Could now be as many as 100 at the hospital, at the apartment complex where he was staying and in the surrounding community. So far about a dozen people confirmed to have had direct contact with duncan are being monitored for ebola. Five of them are children. Today their schools are being disinfected, cleaned top to bottom by janitors dressed in hazmat suits and at the apartment where duncan was staying, four people are under quarantine. First, this woman described as a partner of his. Her name is luouislouise. Louise talked to Anderson Cooper and i caught up with anderson about their conversation earlier today. You just talked this morning to louise, were not giving her whole name, who is the partner of Thomas Duncan, who is the patient, the ebola patient in dallas. Begin at the beginning with it was her apartment in which he was staying . Shes a caretaker. Thomas duncan was visiting her. Shes had a relationship with him. Theyre not legally married. Its not clear what the current status is. He was visiting her and her family. Started to feel sick. She took his temperature. It was 101. She brought him to the hospital. She says as they were checking in at the emergency room, he was asked for a Social Security number. She said he doesnt have one because he just came here from liberia. The person said thats no problem. They saw a healthcare worker. Louise says she also told that person he had just come from liberia. Louise didnt mention ebola. She wasnt thinking about ebola at all. Thomas duncan didnt mention it at all either and none of the healthcare workers, nurses or anyone else asked Thomas Duncan about ebola. No bells were going off . No red flags were raised other than the fact she mentioned liberia twice to the hospital. He was sent home with antibiotics. She went and got it to him. He started to get severe diarrhea in her apartment. One of her children was there. And two nephews in their 20s were there. Over the course of the next several days Thomas Duncan got sicker. Louise would go back and forth. She worked during the day. She would come back. She does not believe he left the apartment but she cant say 100 because she wasnt there the full time. She says he never vomited but they were sharing a bed. He was sweating during the night. How close do we even know how close of contact . They were sharing a bed. He was sweating. And having a lot of diarrhea running to the bathroom. She was at work the day he became sick and louises daughter came to bring him tea and found him shivering and called an ambulance and followed him, went to the hospital with him. Thats when they started to check for ebola. The thing that surprising to me right now is louise is at home. Shes been told by the cdc who came to visit her that she has to stay there for 21 days with these three other members of her family who were there when Thomas Duncan was there but the towels that Thomas Duncan used are still in the apartment. Louise put them in a plastic bag and sheets she used and pillowcases he used are still on the bed. Louise is not sleeping on the bed but shes not sure what to do. Just to back up for a second. The 21 days is what doctors are saying. You may not show symptoms for 21 days. The incubation period. You talk to her on the phone. Shes stuck in her place for 21 days along with a 13 year old and two nephews. How is she doing . Shes clearly upset. Shes scared. Shes a woman of very strong faith. Praying a lot. Shes taking her temperature every hour. Shes very well aware of what she needs to be on the lookout for but she is concerned about how is she going to get food over the next 21 days . Health officials brought sandwiches for her last night. She is waiting for someone to bring food today. She was told the cdc will visit her every day. Have they been knocking on her door . They havent been there today when i talked to her right before noon. She expects them to come. Shes hoping the red cross will bring some food. Obviously she cant go out shopping. Shes not allowed to leave the apartment. Unbelievable. Well watch much more of your interview at 8 00 eastern here on cnn. Thank you, sir. Thanks. That was anderson. Well watch for his interview tonight at 8 00. Meantime, duncan brought ebola to the United States from liberia, one of three nations in west africa hit the hardest by this deadly virus. So dr. Oliver johnson is over there and treats ebola patients in whats called the hot zone. He joins me live from sierra leo leone. We have confirmation that the sheets, towels upon which this ebola patient used are being will be removed from this apartment. The Health Officials are en route. Can you tell me the process of doing so and will they be burned . Destroyed . I imagine the process in some way in texas will be very different to freetown where we have very little resourcing. What we would do here is burn them. We have a pit at the back of the hospital and porters who have been specially trained wearing full suits and goggles and masks would take materials and wrap them up and they will spray the bags and transport them and fully burn all waste that had come in contact with someone with ebola. There would be great deal more equipment and other things to make sure its completely safe. Well wait to see if theyre burned and what the process is here in the states. This was in the New York Times reporting that this dallas patient left liberia after he had been in contact with this woman, this pregnant woman, who died who had ebola. My question to you is how was he having had that contact allowed to leave . I think its very difficult to when someone is leaving the country you have to hear their story about what happened and you cant read their minds and of course people have so much ebola is everywhere across west africa. All of us are having contact with people who may have ebola every day and i think what it is a wakeup call for us. We cant control it. We cant protect ourselves by closing our borders. What