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North carolina contacted the cdc and the cdc told him to contact texas health department. He spoke with several people there, he says, and we reached out to both agencies but have not heard back a comment from them on this particular situation. But it comes on the heels of news that the patient showed up here on friday and told people that he was from west africa, and that he was complaining of symptoms, but somehow that information did not get passed along to doctors on friday. We now know he was admitted sunday and diagnosed on tuesday. Richard . Charles, we have been talking about School Officials there, have some concern. What are they telling you about what the process is and whats going on . Reporter so this patient has family here in dallas and was staying with them. Those people have five children. They are in five different schools in the Dallas Independent School district. The School District took those kids out of school, told them to stay home for 21 days, they will be monitored, given ipads to continue their studies, and hopefully they can return healthy in 21 days. But a lot of people are concerned about it. And Dallas Independent School district reached out to the community to try to inform them, to put their fears at ease. Heres the district superintendent, mike miles. We think there is not any reason to be alarmed, but just like everybody else, we want to be extra cautious, so we are taking extra steps. Reporter so nbc news was at the school today. A lot of parents were coming in, bringing kids to school, asking a lot of questions, but keeping kids at school. Others are keeping kids home today. Richard . Nbcs Charles Hadlock. Thank you for the latest from dallas. Joining us now, dr. Nancy cast, professor at Bloomberg School of Public Health and better Man Institute of bio ethics at johns hopkins. Doctor, thank you for being with me. Lets talk about chain of transmission. Yesterday Charles Hadlock at this hour was saying 12 to 18. Now the list has grown to 100 people who may have had contact here. Do we need to be concerned when we hear about these patients that the nephew had to call to say the uncle was turned away, the number is growing over the course of 24 hours . Right. Well, youre asking the right questions. It seems that one thing we are fortunate about, particularly in the United States, our Public Health officials have very old longstanding tried and true methods for containing an outbreak. So they have whats called an index patient. Thats this man who has been diagnosed with ebola. No one else is known to have ebola. But what you do is you ask this man, and from reports that i understand, he is cooperating fully, for all of the places he has been and all the people he has had contact with. Something that also seems fortunate in this case is that at least from what i understand, he doesnt seem to have been symptomatic in a way that would have spread the disease. Just in case, we use tried and true methods of Public Health to increasingly go from the patient to all of his contacts to all of their contacts, just to keep an eye to monitor for fever for 21 days, and to make sure that everyone is safe. This is something that youre an expert in, talk about ethics here, bio ethics, medical ethics. What about privacy rules when it comes to ebola and the current case, mentioning it now, looking at a list of 100 possibly. Do people have a right to know who is being treated, the number, full transparency here. Some parents worry now about their kids in school. Absolutely. And it is understandable that people want to ask those questions. It turns out we only have a right to violate privacy if it helps in the response. What is critical is to know where the patient was, and who else was there, and to get to them and monitor them again for fever and other symptoms. You can say to the public things like who was on this flight, who had contact with these kids. You dont have to release the patients name. It turns out now the name is released, but the name doesnt help us to do what we need to do if the patient cooperates. The only times we violate privacy is if the patient doesnt cooperate, tell us where he has been. In those cases we have to say to people well, were you with this person. Ethics always says do the best for both the patient and the public that you can. Generally in situations like this, we can serve needs of the patient and the public. Lets finish with restrictions and costs. Restrictions to and from countries like liberia from west africa, and then associated costs. New york times reporting he is a liberian national, and paying for treatment and other things related to this. Right now it is in our best interest as a country to get this man treated. It seems that whether or not he pays the costs or the American Public pay the costs, it would be far costlier if he werent given the best treatment in the world. One of the things we learn watching this epidemic the last couple months is people that are able to secure high quality treatment get cured. And then they dont spread to anyone else. It is people who dont get high quality treatment, who tragically for