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Response. Stop the epidemic at the source. I cannot imagine there is a partisan issue related to ebola. The president has been two steps behind and asleep at the wheel. It shows us how incompetent the man really is. Its not a democrat response or a republican response. I shook hands with, hugged and kissed, not the doctors, but a couple of the nurses. This is a human response. Good to have you with us tonight, pokes. Thanks for watching. We start with breaking news. President obama has just signed an executive order on ebola. The order authorizes National Guard troops to travel to liberia to set up 17 treatment centers. 565 troops are already in that country. A total of 4,000 troops are expected to travel to africa to fight ebola. Just a few moments ago, in a few moments coming up, the president will meet with congressional leaders at the white house and theyre expected to discuss how quickly new ebola s. W. A. T. Teams can be dispatched to deal with the cases. The executive order comes as nurses here at home are calling for president obama to take action. Today National Nurses united called on president obama to issue an executive order. They want the president to order all u. S. Helps to meet the highest uniform National Standards and protocols in order to safely protect patients, Health Care Workers and the public. Their request comes as American Nurses truly are at risk. Since the first ebola patient was diagnosed in africa, the ed show has voiced concerns of nurses around the country and nurses say they dont have adequate training, protective gear and procedures put in place. Their fears have been confirmed as two nurses at dallas presbyterian have been diagnosed with ebola. Both nurses treated the first ebola patient thomas eric duncan. Earlier today a nurse from dallas presbyterian broke her silence. Her statements are shocking to say the least. Nurse brianaa combiry said dallas presbyterian never discussed ebola before duncan was admitted. The hospitals initial handling of duncan was deeply flawed. All i know for sure without any speculation, without any, without being slighted here at all is he was put into an area where there are up to seven other patients. We took probably around three hours to make our First Contact with the cdc to even let them know that what we had as our suspicion. You know, was there no special precautions other than what we know in the medical industry to be basic contact precautions and no special gear. We we were unprepared in the sense that we did not know what to do with his lab specimens. They were mishandled and thats what the Lab Technician told me, and there was just it was just a little chaotic scene and our Infectious Disease department was contacted to ask what is the protocol, and their answer was we dont know. Were going have to call you back. So whos on first and whos on third . Clearly, there is a disconnect between cdc and the people providing care. After nurse nina pham was diagnosed with ebola, aguirre was paurt part of her treatment team. Aguirre said she was not given the proper protective gear. I threw a fit. I just couldnt believe it, you know . And the second week with the ebola crisis at my hospital the only gear theyre offering us at that time and up until that sometime gear that is allowing our necks to be uncovered and i just flatout asked several Infectious Disease nurses, i asked the cdc why . Why would i be wearing two pairs of gloves, three pairs of booties, a plastic suit covering my entire body and then leaves my neck hanging out this much so that it can something can potentially go close to my mouth or nose . Folks, lets not be afraid to call this what it is. This is the business of health care in america. We are expecting forprofit hospitals to provide the proper protective gear and the proper training. Think about that. Is that is that really call for an executive order to force these hospitals to do it . I think so. Looks to me like these hospit hospitalses ahospitals are all for profit and a girly is doing the right thing on blowing the whistle on the dallas Presbyterian Hospital. By all account, this hospital knowingly put employees at risk. Aguirre said she is worried about retaliation from her employer. I just want to say that im sorry. My coworkers i know a lot of you will be proud of me right now and im sorry for those of you that are not, but what im doing here is not wrong and i dont believe can argue that. And im just im very concerned about losing my job. Its it is its the best job i ever had. Um, i travel a great distance to work there r. I dont live close to that hospital. Im the breadwinner of my family and im terrified. Im just like any other, the majority of middleclass working class people and im just a couple of paychecks away from not being able to pay my mortgage and im terrified about that and i dont know about my future there at that hospital or at any hospital. So this is a workplace issue. This is about competence and accountability, but lets not forget profit. We cant let that get in the way if we really want to make sure that we want to knock down ebola in this country. Earlier today, the Vice President of dallas Presbyterian Hospital testified in front of congress. Dr. Daniel varga claimed all cdc guidelines were followed and protective gear was given to the staff. The hospital followed all cdc and Texas Department of state Services Recommendations in an effort to ensure the safety of patient, hospital staff, volunteers, nurses, physicians and