Country, the facilities they need to treat the patients. As for patients in the u. S. , doctors in omaha say freelance journalist ashoka mukpo is showing signs of progress and for the first time we are hearing from Critical Care nurse turned patient nina pham. In a written Statement Released this afternoon, she says, im doing well and want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers. I am blessed by the support of family and friends and am blessed to be cared for by the best team of doctors and nurses in the world here at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital dallas. As that treatment continues, experts with the centers for Disease Control are trying to figure out how she was infected and how to make sure it doesnt happen again. For anyone in the country who has a confirmed case of ebola, we will put a team on the ground within hours with some of the worlds leading experts in how to take care of and protect Health Care Workers from ebola infection. Reporter the cdc is now also mon
Police report obtained by news4, a witness says the rabbi installed a hidden camera in the womans shower at the synagogue. The Police Report described it as a dream machine, similar to this one, a camera and recorder disguised as a clock radio. According to the witness, the rabbi said he was using it for ventilation in the shower. Dr. Frendel is a highly regarded ab rabbi, adjunct professor at georgetown law school. News of the raid and his arrest came as a big surprise in the neighborhood. I think thats rather unnerving, having a rabbi in your own neighborhood four doors down reporter arrested. That was arrested. Reporter tonight the rabbi is in jail, expected to be officially charged in court tomorrow. Live in georgetown, pat collins, news4. Breaking news in the district. Police investigating a shooting within a couple blocks of several schools. Officers tell us a man was shot around 3 30 here on q street southeast. The person was conscience when they got there. Other than that, we k
Western sides of the metro around 6 00, 7 00 this morning. I95 between 9 00 a. M. And lunchtime, total alert day through 8 00 tonight. Its a rain and wind threat. Any time you have the rain and the wind you could get power outage. Individual showers are racing northbound at 40 miles per hour. The whole line is making steady progress off to the east. So it will be a high impact weather event today. You can see the heavier showers just starting to move into is southern parts of the shenandoah valley. Winchester getting showers now. No rain come canning down in the mmediate metro. But this will change. The weather impact will be a high one for sure. Heavy rain likely, flooding with gusty winds. As you get the kids ready for the bus stops today, rainy and breezy at 7 00 a. M. A squally late morning between the periods of heavy rain and gusty winds. By later today, heavy rain continues to about 2 00, 3 00 this afternoon and tapers a off by the tail end of the school day. More about what to
Workers who like pham had had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan before his death. Of those 76 individuals, all will be monitored for fever or symptoms on a daily basis. Reporter part of the fight to save phams life and prevent the spread of the deadly virus. And one of those being monitored is a friend of phams who had contact with the nurse, and now has been protectively moved into the Isolation Unit here. Jay gray, nbc news, dallas. The increased awareness about ebola is leading to a number of false alarms. And that includes a brief scare in virginia. A patient at Vcu Medical Center in richmond tested negative for ebola. The woman was placed in isolation last night because she had a fever and recently returned from liberia. A man taken to Holy Cross Hospital in germantown in maryland does not have ebola. He recently traveled to africa and then developed aches and a fever. He was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. They say it was out of an abundance of caution yesterday. The hospital
Where you are . No issues as we drive 66 westbound here. The roads are wet. But no rain coming down, as chuck just mentioned. Were not expecting that just yet. Cars are going at the speed limit. You need your wipers from the road spray coming from the cars ahead of you. If youre headed outdoors, this is the time to get out there and start your commute before the heavier stuff comes down our way. Right now, no problems on 66 westbound. Live from the falls church area. Back to you in the studio. Breaking news on the roads. Heres melissa and your first 4 traffic. Breaking news. Still talking about the inner loop just after 270. All lanes shut down from a tractor trailer that jackknifed there. So the inner loop after 270, all lanes closed. We are on the way out there to get us live pictures. Wider look at things, we look quite good. That one problem is definitely enough for all of us. 270 is looking good. No issues until you you hit the spur. Georgia avenue southbound at randolph, two righ