we have to learn from this is that our hospitals in the u. S. And in europe need to be on the alert. Most importantly, if we want to stay safe, we have got to commit in the west in solving this outbreak in west africa. We need to send teams of clinicians and supplies and logistics and funding out here to end the outbreak in west africa as soon as possible because thats going to be the only way to really protect all of us in the west. Thats going to be the takehome message to the American Public today. Let me ask you, dr. Johnson, there in the thick of it, its easy for a lot of people to become alarmists and fearful for nightmare scenarios. You are dealing with and treating these people person to person. Can you just i dont know if assure is the right word because a lot of people are worried here in the states, how do you keep your calm . So we have been here for a couple years. We were here when ebola started and weve been alongside colleagues at the main Government Hospital trying to make sure this is brought under control. We thought maybe we would see 10 or 20 cases and have seen over 300 cases. Ebola has become normal. What we learned is that if you take basic precautions, if you wear the right gear, if you are cleaning things properly, theres nothing to worry about. The reason the outbreak is so big in west africa is because when they are sick they often dont go to hospital and when they die they dont go to funeral homes. Hospitals themselves dont have great Infection Control supp supplies, gloves, chlorine and training. We dont have here the kind of Surveillance System you would have in the west to track down these contacts and track down these cases and quarantine people effectively. This is why the outbreak is out of coal in west africa but its a different story in the United States where as you can see already the houses have been quarantine, patient is being safely managed and people present to hospital when they get sick. I would agree with the director of the cdc maybe there would be one or two additional cases from the immediate contact but i have no doubt the cdc has traced down all of the contacts that there are, quarantined them and there will be no risk of transmission in a hospital setting right now and this wont become an outbreak in the United States or an ongoing threat. Thats not the public in the United States shouldnt be concerned right now of this o outbreak. They you had be concerned about the cases in west africa as they continue to increase every day more and more cases. Thats a real worry. If the disease continues to be out of control here, there may be more cases that travel directly to the United States or theyll travel by europe or by china or by somewhere else and this disease will continue to spread. It will start to affect our economies, our trade, our air travel. So really again i would go back to this idea you dont need to worry about too much about this individual case. What you do need to worry about is making sure we tackle the heart of the problem. Absolutely. Its incredible the work you and teams around you have been in the thick of for months, years, there in west africa and beyond. Dr. Oliver johnson, thank you for speaking with me this afternoon and putting this into perspective for us in the u. S. For you watching, we want your questions on ebola. They are wonderful those that have come in. Send me tweets and use the hashtag ebolaqanda and well bring in dr. Sanjay gupta who is all over this and hes been to west africa and answer your questions in half an hour on cnn. Breaking news in the war against isis. Turkey now joining the u. S. As terrorists surround this key border city and civilians are told to get out right now. Well take you there live. Were also now hearing which incident was the final straw for president obama in this whole mess that the secret service made. Take a listen. Robin kelly, mike quigley, brad schneider, you got your mayor elizabeth tisdale. One of my great friends, former chief of staff, the mild mannered mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel, is here. [ applause ] it is great to be back home. Its great to be back at northwestern. Back when i was a senator, i would be honored delivering the commencement address for the class of 2006. And as it turns out, ive got a bunch of staff who graduated from here and so theyre constantly lobbying me about stuff. Earlier this year i popped in via video to help kick off the dance marathon. I figured this time i would come in person. Not only because its nice to be so close to home but its also just nice to see old friends. People who helped to form how i think about public service. People who helped me along the way. Tony was my alderwoman. Was a great supporter. Lisa, your attorney general, is my seat mate. Terry link was my golf buddy. You have people here who i have known for years and really not only helped me be where i am today but helped develop how i think about public service. Im also happy to be here because this is a university that is brimming with possibilities of a new economy. Research and technology and ideas and invasion and trainers of doctors and educators and scientists and entrepreneurs. You cant help but visit a campus like this and feel the promise of the future. Thats why im here. Its going to be young people like you and universities like this that will shape the American Economy and set the conditions for middle class growth well into the 21st century. We have seen turmoil around the globe. One thing should be crystal clear. American leadership is the one constant in an uncertain world. Its america. Our troops, our diplomats, that lead the fight to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as isil. Its america. Our doctors, our scientists, our knowhow that leads the fight to contain and combat the ebola epidemic in west africa. Its america. Our colleges and graduate schools and unrivalled private sector that attracts so many people