visitors. Protective equipment included water, impermeable gowns, surgical masks and eye protection and gloves. Since the patient had diarrhea, shoe covers were added. We notified the cals Infectious Disease specialists a riefred on the site shortly thereafter. His testimony contradicts what the nurses have been saying all along. Later in the hearing varga did a 180. He admitted his hospital did not provide proper training for staff. Your hospital received the first cdc Health Advisory about ebola on july 28th and this advisory was given to the directors of your Emergency Departments and signage was posted in your emergency room, is that right . Yes, maam. Was this information given to your emergency room punishel and was there any dull person to person training at texas presbyterian for the staff at that time . Yes or no some. It was given to the emergency department. Was there actual training . No. There was not actual training. His testimony now supports what the nurses have been saying all along around this country. 85 of nurses say their hospital has not provided education on ebola with the ability to ask questions. 37 say their hospital has insufficient protective gear. You see, that costs money. Todays hearing also highlighted some missteps in the cdc. Dr. Tom frieden admitted nurse amber vinson called the cdc before she flew on monday. Dr. Frieden, a second nurse affected with ebola took a flight to cleveland after she registered a fever. We have reports she contacted the cdc and was told she could fly. Did she call the cdc and asked to board a flight. My understanding is she did contact cdc and we discuss read her her reported symptoms. Were you paurt of that conversation some. No, i was not. So the cdc just did not err on the side of safety. No symptoms, but multiple reports report vinson was given clearance be to fly with a lowgrade fever. Does that sound safe to you . It was announced nurse nina pham would be moved to the institutes of health in maryland and one of four specialized containment facilities in this country built to handle ebola. Once pham moved to dallas, dallas pretsbyterian will have no, bowla patients. No surprise considering how theyve hand it will so far. The issue of west africa. There are no revisions and some members of congress are calling for a raffle ban from ebolastricken congress. Today the faa says its considering a raffle ban on a daytoday basis. President obama canceleda i trip to deal with the ebola crisis at home. If there is any news from the white house we will report it it to you live. The president will will be meeting with congressional leaders in just a moment at the white house, but wrap yourself around this for just a moment. We have a for hadprofit Health Care System in this country. I like profit, but i also like safety and i also like guarantees. We do not have a guarantee right now as a public that this country has got everything in line it take care of ebola. There are too many loose ends. Theres not enough restriction. There is not enough protocol being followed. What happens here is that oh, by the way, youre the ceo of a hospital. Youre in the Fourth Quarter of the year. Its been a good year and were getting toward bonus territory and the president and the cdc is saying that we have to have all of this protective gear. How much does that cost, boss . I think it will be 2, 3, 4 million if well do it right with the training. How many ebola patients do we have coming through the door . We dont have any. Guess what . Were not going buy it until we are told to. You have to sign an executive order, forcing, thats the word, forcing every single medical in the country, what the nurses united has been saying for over wo weeks is a wakeup call. Get your cell phones out. I want to know what you think. Hot topic of discussion in washington, a travel ban . Okay. Should there be a travel ban from african countries with Ebola Outbreak . Text a for yes, tb for no to 67622. You can always go to a blog at ed. Msnbc. Com. If youre thinking about profit it would probably be a heck of a lot easier to put a travel ban in place than it would be to tell those hospitals across the country. Well, just get protective gear if you get an ebola patient. I dont like those odds either. For more let me bring in jean ross for National Nurses united. Hanks for your time tonight. Glad to be here. Dr. Varga gave testimony with an admission of guilt when it comes to training. Whats your reaction to that . Its always mice to hear an a apolo apology. Im afraid its a little late and its very hard for us who have been sounding the warning signal for so long. I guess my feeling is thank god someones listening now, but if this is what it it takes to get anyone to listen to us, were up a creek here so to speak. I would say that his acknowledgement thattive in was done or what should have been done wasnt done is something, but how do you look at those two nurses in other hospitals now fighting for their lives somehow do you talk to your crew, your staff at your hospital now and expect them to trust you . Your reaction to todays interview with briana aguirre. I have to tell you that i almost broke down and cried, and i could see she was on the verge of tears and its so, so utterly familiar to us. Its ebola now, but its been other things in the past. When we warn, its as you said, it is the profit motive. That bottom line has to come first. We even heard a quote from some ceo, and i cannot tell you which facility that said is this really what youre expecting us to do . My gosh, that would