Clear clear who had ebola is causing people not to report cases. Also an air france plane wasnt grounded when it landed in madrid after fears that a passenger had ebola. Spanish television saying that the passenger is said to be of nigerian decent. And the people on the plane have now been given the okay to disembark. Mike viqueira is standing by and robert ray at the cdc headquarters in atlanta. Mike, i want to start with you. Will there be calls for the head of the cdc to resign. Its head might not be on the chopping block, dell, but dr. Fedr. Dr. Frieden is going to be in the hot seat. We have heard calls to tighten down in a number of areas. First of all an increasing numbering want a travel wan from west africa. Public policy makers both at the white house and all around town, experts, what have you have said that could be counterproductive, you mentioned the fact that many of those countries, sierra leone, guinea, and liberia that would be counterproductive. It could instill an e
Earlier, but is there anything, where are the discussions about i understand that the vote is going on right now. We will have a yes vote or a no vote. You doing that until after the vote . I will have more to say about this after the vote. We will see. A couple of followups. First on the Debbie Wassermann schultz. Does the president have complete confidence in Debbie Wassermann schultz . I ran through the track record. Does he have confidence . Based on the strong track record of leadership, the president has strong confidence in her ability to lead the organization. Okay and back to the campaign operation, whatever you want to call it against isis. Why does the president never use the word war when describing this. We had back and forth here and you eventually used it. We havent heard him say this is a war. Does he consider it a war . Yes, based on the position that i articulated. The United States in the same way that we are at war with al qaeda and the affiliates around the globe w
Contextfilling out a she. Theyre going to arrive at hundreds of different airports throughout the United States. I want to talk about travel restrictions. Nonus military commercial flights are currently going into the affected countries . I dont have the exact numbers. Does anyone on the panel know . From the United States or from anywhere . From the United States into those areas. There are no direct flights into the United States. Or into west africa . There are direct flights into west africa . How many . Does anybody on the panel know how many . Back to the United States . There are no direct flights coming back to the United States from those affected areas. What about from europe . There are hundreds of flights coming from europe. And people from west africa throughhrough their there. And there is 94 screening. We would have to get back to numbers, butof huge quantities of supplies are needed. If you could get back to me with that number, i would appreciate it. Are you aware if n
Infectious disease nurses. I asked the cdc, why . Why wear two pairs of gloves, three pairs of booties, a plastic suit covering my entire body, and leave my neck hanging out this much . Good day, im andrea mitchell. The governments response, the lack of preparation in hospitals, the impact on public transportation, all Big Questions for top policymakers from the president on down, and top officials will be testifying today. We have the story covered from all of the angles with our nbc team. Gabe is joining me from the hospital in atlanta, and john yang as Chicago Ohare International airport, but we begin with craig melvin out texas Presbyterian Hospital in dallas. You have breaking news on nina pham. Reporter shes going to be moved from here later today. I spoke with the county executive here in dallas, and he told me that he did not want to see this hospital, texas presbyteri presbyterian, did not want to see the hospital house more than one ebola patient at a time, explaning why Ambe
Good evening. Im kate baldwin in for erin burnett. A gunman opens fire in a nashville Movie Theater. The shooters face was covered by a surgical mask. Listen to the tape were just getting in of the gunshots. You hear multiple rounds there. Police shot and killed the gunman but not before three people were injured. One man was cut, apparently, by the gunmans hatchet. Police described how the shooting went down. The gunman, the suspect raised his weapon toward that officer, pulled the trigger. That officer then fired on the suspect and then backed away from the theater. The shooter also had a backpack and a satchel. A bomb squad was called in to investigate those. Boris sanchez is outfront with more. Boris, you have to say it. This is the Second Attack of a Movie Theater in less than two weeks. What more are you learning about what happened here . Reporter kate, were getting a clearer picture. At 1 15 today, a 51yearold while man set off pepper spray inside a showing of mad max in a Smal