Later tonight the president headlines two fundraisers and will hit several as the party tries to capitalize on voter frustration over the shutdown. House democrats raised a record 8. 4 million. The house gop raised just 5. 3 million. Well start the hour here with Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house. What should we expect at p tech and who is going to be there gathered around the president. Reporter good afternoon, we know mayor bloomberg will be there, a big proponent of education reform behind a number of reforms in new york, including this new school, which is just two years old. Also, new york mayoral candidate bill de blasio and andrew cuomo. The school was started in 2011. You heard the president say its a sixyear program and when students graduate they have an associate degree. Because its a partnership with ibm, they have a leg up when it comes to getting a job with that company. When it started in 2011, had just over 140 students, they are expecting by the start of the 2014
The victim a doctor back from west africa and that doctor had been back for days. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Health officials are fanning out across new york city trying to track down all the people he had contact with since his return. Our Jennifer Joyce joins us tonight from the newsroom with the latest. Reporter we are told that in the last several days the patient road the subway hopped in cabs and went bowling in brooklyn. Its difficult to know how many people he may have come in contact with. 33 year old Craig Spencer currently being treated in a specially built isolation ward at manhattans Bellevue Hospital. He was rushed there today after coming down with a 103degree fever and diarrhea. Spencer returned from guinea more than week ago. He was there treating ebola patients as a physician with Doctors Without Borders. Now, his preliminary results test positive for the disease. New york city Officials Say spencer has been again riding the subway and cabs since retu
In cabs and went bowling in brooklyn. Its difficult to know how many people he may have come in contact with. 33 year old Craig Spencer currently being treated in a specially built isolation ward at manhattans Bellevue Hospital. He was rushed there today after coming down with a 103degree fever and diarrhea. Spencer returned from guinea more than week ago. He was there treating ebola patients as a physician with Doctors Without Borders. Now, his preliminary results test positive for the disease. New york city Officials Say spencer has been again riding the subway and cabs since returning to new york. Theyre retracing his steps to see who else could be at risk. The mans harlem apartment has been cordoned off and his fiance not showing symptoms was being watched a quarantine ward at bellevue. Official say when spencer started showing symptoms he immediately called authorities and alerted them of his travel history. Proper precautions were taken. Emt whos picked him up were wearing full e
Treating this as a positive case. New york city was effectively treating this as if this was a positive test. But now that bhood test has come in positive. The doctor in question, he recently returned United States from treating ebola patients in the nation of guinea, west africa. The doctors name is craig spencer. He recredibility hi completed a humanitarian mission in the west africa nation of guinea. Guinea, sierra heone and high beer ya are the three nations where the epidemic is now raging. Doctors without borders is the International Medical reheef organization. Theyve done more International Hi to try to treat liberia excuse me. To try to treat ebola patients in liberia and other countries and contain the epidemic hmm in any other group you can name on earth. Doctors without borders said today that since his return if guinea, the doctor had been monitoring his own health. New york city o if i believes say that he was generally not feeling well for the passed couple of days. But
Your families are safe. Then, a potential case of ebola in new york city. Alaskas only congressman doubles down on comments he made about suicide at a high school where a student had committed suicide. And a backlash to the backlash. Renee zellwigger and hollywood hi pock ra sill. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris haze. Tonight, we have striking new video of the gunman from ottawa and a whole lot of clarification on just what happened in the horrible attack yesterday. More on that video youre seeing in a moment. The canadian government was back in par limit, back on that same morning in the building that celebrated the bravery that managed to bring them down. Here, in this video, just moments after he shot and killed the assay lant with the gun still in his hand. Vickers, who holds a ceremonial position, fought back tears today as he was celebrated by members of par limit as entered the chamber. [ applause ] the canadian Prime Minister addressed the body say