a nurse in spain is the first women to get it outside of africa. president obama calls it a top national security prior to. the white house considering extra screening at u.s. airports for passengers arriving from the hot zone. tahman bradley has more. reporter: this morning, the first outside of africa. tests confirm a nurse contracted the deadly virus. she was part of a medical team who treated missionaries who had become infected in west africa. she s in isolation while authorities search for the people she had contact with. in dallas, thomas eric duncan, the first in the u.s., remains in critical condition. they are administering a drug that at first he would have been sicker. if he took it first, i can t answer that. reporter: people monitoring contact with duncan, those likely it would start to show. eight to ten days after the last visit. and mukpo is beginning treatment in an isolation ward. he s strong and shares in the relief of the rest of his family he c
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perfect tens, it s the dance that america has been waiting for since dancing kicked off the season. alfonso bringing back the carlton. not unusual, just sensational. this morning, why he waited until now. we know you re smiling just like we are after that. alfonso said he would break out the carlton at some point in the season. last night was the night. right when he needed it, four perfect tens. he inspired michael this morning. it never gets old. no, it doesn t. i love it. a lot more of that coming up. start with the severe storms. large hail, strong winds, over 60 miles an hour, moving fast. and this right here shows you what was happen. this is mississippi. that is not snow. that is a backyard full of hail. so that s a warm weather phenomenon. but popping up, more than 70 reports from the deep south to the mid-south. texas to ohio. severe storms blasting backyards. in kentucky, hail up to 2 inches. in some spots, enough to fill buckets. stripping branches. d
any guesses? good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin with fast-moving developments this evening in the ebola outbreak. tonight, possible new cases popping up around the world. in spain this evening, eight doctors and nurses in isolation. one doctor sounding the alarm over protective gear. and right here in the u.s., look at the map. in the next 48 hours, five american airports will begin screening passengers arriving from west africa. 94% of passengers from the hot zone pass through those airports. and tonight, another major headline. what they ve now done in that dallas hospital, in that room where that ebola patient died. abc s cecilia vega, leading us off. reporter: it took a crew of 15 people a full 24 hours to decontaminate the dallas hospital where thomas eric duncan died. moving methodically through several rooms, sterilizing machines, collecting everything duncan touched clothing, gloves, bedding sending it all to
we begin this friday with the global fears about ebola. the head of the cdc said the virus could rival aids in the health crisis. someone is making a joke about ebola on board an airliner that triggered a massive response. we have tahman bradley. reporter: it was a joke, but no one was laughing. a hazmat team boarded the flight after a passenger sneezed and said he had ebola. another passenger heard and told a flight attendant, and alerted the captain. they were following strict cdc guidelines. you never to want see four guys in hazmat suits. reporter: there are new cases around the world. in spain, eight doctors and nurses are in isolation. so far only one of the workers has tested positive. six u.s. military planes arrived in west africa to help with the outbreak. soldiers at fort bragg are getting training ahead of their deployment. i was concerned about my health, but not really like this one. i m concerned about my health. what kind of diseases can i get? rep