Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe. We are a great bunch. We like to think we are. Ahead, we have live in gaza, another intense night of fighting. Israel launching a full scale of bombardment as they search for a missing soldier. Also ahead, we are talking heart health. How to keep your heart healthy with an easy swap with your favorite meals. This is part of our shine a lot city. The American Heart Association is working there to help keep people healthier. S this video has everyone talking this week. She is crying over the fact her baby brother will eventually grow up. Cherish lifes smallest moments. That will be great. We begin with the top story. That is effective of two first aid workers affected with ebola will return to the u. S. Today. Itis not clear if it will be brantly or Nancy Write
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Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. For the first time ever, someone infect with the deadly ebola virus has been brought into the country for treatment. Dr. Brandt who was worked with ebola patients in west africa when he contracted the disease himself arrived late this morning just outside atlanta in a gulfstream jet outfit with an isolation tent. He was transported by ambulance to the Emory University hospital, where surprisingly he was Strong Enough to walk on his own. Emory has one of the most sophisticated Infectious Disease units in the country. Brantly was working with the Christian Missionary group caring for ebola patient patienn iberia when he got sick. Reporter a private medical jet carrying dr. Kent brantly landed in marietta, georgia, around 11 20 this morning. Inside the plane, dr. Brantly was kept in an isolation tent and wore a suit to prevent him from infecting medical workers with him. The 33yearold physician
On the outbreak. Global Health Officials are stressing they are only putting a travel warning into place for those three effected western african nations. There is some cause for concern in washington for two reasons. One this is an International City where travelers come in and go out to all places in the world, and secondly next week washington, d. C. Is hosting a high level africa summit where there will be hundreds of travelers coming in from the impacted continent. Florida resident Kevin Johnson grew up in the Washington Area and is here today to visit family. He says the lethal Ebola Outbreak does give him some concern about air travel. Especially on the planes, you cant control that. So hopefully they get it under wraps fast. But most travelers today told us while theyre aware of the virus, theyre not concerned. Im just not seeing the statistical numbers thats really showing that its an issue, that id have to be concerned with at this point. The transmission is actually fluid to