them and for everyone around them become wildly symptomatic and are at risk of infecting everyone else. So it seems to me it is in our best interest, if nothing else, to get this man the best treatment he deserves. Doctor nancy kass, professor at Bloomberg School of Public Health, thank you for your perspective. Thanks for having me. Now to the other big story we are following at this hour, the secret service under new leadership this morning, and it is likely more changes are coming following the resignation of the director, Julia Pierson. Joseph clancy, a 30 year veteran of the agency has been named interim director. For the past two years has been head of security at comcast, msnbcs parent company. Before that, he led president obamas security detail, working with every president since bill clinton. Homeland security jake johnson after accepting her resignation yesterday afternoon, she stepped down, amid pressure from lawmakers both sides of the aisle. Following last months unprecedented security breach, tough hearing on capitol hill, and revelation an armed contract tore with criminal history rode an elevator with president obama. A revelation she did not disclose during or prior to the hearing. According to officials that ultimately led to president obama losing faith in her leadership. White house correspondent Kristin Welker joins us with the latest. In an interview with bloomberg news, Julia Pierson said it is in the best interest of secret service and American Public if i step down. She went on to say Congress Lost confidence in my ability to run the agency. The media made it clear that this is what they expected, unquote. Yet as we look at this, kristin, just yesterday, White House Communications director telling you that the president had full confidence in piersons leadership, then white house spokesman josh earnest said the same thing, but said this hours later after she resigned. Lets listen to that. We have seen recent reports raising questions about the performance of the agency, and the president concluded that new leadership of that agency was required. So tell us about the change in a manner of hours, point a to point b here. Reporter well, the breaking point was the revelation that president obama during a recent trip to atlanta as you pointed out rode in an elevator with an armed contractor who had a criminal history. Julia pierson briefed president obama last week about the fence jumper and never mentioned the atlanta incident. She then testified on capitol hill for more than three hours. She was asked specifically by congressman chaffetz if she had briefed the president on all of the Security Breaches this year. She said yes under oath during that testimony. Then a few hours later she apparently left the white house, with the disclosure coming that there was another security breach, and it was reported in papers here. So essentially she was not transparent about that very critical and stunning security breach, and i think for both this white house, for president obama, and for lawmakers on capitol hill who i have been speaking with, that was the breaking point. Of course, it came on the heels of a number of security lapses, and that unprecedented lapse when the fence jumper not only made it into the white house but deep into the white house. And youll recall in that incident, initially secret service said he was apprehended after getting through the front doors. That turned out to not be the case. There were too many instances of lack of transparency and leaks, and a sense she didnt have a grip or confidence of rank and File Secret Service agents she was directing, so she as you heard there in that bloomberg interview acknowledged that she lost faith and that was part of her decision to step down. So key there, kristin, confidence of jay johnson as well as the president as that was related to transparency. As we look at now the interim director, he was in charge of the president s detail during a state dinner breach in which the salahis crashed a state dinner, also he was at comcast for several years. When you look at his background, is he qualified, will he be seen as reformer for the amount of time he will have that job . I have been speaking to a number of people friends and former colleagues, they say he is the right person for this moment, and this is the argument they make. He is a 30 year veteran. He is someone who has been deeply engaged with the president s security, dating all the way back to the clinton administration. So he has a very in depth understanding of how security works at the white house, how it should function, and they believe he is going to be able to come up with ideas for how to reform it. Having said that, he has been away for the past three years, so he does to some extent have a fresh perspective he can bring to the problem, which seems to be deeply entrenched. A few skeptics saying three years isnt long to be away from the agency. Nonetheless, it is more time. He has that ability, that hes had a little distance at least, his supporters would say. They think he is the right person for the job. He certainly has the confidence of president obama. Back to you. And perhaps mixing