i m devin dwyer. a lot of news to get to this morning. starting off with this ebola scare that s now coming to the u.s. here. a new report out overnight finds 826 people have died from the virus now. and there s been a surge in cases in liberia and sierra leone. and the american doctor suffering from ebola is now being treated at an atlanta hospital. his fellow missionary is expected to arrive tomorrow. here s abc s dr. richard besser. reporter: the only ebola patient ever on american soil waits to see if his body will fight off the deadly virus. dr. kent brantly in this biocontainment suit stepped off the ambulance under his own power. much to everyone s surprise. to see him walk, which hadn t even occurred to me, was just unbelievable. reporter: brantly has also seen and spoken to his wife, using a phone through a plate glass window. in the process of designing this unit, allowed for a lot of face-to-face contact through a plate glass window, together with a communication