First to casey stegall. Lets go to casey at the white house first. Casey, what can you tell me . Reporter forgive me. I was looking down at my blackberry. All the information seems to be changing by the minute. The latest information we have that you were tossing out to me, the information that apparently this patient you were talking about that has symptoms thats being brought to an area hospital had some contact with patient zero. That appears right now not to be the case. It was a situation where someone went in to a medical clinic, an urgent care clinic and was having flulike symptoms and they had said that they had been to west africa recently. So theres also this word of caution. The cdc officials on the ground here in texas investigating the Thomas Duncan case say that they do not have any possible information about this situation in frisco, which is just north of dallas, by the way. Remember, there have been a number of false alarms all over the country. Were hoping this happen
Dallas area. One who may have set off red flags during a medical screening, and the world lead. The president set a goal to degrade and destroy isis, so why is the u. S. Letting in some critics views, letting a city close to the Turkish Border . 6 good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with the breaking news in the national lead, as a family mourns and the medical community deals with the first ebola patient in this outbreak to die in the United States there is word of another patient in the dallas area being monitored for ebola. This patient is being transported right now. Today, sadly, at 7 51 this morning central time, duncan, Thomas Eric Duncan became the first person to die of a horrible virus in this outbreak according to Presbyterian Hospital in dallas. Right now we are waiting for the cdc to update the public for the First Time Since his death and well bring that news to you live. Duncan spent his final hours on dialysis and a respirator with hi
Now is the time for action. Not words. At this moment were waiting a press conference from the cdc following the news that Thomas Duncan died this morning. His dobody will be cremated. He was given antibiotics and released. That decision has been widely criticized and left many questioning the system to handle the outbreak. The next few days be pivotal how the virus spreads. 48 people had direct or indirect contact with him. So far none of the 48 have shown any signs of the virus. But his death comes amidst heightened concerns from travellers from certain west african nations. There will be additional screening measures at five of the nations largest airports. The white house officials this afternoon are urging calm. Because of our infrastructure in the United States we think a risk of the outbreak is extremely low. Our security professional determined there are additional steps we can take to further strengthen the safety of the American Public without causing a disruption to the broa
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