House with a knife and another guy got next to the president with a gun, does todays departure of Julia Pierson make president obamas life any safer . Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson stepping down after a string of disastrous Security Breaches. The latest revelation, a contractor who was allowed to ride in an elevator with president obama at the cdc in atlanta and he had a gun on him. A complete and utter breach of protocol. Piersons testimony on capitol hill yesterday did her no favors. She was pummeled by questions from members of congress who questioned her about the fence jumper who managed to make his way across the white house lawn and into the executive mansion and into the east room before finally, thankfully being stopped. We are joined by justice correspondent pamela brown and jim acosta and justice reporter evan perez. Mr. Acosta, let us start with you. How did this all pl
The table. Im Christine Romans. Im john berman. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. We have breaking news. The second nurse to come down with ebola has arrived in atlanta for treatment. 29yearold amber vinson is part of the team that took care of Thomas Eric Duncan. The man who died in dallas from ebola last week. Now there are questions about why vinson took a commercial flight from cleveland to dallas on monday with a temperature of 99. 5 degrees. Cdc director Thomas Frieden said she never should have set foot on an airplane knowing nina pham had been diagnosed with ebola. Vinson informed the cdc of her travel plans and was not told she shouldnt fly. The cdc is reaching out to the 132 other people on vinsons flight. The risk any of them were infected with ebola is quote extremely low. Cnns ed lavandera is live with more on vinsons case. Reporter john and christine, the second worker was moved from dallas to emory in atlanta to continue her treatment here this morning. She was moved on the
Question after a nurse tested positive for ebola right at the hospital. More breaking news on her identity and the treatment. Her name is nina pham. Shes 26 and she treated Thomas Eric Duncan while he was here at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital. Duncan died last week. We just confirmed that she received a blood transfusion from an ebola survivor, dr. Kent brantly. How did a Health Care Worker contract ebola even with the protective gear and precautions in place for a hospital setting . And what does that mean for potential future cases . Well hear from doctors and other experts about the protocols for treating ebola patients and about whether this countrys hospitals are actually ready. Well also hear about how the fear has been ratcheted up here in dallas now that its home to the first person to contract ebola in the United States. We start with Elizabeth Cohen who is here with me live. You just got the latest on her condition, correct . Reporter right. Weve still been told that she
To mars . We will get to the bottom of that she saw you her competition fall and only race tore stop and help. Meet the teen who carried her opponent to the finish line. They are going to both join us live this hour. Fox friends begins right now. You are watching fox friends, thats the great way to begin your day. A man on the moon fireflies in june kids selling lemonade. Its beautiful fall festival time here. We are getting set up out on the plaza this morning. Its early, 6 00 a. M. On the east coast here in new york city. People are drinking their Pumpkin Spice lattes, setting up a big fall fest in new york city. Come on down. Hayride, pumpkin carving, Face Painting, a bounce house and of course completely safe fda approved candy apples. Are you guys going to go in the bounce house . Are we allowed to . Or is it only for ayearolds . Because i goal in. Shoot,. They are not here yet. First up, the ebola crisis still unfolding, the president s latest response an ebola czar, who did he p
Her doctor since 2001. It eessentially says that Hillary Clinton is fit to be president after it details a lot about her health. Probably the biggest concern is the concussion that she suffered in 2012. She had a fainting spell. She fell. She had a concussion and had a brain a blood clot between her brain and her skull, also known as a thrombosis. So what this statement reveals is that she had followup testing in 2013 and it revealed a complete resolution of the effects of the concussion as well as total dissolution of the blood clot. As a precaution and we knew this shes on daily blood thinners. We even learned which one shes on. Shes on the brand name for warfarin and weve learned that she has hypothyroidism. She has seasonal allergies. And then in addition just having had a regular physical examination, she had her most recent one march 21st. So thats about three weeks before she got into the race. Obviously gearing up for this process which does include a test for the fact that you