Eamon. General milley had been uncomfortable with the fact he was involved in that photoop at the church and that walk across Lafayette Square and that he said that he was caught by surprise that was what was going to unfold. He apologizes and gave the perception of the military having a role in domestic politics. Clearly uncomfortable now and saying that publicly. This comes at a time when the president is already having tensions within, had w his military advisers over renaming these bases. There was some desire to look at that among military officials and the president coming in and saying absolutely not. Thats a nonstarter. Hes not going to do that. The chairman much the joint chiefs of staff essentially breaking with him and calling what he did a political stunt. Carol, i was going to say quickly, this came shortly after we also heard from the defense secretary, mark esper saying he did not support the use of the insurrection act to put down protests, civilian peaceful protests ta
Begin this hour with a scathing report from the World Health Organization and how the Ebola Outbreak was handled. An internal document said that the agencys initial response was botched and riddled with incompetence. Nic robertson has more. The World Health Organization says that this was an internal report and had not been fact checked. But the results are like this, ebola had first been discovered in march in guinea, and Doctors Without Borders said this was unprecedented. The same day, the w. H. O. Spokesperson said the numbers were typical of what they had seen before. It was not until the 8th of august that the w. H. O. Announced that this was an international disaster. Now, i spoke with the doctor who is the director of the w. H. O. Of their Global Response unit. And what she told me was that more could have been done. She wished that more had been done because she said more is important. But she also said that in the early stages they didnt have a diagnosis for ebola. That it wa
Health organization about what colorado ne could come next. How it is killing people at a higher rate than scientists first estimated . Breaking news from the centers or Disease Control and prevention. Where minutes from now, we are waiting to are a live News Conference from the cdc on the ebola patient in dallas, that 26yearold nurse. She is the first person in the entire country to become infected. It happened while she was caring for a patient in dallas who ultimately died of ebola. Other breaking news this hour. Weve just learned that for the first time in american history, scientists are testing an ebola vaccine on people. It is happening in maryland with 39 volunteers and it started yesterday. Back to the cdc, we expect an update on the outbreak in west africa, that as the World Health Organization is warning the number of ebola cases in west africa could skyrocket in just a couple of months if workers there do not step up their efforts to contain it. Officials say in the last mo
My crew a long time ago id keep them alive. Thanks for joining us. Although the ebola crisis in west africa is far from over, there are some positive developments to report. First, the u. S. Military is getting more involved. A Quick Strike Team of doctors, nurses, and trainers will be able to deploy anywhere in the u. S. Within 72 hours to help at hospitals. Also, 48 people who came into contact with Thomas Duncan before he died in texas are now cleared from monitoring. Duncans fiance will complete her 21day quarantine in the coming hours. And blood tests show the spanish nurses aide who contracted the virus is now free of the disease. Teresa romero ramos will probably stay in the hospital in spain for a little while longer to fully recover from ebola. Shes been there for two weeks now. Our Nic Robertson has been following her case and joins us now live from madrid with the latest. And this indeed is very good news. And of course the whole world has been watching this, particularly he
And was she contagious . Now the hunt is on for the other passengers on this plane. Plus, texas nurses threatening to walk off the job. It is unforgivable that there was a lack of planning, a lack of preparation and a lack of education. As the cdc director heads to the hill for a grilling, should the agency have been better prepared . If i were writing the papers, that would be my headline we need help. Good morning. Thanks for being here, im Monica Brewer in for Carol Costello today who has the day off. Thanks for joining me. For the first time, one of the nurses who works at the dallas hospital under fire for not having proper ebola protocols in place. She is speaking out publicly. Listen to her say what happened when infected patient Thomas Eric Duncan came in for treatment . It was a little chaotic scene. Our Infectious Disease department was contacted to ask what is the protocol, and their answer was, we dont know, were going to have to call you back. We never talked about ebola a