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KGO Good Morning America October 15, 2014

What led her to rehab and almost cost her her life. Why he says its about blackmail. The abc exclusive interview this morning. What would you do if the entire room you were in started disappearing . The floors, walls, disappearing around you. Did this extreme prank go too far into shocking you into shopping . And we do say good morning, america. A lot to get to this morning. And, george, as you just said, a Second Health care worker has tested positive for ebola. Thats what were seeing in dallas just moments ago. An all too familiar scene. Hazmat teams swarming an apartment building. So much anxiety. 120 people are being monitored for symptoms. 11 with definite exposure. 114 with possible exposure. This is the second one infected in america. We have full Team Coverage and hear from the white house. But lets start with abcs tom llamas at the hospital. Good morning, tom. Reporter robin, good morning. Weve just learned new information about that Second Health care worker infected with ebola. We know shes a woman. She did treat Thomas Eric Duncan here at texas presbyterian. Shes lives alone with no pets. This as doctors in dallas try to treat two ebola victims, two patients were their same hospital. Overnight, a Second Health care work chore provided care for Thomas Eric Duncan tested positive for ebola. The unnamed patient in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian after reporting a fever. Dallas police and fire rushing to this neighborhood just moments ago to begin the decontamination process of the latest patients home. When i read here that the likelihood of contracting ebola is extremely low, it kind of concerns me, because right now, its knock on my door. Reporter so far, two the 76 people responsible for duncans care have tested positive for the virus. It may get worse before it gets better. Reporter this morning, alarming allegations from the National Nurses union about working at Texas Health Presbyterian. The nurses said there were no clear cut guidelines or protocols on how to provide care for the patient. Reporter Union President deborah berger, telling us search Texas Health Presbyterian nurses contacted them, wishing to remain anonymous, about critical flaws in the way duncan arrived the the hospital with the ebola systems. They dont represent any nurse at the hospital, but those were wearing gloves with no taping around wrists and suits that exposed necks. And they could tape their necks. And facial masks were not necessary, some supervisors said. This information came from the cdc but didnt respond quick enough when he was diagnosed. I wish we would have put the team on the ground on the day he was diagnosed. Overnight, her friends paying for her. As for the Critical Care nurse now upgraded to good condition. Shes doing well and wants to thank everyone for kind wishes and prayer, adding im blessed to be cared for by the best doctors and nurses in the world. Despite dealing with a double infecti infection. There are no plans to move this new ebola patient or nina to somewhere else in the country. George . For more, joined by the secretary of health and human services, sylvia burr well. Thank you for joining us. What do we know about the condition of the new patient. And given how wide the circle of contacts turned out to be, should we expect to hear about more ebola infections at the hospital . With regards to the new patient at the new confirmation with ebola, ill leave that to the clinicians on the ground and also respect their privacy in terms of their choices about that information. With regard to the Contact Tracing were doing from the first incident with mr. Duncan, what we know is that there are 76 people that we are tracking closely. Those are people that came in contact. Because we dont understand exactly how the breach in protocol occurred, we are taking the precaution of making sure that anyone who had contact in that treatment space will be tracked and monitored in a more serious way. So nurses at that hospital coming forward now talking about something far more than a breach in protocol. They are saying there were no protocols at all, insufficient protection, improper guidance. They say they feel unsupported, unprepared and lied to. Is it fair to conclude there was a major breakdown at Infection Control at texas presbyterian and are you confident it has been fixed . With regard to the steps that were taking and were announced yesterday by director frieden, theres been a number of additional steps that have been put in place. And that includes adding nurses put in place. And that includes adding nurses that have come from emory to do peertopeer training for the nurses and also in addition we have added further training with regard to the protocols. We have given direction. There is flexibility within the protocols dependent on patient and clinical setting. Although this point, the cdc gave direction. And there is a 24 7 site manager for oversight of taking on and taking off of the protective equipment that Health Care Workers have wearing at texas presbyterian. Finally, madam secretary, we heard the World Health Organization say yesterday we could see 10,000 new cases a week around the world. Does the u. S. Agree, and what needs to be done to get this epidemic under control . With regard to the sense of urgency, i think everyone is feeling the sense of urgency and the importance of containing it onsite in west africa. Thats very important to our own domestic preparedness and making sure we fight this. Right now, whether thats