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WCAU Today October 24, 2014

Ferns. Is it hard for you to maintain why . Because you live in your wifes shadow. In a bit for the ages, presses all the superstars buttons today, friday, october 24th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb, al roker, tamron hall. Natalie is off and savannah is on Maternity Leave. I dont know if i would rather host on between two ferns or be a guest on between two ferns. The best video youll see, perfect for friday. Well get to that a little later on. Obviously, theres a lot to talk about this morning. Our top story, new concerns over ebola after a new york city doctor tested positive. The 33yearold is in isolation at Bellevue Hospital this morning, but his neighbors in upper manhattan have a lot of questions about where that doctor went and what he did in the days leading up to his diagnosis. Were going to talk to new yorks governor, andrew cuomo and dr. Natalie azar in just a moment. First we want to head a few blocks to our south where katy tur is at bellevue. Good morning to you. Good morning, matt. New york city Officials Say they are prepared for this they do want to stress, they do not believe this patient was a risk to the general public. Again, the first case of ebola here in new york city, and the patient is a 33yearold e. R. Doctor, just back from treating ebola patients in west africa and now he, his fiancee and two friends are in isolation. Overnight, the new York Health Department confirmed the first case of ebola in americas largest city. There is no reason for new yorkers to be alarmed. Reporter new york city bill di blasio urged public calm. Its very difficult to contract. Being on the same subway car or living near a person with ebola does not, in itself, put someone at risk. Reporter Governor Andrew Cuomo drew a sharp distinction between new yorks preparedness and dallas where one patient died and two nurses contracted the disease. We are as ready as one could be for the circumstance. What happened in dallas was actually the exact opposite. Reporter dr. Craig spencer is currently in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in manhattan. After being admitted around 1 00 pm thursday with a 103degree fever and gastrointestinal problems consistent with ebola. He had been back in the u. S. About a week after working with patients in new guinea as part of the Doctors Without Borders program. He self isolated when returning but also said he rode three separate subway trains, went bowling. He did not feel well for, quote, a couple of days but did not fully self quarantine until thursday morning. However, they stress during that time he was an extremely low risk for being contagious to others. His fiancee is being quarantined as a high risk, as are two others close to him. In harlem, dr. Spencers apartment is sealed off and his neighbors put on alert. They said to me if you have been in west africa, treating you know, treating patients with ebola if you come back into the country, lets take the appropriate precautions and say we should isolate you for 21 days. Reporter Officials Say his fiancee and two friends are okay, that they are not symptomatic as of now. They also want to stress this is a doctor who knows the disease and that he self quarantined and called the Health Department as soon as he had a sign of a fever. Again, they do not believe that he was a risk to the general public. Matt . Katy tur on the story, thank you very much. Andrew kruchltcuomo is the gove new york. Thank you for joining us. Good to see you, matt. I dont think anybody should be shocked that a case of ebola has now been diagnosed in new york city. Its a major port of entry in this country. Once dr. Spencer identified himself, did officials here do what they needed to do in a timely fashion and exercising the proper protocols . Are you confident in that . As confident as one can be, matt. You know, with youre right, this is a situation that we hoped wouldnt happen, but we expected that it would. It is new york. People come through here. We also have the advantage here of notice. Dallas really had no notice. We all watched happened in dallas. We have been preparing literally for weeks on a coordinated effort plan, between new york city, new york state, federal government, cdc. We had just done a training with 5,000 Health Care Workers, Health Care Union has been fantastic. And this was a doctor, as you heard in the setup piece. So, the doctor was familiar with the disease. And, again, this is not like the flu. Its not airborne. Its not from people sneezing. The person has to be symptomatic. And its basically transferred through bodily fluids. You say it was a doctor familiar with the disease i apologize for interrupting. You say it was a doctor familiar with the disease yet you heard that gentleman at the end of katy turs piece saying if youre so familiar with the disease, youve been treating patients in nuinea, do you take the subway, do you go to a Bowling Alley . Do you think dr. Spencer acted responsibly . Im not a doctor, matt. The flip side of what you said is if youre a doctor, you know youre not contagious until youre symptomatic. This is a doctor who is taking his temperature twice a day and, obviously, concluded he was not symptomatic and thats why he went out. Still, in a limited way. He went bowling with two friends. He was with his fiancee. And he took the subway. He obviously felt he wasnt symptomatic. He knew that was the only time he w it was contagious. As soon as he had a fever, he presented himself to the hospital. All the procedures there on were exactly according to the book. The First Responders