and i ll talk to the white mother of a biracial toddler who s suing the sperm bank for mistakingly giving them the sperm of a black donor. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. tonight, health officials 234 the dallas area are working to locate 80-100 people who may have come direct or secondary contact with the ebola patient. meanwhile, four people duncan was staying with in the dallas area who were with him at the time he became ill are now quarantined inside the department they shared. the sheets, dirty towels and clothes worn by duncan remain in the apartment with those four people who had close contact with him. officials are working to get the apartment cleaned. we had some hedging issues that a that we are addressing in that apartment. this is a fluid situation. we have a contractor. there are protocol that is have to be followed to clean and to take care of the things that need to be taken care of in there. texas health officials have placed
and i ll talk to the white mother of a biracial toddler who s suing the sperm bank for mistakingly giving them the sperm of a black donor. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. tonight, health officials in the dallas area are working to locate 80 to 100 people who may have come direct or secondary contact with the ebola patient. meanwhile, four people duncan was staying with in the dallas area who were with him at the time he became ill are now quarantined inside the apartment they shared. the sheets, dirty towels and clothes worn by duncan remain in the apartment with those four people who had close contact with him. officials are working to get the apartment cleaned. we had some hedging issues that we are addressing in that apartment. this is a fluid situation. we have a contractor. there are protocols that have to be followed to clean and to take care of the things that need to be taken care of in there. texas health officials have placed the four
here, bureaucracy and human error had alarming consequences. the hospital that let an infected man go home is blaming software that failed to alert doctors even though he told an er nurse he had been in liberia. red tape stopped them from getting the permits to clean the apartment where he had been staying and a family of young children has been quarantined for days. i am joined by tom skinner, senior press officer at the centers for disease control in atlanta. thanks very much. me how cdc and dallas are coordinating. there have been a lot of missteps in dallas in particular. what does cdc think about the way the local officials handled it. we have a team on the ground pretty much working 24-7 to do everything that we can to stop this in its tracks and that s just what we are doing. we are trying to identify the close contacts of the patient and intrude close to 100 people trying to determine the close contacts. we identified probably a dozen or so that are likely to have t
all in starts right now. good evening from new york. tonight, health officials 234 the dallas area are working to locate 80-100 people who may have come direct or secondary contact with the ebola patient. meanwhile, four people duncan was staying with in the dallas area who were with him at the time he became ill are now quarantined inside the department they shared. the sheets, dirty towels and clothes worn by duncan remain in the apartment with those four people who had close contact with him. officials are working to get the apartment cleaned. we had some hedging issues that we are addressing in that apartment. this is a fluid situation. we have a contractor. there are protocol that is have to be followed to clean and to take care of the things that need to be taken care of in there. texas health officials have placed the four residents under quarantine after officials say they ignored requests not to leave the apartment. according to the order which is legally b
she s now at the national institutes of health in bethesda, maryland, one of the top facilities for this kind of treatment in the country. dr. anthony fauci, one of the major officials at the nih is optimistic. she s in fair condition, which implies she does still have some symptoms. she is in good spirits, she s a highly intelligent, aware person. who knows exactly what s going on and she s a really terrific person. when asked about the appointment of an ebola czar, dr. fauci didn t have a lot to say. you know, i don t know exactly what is meant by a czar, but we will certainly follow the lead of the president. and to follow the lead of secretary burwell. nbc s kristen welker is following the developments at the white house. thanks. what do we know about ron klain? and why does the president believe he s the person for this job? a lot of controversy, especially over his lack of medical experience. the president obama clearly choosing him because he has strong man