bankrupt us. Well, thats not the perspective of theure ins of this country. The nurses of the country go ahead. The nurses of this country have your backs so to speak. This is our job to care for the public and for him to come right out and say that, sadly, he is not alone. I was stunned today that at this congressional hearing no one asked the question how much would it cost to prepare a hospital . Youre in minneapolis, pick a hospital in minneapolis. How much would it cost to prepare a hospital to get ready for ebola when were talking about protective gear and training . Can you answer that . You know what . No, i cannot. I do not know the figures, but i know one thing, there is billions and billions of dollars in our Health Care System and if we had the money to send troops which im glad the president is doing, if if we have money for other things that we consider priorities, that money needs to come. Jean ross, i appreciate your time. Thank you very much for being on the ed show. Keep up the fight. For more let me bring in Chris Van Holland from washington. Good to have you on. Good to be here. Your thoughts, whats your conclusion at this point . Clearly there was a breakdown in the hospital readiness system. The dallas hospital was clearly not prepared to respond. You had the testimony from the nurses and we had the infection from two nurses. So first of all, its absolutely essential that we have a uniform, National Standard for hospitals whether its through an executive order or some other directive, people need to be prepared, number one. Number two, i was pleased to hear that the cdc is going to now be sending s. W. A. T. Teams whenever there is an indication of symptoms of ebola and if a hospital is not yet prepared to deal with it, those patients should be taken to the hospitals where it is. So i represent the district thats home to the National Institutes of health. I got a call this morning from dr. Collins, the director of nih informing me that they would be transferring the first nurse who got sick in dallas to nih today, and assured me that nih was a facility that had the capacity to deal with this ebola virus. To the extent that hospitals are not yet prepared, we need to make sure those patients are going to places that are so that we dont put other people at risk. Congressman, from what you assess, do you think this country can be successful in fighting ebola and containing this without all hospitals or major facilities having protective gear and procedures put in place some. No, ed. I do think all those hospitals have to be putting the protective gear in place. People should be getting the training now. Its a separate question as to whether or not if a had hospital is still not equipped to handle ebola, whether they should then be transferred under care to one of these centers like nih or Emory University thats more equipped. But Everybody Needs to be on higher alert. There need to be national and uniform standards for dealing with this because clearly, at least in the first instance, the system did not work. So im it can be done. The National Nurses united they want an executive order. Would you support that . Would you advise the president to do that some. I would support an executive order or what other form that directive should take. Ive just written today to the Maryland Hospital Association with the series of questions asking them to make sure that maryland hospitals are prepared and asking them to go off a checklist that was actually provided by nurses united as to whether those standards of care were in place in maryland. So we should be having that take place throughout the country. Every single concern over the last several weeks that the nurses have brought up has turned out to be a problem. I dont know if anyone is paying attention, but im listening to the workers are saying in these facilities and everything theyve brought up has been an issue of concern down the road and theyre asking for an executive order, and i think its time for that. What do you Want Congressman to do congressman, what do you Want Congress to do . Two things. First, i think we should be calling upon the executive branch, calling the president to make sure that there is this uniform stand art in place. Whether its an executive order or some other measure. It it it doesnt matter what form it takes as long as it gets the job done. Member two, Going Forward i hope we will learn the lessons about how its important to fund places like the nih and the cdc. Dr. Collins, head of the nih has pointed out that because of the budget cuts over the last couple of years, the nih was not as prepared as capable as they might be to develop a vaccine or therapeutics. That is short sighted and simply dumb. Good to have you with us tonight. Coming up, the first or should i say the fight against isis continues. American, the poll says america wants boots on the ground . But first, rick scott shows up late to his own debate. More on the governor losing his cool next. Say with us. Before earning enough cash back from bank of america to help entertain some friends at the beach. Before earning 1 cash back everywhere, every time. And 2 back at the grocery store. Even before he got 3 back on gas. All with no hoops to jump through. Rafael was inspired to use his bankamericard cash rewards credit card to spend a night watching the stars, under the stars. Thats the beauty of rewarding connections. Apply online or at a bank of america near you. [ male announcer ] you wouldnt ignore signs of damage in your home. Are you sure youre not ignoring them in your body . Even if youre treating your Crohns Disease or ulcerative colitis, an occasional flare may be a sign of damaging inflammation. 