and abc news goes pink. for our colleagues, our mothers, our daughters, the empire state building lighting up tonight. good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. and we begin with new developments as we come on the air this evening in that first case of ebola diagnosed here in the u.s. and tonight, the first images of the patient. his name is thomas eric duncan. he was visiting family in dallas. this evening, all eyes on that hospital in dallas. he's fighting for his life amid new questions about why he was sent home the first time he went to the hospital, telling nurses he felt sick. meantime, elsewhere in that city, letters tonight going home to parents. schools being cleaned. extra precautions being taken this evening as authorities try now to track down everyone this man came in contact with, including children in his own family. a team of cdc investigators on the ground now. dr. richard besser standing by with your questions about the flights he took, about schools. but first, abc's cecilia vega right there at the hospital. leading us off tonight. cecilia, good evening. >> reporter: david, good evening to you. that patient being treated in this hospital, right behind me and tonight, that very hospital facing tough questions about how it handled this case. potentially exposing others to this deadly disease. tonight, in this dallas hospital, thomas eric duncan desperately ill. doctors saying he is in serious condition, but awake and asking for food. quarantined in total isolation inside, while outside, the city of dallas is on high alert. >> this is all hands on deck. >> reporter: disease detectives from the cdc now here on the ground, in a race to find out if duncan spread ebola to anyone else. tracing his path from the hot zone in west africa, this much they know -- his journey begins on the 19th of september, day one. already infected, but no obvious symptoms, he leaves liberia. at the airport screening, like every other passenger, his temperature probably taken with an infrared thermometer. but no fever yet. so, he boards a plane, flying to brussels, then getting on a united airlines flight, full of passengers. the next day, arriving in dallas, heading to this apartment complex to visit family. including several children. still, no signs of ebola. but four days later, he starts getting sick. and that's when ebola becomes contagious. just over 24 hours later, he's so ill, he walks into this dallas emergency room, telling a nurse he'd traveled from west africa. but here, the critical breakdown. that nurse didn't pass the information along and he's sent home. three days later, he is back at the hospital, this time, rushed by ambulance, fighting for his life. are the people of dallas, the people of texas, here in the u.s., are we safe from ebola? >> i have all confidence in the cdc that we have contained this virus within the number of people that we're looking at now. >> reporter: investigators monitoring up to 18 people in all. from the three emts who first treated duncan in the ambulance, to the doctors and nurses in the emergency room, and his family, adults and five children, potentially exposed. their schools alerted, even scrubbed down today. somewhere inside this apartment complex where the man was visiting family are his relatives, potentially exposed to ebola. and right now, they have been told not to leave. no work, no school, for 21 days. neighbors here, worried. >> i am scared, because there's a lot of children out here and, you know, a lot of us -- this is something new to us. it's something scary that i never thought that would come here in the united states. >> reporter: some schools sent letters to parents today alerting them of the situation and in a sign of just how nervous some people are, some parents say they are pulling their kids out of school tomorrow. now, in the meantime, dallas county health officials told me today they would not be surprised if a second person with ebola comes forward. david? >> cecilia vega leading us off from dallas tonight. cecilia, thank you. i want to get right to abc's chief medical editor dr. richard besser in the hot zone tonight, liberia. the heart of this ebola outbreak. and rich, first off, so many questions from our viewers tonight. first, the breakdown, it would seem. his first trip to that dallas hospital, he'd said he'd be in liberia, that's what he told nurses there, but he was sent home. how does this happen? >> reporter: you know, david, that is the critical breakdown. if you get that kind of information, you have to act on it. otherwise, there's no value in it. the investigators are going to want to see where the breakdown occurred and can we prevent that from happening elsewhere in the future? >> rich, you heard cecilia report there, they're going to follow everyone he came in contact with for 21 days, including those five children he was close to. but tonight, word of the ripple effect. now cleaning schools that those children attended. this is going to alarm a lot of parents, but this is just a precaution, right? >> reporter: that's right. following people for 21 days is how you prevent infection. but these kids did not have symptoms. and you can't transmit the infection until you have those symptoms. so, cleaning the schools will help them sleep better, but there really is no risk at those schools because the kids were well at the time. >> rich, we now know 43 hours of traveling before this man got back to america. a lot of people still asking about those planes. one viewer tweeting us a common question. "if this guy sneezes in an airplane and we're breathing recycled air, can we be affected?" >> reporter: you know, david, there are a few things here that are very reassuring. sneezing is uncommon in someone who has ebola. and this man, when he was on the plane, he was brewing the infection, but he had no symptoms. he wasn't showing the signs of disease and you can't transmit the disease until you are actually sick. lastly, on this plane, they've changed the way air flows. so that as it goes through and circulates, it is filtered. so, the same air isn't coming back to you. but i've traveled this journey, it's so long, and the idea of sitting on a plane with someone who goes on to develop ebola is very frightening. i'm sure it's frightening for everyone who is there. >> all right, dr. richard besser with us again tonight. rich, thank you. and he'll have much more on "gma" in the morning. in the meantime, to the other breaking story we're following tonight. fallout now from that intruder at the white house. the man sprinting across the white house lawn, through the front door. finally tackled by a secret service agent who wasn't even on the clock. tonight, the head of the secret service, out. that suspect in court. and new revelations about that other security breach we first reported on last night here. the president in that elevator. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas back on the story now. >> reporter: in the end, secret service director julia pierson could not protect her own job. >> over the last several days we've seen recent and accumulating reports raising questions about the performance of the agency and the president concluded that new leadership of that agency was required. >> reporter: pierson could not survive the devastating september 19th white house security breach when an intruder with a knife jumped the fence, ran across the north lawn, burst through an unlocked door and made it all the way to the east room before being tackled. the president and his daughters had left the building only four minutes earlier. that intruder, omar gonzalez, was in court today, pleading not guilty. >> this is disgraceful. this is absolutely disgraceful. >> i believe that you have done a disservice to the president of the united states. >> reporter: just hours after being grilled on capitol hill yesterday about that fiasco, another secret service security blunder was revealed. as mr. obama arrived at the centers for disease control in atlanta two weeks ago, he and the secret service entered an elevator with a plainclothes security guard. the guard, sources say, began acting starstruck, taking pictures. caught offguard, the secret service questioned the man and were shocked to discover he was carrying a gun. and a background check revealed he had a criminal record. the president was never told about the breach. >> the white house first learned of that incident yesterday afternoon shortly before it was reported by -- before it was licly reported by news organizations. >> reporter: that apparently was the last straw. after 30 years of government service, pierson was out. by late last night, my law enforcement sources were speculating whether pierson could survive. david, this can be a tough town. >> all right, pierre thomas live in our washington bureau. pierre, thank you. now, to the major developments in that mysterious virus striking children across this country. moving fast. this evening, that virus now possibly deadly. let's look at the map again tonight. 46 states with confirmed or suspected cases right now. but look at this. in five states, children now suffering from paralysis. officials investigating if there is a link. and this tonight. in rhode island, a healthy fifth grader who contracted the virus has now died. tonight, a lot of families asking, how do i protect my child? and abc's linsey davis this evening, talking to the experts and getting answers. >> reporter: she was just 10 years old. local newspapers identifying emily otrando as one of four deaths in this country tonight associated with enterovirus 68. last week, she was rushed to a rhode island hospital with shortness of breath and cold-like symptoms. her condition deteriorated quickly, and within 24 hours, health officials saying things became dire. in addition to enterovirus 68, she also had staph sepsis, a bacterial infection in the blood. a very rare combination that, in this case, proved deadly. her community pouring out their grief on this condolence site. >> it's a tragedy when it happens. it's a perfect storm. but it's not necessarily a preventable tragedy. at least at our current state of science. >> reporter: and concern, like the virus itself, is spreading. in five states now, doctors are feverishly trying to determine if the illness is to blame for more than a dozen cases of paralysis-like symptoms in young patients. and hospitals around the country seeing new cases every day. >> we anticipate that it would come here, however, the reality is, there is no specific treatment for the enterovirus 68 itself. >> reporter: the cdc tonight refusing to say when or where those three other deaths occurred. but doctors emphasize that most of us who get enterovirus 68 will experience it just as a mild cold. the best prevention, washing your hands thoroughly five or six times a day, david. >> all right, great advice, linsey, thank you. we're going to move on now to the severe weather on this move this evening. more than 40 million americans in the storm zone over the next 24 hours. and these images already streaming in. the view through a windshield as one driver braves the powerful winds in kansas there. and there on the big screen tonight, time lapse of a super cell, forming right there on the horizon. part of a storm system that is powering up tonight, hitting across the heartland. and the new worry, tornadoes. so, let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee, who is tracking it all for us. ginger? >> reporter: yes. a tornado watch has been in place and will be until 10:00 p.m. central time. let me take you to the area we are most concerned about. already more than two dozen severe storm reports. most of those coming with damaging wind. but you can see that watch box. now, it's not just tonight that we have a concern. tomorrow, it moves to larger areas, david, from chicago, down to austin, right there in the ozarks. we'll be looking for damaging winds in excess of 60 miles per hour. not only does this storm have history of producing the damaging winds and hail, but also flash flooding possible. three to four inches right there in that bulls eye in missouri and illinois. >> going to be a tough 24 hours ahead. ginger, thank you. we're going to turn tonight to chilling new surveillance video capturing the moment of impact at a busy american intersection. an suv going just 25 miles an hour, slamming into a city bus. passengers sent flying. and tonight, some are asking a question that has been asked before -- why are there no seat belts? abc's david kerley walking us through the stunning new tape. >> reporter: this spokane city bus has the green light. but watch what happens in an instant. a car blows the red light, t-boned. and all those cameras on board show what happened. even at just 25 miles an hour. look at the passengers standing. and a woman in a wheelchair, tossed to the front of the bus. >> she went to the hospital already. stomach problem and lower back. >> reporter: we've seen plenty of bus crashes. drivers texting. or swerving to avoid a car. there is a recommendation for seat belts on long haul tour buses. but there are no requirements for belts on school buses or city transit buses. why? look at the numbers. statistics show you are 28 times safer in a city bus than your car. the public transit association says it would cost billions of dollars if seat belts are required, though standing passengers would be banned. so, cities would have to buy more buses and hire more drivers to handle all the riders. david? 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>> tonight efforts to remove has yards under a bay area heat advisory. >> mer discontent tonight in san francisco fire houses the department brass joins a call for the chief to resign. >> what tlc can do. progress being paid by an injured bear cub. >> there is no way that that is steven. >> she's one of many convinced police have the wrong man when police arrested a musician for arson. good evening, thanks for joining us. >> tonight friends and family of one of the men accused claims he has an air tight alibi. they are facing charges in ala media. peterson's family says there is no way he is involved. nick? >> they're putting their money where their mouth is, raising thousands of dollars and they say it's impossible that peterson is involved in this arson because he was at work. >> hannah flores is convinced that peterson is innocent. >> i want people to know that steven did not set the fires he was at work at that time. she just picked him up in front of his house and haven't checked on his alibi. >> the fires damaged or destroyed several homes and businesses many remain behind crime scene tape today, peterson made his second court appearance friends and family are saying cops have the wrong guy. >> there are facts. if you're to say we're in a state of denial, facts are facts he wasn't off work. >> impossible. i was with him from 7:00 to 1:45 sunday morning working at rooster's. >> peterson's friends say he was here at

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