the president and the communication hes doing with leaders and all of uand the department of defense, the state department, usaid, working in the whole of government, fullcourt press, working an that issue at the same time with the domestic preparedness. Thank you for your time this morning. Thank you. And abcs chief medical editor, dr. Richard besser is here now with more on this. And knowing, texas presbyterian is a good hospital. Its a very good hospital. Tom llamas referring to it as a General Hospital. And people are question, and you have all along, is it capable of taking care of patients like this . I dont think it is. I think thats the fundamental mistake here. When you have someone with ebola, you want them taken care of in a place where they specialize in that. You cant just give people suits. Sounds like here, they werent even given proper suits. But you cant give people suits and make sure they use them properly and safely. Six weeks ago the military was building containment units. Where do we stand . I was there two weeks ago, and they hadnt broken ground. And the idea you can take a slow approach on this is very frightening. The numbers from the World Health Organization are scary. If they cant build quickly and get patients treated, its going to continue to spread. The numbers that george referred to are scary. People are waking up, okay, this is the second one. And there is this natural concern about it being widespread. Im hearing this fear. And if i were a Health Care Worker who was taking care of mr. Duncan, i would be worried, but for the rest of america, theyre not at risk of getting this disease. How does the cdc, you were there before joining us here at abc news, how do they regain the Publics Trust . It was a big step yesterday when they said they made a big mistake, should have gotten there sooner. What they need to think about hard is getting the patients to specialized units where they know how to take care of this kind of disease safely. Youre heading to dallas . I am. Im going right after the show. Turn now to the two major storms, one on each coast. A major hurricane barrelling toward bermuda, and Tropical Storm picking up speed as it closes in on hawaii. Start with hurricane gonzalo. Thats in the atlantic. This is what it looks like over antigua and now its a major hurricane. Category 3, winds of 125 miles per hour. All over water now. Should strengthen to a category 4 later today. That would make it the strongest hurricane in the atlantic in three years. So its been a while since weve seen Something Like this, and bermuda is on hurricane watch. Friday is the day well be watching it pass by or over bermuda, and that leaves us in the atlantic. Weve got to head to the pacific. Because thats where our attention turns also on friday, for hawaii. Tropical storm, ana, should strengthen into a hurricane later today. Pass right over hawaii as we go through the weekend. Two huge headlines, both coasts. And we have strong storms in the midatlantic and northeast. Youre on top of it. And the other top stories. Good morning, everyone. And we begin with a big scare overnight for passengers on a tour bus driving down interstate 95 in connecticut. All of a sudden a man with a knife started attacking people. Seconds later the driver was forced to take action. This coach bus carrying dozens of passengers to a casino overnight, when violence breaks out. A man starts stabbing people in the seats. The driver, hearing the commotion, makes a bold move, pulling over in this construction zone, flagging down a state trooper. But thats when things became more violent. Once the suspect realized the trooper was close by, started advancing to the trooper with the cutting instrument. The trooper was forced to draw his service weapon, fire, and struck the suspect. Police saying they had no choice but to open fire. But one bullet apparently ricocheted off the pavement. Nix, the trooper did in fact strike a witness with one of the rounds. That witness expected to be okay. And stunned passenger evacuating the bus, grateful for the drivers quick thinking. Now the suspect later died. Two people stabbed on the bus are in the hospital. Their condition is not immediately released. The motive for the attack, though, remains unclear. The Supreme Court is stepping in to allow abortion clinics in texas to reopen. The court is blocking a state law that had imposed strict requirement on abortion providers. But the legal fight is far from over. An Appeals Court is deciding whether that law as a whole is constitutional or not. And trouble ahead for democrats in the next months midterm elections, according to a poll, president obamas Approval Rating has plunged to a new low of 40 . Thats the same of president bushs Approval Rating back in 2006 before democrats swept the mid term elections. Nascar is handing down punishments for this brawl that broke out saturday after a race. Driver tony stewart now facing a 25,000 fine for backing into another driver. His rival, Brad Keselowski faces a fine of 50,000. And finally, the video thats blowing up the internet this morning. As you know, First Lady Michelle Obama often works with children in her vegetable garden. This time, she is pushing one of her favorite veggie, the turnip. Now singing the hit rap classic turn down for what. Turnip for what. Turnip for what. Love the head nod. She posted the video after someone online asked her, how many calories do you burn every time i turn up. And now there are turnip people memes. Halloween turnips. Its just endless what we can do. What to do with Brussel Sprouts . Who knows. Its kind