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Against isis are getting the job done. Plus, how president obama plans to make the most of his last two years in the white house. There are also developments in the fight to prevent ebola from spreading here in the United States. Enhanced screenings are set to begin at five u. S. Airports this week where 94 passengers from west africa will arrive. Well go live to jfk airport in new york. Well go live there in just a moment, but, first, we start with the biggest political story this week. It invo...

Reported fever, he contacted the Health Department. We contacted ems and he was brought to Bellevue Hospital. The test for ebola was conducted on blood drawn here at Bellevue Hospital, and conducted at our Public Health lab. I think that i should turn over to dr. Zucker to talk about the process of his transfer. We really are confident that all of the protocols that weve worked so hard to put in place for communications with all levels of our Public Health system with our emergency medical syste...

Were standing by for a News Conference on the enhanced ebola screenings beginning today at Jfk International airport here in new york. Were going to bring that to you live when it begins. This morning less than 20 miles away from where im sitting, the busiest hub for International Travel in the United States is beginning to implement a new rigorous screening process in order to determine if if passengers entering the United States from certain west african countries have contracted the deadly eb...

Pressures on president obama and also political pressures. First, to the practical pressures. What you mapped out. There is widespread fear right now about this disease. Day after day, more negative headlines. There didnt seem to be a coordinated response from the white house. I think on the one hand, president obama was feeling pressure to name someone to be a point person. There were real mrim political pressures as well. Ive been talking to democrats saying, they dont want to see another week...

And was she contagious . Now the hunt is on for the other passengers on this plane. Plus, texas nurses threatening to walk off the job. It is unforgivable that there was a lack of planning, a lack of preparation and a lack of education. As the cdc director heads to the hill for a grilling, should the agency have been better prepared . If i were writing the papers, that would be my headline we need help. Good morning. Thanks for being here, im Monica Brewer in for Carol Costello today who has the...

Good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront, the first ebola diagnosis in america. But perhaps most disturbing, new details about a texas hospital mistakes exposed the public to the deadly virus. The patient identified late today as the man you see here, Thomas Eric Duncan is a 42yearold man from liberia. He went to Texas Health Presbyterian hospital on tuesday and he told hospital workers he had just arrived from liberia, the center of the outbreak but they gave him some antibiotic and pain relieve...

Mr. Duncan. Were a hospital that may have done some things different. With the wbenefit of what we knw today. No one wants to get this right more than our hospital. Did they have the proper protective gear . We did. The only way we are going to beat this is person by person, moment by moment, detail by detail. It may get worse before it gets better. But it will get better. This morning on nbcs today show, secretary of health and Human Services said more could have been done. I think we believe w...

Dressed similarly. But she was able to walk on her own accord into a waiting ambulance. And there you see the procession of Law Enforcement vehicles and Health Officials who are going to be escorting her to Emory University hospital. The breaking news just in from chief medical correspondent in fact, lets take a look at her getting off the plane, lets take away from the live images. Well show you the images which occurred just moments ago. You see her in the yellow suit being escorted slowly int...

Testifying on capital hill. He will be testifying there. There are more than 5,000 hospitals in this country. There are more than 2,500 health departments. This is the quo people are asking, why are you allowing folks to come here. Is the white house considering a travel ban . I cant speak to the white house. Theres some suggestion that the patients dog be infected. Can the virus be transmitted by dogs. We have no restrictions on travel of human beings. How about the dogs . Dont you think we oug...

Jared diet. How about the candy diet . How much candy did you consume . Very would you believe, very little . I would say none. Boy, youre better off than i am. How did it go . I had a little binge on saturday. A little movie, popcorn and raided the kids buckets of candy. Its good to have you again. Good to see you. Good to see you. Tai hernandez here alongside t. J. Holmes. Weve got nasty weather. An early wintry blast is hitting the northeast. Its packing powerful wind gusts, heavy rain in par...