Thing to wrap your mind around. Especially for this age, this is not something they deal with every day or should have to deal with. His school had counselors on hand before the first bell rang today. We will have more on that part of the story at 6 00 p. M. Thank you. To the ebola virus. The first nurse infected with the virus just left the dallas hospital and will be flown to baltimore. Ktvus julie haener is here with that and the grilling the cdc received in washington. Reporter nina pham was the first person infected with ebola in the United States. She was taken by ambulance to a jet to fly there the National Institutes of health in maryland. She left minutes ago. The facility has one of four units in the United States. She is said to be in good condition. The director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention defended himself in a hearing today. He said stopping this in africa is key to preventing the spread in the United States. I will tell you as the director of cdc one
Well talk to some of the young whiz kids how they tackle the words that have us on spell check, today saturday, may 31, 2014. From nbc news this is today. With lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill along with mike bet is in for dylan. Nice to have you with us. Were going to talk more spelling bee. I went on wednesday, saw some of the action before the finals and spent time with the kids and boy, did we get lucky. We hung out with one of the cochampions. And it also coincidentally. We got lucky. Spell coincidentally. I couldnt spell at all. I thought i was good until i went up against these kids. They are way smarter than adult i met. Look forward to that. Well have that. In the meantime. In the meantime we begin with the top stories. The future of the los angeles clippers. That huge lawsuit filed by owner Donald Sterling could it now get in the way of a record deal re
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9 00 p. M. In el paso texas. We bring you continue breaking News Coverage of the shooting in el paso. Heres what we know right now. It began this morning in the 10 00 el repetto first 911 call at 10 39 a. M. El paso time at the cielo vista mall gunman opened fire killing some the parkland in the moving inside. The attack happened with as many as 3000 shoppers and workers on site but a witness described the suspect as confident and manner of mission. When they had no chance to escape open fire killing people one by one. As clearly as you can see from this video of a Police Officer with his weapons in one hand and comforting a victim and another. This was an emotional day for the police on the scene. We have 20 confirmed fatalities and we have 26 wounded. The ages and genders of all these people injured and killed our numerous and the age groups. The situation needless to say its a horrific one. Leland hes describing the scene inside this walmart by Law Enforcement Officials Say the shoo