United states is fighting for his life. We are just hoping and praying that eric survives the night and we just got our hopes up for him. Doctors say hes now in serious but stable condition. Duncan is a Liberian National and he traveled for the First Time Ever to the United States to visit his family in dallas. He may have become infected on september 14th. Thats when he helped carry a pregnant woman who later died from ebola to the hospital. We had a scenario in our community in this very yard. We find ourselves a pregnant girl by the name of marthalayan passed. Eric duncan was one of the caretakers. He flies from liberia to brussels, belgium showing no obvious ebola fever during airport screenings. From there he boards United Airlines flight 951 en route to washington dulles connecting to another flight 822 to dallas. September 20th he arrives in dallas and heads to this apartment complex to visit family. Four days later he starts developing symptoms. He walks into this dallas emerge
Obscene political points. Pay up [ bleep ]. Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. Factor begins right now. Im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching tonight. Why the federal government is puttinging all americans in danger. That is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. From the beginning, the Obama Administration has screwed up the ebola situation from the very beginning. We back that up with the timeline. On december 6th, 2013, in the african country of guinea, the first patient with ebola was identified. He is called patient zero, a 2yearold child, who dies. A few months later, march 24th, 2014. Authorities in guinea report 87 suspected cases of ebola. One week later, liberia confirmed two cases of ebola. The country of sierra leone also reported cases. On april 1st, the organization doctor without borders warns that the ebola contagion was unprecedented. On the same day, april 1st of this year, the Obama Administration should have been begun formulating a strategy
Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. It is friday, october 3rd. It is 5 00 in the east. Lets begin with breaking news. Nbc news has now named the freelance cameraman who was diagnosed with ebola on wednesday. He is 33yearold ashoka mukpo. Nbc hired him one day earlier as a second cameraman for the networks medical editor dr. Nancy snyderman. Nbc is flying the entire crew back to the United States for treatment. Nbc released a statement, we are taking all possible measures to protect our employees and general public. The rest of the crew, including dr. Nancy are monitored and showing no signs or symptoms. However, in an abundance of caution, we will fly them back on a private charter flight and they will place themselves under quarantine for 21 days in the United States which is the most conservative end of the spectrum. Concerns growing of the spread of ebola in texas. Now checking on the longer list of people who may have had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan. He i
From spreading in the community. Sara, what more do we know at this point . The hospital released the statement that mr. Duncan passed away before 8 00 a. M. Local time. Of we knew he was in bad shape. His liver function had been up and down. However, theyd been given some reason to hope when they spoke to the media yesterday. They were told his temperature had stabilized. Heartbeat was stabilizing and liver function was up a little bit. Although they had been cautioned that might be temporary. Still, they were aware of the severity of his illness and his condition. Spoke to the media yesterday, and they were given the opportunity to view duncan via video link but declined. Done that earlier in the week and said it would just be too upsetting. Now, crews have scoured the apartment where he stayed while he was here in the u. S. Came here to marry his fiancee. They have scoured the apartment, removed linens and carpets and scrubbed it down. Right now the focus on disposing of the illness
Sanjay gupta has the latest from cdc headquarters in atlanta. Its interesting to see how the map is now spreading, sanjay. No question and its a real medical investigation, they have to find these people. Thats absolutely the key. We hoped ebola wouldnt come to the United States, but in some ways it wasnt unexpected. Now the focus is on that dallas hospital. In this hospital, thomas eric duncan, the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the United States, is fighting for his life. We just hoping and praying that eric survives the night. In an exclusive interview with cnn affiliate wccb in charlotte, north carolina, duncans nephew speaks out for the first time. I want to let you know that we still here, were not sleeping, just like you, feeling the pain, were feeling the pain here, too. Doctors say hes in serious, but stable condition. Duncan is a Liberian National and he traveled for the First Time Ever to the United States to visit his family in dallas. The New York Times reports that