Theyve been in direct contact with ebola patients. Any arriving passengers who have recently been in the west african nations hit hardest by ebola could be hospitalized or quarantined up to 21 days whether sick or not. This comes as a new Jersey Health care worker has just tested negative for ebola. She was part of a group who faced a mandatory quarantine yesterday after arriving in newark from west africa. Joining me now from new york city is elizabeth cohen. First, elizabeth, the reception of this mandatory quarantine hasnt all been positive even though we talked to a doctor in our last block who says hes going to go forward in his work in west africa. But talk about the flip side. Reporter well, the flip side ive been talking to workers, you know, to doctors and nurses who say, no, im not going to go because i cant afford to lose a month spent in africa and then another three weeks when i get home. I cant be with my family. I cant work. They said thats just untenable. You know, were
New york and new jersey responding to backlash on their ebola policies with reports that the white house has urged them to reverse those policies just days after ordering mandatory quarantines. Case in point, kaci hickox, the nurse who was held in quarantine after returning from west africa is now on her way home to maine. And she talked exclusively to us here at cnn about what she went through. The first thing i would say to governor christie is i wish he would be more careful about his statements relative to my medical question. I am not as he said quoteunquote obviously ill. I ham completely healthy and with no symptoms. If he knew anything about ebola he would know asymptomatic people are not infectious. I understand that people feel like they have a risk and i think we can have a conversation about what further measures might look like. But i think this is an extreme that is really unacceptable and i feel like my basic human rights have been violated. As for new Jersey Governor Ch
Quarantine these u vapatients. And why dr. Goodlat is asking the Obama Administration if its transporting we begin tonight us uptodate on the latest. Trace. Megyn, white house and cdc critical of new Jersey Governor Chris Christie for forcing that nurse into isolation after she returned from helping treat ebola patients in sierra leone. Kaci hickox is now back in her home state of maine. While she was under6 o÷ quarant she lashed out calling her treatment inhumane and questioning why politicians were making decisions that should be left up to the Health Officials. Ing this is not a situation i wish on anyone and im scared for those who would follow me. cy the u. S. Must treat returning Health Care Workers with dignity and humanity. When hickox was released governor christie was asked if he was reversingm listen. She had any symptoms for 24 hours and she tested negative for ebola. Theres no reason to keep her. Christie says his decision was never about politics. Yfe new York Governor
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Advise and assist mission and initiate a comprehensive training effort for iraqi forces. Plus, the administration waits until after this weeks midterm elections to send in more troops to iraq. Why is he doing it now . You will hear from illinois senator mark kirk. This 90yearold is now in trouble with the law for feeding the hungry and the homeless. Its an outrageous story from florida. Hello, everybody, im uma pemmaraju. Americas news headquarters live from the Nations Capital starts right now. We begin with this fox news alert. American citizens kenneth bae and matthew todd mill remember now free men today. Bea held in for more than two years. Miller held for six months. President obama praising the director of National Intelligence James Clapper for his role in their release. Its a wonderful day for them, their families. We are grateful for their safe return. I appreciate director clapper doing a great job on what was obviously a challenging mission. Now, todays release follows last