Williams. Good evening. Nothing we learn now about Thomas Eric Duncan will ever bring him back, but today there was a bombshell revelation from the hospital in dallas where he died of ebola, where he first sought treatment and where as we learned today he was sent home with a 103degree fever, even after telling a nurse he had traveled from africa. Ebola has now been officially labeled a global crisis. And as it spreads, assisted by jet travel, hospitals like the one in dallas must now change the way they operate and the way they look at patients who walk in the door of the er. Its where we begin tonight in dallas with nbcs ron mott. Reporter when Thomas Eric Duncan first sought treatment at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital late last month, his temperature spiked to 103 degrees. And rather than admit him, emergency room doctors ran some tests and sent him away with antibiotics and tylenol. Two days later he was rushed by ambulance back to the hospital where he died wednesday. This is
31 minutes past the hour right now. So good to have you with us. Were following the breaking news this morning. Texas Health Officials have now confirmed a second case of ebola here in america. If confirmed by the cdc, this will be the ffrt time the deadly virus has been trans mitted inside the United States. And heres what we know. Just to get you updated here. The infected patient is a Health Care Worker in dallas who did treat Thomas Eric Duncan. Duncan died wednesday after contracting the virus in liberia. According to texas Health Officials, the worker reported a low fever friday night and was isolated for testing. The hospital confirmed the preliminary test results overnight and said this we knew a second case could be a reality and were preparing for the possibility and were broadening our team and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread. Theyre trying to identify anyone who may have been exposed at this point. Elizabeth cohen has been in dallas covering the fig
Between the fence and the south portico. At least in the last 15 minutes or so what weve been able to hear and folks we talked to is the system worked the way it was supposed to. Our Kristin Fisher, who is at the white house now and looking at a live picture, things have returned to normal in the past 12 hours or so. This is americas news headquarters from washingtons, as we continue our coverage. Im leland vittert. Im laura ingal in for elizabeth prann. Kristin fisher standing by at the white house. What more have you learned . Looking around you wouldnt know less there was a breach at the white house of this magnitude. Here is what we know, around midnight last night, a man wearing a backpack jumped the fence somewhere were hearing likely along the east or south side of the white house and then made it to the south portico entrance. Thats the entrance that you see every time President Trump exits the white house to board marine one, its also the entrance thats right by the white hous
Thank you for having me here. It is great to have you. And that to laugh, doesnt it make you feel good . We are going to lean on your expert ideas on obamacare. We have been with each other since 7 30 this morning. So bright eyed and bushy tailed. That is because he chugs red bull. We will move on. We could hear more from the nations governors as we are now expecting them to hold an official News Conference very soon. Lets begin with the president Straight Talk on obamacare. Talking a gathering or of the governors this morning that the Health Care Law has failed and must be replaced. And while he says that the smart thing may be for republicans to let democrats take the fall instead of being blamed for any fix, the president says that this would not be the right thing to do. Essay to the republicans, if you really want to do politically something good, dont do anything. States back for a period of two years, because 17 is going to be a disaster for obamacare if we do not do something.