corporate experience with political experience, that might be the positive. White house correspondent Kristin Welker, thank you. Thanks. I want to bring in chief Political Columnist roger simon. Thanks for joining us. You penned an article put out yesterday, Homeland Security security secretary jay johnson, deputy secretary will lead the investigation we have been talking about into the Security Breaches that have led to piersons resignation, the secret service wont be doing that. To your column that you wrote, you say in the column yesterday that the white house needs more shoes on the ground. An expert in this space told you there has been leakage of the best and most balanced agents from the secret service. We have been left with a force with less experience and poor judgment. To say the agents are way under head count as well, have more work, more stress, more difficulty and all operating under a cloud of scandal. You know, when you lay it out that way, and this expert telling you that, how big of an overhaul needed within this agency now . A pretty big overhaul. Morale at the secret service is just about at rock bottom, but theres two problems here. One, the new director has to reform the agency, restore morale. This is an elite service force, elite Law Enforcement force. They used to be proud of themselves. Now theyre not. But theres a bigger problem, basic problem. Number one, first and foremost, secret service has to protect the life of the president , his family, and everyone else who works or lives in the white house. You cant get away from that. People actually admire without question, no one went around thinking the secret service was screwed up, until we heard about prostitutes in south america and stuff like that. Based on sources in the reporting, how short are they, 10 , 20 , 40 short . You know, theyre short in triple digits in terms of the number of agents. I heard from my source that one of the problems with the guy sprinting across the north lawn and not being stopped was that ten minutes before the president had departed from the south lawn on marine one, and most of the agents were gathered on the south lawn, and had not come back to their post on the north lawn. We have to have enough agents to cover the entire perimeter of the white house. Thats 18 acres. We have to be able to do it. Very quickly, with clancy now in, does it help reform or hurt reform that is needed within the agency . I think it helps reform on the bottom line question of protecting the president. I talked to a senior white house official that worked in the Obama White House in the first term. They all liked clancy. The president liked clancy. The first family liked clancy. And ive got to tell you, from what im hearing, the first lady has been a big force in this. She wants her husband protected, and she has not been happy with the way the secret service has been operating. But clancy has their confidence. Expected to be noninterim long term is what youre saying . We dont know. There are jobs, you have to protect the president. Thank you so much for that. Thank you. Up next, an update on another Health Emergency, we are watching at least four people, including a child suffering from a rare respiratory disease have died. It is enterovirus. I will talk with a doctor monitoring the outbreak across the country. Why the grand jury concerning the Michael Brown shooting is being investigated. One of the stories we are following around news nation. Plus this. You cannot just say oops, im sorry, be happy you got a child and walk away from it. A fertility mix your opinion, a mom is suing a sperm bank after she was accidentally impregnated with sperm from the wrong donor. Why the mistake makes her daughter the center of ridicule now. Join the conversation online. Now to another Health Emergency that we are following now, it is not ebola, but concerns about the virus are growing. Enterovirus is linked to 472 cases nationwide. The respiratory illness mimics the common cold, can turn serious in children. Shortness of breath and possible paralysis. The latest victim is a tenyearold rhode island girl that died after receiving a bacterial infection and enterovirus 68. Health officials arent sure what role the virus played in the death. Joining me, a medical director for Child Advocacy at Case Medical Center in cleveland. Doctor, thank you for being here. The doctors when we look at this, theyre saying the virus has been reported in 42 states, and d. C. As well. What is this virus . Well, it is a virus that was first identified in 1962. So it is not something thats very new, but were seeing it now really effecting people. The kids, and when i say kids, it tends to effect more infants, children, and other people who have asthma, so if you have an underlying respiratory problem, those are the people that are really having a hard time with it. And the problem is that we dont have an antiviral medication for it. Why not . Because we havent developed one. There are not a lot of antivirals for these viruses, ones that cause the common cold. Does this concern the medical community as we see the number of cases i was mentioning, the cdc saying 472 so far . 