Ed. Reporter sean, a really dramatic turn of events because as of this morning josh earnest, the press secretary, was doing various Television Interviews saying the president still had full confidence in Julia Pierson. What changed in those few hour sns a number of things. One, white house Officials Say they only learned late yesterday about this second breach in recent days. But this elevator incident where a Security Guard with a gun who had a criminal record got very close to the president. And it turned out Julia Pierson while briefing the president recently about the fence jumping incident that really started all this did not disclose what had happened in atlanta. That was a problem. But ive pressed josh earnest on why it took a resignation from the director. Why didnt the white house push to get her out if they were so troubled by this . Listen. Why didnt senior people here at the white house including the president determine on their own . Why were you waiting for her to give a
Exposures. So are they equipped . Do they feel equipped to deal with the second case now . You know in the beginning, before this happened, over the summer, the cdc was saying look, any hospital can handle an ebola patient. Weve sent out emails and guidelines and given webinars. I was speaking with an official who said in retrospect we should have transferred Thomas Eric Duncan to either emory or nebraska, two facilities especially trained to deal with these kinds of biohazards. There was too much confidence in every hospital in america, that every hospital would be able to handle an ebola patient. When clearly weve seen when they took care of an ebola patient, two more people got sick. You dont get to choose where you have ebola case, so you do need to be prepared. Lets get some perspective on what this means for this one hospital and what it means for the threat Going Forward in general. We have dr. Joseph mccormick, few know more about ebola than he does. He helped investigate the f
Julia pierson, when a guy with a gun got on the same elevator with the commander in chief. Why did he find out about that event just minutes before you and i did . Good afternoon, everyone. Questions about how much the medical community is on the case as they race to contain ebola in the United States after the first diagnosis on u. S. Soil . How much is it after the hospital sends home the Liberian National and did not send anyone to dispose of his sheets and towels where he laid sick for days . They didnt send anyone until today after cnn began broadcasting his girlfriends concerns that the sheets were still on her bed. Race . Is that the right word . Authorities are getting in touch with about 100 people who might have had contact with duncan and monitoring a dozen of them, including five school kids from four different schools and heres how some parents in texas found out. Five students may have came in contact with an individual who has been diagnosed with the ebola virus. A roboc
Newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. We begin with breaking news. The fifth american infected with ebola now on american soil in omaha, nebraska for treatment. The plane carrying freelance camera man mukpo arrived moments ago. He was diagnosed in liberia while working with chief correspondent nancy schneiderman. Hes in good spirits and eating and drinking on his own. As for that first person diagnosed with ebola in the United States, cdc Officials Say Thomas Duncan is not treated with an experimental se rum. The Liberian National is in Critical Condition this a dallas hospital after his condition took a turn for the worse over the weekend. The cdc chief will head to the white house to brief president obama on all thats going on here at home. Lets bring in elizabeth cohen. Good morning. Good morning carol. As Thomas Eric Duncan struggles to survive inside this texas hospital, his girlfriend and her family members are in quarantine being watched to see
Diagnosed in the u. S. This latest unnamed victim is a Second Health care worker, a woman at the same hospital where nina pham is being treated. She also helped treat Thomas Eric Duncan. Exactly how she came into contact and what contact she had with duncan we dont know. We know that she lived alone in this apartment block, both that unit and her car are going to be cleaned by a special crew today. This mornings news triggers even more alarms, obviously. It means even more people could have been exposed to the highly Infectious Disease and will now need to be identified and monitored as well. It also underscores the critical and dangerous mistakes that were made. How did Health Officials mishandle the first ebola case diagnosed on u. S. Soil and why were there not proper protections for all the Health Care Workers who took care of Thomas Eric Duncan . At the hospital, we have a situation involving 77 people, two of which have tested positive for ebola. We are preparing contingencies fo