good morning, everybody. i m t.j. holmes. good morning, everybody. i m t.j. holmes. i m reena ninan. here are some of the top headlines. under fire as the director of the secret service faces tough questions. yet another security breach is coming to light. this one involved the president on an elevator with security guard who had a criminal history. more details straight ahead. federal health investigators are scrambling over america s first diagnosed case of ebola. a man arriving from west africa and visiting family in dallas is in isolation today after he started showing symptoms of the deadly virus. michael phelps is apologizing after being arrested for drunk driving a second time.
this morning on world news now ebola emergency. tht ca this morning on world news now ebola emergency. the first case diagnosed here in the u.s. has the epidemic now hit home? the dallas man hospitalized and the public health threat. campus gunfire. the shooting at a high school sending parents, teachers and students into a heart-stopping scare. what the fbi is saying about guns at school. football devotion. the pro football player who turned to prayer after a touchdown. the controversy over his punishment after giving praise. and hollywood first. superstar ben affleck and his new movie gone girl. he s doing something in this film he s never done before. and what it has to do with his wardrobe or lack thereof. that s in the skinny on this october 1st. announcer: from abc news,
sent home and then wasn t admitted to the hospital until four days af the man was visiting family, and officials are g a close eye on everyoeen in contact wit i ha stop this in its tracks in the u.s. i also have no doubt as long as the outbreak continues in olaly bbreak continues in dirth so ectly s bodily fluids. that ebola patient in dallas travelled tom liberia which is ground zero for the latest outbreak. more than 3,000 people have been killed by the virus across that region. our own dr. richard besser was just there in the hot zone. this is the first time a journalist has been allowed into the ebola ward. feeling safer with each layer. reporter: layers and layers of o wh identify one another. reporter: dr. jerry brown a liberian surgeon. he prays every time before he goes into the ward. 60 people in a ward built for 40. the wards the u.s. is building
how this crime impacts home buyers. it s wednesday, october 1st. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning to you. it s tuesday, right? no, wednesday. it s wednesday. good word. i m sorry. we re still adjusting here. hello to you all. good to have you with us. i m alongside reena ninan. i m t.j. holmes. we re both wearing pink for a good cause. we ll get into that. big day today. we re going to kick it off with the first diagnoses of ebola right here on american soil. this is scary for a lot of folks to hear this news. a man who arrived from west africa 11 days ago is locked down in strict isolation inside a hospital in dallas. abc s john ehrlichman has the latest. reporter: dallas activated his emergency separations center following this chilling news. the federal centers for disease control has confirmed that a patient admitted to this
this is world news now. i m reena ninan. i m t.j. holmes. we ll get to your favorite story about ben affleck in just a little bit. i m looking forward to that movie. you did say you were going to go see it. i ll wait for your report. we have to begin. a lot of people, knew it was going to happen. you couldn t tell a lot of folks. hey, it s coming. it s coming to the u.s. and appears ebola in fact is here. america s first diagnosed case of ebola. it s a man in dallas. lock down in the isolation clinic after arriving from west africa 11 days ago. only over the past few days started showing symptoms. abc s steve osunsami has details. reporter: the cdc is confirming what doctors in this dallas hospital feared. that the patient who walked into their emergency room sunday with high fever and other symptoms is sick with ebola. the first case diagnosed in this