makes a difference. Reporter [ inaudible question ] wait a second. Reporter [ inaudible question ] well, there are two shifts right now, 12hour shifts. Rick, why dont you give the details of the number. I believe theres four in one, five would you . Currently we have five nurses assigned on a shift. Two are in the room with her at any time when theres a nursing necessity for that. On a given week we estimate an ill patient of this type may have up to 20 nurses assigned in that weeks time. Reporter why did it take this long for you guys to get the first ebola patient . Why didnt Thomas Eric Duncan come to you right away . You know, i cannot answer that. We have been prepared. We had a special studies unit which was started in 2011 for the explicit purpose of being able to accept patients who have anything that has to do we they are bioterror or emerging Infectious Diseases. We stood ready to accept the patient. When we were asked to accept the patient we accepted the patient. I cannot answer why. I believe its pretty obvious the man was sick in dallas and he went to the emergency room and then to the clinic at texas presbyterian. Reporter once he was diagnosed with ebola. [ inaudible question ] again, youve got to be careful. There are more than one place that can act can well take care of people with ebola so i wouldnt say this is the best possible place. I can just tell you this is a very, very good place. Reporter is there anything you may have learned since this ebola crisis unfolded . And the patient who is herself a nurse, what is her own understanding of the illness this is experiencing and is she still currently systematic . Well, i said she was in fair condition which implies that she does still have some symptoms. She is in good spirits. Shes a high lly intelligent awe person who knows exactly whats going on and shes a really terrific person. Reporter and what have you learned since this crisis began that might be different because of what happened in dallas . You know, i dont want to comment so let me just make it clear on comparing dallas to here. Shes here, we are responsible for her and thats our job. Reporter [ inaudible question ] when you say recoverable in the sense of recovery . Absolutely. We fully intent to have this patient walk out of this hospital and well do everything we possibly can to make that happen. Reporter [ inaudible question ] well, first of all let me talk about this particular. Again, im going to restrict my remarks to the National Institutes of Health Special clinical studies unit. Here this is a Research Hospital. The primary purpose that we always put is the patients welfare. Associated with that, we do whatever research to teach us more to help other patients. So although shes on a research protocol, our main concern is the health and the recovery of nina. Reporter [ inaudible question ] so i can tell you again, im sorry, she came here at 11 54. All of us have been up all night, we havent learned a lot about the virus yet, were taking care of the patient. Reporter [ inaudible question ] the i think everything is on the table to be able to consider. This will always be done and we do this at all times with all of us patients that whenever an experimental drug is given, its given with the express consent of the patient if, in fact, it turns out this way. Reporter [ inaudible question ] thats not a question i want to answer right now. Again, im sorry, but i want to tell you what we do here. We dont this is what we do. Reporter [ inaudible question ] there is no specific treatment for the ebola virus so we are giving her the best possible care on a systematic and systemic basis. Reporter [ inaudible question ] yes. The question is does taking blood from dr. Brantly and transfusing it into this patient, could that make a difference . The answer is absolutely yes it could make a difference. Because doctor brantly has within his plasma antibodies against the ebola virus. It is theoretically and possibly likely, practically true that that antibody had a role. But we dont know that. And i think thats one of the things i want to emphasize about this particular institution. Not only do we have the patients welfare first, but we need to learn things for other patients. So were going to try as best as we possibly can to learn something. But the theoretical answer to your question, it certainly could have made a difference. Reporter [ inaudible question ] well, as you know and youve all heard, there are a variety of symptoms that have to do with ebola. Theres diarrhea, theres vomiting, theres fever, theres rash, and there sometimes is organ system dysfunction. Whatever those we deal with, we take care of it. But there is no specific therapy that has been proven to be effective against ebola. And thats why excellent medical care is critical. Reporter [ inaudible question ] we are trying to work that out now because that is part of the issue of the kinds of things we might want to learn. But there will be more on that later. Right how the we just wanted to make her comfortable and take care of her, then when we get further information if appropriate, well make it known. Reporter [ inaudible question ] the answer is no. We made ourselves available and when we were called upon we accepted the responsibility. Reporter [ inaudible question ] well, when you get a patient in, you evaluate them. Dr. Davy