Of scandals rocked it to the core allegations of cooked records that have wait times for patients some died while waiting for care. It often put employee bonuses ahead of sick veterans. They have violated our core values. The vas new chief is the former ceo of proctor gamble. He is promising to clean house as part of a massive restructuring. He will usher in a new era of values the i care acronym i stands for integrity. Those individuals who value our integrity is seeking disciplinary action against. He plans to fire 1,000 va workers no small task when getting rid of a single Government Employee can verge on the impossible sometimes taking months. He will have a better web site and responsive staff. Why are we treating this like an hr issue. Va has admitted the actions delay peoples access to care. Where is the criminal investigation. Despite the tough talks from the va it is difficult to say at this point how far the federal government will go in going after some of these workers. Hea
Ready as can be for this. We want to state at the outset, there is no reason for new yorkers to be alarmed. This morning, the first positive case of ebola hits new york city. 33yearold dr. Craig spencer now in an Isolation Unit like this one, at manhattans Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Spencer returned to new york after treating ebola patients in guinea, last friday. Though doctors say he wasnt symptomatic until yesterday. October 14th, dr. Spencer flies from guinea to brussels belgium, arriving at new yorks jfk airport, showing no symptoms on his journey. On tuesday, spencer feels tired and fatigued. He was selfmonitoring for symptoms, taking his temperature twice a day. Without fever. Wednesday he goes on a run, eats at a restaurant and visits a popular park, the highline. He travels from manhattan to brooklyn on the subway and takes an uber taxi to go bowling in brooklyn. Thursday morning, spencer develop as fever and immediately contacts Doctors Without Borders, who calls the health depar
Details. Good morning. Good morning, allison. Democratic sources i talked to this week say they do see a path. Its narrow an unlikely. Its always been a tough environment for democrats. Now a day before the election, momentum is with the republicans. Political stars came out for the final election day push. For republican, jeb bush, marco rubio, chris christie. Our Republican Party is at its best. We can walk and coup gum at the same. For democrats, Hillary Clinton hits three states for candidates. Who will be there for you . Who cares about you . Who works now you . Bill clinton went to iowa. I can tell you this, you need to go for progress, no protest. You need to think about what you want for the next six years. Still republican and democratic sources say the gop looks increasingly likely to seize the Senate Majority and iowa, where james taylor is playing made it more peace rally than pep rally is a big reason why. Democrats are down about iowas Crucial Senate race after a weekend
Who have been training several months for this very moment. That is the story from new york city. The one that new york knew eventually would appear here. Today, governor quo moe and Chris Christie ordered a mandatory 21 day quarantine of all workers who have had contact with patients of west africa. Tonight, a woman arrived at Newark International liberty airport and on the screening she said she had, in fact, been in contact with ebola. This footage may pertain to that. The woman in question did not show any symptoms of the disease, according to governor christie. She will be quarantined under the new rules with the location to be determined. Back here in new york, yesterday, what they have been preparing for, happened. The months of training and preparation that have been put into this effort has paid off. Ems drilled for white a while knowing the day might come when they might have to deal with a patient with ebola. The process played out literally to the tee. They executed exactly
The there. Im john berman. And im michaela pereira. I trust you beheyed while i was gone. We have those stories and so much more ahead. We are watching to see when nurse kaci hickox will be released from the hospital in new jersey. She returned from treating ebola patients in sierra leone, she was subjected to the states tough new controversial guidelines for ebola. The Governors Office in a statement said hickox had been similar free for 24 hours and in truth she never had ebola symptoms at all. She shad one test with a fever but every other test said she lad no fever. She will be sent home to maine by private carrier. Elizabeth cohen joins us to talk about this. Elizabeth, scientist say there was no reason to keep her inside the tent. Is there any development causing he ref lease . Its more of a political development. She never had any symptoms, she had apparently one high fever read with a thermal scanners but she was flushed, she was upset, the blood was going to her face and i was