We know that the attorney general were told by Justice Department officials will say this afternoon at a white house event that he intends to step down as soon as his successor is confirmed. So the only surprise here is the day on which the Justice Department said that. Weve been expecting this for a long time. Its been widely assumed that eric holder would not serve out the two full terms that he would step down some time this year and we also assume it would be before the midterm elections so there could be no claim if he decided to announce this after the midterms that it was somehow in response to the changing makeup of the senate, whatever that might be. So hes made this decision. Were told he discussed it with the president over the Labor Day Weekend that they met and talked about it for an hour. Its pretty clear has been trying to keep eric holder on the job as long as possible. They are personally close. Eric holder and his wife spend time at the white house. Theyre friendly on
Here, bureaucracy and human error had alarming consequences. The hospital that let an infected man go home is blaming software that failed to alert doctors even though he told an er nurse he had been in liberia. Red tape stopped them from getting the permits to clean the apartment where he had been staying and a family of Young Children has been quarantined for days. I am joined by tom skinner, Senior Press Officer at the centers for Disease Control in atlanta. Thanks very much. Me how cdc and dallas are coordinating. There have been a lot of missteps in dallas in particular. What does cdc think about the way the local officials handled it. We have a team on the ground pretty much working 247 to do everything that we can to stop this in its tracks and thats just what we are doing. We are trying to identify the close contacts of the patient and intrude close to 100 people trying to determine the close contacts. We identified probably a dozen or so that are likely to have to be followed
From vermont. Thank you very much for joining us. Talk about eric holder and the impact of his resigning and what you could expect from confirmation hearings. I talked with the attorney general holder today about this. I also talked to the white house and hoped they would be able to decide the nomination soon. I remember the day he was sworn in and the cheer s ths that ech. I have been here throughout a lot of attorneys general. Nobody has done it better than he has. Senator, what about the challenges and the incompletes lets say. Guantanamo still open, Khalid Shaikh mohammed sheik mohamed not on trial because it could not take place. Guantanamo should be closed by now except for the legislation blocking it. It is ridiculous that we are spending millions a person down there. And accomplishing nothing for our safety. The finest Justice System in the world and we should not act like we are afraid of these people. We bring them before our courts. Just as we did with abu ghraib. The son in
All to help children orphaned by the outbreak. We want to fight with everything we have and more to combat these virus. Quarantining them with disney movies and love and ice cream. Oscar de la renta, a man never out of fashion. How am i going to live, i dont know . Im having a fantastic time and i love every single day. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. The department of Homeland Security announced that all travelers from Ebola Outbreak countries in western africa has to ark ratify at one of five u. S. Airports, checking the travelers temperature asking about possible exposure. They are new yorks jfk airport, washington, d. C. s dulles, chicagos a pair, new jerseys newark and atlantas hartsfield jackson. For nbc news, tom, before this was 95 of the persons coming from the countries, now its intended to be 100 . Lets put that into perspective. 150 passengers in total every day coming from west africa. There no direct flights. They are transiting through europe and london and b
Hundreds. And these are thought to be women and young girls. Thank you very much. We really appreciate it. Nbcs alex smith. U. S. Officials are condemning a series of suicide car bombings in libya for which the terrorist group isis has claimed responsibility. The bombings killed 45 people and took place near the area where egypt is sending retaliatory airstrikes for at parent execution of 21 egyptian christians. The attacks come as the u. S. Prepared to lead a u. S. Offensive to retake the Northern City of mosul. This morning the White House Press secretary predicted an iraqi success. They will be backed when they undertake the operation, backed by American Military air power and that will give them an advantage on the battlefield. The president has a coalition of more than 60 countries that are part of the effort and we have made important progress and over the course of the year well make progress as the iraqi forces get better trained and equipped and perform more effectively on the