was primarily involved in that. There were things that we saw that we wanted to make sure we were not missing anything, were very meticulous about that. You may start seeing a change in the status so stay tuned, well give you updates as much as we possibly can. Reporter are you still evaluating her or is she deteriorating . No, again, i want to tell you she came in, shes stable. When we give a level its based on what we see and we take care of it. It is highly likely that that will change, but she came in in the middle of the night and for us that was starting that point, as soon as she got into the door. Reporter [ inaudible question ] shes very fatigued. This is a virus that really wreaks havoc on you. You could come in and be Getting Better but you could have decrease in diarrhea, decrease in vomiting but youre still very, very tired. This virus knocks you out. Reporter [ inaudible question ] we can not predict that. This is a very unpredictable situation. We never make predictions until we have the patient walking out and talking to you and you can all ask her that question. I dont we dont do that. Reporter [ inaudible question ] i dont know exactly what is meant by a czar, but well certainly follow the lead of the president and follow the lead of secretary burwell. I take care of patients and i do my job, other people do their job. Reporter are there fears that this could become air born . There is no evidence whatsoever that this virus is air born transmitted. Everything we know about this virus is that it is direct contact with bodily fluids. You know them, weve mentioned them many times vomit, diarrhea, blood, other body fluids. Direct contact. Reporter [ inaudible question ] you look at the protection that we have with papers and everything, it would include that. But were not doing it for that reason that we think its respiratory. We dont. Were doing that for complete covering so that there is no part of our doctors, nurses, or technicians bodies that is exposed when they go in and see the patient. We have a very strict system of getting dressed with someone watching you, going in, coming out, getting undressed with someone watching you. We have a limited amount of time when the person can be in the room so that they dont get fatigued. Thats what keeps our Health Care Workers safe. Reporter [ inaudible question ] well, you have to remember, as dr. Fauci said, shes been under our care for less than 12 hours so we are just taking a very conservative assessment at this point. As dr. Fauci said, the situation changes or if we have more time to evaluate her, thats the situation, maybe upgrade her, well see. Reporter doctor, is she considered in isolation right now. Oh, absolutely. And amber vinson is in isolation. Reporter now we hear about a third texas Health Care Worker on a cruiseship that have been isolated. It seems as though two of the three Health Care Workers that are in isolation took Public Transportation in the last couple of days, one on a cruiseship, one on an airplane. From your perspective, sir, with your decades of experience, for the americans who may look at that and be taken aback or seem frustrated that they were allowed to take Public Transportation, what would you say and would you have allowed that to happen . Well, im going to tell you something about ebola and im not going to specifically answer your question about who went where on what transportation. If a person is asystematic and doesnt have body fluids that someone can come into contact with, that person is not infected. Our person is in isolation because she has a confirmed diagnosis of ebola. Shes not only in isolation, you dont want to equate isolation of an ebola person and putting someone who has not got ebola that youre observing. Those are two different concepts. She is where she is because she is sick and she needs care. Reporter [ inaudible question ] this is a Research Hospital and im going give dr. Gallin the chance. John, why dont you explain this . So when i said theres no other hospital like it i weve never billed a patient for anything. We will travel them here if they need money, we will house them or their family when theyre here for free and we never send a bill. So this patient will never be charged for anything. Reporter what is the cost to the taxpayers . The public pays 402 million a year to run this hospital through the generosity of the taxes and we manage that budget. Lets be correct. She is in isolation but she has almost continue persontoperson contact. We have nurses going in, doctors going in, a screen in the nurses where we can speak to her. She has her ipad, her all of the shings. She has got persontoperson contact. When we say isolation let bit clear this isnt a torture chamber. This is an individual who is constantly being cared for, cheered up. Our nurses are spectacular and they do that all the time. Reporter has she expressed any fear . We know this is a deadly virus. Is she worried . Shes a trooper, shes very brave. I think it would be unrealistic to think that someone would not be worried if they had ebola. One more question and i have to run upstairs. Reporter [ inaudible question ] john . Her mother and her sister are in the area. Im sorry, but we have to go upstairs. Thank you all for being here. We appreciate it. Thank you. We were listening in to dr. Anthony fauci, the director of the institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of health in bethesda, maryland, where they are now taking care of ebola patient nina pham, one of the two nurses from the dallas hospital that contracted ebola while treating Thomas Eric Duncan who, of course, died of ebola. Theres some fresh video of nina pham in her new hospital setting there and you can see shes smiling in this video. What we heard from dr. Fauci is she is in fair condition right now. He said she is quite stable, which is a good sign, resting comfortably he said, she is eating, shes sitting up, able to interact with the staff so all very positive signs but he also warned that this virus is very unpredictable. He could not give any kind of timetable as to how long she will be treated there. He says we will treat her until she is free of the virus. He says what makes this hospital unique is it has one of those special biocontainment units so that means shes being treated with very, vary ery expert type doctors who work with Infectious Disease cases on a daily basis. Lets bring in our team of experts to put this into context. We have dr. Sanjay gupta, also with me dr. Celine gounder, a Public Health specialist as well as psychologist dr. Jeff guard gardere. Talk about how shes been transferred to this special hospital. She had five days of treatment in dallas. What would her care be like here compared to the care that she received in dallas because of this special expertise they have here . Well, there are many things that would be similar. So managing her fluid status, in other words making sure she doesnt get dehydrated from nausea or vomiting. Making sure her electrolights are not too low, potassium is a big issue. Then monitoring her for infections. One of the reasons ebola is so deadly is that it attacks the immune system so youre at risk for other infections. Sanjay, when we heard we dont know how long shell be leer, what is it about ebola that makes it unpredictable in terms of the duration . We dont really know what the Recovery Process might look like. Right. We have a pretty good idea of what this incubation period is like. Generally, you know, up to what point of time someone might become sick after theyve been exposed but people recover in all sorts of different ways your age, your immune system, how strong that is before you get infected. All of that plays a role. Also how quickly someone gets treatment. If someone gets treatment later, their disease course can be longer, their prognosis not as good. If they get treatment more quickly its the opposite. Its a much better thing. So we understand that she got treatment early. Again, ana, youve been showing the video of her from last night before she took that flight from dallas to maryland and, you know, she obviously looks pretty good there. She walked off the plane, as dr. Fauci mentioned, on to the ambulance. Those are all obviously good signs. Definitely, sanjay, we appreciate that. Dr. Gardere, i want to sku aask about this fear the American Public has regarding ebola. Obviously there are cases in the u. S. Now, we had one person die in the u. S. , two people currently being treated who contracted ebola in the u. S. When it comes to the concern, are peoples fears elevated where they should be or beyond where they should be . Well, i think we have to look at the balance. Certainly i think its very healthy and adaptable as the president s response has been to allow people to express their fears. And i think it brings things into focus as to how serious this really is. Now, we dont want people overreacting to the point of making themselves sick or discriminating against other people or engaging in destructive behaviors. So as we find the balance, what we know is people need to be vigilant about this but they also need to be empowered and not so fearful. I think people are concerned in part because theres a lot of unknowns when it comes to ebola. And dr. Gounder perhaps thats in part because weve seen a lot of information changing. When were hearing from the cdcment now we know theres going to be a person in charge of ebola here in handling the crisis in the u. S. , an ebola czar to be named. Do you think that will help . I think the key word hoo is coordination coordination nationally and internationally, across federal agencies, local and state Health Departments and the private sector. Most of our hospitals and clinics are in the private sector. Ron klain is a well known political operative in washington, d. C. , is well position too o positioned to coordinate among the agencies and is in a good position to manage the response. All right, thanks to all of you for you insight. That will do it for us. Im going to hand it over to my colleagues john berman and michaela pereira. Happy friday. I hope its a great weekend. Hello, im john berman. Im mick kael ma l. Haela ber. President obama is expected to appoint a socalled ebola czar to oversee the federal response. Sources are telling jake tapper the man will be ron klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President s joe biden and al gore. He is an attorney by trade and a Democratic Party insider who serves as president of the company that handles business interests for former aol chairman steve case. This news comes as officials now say that a second texas nurse may have shown some symptoms of ebola days earlier