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KGO Good Morning America October 16, 2014

Fears of floods and mudslides right now. High speed drama, a couple ordered from their car after a frantic chase on the highway. Police using spikes to stop their car. What happened when they realized she was racing to have a baby. Im in. And we have a feeling this could be one of the biggest oscar nights yet. Neil Patrick Harris plans a role of a lifetime. What hes saying about the ultimate check off his bucket list. Good morning, america. And good morning, america. How about that neil Patrick Harris. As you know, hes killed the tonys and the emmys. Here come the oscars. Hell do it there, too. He certainly will. We have a lot to get to, starting with the new developments overnight, starting with the ebola crisis. And amber vinson is battling the deadly disease this morning. Big questions about the commercial flight she was allowed on just before she went into the hospital. She was allowed on that flight with an elevated temperature, calling the cdc beforehand. That is nd. That is the frontier jet she flew on. Its grounded now. It flew five more times after she was on it. The flight crew told not to come to work for a few weeks. And several people on the flight quarantining themselves. Why have full Team Coverage this morning, beginning with the latest on amber vinson. Tom llamas starts us off in dallas. Good morning. Reporter good morning. We are told that amber vinson is sick, but not seriously ill. As many are questioning her actions earlier this week and what the cdc exactly told her while her friend, nina pham, is improving. Were told her condition is good. Overnight, 29yearold amber vinson, the second nurse to be infected with ebola from texas presbyterian touched down in atlanta in this special bio containment plane. Vinson, head to toe in hazmat gear, taking slow steps with the help of her caregivers. The 29yearold nurse raced to emory hospital where dr. Kent brantley and nancy writevol, beat the disease. This is a servant leader. Reporter the ap reports she had close contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, inserting catheters and drawing his blood. While its still unclear how she became infected. Nurses reportedly didnt wear hazmat suits until two day after duncan was first admitted. The big question this morning, just how many people did vinson come into contact with, following the stunning admission the very night before she checked herself into the hospital with ebolalike symptoms she flew on a Frontier Airlines flight from cleveland to dallas with 132 passengers. The airline and the cdc scrambling to contact the travelers. Even though vinson was part of the 77 Health Care Workers after treating duncan, she was allowed to fly home two days after duncans death to p see family and plan her wedding. On october 13th, flew back to dallas with an elevated temperature of 99. 5. The next morning, she checked herself into the hospital. The cdc originally claimed vinson made a mistake flying. She should not have been on that plane. Reporter but abc news learned that she contacted them before boarding the flight, and the cdc gave her the allclear because she did not meet the 100. 4 degree threshold. Its really scary. Reports yi fueling an already growing tide of anger against the cdc and tthealth presbyterian. And this morning, the hospital issuing a mea culpa in a letter to congress. Saying they originally misdiagnosed duncan, made mistakes afterwards and failed to provide accurate information. Amber vinson has three relatives that work at Kent State University in ohio. She recently was in close contact with them so the cdc asking they not return to work until they are cleared. Robin . A number of passengers and crew on the flight with amber vinson are in quarantine. And that frontier plane she was on made five more trips before being taken out of service and decontaminated. Abcs david kerley picks up that side of the story for us. Hes at Dulles Airport in washington. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning. Another breakdown of the countrys Health Defense system. And another story with Frontier Airlines saying its been told that the passenger may have been symptomatic even though she was cleared by the feds to fly. Thats triggered a frantic effort to contact the other passengers. This morning the Frontier Airlines jet is parked in denver, out of service. And according to the airline, will be disinfected for a fourth time with seat covers and carpet removed. Vinson landed in dallas monday. That aircraft took five more flights on tuesday, from cleveland,laud ft. Lauderdale cleveland,ant, and finishing in cleveland tuesday evening. But at least 2 of the other 132 passengers on the jet that flew from cleveland to dallas with the nurse with the high temperature, are quarantining themselves. If she was showing symptoms and she was contagious, and i was in an enclosed space with her for three hours, then thats enough of a reason for me to say that i should be isolated and i should be quarantined. I bleached all my luggage, washed all my clothes. And just trying to keep everybody, you know, completely away from my house. Reporter three dallas area schools will close for cleaning today because students or a parent were on the plane. A military reservist has been told to quarantine with his family in the dallas area. Now, officials are admitting, even though cleared, vinson, the nurse, should not have flown, not just because of the elevate ed temperature, but because her colleague was diagnosed on sunday with ebola. Vinson was cleared to fly monday. It wasnt until wednesday that the head of the cdc finally said that those