of hard to carve a brussel sprout. You guys werent here when Michael Strahan was yelling, turn up for what. And we were all thank you. And now to the high school hazing scandal rocking a new jersey town. Some team members making their first appearance in court on tuesday. And this morning, were hearing from ra former player. Linsey davis has the latest on this. Reporter the player shared, that was key. And now the Football Program in jeopardy, how long has this going on is the key question for investigators. The same players who would be gearing up for football practice, suiting up instead for court. Several of the seven Football Players facing criminal charges in the sexual hazing case plaguing sayreville high school. Making their first appearances in family court tuesday. The accused players now suspended and football season canceled indefinitely as theyre trying to figure out what happened in past years. Everyone knew that if we did something wrong, we would have been he would accountable. There would have been consequences. Reporter 2006 graduate and former Football Player matt hammond says he remembers joking around, but no hazing. There was a consistent respect for everybody in the locker room. There may have been jokes cracked. Nobody was ever laughing at you. It was all about laughing with you. Reporter he points out the unique layout of the athletic facility. The coaches offices, quite a distance from the locker room where the alleged hazing may have happened, making it hard for the coaches to see what was going on. The guy i think i know, if Something Like this had happened, he would have said or done something about it. Reporter this morning, a glimpse of george najjars interaction after the powerhouse football teams final game on september 27th. One thing, we will not do when we leave this facility is hang our heads. I dont want to see anybody hanging their heads. Reporter its unclear if the teens that were arrested are being held or they are now back with their parents. While the prosecutor confirmed some appeared in family court yesterday, he would not say if he will charge them as adults. Which would be pivotal. Thank you so much. And another beat with lara. A dramatic rescue thanks to an iphone app and really quick thinking. A Police Officer came to the rescue after a california woman was saved. She was at the bottom of a ravine. Trapped overnight after driving off the road. And aditi roy has the story. Reporter this morning, the grateful family of melissa vasquez, air lifted to safety after being trapped at the bottom of a 500foot ravine, speaking out. We want her to be okay. Reporter the dramatic rescue all thanks to an app on her phone helped save her life. She veered off a steep and Windy Mountain road monday. The car landing on the roar, flinging the 20yearold woman to the ground, her cell phone out of reach. Her onstar device alerting authorities she had been in a crash, but led them to the wrong location. After her mother reported her missing 12 hours later, officer David Cameron went to her home, finding her locked ipad. Incredibly, the techsavvy officer able to guess the password. It was an educated guess. Third attempt, i was able to get in. Reporter cameron then accessing the find my iphone app, pulling up a map, showing the exact location of her cell phone. Showing the location, right there on Mount Hamilton road. Getting a hit on a gps from a find my iphone app. Reporter police swarming the scene. Watch as they hoist the young woman out of the ravine on a stretcher. From the time i got into the ipad until the time she was located was somewhere like 20 to 30 minutes. Reporter after hours of being missing. After hours of being missing. Reporter an onstar spokeswoman is telling us they are investigating the incident. Vasquez recovering in a hospital with major leg injuries this morning is expected to survive. Aditi roy, abc news. And how quickly they were able to after getting that information. Unbelievable. Those 1234 passwords. Never thought that would come in handy. But actually nthis case, it worked out well. And thunderstorms in the northeast, the rain is moving into the midatlantic and northeast. And ginger, you have an eye on it for us. And here in tallahassee, almost 5 inches of rain. Thats more than a months worth at least in october in that part of florida. And in the midatlantic, tornado and thunderstorm warnings. Most are just strong thunderstorms. That will bring heavy rains from South Carolina to pennsylvania. And watch as it breaks apart. But its a wet next 48 hours. Anywhere from 1 to 3 inches in some spots. Clear. I am the meteorologist, with clouds and sun with highs 60s along the coast and a few 70s inland and 70 in vallejo and 74 in fairfield and San Francisco is getting to high of 65. The sevenday forecast shows another rain friday into saturday and another chance early next week. So the rains about here now. By tonight, we get the heaviest of it into tomorrow. Umbrellas handy, everyone. Coming this way. All right, thanks for the headsup. Coming up, super star keshas bombshell lawsuit. Claiming years of abuse. Hes calling it extortion. Her lawyer is here. And a nanny caught on camera. Any parents nightmare. What you need to know right now to protect your kids. Why are some of the most innovative companies, from apple to facebook, paying for employees to freeze their eggs. And brad pitt hitting the open road, the superstar like awe rarely see him. Have rarely seen him. Yeah, enough for two. , gosh. Try four, buddy. Hmm, ill take a dark roast. Chai tea, please. 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