Word on the street. Im walking up georgia avenue, there may be an ebola case in my hospital. I appreciate that. Reporter Howard University hospital also says the hospital is working with the centers for Disease Control and prevention, and the d. C. Department of health. At best, what they can do at this stage is monitor the patient. At best, what those who live or regularly visit the campus can do is be vigilant. I think its very important to any faculty of the university to take the right precautions to protect themselves and be knowledgeable about the situation going on today. Reporter and the d. C. Department of health tells us they are indeed aware of this. They are monitoring this, and as we have been stressing, there is nothing wrong with stressing this again, there has been no confirmed case of the ebola virus in the district of columb columbia. Derrick ward, news4. Back to you. The parents of a freelance photographer working for nbc news who tested positive for ebola say their
Protocols, including isolating the patient. The symptoms usually dont present themselves until 2 to 21 days after a person is exposed. And exposure requires a person come into contact with someone who is already infected. Contact with bodily fluids, especially. That can make Health Care Workers among the most susceptible. As for any patient with ebola, there is no cure and only the symptoms can be treated. Some of my best students became physicians and they know what theyre doing. I just wish they would have told us sooner. Reporter the centers for Disease Control says monitoring a patient is vital, especially when you consider that other diseases like malaria can often present some of the same symptoms. I think its very important that any faculty of the University Take the right precautions to protect themselves and be knowledgeable about the situation going on today. Reporter lets put this in perspective. Since late july, there have been 100 consultations. Thats where a local hospita
Tonight in nepal, desperation is turning into despair as more violent aftershocks rattle the region. More than 3200 people are confirmed dead from yesterdays earthquake including at least three americans. Many more are hurt. The international kmurnt is trying to help with relief efforts. Today an American Military plane left dovers air force base with a disaster systems reresponse team and 45 tons of cargo. Our chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engle takes us to nepal tonight. Reporter flying into kahn katmandu today on a plane full of turkish aid workers, it was clear after saturdays massive earthquake nepal is bracing for worse to come. In the hall, we felt an aftershock, a big one, 6. 7, immigration officials ran away from their station. Outside the airport tensions turned to scuffles. People here want out before the next quake hits. Katmandu is a poor and crowded city built of brick and cement. The nepal ease are staying as far away from buildings as they can. With the aftershock
Something else to look forward to along with the bradford pear and the blooming magnolia. Lot more to come around the Cherry Blossoms and around the tidal basins as you can see, not the prettiest of days. If you missed out this year, its always next year. Back to leon. Leon all right, steve. See you in a bit. Good try. Alison now, we turn to a developing story this afternoon about two men arrested for a bank robbery back in march. Now believed to be connected to serial bank robbers that the f. B. I. Has called the black hat bandits. Stephen tschida live outside the federal Court Building in d. C. About what hes just learned about this. Stephen . Stephen yeah, alison. We just nailed this down just a few minutes ago. Actually now one of them is a 65yearold arrested in connection with that bank robbery in upper northwest back in march. His name is thomas george. Well, george was interviewed after his arrest and according to this affidavit which we have uncovered, george has admitted to an
This morning. Looks like were going to be in for a rather gray day. Maybe some sunny breaks at times. And while it wont be raining all the time obviously theres a lot of instability out to our west as a front is beginning to push a little bit closer to us from the north is that triggering some spotty drizzle and rain today. 59 degrees to start out in philadelphia. 59 in wilmington. Just 51 in allentown but thats not bad. 55 in millville. Where its coolest is right down by the shore as youre continuing to get that draw of air coming in right up the coast off the cool ocean water. As we roll through the day its another mild one with that front still stuck up north. 58 degrees by 9 oclock, 67 by noon. And we probably hit our high of 69 around 2 30 or 3 oclock before dipping back down to 6 oclock or 65 degrees i should say by 6 oclock. Karen, cooler air is going to come in tomorrow and were still kind of gray and dreary. Ill have details on that and ill let you know when things get better