472 when you talk about right now, when heavily into cold and flu season, these are 472 that they identified as having this virus, there are probably other people with viruses. We are always concerned about people who have asthma, we are always concerned about people with underlying lung infections, and especially children that may have been born premature, and have lung disease already. You know, doctor, if i were a parent, this would be something i would be very concerned about, because as we described, it appears to be a cold, then it takes a turn for the worse. Whats your suggestion for parents . Like everybody, good hand washing, good hand washing, good hand washing. I cannot impression it that much. I dont shake anybodys hand. I only do fist bumps, and Everybody Knows that. You want to wash your hands. You dont want to have contact with people who may be having runny noses, blowing their nose, just stay away from that. With little children, disinfect surfaces often. Do a 20 secondhand wash. Sing happy birthday, yankee doodle, whatever you sing for 20 seconds to be sure you get a good hand washing. Hand washing over hand sanitizers. Hand sanitizers dont get under nails and do the same job as soap and water. Dr. Mcdavid, thank you so much there from Case Medical Center in cleveland with your suggestions on handling enterovirus 68. Appreciate it. Up next, guilty, florida man that shot and killed an unarmed teen over loud music, learning his fate in retrial. Why Michael Dunns chances of appeal are more difficult. Plus this. I urge you to vote against this rule. It is filled with some dangerous possibilities. Most other states that minnesota believes in equality for every student. School officials in minnesota are working on guidelines for transgender students that want to play in sports. What it could mean for all students across the state. Ameriprise asked people a simple question in retirement, will you outlive your money . Uhhh. No, that cant happen. Thats the thing, you dont know how long it has to last. Everyone has retirement questions. So ameriprise created the exclusive. Confident retirement approach. Now you and your ameripise advisor can get the real answers you need. Well, knowing gives you confidence. Start building your confident retirement today. This is charlie. His long day of doing it himself starts with back pain. And a choice. Take 4 advil in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. Honey, you did it baby laughs it took jurors less than six hours of deliberation. Michael dunn, guilty of first degree murder in the shooting death of a black teen that began with a fight over loud music. Dunn who faces life in prison showed little reaction after that. But he was already a convicted man. Almost eight months ago, jurors found dunn guilty of lesser charges in the shooting of jordan davis, but deadlocked on the murder charge. Davis father says the decision this time around was a victory in the fight against discrimination. I wanted jacksonville to be a shining example that you can have a jury made up of mostly white people, white men, be an example to the rest of the world to stop the discriminatory practices. Hopefully this is a start where we dont have to look at the makeup of the jury any more. Joining me now, criminal and civil trial attorney, eric guster. Eric, can he appeal the latest conviction . Yes, he will get the chance to appeal both of these convictions because he has conviction in the first one, first case, three attempted murders and shooting into a vehicle. Now he has a conviction on the murder charge. Likelihood . Very, very slim, similar to taking two bites at the apple. However, in this case, he has not only one case he has to win, he has a second one as well, because on the first case, he is facing at least 60 years, and second case facing life. He has to win an appeal on both cases in order to stay out of prison for a very long time. How long will this take until the theoretical end of the appeals . Gosh, it could take five or ten years, depending on the level of appeals, if it goes to the supreme court. Those things can take almost 10, 15 years, depending on the length of what happened. And hell stay in jail during this time . Absolutely. I couldnt imagine a judge giving him an appeals bond because the judge has the right to appeal bond to but i doubt this happens. The outcome we know, the verdict has been given. Was this good prosecution, bad defense . Was this as you heard the father say, was this more about a racial issue, was this about discrimination . How did all of those things come together in the outcome we have . In the first case, the prosecution has so many cases, they had the attempted murder, shooting into a vehicle and the murder. He was found guilty of three charges, plus the three attempted murder charges, plus shooting into a vehicle. On this case they only had to concentrate on the murder. The sights were more narrow focused, they could concentrate on him shooting into the car and killing jordan davis, him, michael dunn, not calling police, him going to the hotel, ordering pizza, having rum and cokes, and that was very essential to them winning this victory. Counselor, thank you so much. Attorney eric guster, appreciate it. Thank you. Up next, more on the secret Service Fallout and possible impact on mid term elections. How the missteps could haunt both parties. Developing now in hong kong, we are less than an hour away from another deadline set by protesters for the leader to step down, make way for free and fair elections. Coming up, the latest threat from beijing. Sometimes healthy is not on the menu. Luckily, i always keep my Meta Health Bars handy. Its my favorite bar hands down. From the makers of metamucil, new multihealth Meta Health Bars have natural psyllium fiber that helps promote heart health with a taste consumers prefer. 