with so much anxiety generated by ebola, we re going to address the scare from all angles this morning, reports from africa, dallas, washington and dr. richard besser here in new york to help everyone understand what we should be worrying about overseas and why we shouldn t panic here at home. we begin in dallas, the only american city where ebola has been contracted. abc s tom llamas is there. tom. reporter: residents woke up to find a mea culpa letter in their local papers. it comes from the ceo of texas health presbyterian where he acknowledges the hospital did make mistakes. the mea culpa letter comes as a lab technician who handled ebola victim thomas eric duncan s blood sample returned to texas on this cruise liner this morning. earlier that technician who has been quarantined in her cabin had her own blood sample transferred at sea to conduct tests for ebola before the ship docked. watch as a u.s. coast guard helicopter hovers over the deck of the carnival magic.
nepal from the u.s. india and china. hospitals are overflowing. an untold number of people are still missing. yesterday s 7.8 earthquake hit near the capital of kathmandu. this morning, a 6.7 aftershock was centered closer to mt. everest. climbers there say the aftershock set off fresh avalanches. the number dead on the mountain has risen to at least 17. among the dead three americans including dan friedenberg, an executive for google. there are no official estimates yet just how many people are missing in nepal. rescuers have been scrambling to save those who are trapped in collapsed buildings. in kathmandu, those efforts have been hampered by widespread power outages. one cnn journalist described conditions this way. there has been no electricity for more than 24 hours now. when i asked government officials when the city would come back he said we don t know yet. we are working on it. that s what i got from the spokesman of the home ministries. people tell me okay we wi
hello, everyone. welcome to weekends with alex witt. good to be with you this afternoon. we begin with florida, which is implementing a new policy for health care workers returning from ebola-stricken countries. they must admit to twice daily health evaluations for 21 days. governor rick scott says four people have come back to florida from the outbreak zone already. new jersey governor chris christie defended his state s mandatory quarantine order just back from the region. the fact of the matter is that we i don t believe, when you re dealing with something as serious as this that we can count on a voluntary system. this is government s job. if anything else, the government s job is to protect the safety and health of our citizens. and so, we ve taken this action and i absolutely have no second thoughts about it. meanwhile, the fiancee of dr. craig spencer is out of the hospital where she was quarantined. she returned home where she will stay until november 14th. sh
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