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In todays top trender. Getting heated. Zee an extremely peculiar situation right now. Charlie crists feet delayed wednesday nights gubernatorial debate. For that reason, Governor Scott will not join us for this debate. Rick scott loses his cool before his debate against Charlie Crist. Governor scott, why the delay coming out over a fan. Look, who decided to show up. I waited to see if he would show up. You can clearly hear it in the microphone. Are we really going to debate about a fan or are we going to talk about the education and the environment and the future of our state . Well, you know the old saying, folks, dont ever let them see you sweat. Joining us tonight is mitt caesar of the broward county, democratic party. Youve been around this racket for 40some odd years. Thats one for the archives, isnt it . What happened some ive been to president ial debates and u. S. Senate debates and it was like an out of body political experience for me. Everybody in the audience at first thought it was a joke because neither one had come out and thought perhaps they were running late. Charlie crist came out pretty quickly and soed at the podium and stood at the podium until the moderator made that announcement and chris comment was probably the most appropriate and looked at the audience and said really . It was bizarre and ive never experienced anything like it and Governor Scott came off looking like a petulant child. Is that giving insight to his personality and his stability . What do you think . I think it does. His negative rating on people like him personally, if you didnt like him before the debate you sure would not want to have a beer with him since the debate ever. I think what he did was, i think it will prove to be, i think, maybe the critical difference. You know, theyre dead tie in the polls or up by one and less than three weeks left. Had this happened a couple of months ago, i think it would have drifted away. I think this moment will remain in the psyche of the electoral because you have 7 undeciders and if you count leaners you count 15 . If anyone watched today which may be more people would say, hey, if im a democrat and i was sitting home, i think ill vote for Charlie Crist. He it actually spoke to the issues and had answers and caught rick scott in a couple of lice, at least, while republicans say its scary and its not even halloween yet. Maybe i shouldnt vote. We should point that out that when i was down in florida this spring i did a sitdown interview with Charlie Crist, and he wanted a fan so he got a fan. Everybody knows if you interview charlie there will abe fan there. He doesnt like to sweat during an interview, and im surprised that scott wasnt smart enough to come out and you know, do what youre supposed to do and call Charlie Crist, what do you have that fan over there for . He could have disarmed Charlie Crist or had the upper hand on it and say thats not supposed to be here. Is that how youre going to be if youre governor, breaking the rules . He didnt have the instinct to make the play which i think is a real insight of what kind of decisions hed make as a governor. Think about this. The guy has spent 51 million. Hes an incoming governor and hes concerned about a fan on the on the stage of a debate . Thats not having control of the issues, as i see it. Thats a guy who is intimidated. Do you want your governor intimidated and distracted by such small things . Moving forward. What about that . I agree with you. You know, it was incredible miscalculation. That wasnt even a forced error by Charlie Crist. That was a selfimposed error and i think its because rick scott is so overly programmed and hes so tight which is one of the reasons why he kept punting and he had a difficult question to answer, you know, he kind of referenced his poor mom who passed away, multiple, multiple times. This is a guy who weve told people if you didnt like him now, if he gets reelected and doesnt have to run again, youre really going to dislike him. In the corporate world thats what we call a real suit, right some i got it. Well, and speaking of and speak issing of corporate very quickly, i will tell you Charlie Crist pointed out that there was 266 Million Dollars in public dollars given out to these corporations for job innocent i was and this is the great jobs governor rick scott. Only 4 of the goals have been met. Mitt caesar. Good to have you with us tonight. Coming up, in americas fight against isis there seems to be a shift thats taken place in Public Opinion in america. 