Transcripts For MSNBCW Weekends With Alex Witt 20141019 : vi

MSNBCW Weekends With Alex Witt October 19, 2014

Giving an niupdate onx well, her condition isxd okf shes stable, shes t comfortab. Had a long conversation with her late last night. Andco as you might expect, she p a serious disease and i think shes doing well. My full intention is to at some timet ok in the hopefully reasqk future to walk out of the hospital with her. But we cant predict. But shes doing well. A Dallas County judge says the city is at a crucial crossroad in the battle against ebola. Lp jud midnight tonight, the firstfa t people onr who have not showni] symptoms o the vs uj will be cleared and g nv monitored forko signs of ebola port. On saturday, aco helicopter land on the carnivalxd magic toi]xd r a blood sampleco fore1 that quarantined health worker. A spokesperson from carnival confirms toni nbc news that blo sample tested negative for no[i joining me now,nis . Hk kerry sann the ground there in galveston for us. A few hours ago. Kerry, it was a good day to you, what are the passengers telling you . Well, good morning. Were here in galveston at the port where sa ship came in just theyre actually doing as bei l as they can to sanitizenrxj ni vessel, even though there was no indication that anybody on board ultimately had exposure to the ebola virus orcxd actually wasx because of ebola. Nonetheless, thexdxd ship here hospitalw3 int the lab hadc acc handled some of thomasok eric duncansxd bodily fluidsxd in t lab. That person wasw3fa isolated in their room andw3 allc the other passengerscoct started getting concerned, especially when the ship was supposed to make a port call in cozumel, mexico. Andok the Mexican Government to them, im r the potential risk of having people who may have been exposed to ebola entering mexico so a lot of anxiety. Eventually, as you know, theyv] come took the conclusion, as yo come took the conclusion, as yo reported, tha4z, the bloodx i5a1 taken from that one isolated 3 did not show any signs of ebola orqa l exposure ebola. So everybody got the all clear. But nonetheless, we talked to passengers as they got off the c ship. And this is what they had to say. 9 if there was any danger coni, you know, the cdc released thi lady. aeajjt to it. Bud 2q ruined a lot ofni people vacations. But at least were alive and dont have ebola. co reporter cruise line did do somexd extra for those onboard givingok them credits, providing at one point an open bar so people could sori of miuz relaxco some of their anxieties without having to look in their pocketbook. ni and, of course, ther passenger onboard here who was isolated, she got off first, she is now home, we understandlpp, shes not necessarily in any sort ofe1ni isolation. Her monitoring will contin3 e along with the group of others that are beinge1 monitored in t united costates. And Carnival Cruise line r was n jay to refund her money and give her axd deal to come back. We may. I think we had a graphic made of that. Okay. Say what yourexd reporting, th fellow passenger remains symptom free andxdxd is performingp,fa they were performing a lab test. Before they knew she didnt coma up any positive testing with that blood test. Fa in alex, the bottom line here, what they have done here in concert, not only carnival, but the cdcqy texasi]nrr want to givepaok abundance of information. Imagine this, youre on a ship. There were 4,000 people and rumors can spreadnrfa as fast aj virus, quite frankly. And so what they really had a problem here was people sayingq things that werent true. And sortzv of becoming sort of like this gossip that took onpp life of its own. n they had a helicopterko from the coast gua fly up to the shesterday, take a w3vial of okblood, flown first here to galveston, then ao Biohazard Team flew itwqx uz th capital where a teamw and i understand you havet some new information about Thomas Eric Duncans fiancee. What have you learned about that . Well, alex, were learning more about whate1 her next step will be once she clears thatg 21day monitoring period. Shes going tor more days, along with three family members with her at that gated home, that home in thepao undisclosed location in dallas. That is because axdn new home i b. It is in the dallas area, its a singlefamily home. And it is provided right now by who specifically gets to be cleared if symptomfree in eayrn well, we mentioned her family. The group of 48. The initial contacts to duncan. K some of the medicalok workers. All in all, a totalxd of 48 p will be clearnrxdnit monday mo. Theyve already graduated as they say from this Quarantine Program we have a sfs group who 4 ated duncan after he was admitted. W3xd weve been told that 25 of them opted to s0 . n the night at the hospital out of concerns that if they weret lp to become symptom, they could expose their families. Lp the majority of the 25xdw3fv female and they are mothers. What about texas prese9u andnr the fullpager dallas morning news. co here it is,jf full page co ad in the newspapers this 6 also working to reassure the public. I want to read you 0d 0lw3 says,o quote, 0d texas health is a safe place. Q many are speculating aboutu ms. Pham and ms. Vincente1 becad infectedfa despite their . H l compliance for safety xd procedures. Ourxd focus is the facts, and w are determined to get all o n7e answers as soon as we can. Cw3 and they also goc on to say, ty will