ok, questions? how do you know that she is virus-free? what did you do for her? we know she is virus free, because we now have five negative, consecutive negative pcr s on her. i do not want anyone to take from that that that is the norm, the standard, that you can only guarantee someone is virus-free if you do five. we did five because this is a research institution. but that is not the norm. we provided her with support and care. thingsthe most important in bringing back and ebola patient is the help, the kind of medical general support to allow their own body to then be able to fight off the virus and essentially get rid of the virus . [inaudible] i would leave that up to her but that is not for me to answer right now. [inaudible] that is something that is under very active discussion and you will be hearing very shortly about what the guidelines will be. don t point out to remember that it is not just the cdc and the federal government, but the states have a l
but we re also learning more about the mid-air collision that killed three people today in maryland. in fact, we just got some recordings from air traffic control in frederick, and they give us some idea what happened. we can hear the tower warn the pilot of a small plane, that three helicopters are in the area as the plane is about to land. the pilot acknowledges that. and we warn you, listening to what happens next may be difficult. three helicopters below you in the traffic pattern. i have two of them in sight. the two echoes here have you in sight. maintain your altitude until turning base, clear to land. oh, god! oh god! one airplane down and helicopter down. yes, yes, i just saw. 911 is on the way. those voices you heard were from the control tower and from people who survived the crash. the two men on the plane survived. three people in the helicopter were killed. jackie bensen is live in frederick where federal investigators are now on the scene. l
4:00, 5:00. it will be partly sunny by then. what to wear? a chilly morning. temperatures around 50 degrees. you need a jacket, long pants again this morning to stay comfortable at the bus stop and waiting for the metro. coming up next, weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:11. amelia is out in the storm team 4 x 4. melissa looking at the roads and work zones. they will be clearing up shortly. overall, we look quite good. outer loop, we have that work zone still with one lane getting by. 66 and 95, both looking quite good. same thing with prince george s coun county. 270, that is nice for us into and out of town. 95, cherry hill in maryland also moving quite nicely. a live look at 66 coming up in a couple of minutes. melissa, thank you. monitoring a developing story in new york where a doctor is now in isolation after testing positive for ebola. his name is dr. craig spencer. he recently returned to the u.s. after working with ebola patients in guinea. he had a fever yesterd
next weather and traffic on the 1s amelia siegel joins us in the storm team 4 x 4. melissa has already had a couple of accidents. right now we are looking good. only yellow on the screen right now. d.c., 295 as you pass 50. otherwise, we are looking great. if you re hopping on stafford county, heading into town, looking good. no major problems into town or out of town in 95 in virginia. 66, again, completely green for us at this point. 270, old hundred road moving along. a little bit of volume. no major problems again. a wide look at things. inner and outer loop both looking fine. back in 10 minutes. see you at 6:11 with a look at travel times. thank you, melissa. a developing story out of new york where a doctor is now in isolation after testing positive for ebola. his name is dr. craig spencer. he recently treated ebola patients in west africa. spencer went to a brooklyn bowling alley wednesday night before he realized he was sick. his fiancee is in quarantine and they
then she was transported to nih to continue to treatment. now, the news conference for 11:30 this morning. we have a list of the people that will be attending the conference. anyonina is not on the list but will watch to see if she is there. now to a doctor with ebola in new york city. his name is dr. craig spencer. he recently returned from west africa where he treated other patients with ebola. spencer s fiance is also in quarantine. interests a doctors are monitoring two of his friends for symptoms. insist no one else is at risk though. dr. brantly released a statement in response to this case. the first person brought to the u.s. with ebola. he urged americans to stay calm, saying, quote, we need to replace irrational fear with courage and compassion and we need to focus our attention on stopping ebola in west africa. today, we re learning now how health care workers in this region are attempting to handle an ebola patient. this after two nurses were treating for diseas