Okay. Meanwhile they are happy tears right there. Meanwhile the other nurse with ebola, Amber Vincent is being treated at emory hospital in atlanta. I will talk exclusively to her uncle who spoke with her today. Well get the very latest from him. Also, for the third day in a row, president barack obama speaking on ebola and opening the door to the idea of pointing an ebola czar. It may be appropriate for me to appoint an additional person, not because the three of these folks have not been doing an outstanding job. I should mention susan rice, my National Security adviser. Not that they havent been doing an outstanding job, really, really, working hard on this issue. But they also are responsible for a whole bunch of other stuff. Is your hospital ready to handle ebola. Well get into all of that tonight. We have a lot of breaking news to got to. I want to go to Anderson Cooper at the Texas Health Presbyterian hospital in dallas, dr. Sanjay gupta at emory hospital in atlanta will join us
Washington. We will monitor this hearing and get back to it. Its 1 00 p. M. In washington, 7 00 p. M. In brussels. 2 00 a. M. Friday in tokyo. Wherever youre watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. The ebola crisis certainly the top priority today for so many leaders here in the United States as well as elsewhere around the world in africa and europe. This is the scene right now on capitol hill where members of congress are holding a hearing on the u. S. Response to the Ebola Outbreak and cases here in the United States. Several lawmakers are particularly outraged at how the centers for Disease Control and prevention in atlanta has handled the infections at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital in dallas and demanding answers from the cdc director tom frieden who is testifying today. There you see him on the left part of your screen. Frieden admits his agency should have sent a larger Response Team to dallas when the first ebola diagnosis was made there, but today
Dallas hospital has been downgraded from good to fair after being transferred to the National Institutes of Health Clinical center in maryland. An email from the ceo of Frontier Airlines says this woman, amber vinson, may have been at a more advantaged stage of the illness than first thought when she traveled on Frontier Airlines flights between dallas and cleveland. The email to employees says crew members on the flights are at a very low risk of exposure. And the doctor who treated all three ebola patients in dallas is speaking publicly for the first time talking about how those two nurses caught the virus from Thomas Eric Duncan. Dr. Gary weinstein says, quote, i think these two nurses took care of a critically ill patient at a time when he was not in control of his body fluids. And at a time when the recommendations from the cdc that we were following did not include the full respiratory mask. I dont know that. But thats what one person thinks. Thats me. Joining me now, msnbcs sara
Were continuing our coverage of ebola in america. There are lots of new details in the case of the two infected nurses and their treatments. Isrses and their treatments. Help shed some light an this, dan childs. Good to have you. Od to have you and joining us to help shine some light on this, dan childs. Good to have you here. Lets start with nina pham, first of all. We got word that shes doing okay, was in good condition. We saw her actually walking when she was getting off the plane, going into a hospital unit. What does that tell us about her condition, the fact we can see her walking . Its all very good news. Basically, youre seeing someone who is perhaps in the early phases but really hasnt started to experience the brunt of the symptoms yet. One thing we know about this disease is the earlier the bad symptoms come, usually the worse it is for someone. How do we know that our hospitals, even transportation here, new york Governor Cuomo is doing these drills of ebola in the trains
President. I said so last week, and he keeps on proving it. The notion that he would attack a gold star family that had made such extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of our country, the fact that he doesnt appear to have basic knowledge around Critical Issues in europe, in the middle east, in asia, means that hes woefully unprepared to do this job. This is just the latest volley in the fallout mr. Trump is facing for his clash with the parents of the fallen muslimamerican soldier humayun khan. Trump said khans father viciously attacked him saying trump had sacrificed nothing. Since then, republican after republican has decried trumps comments siding with the gold star family. And as the president now piles on the criticism of donald trump, the polls are stacking up against him as well. Here are the new numbers at cnn, cnn orc polling showing her partys convention propelled Hillary Clinton ahead trump. She now has an eightpoint lead over him. Lets begin this hour with our white house cor