being observed should not take public transportation. And now this morning, out of an abundance of caution, Frontier Airlines is telling the crew to to stay home on leave, paid leave, for the next 21 days. George . Thanks, david. President obama has scrapped his travel schedule for a second day to deal with the ebola emergency. After meeting with the cabinet yesterday afternoon, he said the odds of an Ebola Outbreak are extraordinarily low, and urged everyone to be calm. I want to use myself as an example just so that people have a sense of the science here. I shook hands, hugged, and kissed, not the doctors, but a couple of the nurses, at emory, because of the valiant work they did in treating one of the patients. They followed the protocols. They knew what they were doing. And i felt perfectly safe doing so. Lets bring in jon karl and dr. Rich besser. Jon, let me begin with you. The president also outlining what hes going to do as republicans like speaker john boehner, calling for a travel ban. Others saying that the director of the cdc needs to be fired. Reporter well, the white house said the president has confidence in the director. And travel ban to west africa would be counter productive, hurting efforts to stop the virus at the source by hindering the flow of relief workers to and from west africa. But the president acknowledged they should have been more aggressive at the start. The bottom line for the white house remains the same. The president said that he is absolutely confident that they can prevent a serious outbreak of the disease here in the United States. And rich besser, what the president did not announce yesterday is something youve been talking about. Taking any ebola patient to a special Treatment Center like the one in Emory University like the one where amber vinson is right now. I think that was missing from the statement. One thing the go teams, Rapid Response teams would be looking at, is whether a patient could be treated safely where they are, or whether they should be transported. But i think its a stretch that any hospital can do this safely. Rich, you had a chance yesterday to speak with dr. Kent brantly. Yes. Brantly. Yes. I talked to dr. Yesterday. He reason an eye bowl la treatment unit in liberia. Before they saw their first patient, they had two days of training from expert on how to do that. He said having that training ahead of time was lifesaving. Thanks to rich and jon for that. The fear spreads. And the main focus is on the wellbeing of the two nurses. But theres such a ripple effect. Ebola fears on wall street. Stocks plunging after a wild day of trading. Airline Companies Taking a big hit. Rebecca jarvis has the latest on that at new york stock exchange. Good morning, rebecca. Reporter hi, good morning. Thats right. Those Airline Stocks have been extremely volatile in light of the ebola news. Take a look at the stocks, the dow down 100 points. Yesterday was a wild ride down 460 points before closing the day down 173. Traders tell us this volatility is here to stay. The ebola news adds a new layer of uncertainty to an already uncertain market with concerns and fears of a global slowdown in china and europe. But what does it mean for your 401 k . If you had put 10,000 into the market at the very beginning of the year, you would have at this point made about 76. Robin . We know youll be there for us. We know youll be there for us. Thank you. We will be covering the ebola crisis on abc. Com. Now we want to switch gears to the massive hurricane in bermuda. And now gonzolo, the category 4 storm, strongest in years. Gained strength overnight. Maximum sustained winds are 140 Miles Per Hour. Thats a beast of a storm. You can see it here. About 540 miles south of bermuda at this point. Moving north at about 9 Miles Per Hour. As this thing comes through, friday is the big day for bermuda. Thats the fear and why theyre under a hurricane warning. The latest warning, red. That precautions to protect life and property must be rushed to completion today. Thats how strong the wording is. Watch it after it goes through bermuda, kind of die out, decrease in strength and clip newfoundla newfoundland. Our concerns turn to the pacific because we have Tropical Storm ana thats affecting all of the islands of hawaii friday through sunday. The time period on that one. A lot going on. Sure is. Okay, ginger, thanks. And now to amy with the other stop stories. Good morning. And begin with breaking news. A disaster unfolding at the top of the world. At least 50 people, including Foreign Tourists are reported missing after a blizzard there triggered an avalanche in the himalayas. 25 climbers and guides are already confirmed dead in nepal. The army is using helicopters to ferry injured hikers to safety. And Major Development between the Chinese Government and students demanding democracy. The leader of hong kongs government just agreed to hold talks with the protesters, hours after this video went viral showing police dragging away one protester and repeatedly kicking him behind a building. Back here in this country, a new york man is free after spending 29 years in prison for a crime he didnt commit. David malcolm lowered his head and cried when his conviction was thrown out wednesday. He was just 16 years old when he and another teen confessed to murder. But prosecutors recently determined those confessions were coerced. The brooklyn d. A. Is now reviewing 100 other convictions. A bizarre debate in floridas governor race. Charlie crist and rick scott were supposed to debate. But only crist showed up on stage. Governor scott refusing to come out. Why . He was upset that crist had a special prop with him behind the podium. The rules