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Welcome back to the ed show, just over a month since president obama outlined his administrations plan to degrade and ultimately destroy isis a lot has changed since then including the mood of the american public. Back in september, an nbcnews wall street journal poll wanted access to isis to be limited to air strikes only. According to a poll conducted this month, 41 of americans now believe air strikes and combat troops on the ground are necessary for the mission against isis. No surprise here. The reversal is fueled mostly by groups that make up the gop base. Theres been virtually no change among democrats. According to huffington post, paratroopers are training in fort polk, louisiana, and even the name of the operation seems to leave the door open for ground troops. Operation inherent resolve. Central command officials said the name was intended to signify the use of all available dimensions of National Power necessary. Joining me tonight in the rapid Response Panel, colonel lawrence wilkerson, colin powell and also with us tonight, congressman John Garamendi who sits on the House Arms Services committee. Colonel, you first. Are we setting the table for a reversal in policy here . What do you make of this and of the polls of the current feeling of the American People apparently starting to shift . I hope not, ed. I think what were doing is just sound Contingency Planning and in this case, some training to back it up should we have to do it. I would call your viewers attention to an article by Lieutenant Colonel daniel davis who criticized our policies in afghanistan quite elegantly in the National Interest a couple of days ago and it suggests a set of tactics that just might work. What weve got right now is weve got bombing that now is hitting targets that dont matter much because isis has gone into urban areas and into hiding. Theyre smart. They know what to do when we bomb. Lets keep them in those areas and lets cordon them off and lets dare them when to come out and when they do, lets bomb them when they come out. I think davis is on it a good set of tactics. Congressman, what has changed, if anything . What are the chances of us putting boots on the ground at this point . Well, were in a slippery slope, ed. I said this a month ago. Watch out, this slope has now been greased and you listen to the media. The drumbeats of war. That drum beat is out there. We really should not, we should not put those boots on the ground. There is a place for special forces and weve seen that in syria and probably some places in iraq. The Bombing Campaign is stabilizing the situation. The president laid out four specific things to be done. None of them included boots on the ground. We spent a decade, well spend well over 1 trillion. We lost more than 3,000 lives and who knows how many iraqis and thousands upon thousands of american soldiers came back badly, badly wounded in many different ways. We do not want to go back for another decade of war in that area. We have to have boots on the ground. Those boots have to come from the neighborhood, not from america. Colonel wilkerson, you know the sell job by the right on get boots on the ground isnt anything to stop any time soon. Taking that under consideration, has the does the president need on change his position at all at this point . And do you think what were doing is having an effect . Let me say first, ed, that i agree with everything that congressman garamendi just said. I couldnt agree more with him. To answer your question directly, i think the president needs to be a little more articulate about what it is that were doing within the confines of the four points he outlined. We do not need boots on the ground other than indigenous forces and those need some training because we didnt do a very good job for ten years before, and im not sure that even with the training theyre going to be adequate to the task. So i would say again, we need it a set of tactics that takes advantage of what isis is doing just as they take advantage of what were doing and we need to stay ahead of their decision cycle. We need to do things before they do them and thats not impossible at all and it doesnt require boots on the ground from the United States or any country from the west. Congressman, with the congress on break except for some hearings here and there, and much of the debate is taking place on the sunday shows or out on the campaign trail. Are republicans fearmongering for the nearterm votes some. There obviously is a great deal of fear across this country. The ebola, the war, isil and there is a lot of fear and much of it is legitimate, but weve got to be thoughtful. We have to be patient in our own time and we have to think through what the will reality is. This is a sectarian war and its also a war about wealth and power. We need to get it right this time. Actually, this war is that righted during the Reagan Administration with the bombing of the marine barracks. Its been going on a long time and maybe more than a thousand years and we have to think through exactly how to structure this in such a way that we dont get bogged down in another middle east war to the detriment of this nations wealth, to the detriment of our standing across the world and quite probably to make the problem worse. Congressman, let me ask both of you, you first, john. The trust issue. Do you feel confident that were getting the kind of help we need to get. The kurds are saying that the air strikes are not working. Of course, theyre going to need more. Theres never been a jgeneral that didnt need moring some, more time, more something. This is very, very much their fight and their boots have to be on the ground ask and iml la similarly turkey sitting on the sidelines and who knows . It appears that saudi arabia is playing the sunnishia card. This is a complex situation, but we should not get bogged down in another war. Colonel, your thoughts on that. I agree with the congressman, and i would add that youre always going to have the kurds, the iraqis and certainly the Syrian Free Army and others like them trying to get us to bail their rocks out of the fire. We cant do that. Theyve got to take the bulk of the weight here and theyve got to do the bulk of the fighting. We can give them the air support, but theyve got to do the bulk of the fighting. Colonel lawrence will wilkerson and garamendi, good to have you with us here on the ed show. Coming up, the congressional food policy report card is out. Some of the grades are plain embarrassing. Top shelf and Health Activist tom colicio joins us on the ed show. 