Washingt washington. Today we are learning that 100 people may have come in contact with Thomas Eric Duncan or his family including School Children. They are monitoring those individuals. Dung an remains at Texas Health Presbyterian report in serious condition. The hospital did not initially handle the situation well and he alerted the cdc himself about his uncle. One day when he first went there with the symptom coming from liberia, they should have done something immediately. They sent him back home only to get sick and come back by ambulance. Joining me now is nbcs kate snow and from cleveland, an Infectious Disease expert at case medical center. Kate, you have the breaking news, the exclusive interview with the nephew. The nephew called the cdc. From dallas, im not sure how you can figure out how to call the cdc. He lives in North Carolina and he called the main 1800number and he called them. This he said was on monday of this week. After feeling frustrated and feeling like nothing
Deal, but he wont reveal his decision, apparently fought even to his own secretary of state and this morning, there are some major developments in this russia probe from both the New York Times and the Washington Post. Is the investigation getting closer and closer to the white house . Weve got the reportert from both those papers who broke those stories and President Trump has continually said hes done more in the first months of his presidency than practically any president in history. But a new poll out this morning shows people dont quite agree with that. I guess it depends on what you mean. We begin with the latest on Hurricane Maria, though, now, lashing the eastern Dominican Republic with its destructive category 3 winds. All yesterday, the storm pounded puerto rico throwing the entire island of 3. 5 Million People into darkness. The island is also without water and Cell Phone Service t. Monster hurricane smashed into the already struggling u. S. Territory as a category 4 storm,
People in ang willa and barbuda, st. Martin and saint barts. He believes 90 of the island on barbuda may have been destroyed by the storm. 90 of the buildings on that island. There are real fears ahead for haty, the dmin can republic. Hurricane irma a is front and center tonight. One of the largest hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic basin. Well be talking about the preparations ahead of its path and what we are learning from the storm as path as it churns through the caribbean and toward florida. Simultaneously were keeping a eye on the aftermath of harvey, some towns outside of houston are still under water. There are worries about whats basically a toxic stew thats been left behind in parts of texas because of this storm. In addition to all of the other things that the houston and Gulf Coast Region is to our country, it is our Nations Center for our chemical industry. And one of the centers for petroleum industry. There are new reports out of houston people who were he can pose
Day 439 of the trump administration. And the Washington Post has just dropped a major story tonight on the mueller russia investigation. Carol len and i can robert costa report the special counsel told president trumps attorneys that the president remains under investigation but is not a criminal target, quote, in private negotiations in early march about a possible president ial interview, mueller described trump as a subject. Of his investigation into russias interference in our 2016 election. Prosecutors view someone as a subject when that person has engaged in conduct that is under investigation but there is not sufficient evidence to bring charges. The special counsel also told trumps lawyers that he is preparing a report about the president s actions while in office and potential obstruction of justice, according to two people with knowledge of the conversations. Mueller also reinforced the need to interview trump to understand whether he had any corrupt intent to thwart the russ
He does it in a way that is professional and effective. I am also told there is a unanimous belief among the president s allies the president s best legal strategy at this point in the obstruction of justice investigation is to exert executive privilege and not answer the kinds of questions detailed in the New York Times this week. One attorney involved in the Mueller Investigation told me today that the release of the questions to the New York Times was a, quote, inside job designed to get through to the president. More significant perhaps, two sources tell me that emmet flood is don mcgahns hand picked successor as white House Counsel. One adding that mcgahn views flood as a, quote, wartime consigliary. Three describe him as calming and competent figure this west wing badly needs. And one source close to mcgahn says of flood, quote, you dont want a successor who is going to stab you on the way out the door. Don envisions a transition of a couple of months. We should make a bubundantl