of the debate i was shown by the Scott Campaign say that there should be no fan. Somehow there is a fan there, and for that reason, ladies and gentlemen, i am being told that Governor Scott will not join us for this debate. Ladies and gentlemen can anyone say fangate. Crist had his fan by his legs to keep him cool. We should say, Governor Scott finally walked out, but the fan stayed put. How old are they . Finally, winning the lottery has always come with a down side, dealing with all of those supposed relatives and friends coming out of the woodwork. It can be unbearable. So this guy came up with a solution. He collected his 85 million Lottery Jackpot while dressed up as a bear. And not just any bear. Lets point out, it was a yellow bear. This happened in china where they can appear in the News Conference in costume and remain anonymous. The best thing is, he actually gave a News Conference in the bear costume and he collected his 85 million and his friends and family have no idea. No clue. No idea. Smart man. And he spoke bear. Yes. His voice . I dont know. Hey, amy, thank you. Now to a big day for apple. The company is expected to unveil new ipads this afternoon. But it will not be much of a surprise. Pictures of the new products leaked online wednesday. And apple only has itself to blame. Abc Neal Karlinsky has that story for us. Reporter apples last big event had a mysterious huge white box and all the drama they could hope for. This morning, not so much. Ahead of apples latest unveiling today, this, a user guide inside apples own ibookstore released a day early. Showing the yet to be announced ipad air 2 and ipad mini 3. It definitely takes away a lot of the surprise. Reporter according to the leaked user guide, both have a fingerprint i. D. Which might help with this. The company is widely expected to launch apple pay this week, a walletkilling feature that turns new iphone 6s and maybe the new ipad into a mobile payment device. But its the companys latest freebie, that new u2 album apple automatically added to itunes users libraries whether they wanted it or not, that has one of the worlds biggest rock stars apologizing. Can you please never release an album on itunes that automatically downloads to peoples Playlist Ever again. Its really rude. Bono rethinking it in this promotion video. Sorry about that. A drop of megalomania, touch of generosity, dash of selfpromotion. Reporter on a day when apple is unveiling its latest gadgets, that apology may be the biggest surprise. For good morning america, Neal Karlinsky, abc news, seattle. A dash of selfpromotion. Now we have big news for our friend neil Patrick Harris. The multitalented actor has been named the host of the 2015 oscars. He is no stranger to awards shows, though. Now hes getting ready to take on hollywoods biggest night. Can you take it now . Reporter its widely considered to be the creme de la creme of hosting gigs. The academy awards. From billy crystal. I can look in anyones eyes and i know what theyre thinking. This better not go too late. I have six Parent Teacher conferences in the morning. Reporter to whoopi goldberg. Security here tonight is tighter than some of the faces. Reporter to hugh jackman. Look what youve done to me the academy announcing wednesday they are tapping neil Patrick Harris as their next emcee. It has been a pretty good year for the 41yearold, winning a tony for hedwig. And costarring in gone girl. And now hes crossing one more thing off his bucket list. Im in. Reporter the father of two, no stranger to hosting awards shows. From the tonys what if all your questions had rhyming answers in the middle of the show to the emmys, winning four emmys for hosting the tonys. Hes wellloved by the community. He can really put on a big show, he can sing, he can dance. Reporter harris telling abc news overnight, it is truly an honor and a thrill to be asked to host. Wait for it. A thrill his how i met your mother character would likely call legend, wait for it. Legend, wait for it. Audience, say it with me. Legendary. Such a good choice. And the oscars will be february 22nd right here on abc. Now back to ginger for the check on heavy rain. Ginger what is going on . I love nph. I cant wait for that, by the way. Lets go ahead and check out that heavy rain. In the northeast, feeding off the tropical moisture. Along the low pressure system and the front we have been dealing with the last couple of days. It will move on out as you go through your thursday and get into your friday. Boy, is it going to be a wet one for a lot of folks, especially in new england. The clicker was a little slow to go there. But now were going to dry out behind it. You see even some sunshine breaking through in the midatlantic a little early. I am meteorologist mike nicco with the microclimate forecast. In need for the wet weather gear. Just high clouds and sun and coolerthanaverage temperatures and the pat were brings more chances of rain into to forecast but most of that will stay north of us. Temperatures today are in the midtoupper 60s at Half Moon Bay and San Francisco and oakland and san mateo. Tonight, more clouds and temperatures in the 50s. The sevenday forecast shows light rain in the north bay tomorrow night and the rest of surprise. Surprise. Coming up on gma. A new twist in the retrial of polo mogul john goodman. Why hes now blaming the nurse who treated him. And high speed drama on tape. Police pulling over a couple, at gunpoint, spiking their tires. What the cops did once they realized it was a race to give birth. Plus, dangers at the bus stop. Very close calls caught on tape. What is being done right now to protect your kids. 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