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Reliably fast internet starts at 89. 95 a month. Comcast business. Built for business. Welcome back to the ed show. A story for the folks who take a shower after work. Food security is at the center of one of the tightest senate races in the country. Mark pryor against to the cotton. Senator pryor has made ending poverty a priority. Hes trying to keep food on the table of every Vulnerable Person in arkansas while tom cotton is painting them as addicts. I dont think that we should be using farmers as a way to pack more welfare spending into Barack Obamas government. Nor should we have a foot Stamp Program that isnt reformed, that doesnt have job training and work requirements, that doesnt have drugtesting requirements. 48 Million People in this country on Food Assistance and tom cotton advocates drugtesting all of them. The unconstitutional measure would infringe on privacy and unfairly penalize the poor in this country. Tom cotton released a commercial defending his vote to put arkansas at risk. Farmers cant spend more than they take in. When president obama hijacked the farm bill, turned it into a food stamp bill, i voted no. His words are misleading and dangerous. Food assistance has been a part of the farm bill since 1973 and traditionally bipartisan. A new website ranked all your politicians by their commitment to food security. Check the scoreboard for your member of congress. For instance, how Speaker John Boehner scores with a big fat zero when it comes to working for sensible food policy. Senator mark pryor scores at 57, his challenger, tom cotton, also has a goose egg. Foot security isnt a pawn for political agendas, its a real necessity for families across this country. Joining me tonight, food advocate and chef, tom callicio, good to have you with us tonight. And congratulations on top chef. Thanks, ed. How does tit calculate thing. We look at the votes and decide what is good food policy and then we have a board of directors that vote or decide which items were going to score. So this is our third scorecard, our third year of doing this. Were making a difference. These are issues, as you point out, food issues that every Single Person who eats, if youre lucky enough to eat three times a day should care about. If you care about gmo labels, the over use of antibiotics, if you care about feeding hungry people and nutritious lunches in schools, these are things that you care about. And most people when theyre cooking for their family, theyre not thinking of these actions as a political action. Yet members of Congress Vote on these issues. So we have a way of knowing and holding our elected officials accountable. Tom cotton did score zero, but since 1995 until present date, every year except for one year, tom cottons family farm has taken subsidies. So its okay for the farm subsidy handouts, but not okay to take care of hungry people. What are we doing right . What are we doing wrong . A cheap food policy is something that this country formulated a long time ago. We want to make sure that farmers are on the land. We want food independence just like we want energy independence. We dont want to have to rely on other countries. Fundamentally, are we doing things right . No. With taxpayer dollars, were supporting big ag, not small family farmers. The 25 billion in subsidies in Crop Insurance now, 85 of that goes to support big ag, large mono culture farmers. 1 of that goes to specialty crops, what we know as fruits and vegetables. So, no, were not supporting a clean agriculture system at all, were not supporting small family farms. So when people hear the farm bill, peoples idea of a farm is very different than what our tax dollars are supporting. So this is, again, some of the work that were trying to do, educate the public on what is contained in these various bills, that really affect what theyre able to purchase. And income inequality plays into this . Sure. Its easy to demonize someone on food stamps and say, look what theyre spending it on, on cheap food, highly processed food. Theyre giving their kids sodas and chips and stuff like that. But you have to look at why theyre doing it. Its the cheapest food available and its cheap because of subsidies. They would love to go out and purchase great fruits and vegetables for their family. Its too expensive. Theres no reason for a peach to cost more money than a fastfood hamburger, yet it does. And also, looking at food stamps as an investment in young children. When children show up to school hungry, they cant learn. So we need to change our thinking around this. These are some of the things were doing with food policy action, focusing on these Kitchen Table issues that affect everyo everyone. Tom, thanks so much. Thats the ed show. Politicsnation with reverend al sharpton starts right now. Good evening, ed, and thanks to you for tuning in. Im live tonight from los angeles. Breaking news tonight from dallas. Within hours, the first nurse diagnosed with ebola will leave dallas and arrive at a special biocontainment unit at an nih facility in bethesda, maryland. In the span of two days, texas presbyterian sending both infected nurses to facilities specifically equipped to handle ebola. Theyre just four such facilities in the ute