to our shores to study and start businesses and tackle some of the most challenging problems in the world. When alarms go off in the world whether a disaster thats natural or manmade, when theres an idea or invention that can make a difference, this is where things start this is who the world calls. America. They dont call moscow or beijing. They call us. We welcome that responsibility of leadership because thats who we are. Thats what we expect of ourselves. But what supports our leadership role in the world is ultimately the strength of our economy here at home. And today i want to step back from the rush of global events to take a clear eyed look at our economy. Its successes and its shortcomings and determine what we still need to build for your generation. What you can help us build. As americans, we can and should be proud of the progress that our country has made over these past six years. Here are the facts because sometimes the noise clutters and i think confuses the nature of the reality out there. Here are facts. When i took Office Businesses were laying off 800,000 americans a month. Today our businesses are hiring 200,000 americans a month. [ applause ] Unemployment Rate has come down from a high of 10 in 2009 to 6. 1 today. [ applause ] over the past 4 1 2 years our businesses have created 10 million new jobs. This is the longest uninterrupted stretch of private sector job creation in our history. Think about that. And you dont have to applaud im going to give you a lot of good statistics. Right now there are more job openings s than at any time si 2001. All told, the United States has put more people back to work than europe, japan, and every other advanced economy combined. I want you to think about that. We have put more people back to work here in america than europe, japan and every other advanced economy combined. President obama Home Field Advantage speaking to young people at Northwestern University. Great demographic saying young people will shape the American Economy in the future. Lets talk about timing of this and really the picture of the economy as it is in october now of 2014 with chief washington correspondent jake tapper. The president alluded to the crisis whats happening with ebola. With everything in iraq, syria, ebola, why now is he talking about the economy . Hes very eager to talk about the economy. Theres a lot of good Economic News that he wants to talk about not just the stock market but also in terms of job growth and in fact you may have noticed in the last couple weeks when president obama came out to the white house, the brady briefing room, to talk about isis, the very first thing he did was talk about the economy even though that wasnt purportedly the reason he was coming out. Remember this was the central catastrophe as he took office with those huge job losses and the stimulus package and all of the economic recovery and times the economy wasnt recovering that he took heat for. He much rather have focus be on that especially as people go to the voting booths in november. A reminder, refocus, telling everyone hold that applause. Youll have many more places to applaud. What his administration has accomplished in the last couple of years. Rick newman, what about you . Of course the president mentioning the Unemployment Rate. Rates have been going down. Let me just share with viewers the cnn orc poll. 42 say Economic Conditions are good. You have the rich getting richer. 27 new billionaires on forbes most richest list this year. Can you be real with me. How is the economy . The whole question compared to what . There are a lot of trends going in the right direction but there are millions of americans that are just still in a huge hole. Ill give you one number that captures this. Household income for typical family is 5 lower than it was before the recession in 2007 and its probably not going to get back to prerecession levels until 2019. Thats a 12year hole a lot of families are climbing out of. They feel this in real terms in real lives through declining Living Standards and purchasing power less than it used to be. Its not going to change by the mid terms or by the 2016 president ial elections. This a political issue for a long time. Brooke, if i could interject, thats one of the reasons why president obama still finds himself having to explain to the American People that there is net positive gdp growth and all of the trends are moving in the right direction. The vast majority of the American People still do not feel like the economy is on the right track. They still do not feel confident and so those are the headwinds, the psychological headwinds in some cases but also the very when you deal with real economic numbers as opposed to some of the other numbers that are thrown our way, what hes up against. The recession officially ended five years ago. Its extraordinary that were even still talking about it. During normal times, you would not have a president saying, hey, everybody, the recession is over. Just letting you know five years after it officially ended. Thats how big a problem it is. To jakes point, it was rough when he took over . Went black. I dont know where you guys went. It was rough when he took over. Hes trying to remind everyone to jakes point as we are a month away from those mid terms, hey, listen, its improving. Hopefully Getting Better and you young people, you young people at Northwestern University can help shape that. Jake tapper, see you at 4 00 eastern. Rick newman, thank you very much. Coming up next on cnn, breaking news in the war against isis. Turkey as we mentioned a moment ago joining the United States as terrorists have been surrounding this key border city and the people who live there are getting out and are told to flee. Well take you there live and were getting word about a News Conference from dallas on the ebola patient there. We know well be hearing from city and county and state leaders. Theyll be holdi