continue adapting and changing theirni policies in orr to keep it as safe a placexrn possible, both for patients and employees there, alex. Okay. Thanks so much. Well check in again next hour. W in just a fewok minutes, i with the public k minutes, i with the public k minutes, i Information Officer for of dallas about how officials humanfa remains were discovered about ten miles at an abandoned property in a rural area. ni needs to confirm the identity of 3 parents and College Community are nowr preparing for the xdr jim, technically speaking, i guesse1 the searchfa for graham been suspended. Its beingni called a death investigation. Does this tell you Law Enforcement is fairly certain re heattant is fairly certain e1qyes, it does, alex. I think theyre on it now andfa the finding of lw3 hanna is goi to cemen 9mqaj h lc killer. Zf5w3xd the theory ofw3 transfer when y have that encounter and certainly alpbpa homicide, you right up close together in a killing like this. co so therese1 a transfer. The theory of transfers. You transfer things and the victimc transfers things. Hair, blood,c saliva. Whatever it may t xdbe. t ave him on xg6videotape, ws at the bar. If they submit theni fore5n. M from7io donezc and morgans killing, as well. D n the length of time o identify these n if this is her . T p, right. P, and thats a challenge for the medical examiners because shes been in thec weather for six weeks. But hair remains, fluids can remain a long time if theyre 1 theres decomposition, animal activity. Theres weather. So its a challenge. But if its there, they can get it. ni and recover it, dna can be used, as well. They alsoni have morgans case. So in the end, its going to be morgan and hanna that stop this killerxdxdlpco just bynr being and the people have searched for them. Thats going to be the answer in the end. Its an emotional time for that police chief who weve watched through thisxd arduousn last month. Heres what police chief tim longo said about the discovery. C Sergeant James mooney of the Police Department. ni made a very difficult phone call. And reached outjfxk to john and susan. To share wisaaq aj h lc preliminary discovery. Xdgxlci] sot what investigation if itsok confirmation its hanna . Well, one things changed a little bit. The police will play a larger role becauser found in theirok fajurisdiction. Found in theirok fajurisdiction. So you han police. We havenico the chesterfield deputies who have found the body. You have virginal state police, forensic lab,r everybody here has done a tremendous joblp of investigati. And you know the hollywoodxd my oft brilliant serial killers i blerjjtpt r. Most of these guys arent very brilliant. Theyre just . ;sqp, nasty sociopaths who prey on people like hanna and morgan. Xd luckily now this guy stopped. Whats next . Mostlyw3 forena, ak courtt proceedings. This guy likes to play football, alex, hell be playing on the prison team from now on. Qrq e. Fa qrq e. Fa if it isokv hanna and you have morgan, as nr well, how much does this help the prosecut h . You said slam dunk. Are you positive thats the way itll go down . Uwell, you dont get evidence in a homicide than eyewitnesss, seeing them at the bar. A videotape of him with his arm around her and he doesnt know her. cow3 dna and5a forensics in his vehicle, maybe in his house. nibe and then ifo i her body herself cements that with the theory of transfer, theres no more evidence to get. If youre looking for more than that, therew sno more than thata plus, they haveuox two cases. They can try one, virginia has the death penalty,jf they could try one a n then they can also try the other4 iekerjjut jy so prosecutors areq going to be driving the case here, the police work is solid. The evidence is strong. Yes, i think the killers been stopped. Thats the good t news. T the sad news is hannas been lost and morgan, as well. Thanks so much. Appreciater x,at qill speak to a journalist who traveled to syria and spent time on the ground. What he has took say about the week he spent embedded with jihadist militants. Next. 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They come from every cuumer of the world. cow3 at least one fromcoxde1 singapo about 100 or so from the u. S. , and nearly 2,000 from western europe. Foreigners who have left their n syrias civil war. E1 a recent reportnr estimated tha 12,000 have traveled there since the war began three years ago. Theyve joinednir frontxd andxd otherni islamic qltjajt, and an independent journalist was able to get footage when he spent a week there. W3lp welcome, im glad youre here t1 talk about this. Ini established contact there. ni oncelp i was inside, it was oka. before thefa revolution. I felt home there. It was okay. Okay. I know this group that you followed. How would you describe . Pnt t wc ideolo ideology . And what is their ultimate goald an offshoot of th a front. It startes off as part of it ad decided to become independent of it. Its primary aim0 is to remove cou43n liken many of the battaliothey would likexd some sortct of Islamic State o some sort of islamic lawnrnkc o goes. And what percentage of the fighters that you metnb were fr western countries . D id say about 15 to 20 that i met qhtjut t urg, as well. ni and did they tell you . Did they tell you what makes rav ia to fight . Ok they did. I mean, most of them believed that it is their duty to fight. Some people i spoke to. Said to