Playoffs get undare way. Its wednesday, october 1st. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im richard lui. The first confirmed ebola diagnosis in the u. S. Five cases have been treated in the country so far. This first diagnosis in the u. S. Is a man now at a dallas hospital and being called critically ill. The scramble is on now to find out who and if he infected others. Nbcs jay gray is live in dallas for us this morning. This morning, the first patient diagnosed in the u. S. With the deadly ebola virus continues to receive treatment from a team of experts inside this dallas hospital. Our staff is trained and prepared to take care of patients with a variety of Infectious Diseases including ebola. They will have help from the centers for disease control. A medical treatment has been rushed to texas to assist in the treatment and track down and monitor the handful of people the patient had contact with after flying from west africa on september 19 to visit his family in dallas. T