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Nbc news learning that Joseph Clancy officially takes over monday where his First Priority will be to get briefed on changes that have been made since the recent Security Breaches at the white house. So monday, his first day. Meanwhile, his predecessor Julia Piersons resignation, there could be political implications, no doubt. This is the latest and most dramatic example. The bigger impact on 2016 when management and competency could be among the bigger demands from the public on what they want in political candidates. Carrie, great to see you. Which side will this fall on . I think in any other year this kind of story probably wouldnt move the needle politically, even though it would get a lot of news coverage. Putting together the scandals. A year ago, healthcare. Gov, the government was shut down, irs, nsa. All of those things created this narrative. A lot of the American Public is taking to heart the idea that government isnt working the way it is supposed to. For republicans, thats sort of a central tenet of the gops ideals is that government doesnt work as well doing things efficiently as much as the private sector does. Thats something you might see voters thinking a little about when they go to the polls. If government isnt working, how can i make a change, how can i use my vote to make a change to feel safer and feel like the government is working for me. Which elections would you be watching in the mid terms . Obviously the tighter ones across the country, looking at the fight for the senate, and on that note, you know, for republicans themselves, you mention how it might hurt democrats, how might it hurt republicans . Create a challenge for republicans. If they were to take over control of the senate and really take the reigns there, then they would have the opportunity or idea that they have to show we are better at this than democrats are, now that they are, if they were in power, how can we put forward ideas that make government work better. Obviously for two years, the president is in office, has veto power. You dont know how much may change in that amount of time. Going into 2016, if these kind of stories continue, i think youll see voters when considering what kind of president they want thinking about things like competency, thinking about private sector experience, when looking at 2016 candidates. There could be impact down the line. Carrie dann, our political editor. Thank you so much. Thank you. Todays gut check question. What does your gut tell you. Do you think the resignation of the secret Service Director is enough to restore confidence in the agency . Go to newsnation. Msnbc. Com to vote. In hong kong, it is close to midnight. In less than a half hour, a deadline set by student protesters is set to expire. Leaders of the protest movement as you look at some pictures have vowed to occupy government buildings unless the chief executive steps down by noon eastern. Protesters have gathered outside the government headquarters, Hong Kong Police issued a stern warning. Any attempt to occupy buildings will lead to serious consequences and they have the strong backing of beijing. The Chinese Foreign minister in washington for scheduled talks with john kerry yesterday called the demonstrations illegal and warned foreign governments not to intervene. Joining me now, gordon chang, forbes columnist, author of the coming collapse of china. What could the United States do . We can really do very little. I think we need to express rhetorical support, talk to the chinese behind the scenes, but this is not a u. S. Issue. This is the people of hong kong, saying they want to decide their fate on their own. Theres little outside forces can do. Even the british that signed a joint declaration that paved the way for hong kong to be part of the peoples republic of china, they cant do anything either. At this point, we are looking at a deadline for the chief executive to step down. That happens in about 20 minutes. Yesterday had a big deadline that passed, and reports on the ground were it was somewhat festive. From a u. S. Perspective, when it comes to protesting for issues like might happen in this country, it would be vigorous shall i say. The reports so far it is not so vigorous. Is this specific to the context of hong kong and china and asia and that space . The numbers thursday dwindled from thursday. Chunk young festival is a family holiday. I think a lot left to be with loved ones. You have to remember, there