me thatxdnixd the chemiw attack, for instance, was the main reason. Especially the inactionni ofok3 internationalq communityxd led them going over to fight. nixh so thats really one of the main reasons to take out assadm and inaction of the International Community made them think, this is whatxib need to do. And, of course, that is something withinxd the isla tradition to fight and to help your muslim b2 so this is why theyre fighting. What about the impact of the u. S. Bombing campaign . Jfokni oh, thats thats having i mean, its creating morexd jihadists. h lc to isis have come outok supportg because, remember, a lot of these bombings are happeningxd. A lot oft ok civilians arerddyi. Not necessarily fighters. The fighters are well aware of how to deal with planes and drones and so forth. But you asked one of those dutch jihadists whether he and the group were a danger to the west. I want to listen to zejuu because theyre the ones who are coming with the airplanes, the tanks, the new weapons and killing innocent people. Faqc and we only protect the innocent people. Nb like i xdnw3said, even if its dont fight. So who is the one with the danger . Nb i think ifbhey wanti] to enter and kill innocent muslims, then they are in w3danger, we are in danger. So didnt the fighters you met with show any desire to conduct air attacks or is their sole focus on syria . For sure. The fighters that i spoke to had no xddesire even to go back to e west to do any terror attacks. Towards the west. Of course, they haveq nonr hesitation if America Western troops were to be in syria or in iraq, they would have no hesitation in fighting them, of course. But terror attacks in the west, no problem. They wouldnt do that. Them about the recent behepings of the american and british journalists and thelp aid worke. What was the reaction to that . I mean, i think a lot of people a lot of the fighters werentlp comfortable with that. I think especially thelp killin oft alanxdq henning didnt sit with them. And,lp of course, youvekl got issue. Okco and what thev always seem to say. And theres ae1 point here. They said, how does western lives c western lives, why ar we treating western lives why arent we treating them the same in fact, some of the fighters i spoke to are nowca ui5 h lc result of barrel bombs and, in fact, the guy i used to buy groceries from is no more. This is something they experience every day. u and in the light of the things theyr western lives . Its a bubble. And weve seen all the picturek of the absolutely devastated landscape in the cities. Can you talk about daily life for the civilians who you saw . Whats it like . I x these people and how they just, you know, continue with their uj Everything Else that goes u they live and they try to live a normal life and be decent people. Its quite extraordinary to see that courage even flinch oncec these bombs fall. You know, children know the difference. R all these different places. And theyll give you an explanation of what they are. So itse1 really its sad at the same time. co i knew how these people were before and seeing them the way youxd changed the people a same time. Xd there are still a lot of good in these people. And you admire these people. U7 we admire you. Its an extraordinary experience youre bringing to us and to ouo viewers. Thank you very much for sharing it. Fa thank you for having me. ni next up. Pgti atrformationc. Some people are about to come off the monitoring list in less r plus, the effort to keep the public calm. Plus, an update on alp topi many are asking about. }e e status of a nurses dog 3fc bonjour. Comment ce va bonjour. 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The naons most liable 4g lte network. In about 12 hours, the firs people quarantinedc for ebola i texas will be off the monitoring list. Others,c including several hospitald quarantine. What if one of them should turn out to be infected . Well, a short time ago, a county official answered that question3 tell ambulances to bring them and anyone3w elseok who has a african travel history and fever to presby. Well cointake them here and se them to oneni of three National Health centers via air ambulance or sendxd them qulcby ground a3 in galveston where we have the ability to dispose of the t was. And theres a copious amount of waste thats created in the care of these patients. Were also setting up a triage unit in another location here in case we have a whole lot of cases. Okco so well have isolation units to take care of ebolau positive somewhere else in the next 24 hours. W3 e announcing that do they share that excitement . Do you getnr a sense that the situation is getting under control . P,t i definitely do. You know, we got throughokd nile virus. We took in thousands of people after hurricane katrina. T we as a community,g strong, prideful and well get through this together. Ihbkn tell you, theres been a lot of talk 6 been this point. W3 theres a lot of excitement here for that. Yeah, i imagined information is its all on your shoulders rj really what needs to be done to make sure concern about the virus doesnt turn into panic. Has thisni has that turned o to be the case . Information out there . It absolutely is. If you take a look at yesterday, we had a situation wherelpw3ni n was on a d. A. R. T. Train and we received reports she hadt live at thexdco

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