Kilauea. Its dangerously close to one hawaiian town. Thanks for joining us, everyone. We begin with the latest developments on ebola in the united states. A nurse quarantined in new jersey who had tested negative for the virus is heading home to maine. Not the end of her ordeal, because kaci hickox recently returned from treating ebola patients in west africa. She had harsh words for governor Chris Christie for putting the quarantine in place in the first place. It contradicts revised cdc guidelines that call for voluntary home quarantine only for people at the highest risk of infection. Those include Health Care Workers who suffer a needle stick while caring for an ebola patient or who treated someone while not in protective gear. But you see, the cdc says most Health Care Workers, including most returning from west africa should need only daily monitoring, not full isolation. Miguel marquez takes a look at this controversy. Reporter new jersey Chris Christie not backing down from his
It has already made landfall but this is the scene just before it did and its kicked up some serious surf across this area. Villagers and fishermen bracing from the impact from the storm. Winds still sustained at 215 Kilometers Per Hour but i expect that to lessen as the hours go on. The center of the storm has moved on land so it no longer has the moisture source. But this area, the east coast of india, the northern state, that was ground zero for the center of this storm as it made land fall as a strong category 3 equivalent if it was in the atlanta basin. This is the track of the storm. Were expecting it to deteriorate as the next 12 to 24 hours progresses but it will still be a rain maker. Flooding becomes a concern. These are the concerns we have. Flooding, very slim chance of tornadoes but we do have a storm surge and wind as well. Take a look at some of this video footage thats come out of that region. Heavy rain and wind uprooting trees, knocking out power and halting some of t
Breaking news overnight. 48 people who were quarantined in dallas because they had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan have been declared infection free. Among them duncans fiancee. All of them cleared to end seclusion after 21 days of quarantine. We will have more on that in a moment. On saturday, duncans loved ones remembered him in a service in North Carolina. At the same time, Cruise Ship Passengers who endured an overblown ebola scare disemba disembarked in galveston. The worker who handled the lab samples of duncan was quarantined and her tests came back negative. We have Alina Machado has more from dallas. Reporter christine and john, 48 people in Dallas County breathing a sigh of relief after reaching the end of the 21day monitoring period without symptoms. These are people who had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan before he died on october 8th. They include duncans fiancee. Listen to what a pastor at her church told us. They feel this is a tremendous miracle that has happened. They
We start with the nurse in australia who is now in medical isolation amid fears she too could have ebola. Officials say the 57yearold woman from the city of cairns returned last weekend from treating ebola patients in sierra leone. Now she became concerned after developing whats described as a low grade fever when she returned. She went to an area hospital, test results are expected back friday morning. I just spoke with a reporter there who describes her condition as stable. Officials right now are trying to keep the public calm as well. See came back into the country. Did not have a fever so its only since this morning shes had a low grade fever. She has not been out in the community in cairns. Shes been at home isolated in her own home testing herself. Well keep an eye on that situation. But the first person diagnosed with ebola in the United States has died. Thomas eric duncan got sick last month after arriving from liberia. Meanwhile, a texas Health Official says there is no risk
Few hours ago. She is now one of two nurses from dallas who contracted ebola while taking care of Thomas Eric Duncan who later died from the disease. Now the nih is one of four specially equipped biocontainment hospitals in the u. S. , and pham will be treated first, really, shell be the first ebola patient treated at this location. Her doctor recorded some video of her just before she left dallas. Take a look at this. Thanks for thanks for being part to take care of our first patient. It means a lot. This has been a huge effort by all of you guys. Were really proud of you. All right. Okay. Okay. Nina pham looking in high spirits there. She did walk off of the plane when she went to the hospital in maryland. Its eerie to watch that, the doctors sound seemed to be muffled through his protective suit. You see the other doctor in the full kit there. But we are hearing now new details about how ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan was cared for when he was there in dallas. One nurse described