was lack of emotion. Core demonstrators have been on the streets eight of the last nine days, and big demonstrations going for six days. People are just getting tired. There is a natural lull. But i think this will pick up. Gordon, we look at live pictures out of hong kong, in we can think back to pictures coming out of the arab spring, these are live, close to midnight. You remember pictures from the arab spring, much different, much more energetic, louder. Whos ahead in this head to head competition to get the upper hand in public pchb and maybe make a change . I think the students are still in the lead. Theyre on the streets. The government has withdrawn the police. Basically the students are setting the narrative. Theyre going to be the driving force. Theyre going to do things which everyone else, including china, has to react. But they could lose the initiative, if they do things the majority of people i think hong kong dont like. Occupying buildings, one of their threats, could mean a loss of support among people in hong kong because they may think it is going too far, just as people of hong kong sunday thought it was too far to tear gas students. It is a delicate dance on both sides in context, different from what we are used to seeing, shall we say. The wall street journal in an editorial said after the handover in 1997, some of us hoped that china said china is bringing hong kong down to its level. It was able to be, it operated under that principle, one country, two systems for 17 years. You remember the pictures from back then. Does this surprise you . Does this surprise the u. K. For that matter . I dont think so. China wants to control everything. Despite whatever agreements with britain or whatever, it was going to be a matter of hong kong being integrated into the peoples republic, more than the declaration. It is a Global Financial hub. When may we feel effects. Monday or tuesday, if crowds are big, banks are shut down, that could rock markets worldwide. Monday or tuesday. Seen a step back over the markets last couple days. Gordon chang, thank you so much. Thank you. School officials in minnesota are voting on the states first guidelines for Transgender Athletes. We will talk live with one of the transgender students involved in that, and the head of an lbgt rights orgt. And the second round of severe storms is effecting 40 million americans from austin to chicago. We have strong winds, large hail, even tornadoes in the forecast there. This has people in california waking up to a cool start before a new heat wave hits. Temperatures in l. A. Hitting 100 degrees. Also San Francisco hitting the 90s in the coming days. Turn the trips you have to take, into one youll never forget. Earn points for every flight and every hotel. Expedia plus rewards. The tragic death of a High School Football player tops our look at stories around the news nation today. A 16yearold junior from long island, new york collapsed after colliding with another player in a Football Game yesterday. He suffered a head injury, was immediately rushed to the hospital where he underwent surgery but didnt survive. He is the third teenage Football Player to die since last friday. To ferguson, missouri, a surge in Voter Registration since the shooting death of Michael Brown. The st. Louis Prosecutor Office investigating an accusation of misconduct on the grand jury, the hearing of the brown shooting case, after a twitter user claimed one of the jurors has been discussing the case with friends. Developing now, Minnesota High School league expected to vote on a policy for Transgender Athletes, considering guidelines, allowing transgender students to play sports based on the gender they identify with. The league held a Public Meeting last night. This is just the right thing to do. I urge you to volt against this rule. It is filled with dangerous possibilities. The policy is unfair to the 99 . Its implementation unfair to the 99 , it should be tabled. It puts policies into place for helping determine eligibility, scrutiny of medical documentation, and addresses privacy concerns and locker room areas. Joining me, a 16yearold junior from Minneapolis High School who identifies as transgender, and monica meyer, from outfront minnesota. Start with you. You spoke at the meeting yesterday, you were emotional during that meeting. I did. Tell me, what did you take from what you saw and heard . It was hard to be in that space. I took away that there are a lot of people who purposely give misinformation and dont value me as a human, much less as a student or athlete. It is important that people are fighting for me and fighting for students like me, athletes like me. People do support us. And that was amazing. That was really essential to my soul, that was needed. Being in that space yesterday was hard. Really hard. A lot of emotion. When you were at the meeting, net positive, net negative. Do you think the guidelines will go through . We are really hopeful that the guidelines you know, i think the league did a great job looking at schools around the country that are looking at the fact that minnesota has been the leader in equality for transgender people. We passed a strong law in housing, employment, and education. Theyre taking that policy to heart, and trying to provide some guidance to schools, so schools can be a safe and supportive environment. For student athletes and all students. You talk about student athletes, basketball player, personal to you, what would this me mean. Last year, came on the court, when people are cheering for you, being called the wrong name. Validated athlete and team player. It would mean more for everyone else. There are students who sports are the way we connect to people. We rally around sports as a culture. To have, to be validated in that space would be amazing, because for a lot of us, thats how we connect with our family, thats how we connect with each other, with our school. This is a step, moving forward, it would be taking a big step forward. The Child Protection league action, they put out an ad. I want to read some of it in the star tribune paper opposing this policy. Said a male wants to shower beside your 14yearold daughter. Here is what the group that placed that ad told our affiliate, kere. Youll notice in the policy, while the privacy rights of Transgender Athletes must be completely respected, the rights of all other students to even be informed in advance so that they can protect their own privacy is absent. Monica, and then to you, do you have faith this will pass . We are very hopeful, and i think what was unfortunate about the Child Protection league ad was that for one, they spent over 37,000 putting an ad in the paper that really i think promoted misinformation about the policy. But then also more importantly it really told students, transgender students across our state that it is not okay to be who they are, and i think thats so harmful, and that does a lot of damage. You have your teammates, they see whats happening around them, they know these issues, seeing the ads, heard you have spoken. What have they said in support of you . So many have been so supportive. So many have like cried harder than i did yesterday, and they are not trans, but the issue is important because they care about me. Other transgender students have come to me, said i feel scared to pick up a newspaper, i am scared of seeing harassment and discrimination. It is like i cant escape it, not on the court, not in the classroom, not even reading a newspaper, i cant escape this discrimination. I cant escape misinformation analyze told about cant escap misinformation and lies told about me. Im not the only one going through this. The support outweighs that. We are crying together. The support of students and athletes is coming together and outweighs that ad. Thank you so much for sharing your perspective and your story. Thank you as well, monica. Thanks so much. Up next, a fertility mix up. An ohio mom said she was given sperm from the wrong donor. Blap the conference call. The ultimate arena for business. Hour after hour of diving deep, touching base, and putting ducks in rows. The only problem with Conference Calls eventually they have to end. Unless you have the comcast business voiceedge mobile app. It lets you switch seamlessly from your desk phone to your mobile with no interruptions. Ive never felt so alive. Get the future of phone and the phones are free. Comcast business. Built for business. Now to a lawsuit filed eye an ohio woman who went to a sperm bank because she wanted a baby. She intentionally chose a donor who was white and there was a mix up at the lab. Jennifer gave birth to her daughter, peyton two years ago. We love her more to this day and she made us the people we are. I would never trade it for the world. Despite that love, she is suing for medical malpractice. She said she thought she was being inseminated with a white mans sperm so the baby would look like her partner, amanda. Thats why we chose a blond haired blue eyed individual. According to the lawsuit, after she was pregnant she found out she was mistakenly inseminated with an africanamerican mans sperm instead because Court Papers Claim donor 330 instead of donor 380. It wasnt as though she was calling in september 2011 ordering a pizza. She was calling and ordering donor sperm. You cant say oops, im sorry. Be happy you got a child and walk away from this. She is suing in part so she and her partner can move to a larger and more diverse community. We just want her to have the ability to see different cultures and possibly feel welcomed. In the lawsuit she said that living in uniontown ohio even getting a haircut for pay is difficult. According to the lawsuit, she must travel to a black neighborhood far from where she lives where she is obviously different in appearance and not overtly welcome. But she insists the suit is not about race. I dont find any problems with having a mixed race child as far as im concerned. Nbc news reached out, but they declined to comment. Their lawyer even hanging up on us. They provided pictures of peyton saying they are not worried about what their daughter will think of the lawsuit. It wasnt about we didnt want you. We wanted a white baby. Thats not what it was about. She is suing for more than 50,000. 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