did a magnificent job. The Health Care Workers did a magnificent job. So, everything has happened the way it should happen since then. Weve been in contact with the federal officials, president obama called last night, ron klain, the new ebola czar, sylvia burdwell, secretary of human and health services. Everything worked as it should. The doctor wasnt symptomatic. Thats why he left the house, he wasnt symptomatic. New yorks governor, andrew cuomo, thank you for being here. Appreciate your time. Thank you. Wish it was under different circumstances but always good to talk to you, matt. Thanks. Glets over to hoda. Dr. Natalie azar is a medical professor at langone medical center. Good morning. Governor cuomo said hes not a doctor so he couldnt say if he acted responsibly. Did he act responsibly . We have to deal with the facts and the fact weiss know about the virus. Youre not contagious when youre asymptomatic. As you get sicker and sicker, you become more and more contagious as the viral load increases. So the likelihood of this particular patient being able to transmit this virus, via casual contact in use of public transportation, we never want to say zero, but as close to zero as possible. Lets talk about casual contact. People do worry about these kinds of things. There were people on the subway, people who rode in that uber car afterwards. Governor kruchlt omo said a sneeze, you cant catch it this way but i f i was this close to you and i sneezed on you, could you get it . The amount of the virus in your system depends on how sick you are. A patient infected with ebola is so sick that theyre actually vomiting, bleeding, and having diarrhea, youre standing next to the person and touch the bodily fluid and you then have a portal of entry into your own body. Do you think that doctors coming from west africa be quarantined not voluntarily, but mandatory . There should, perhaps, be a discussion about those Health Care Workers who were clearly at the greatest risk of acquiring ebola. Should there be a mandatory quarantine for them . The cdc has been incredibly responsive and communicative with Health Care Systems and fluid as well and their recommendations have been evolving. They can look at this scenario and see whether Something Like that should be implemented. For the time being this doctor followed orders directly from Doctors Without Borders. Dr. Azar is going to stick around to answer your questions. Send them to orange room. Dr. Kent bradley is speaking out about this case in new york city. In this exclusive statement to nbc news, dr. Brantly tells us, quote, from everything ive read and heard about his circumstances, it sounds like new york has done everything right to contain this case. I hope the people of new york can likewise set an example for the rest of the country by handling this event with reason and calm instead of panic. Now to that deadly terror attack in canada, this morning were learning a little bit more about the gunman behind it as chilling new Surveillance Video surfaces of the shooting spree. Kevin tibbles is in ottawa once again. Good morning to you. Reporter matt, this morning canadian Officials Say the killer had come to ottawa in hopes of getting a positiveport and traveling to syria, presumably in hopes of joining up with isis. We have learned through the current investigation that this individual has been in ottawa. That he was in town to deal with a passport issue and hoping to leave for syria. Reporter that man, Officials Say, is michael zehafbibeau, with plans to travel to syria. Officials believe the day in his passport, due to a background check, may have prompted the tragic shooting wednesday. He is seen here, minutes after killing a canadian soldier with a rifle. And then is seen heading for the canadian parliament. He commandeers a second car heading for the front door. Once inside, he continues firing until being killed in a shootout with security. Credited with stopping the shooter, the sergeant in arms, kevin vickers, a former police officer, seen here, gun in hand just as the incident ended. The canadian government saying it refused to allow a terrorist to interrupt its work reconvened, celebrating vickers as a hero. When the nation needed him yesterday, he was there. And he did what he had to do. Were just tremendously relieved that hes fine. Zehafbibeau had a criminal record and some say he once asked to be sent to jail to overcome an addiction to crack cocaine. He had been living in a homeless shelt shelter. His conversion to islam took place at this British Columbia mosque. His mother, who hasnt seen him in years denounced his actions saying, i am mad at my son. I dont understand and part of me wants to hate him at this time. At canadas war memorial where Army Corporal Nathan Cirillo was killed in cold blood, they came to lay flowers and pay tribute. In a makeshift memorial outside cirillos home, two friends waited for their master to come home. It has been learned that zehafbibeau held canadian and american citizenship. That young corporal will be buried next week. Another disturbing attack, this one here in new york city. A frightening scene played out on a new york city street thursday when a man with a hatchet attacked a group of Uniformed Police officers, wounding two of them. Stephanie gosk has the story. Reporter security video records the moment a man races across a sidewalk with hatchet in hand. The male then swung at one of the officers with the hatchet, striking his arm. He continues swinging the hatchet, striking a second officer in the head, causing him to fall to the sidewalk. Reporter the uninjured officers opened fire on the suspect, killing him, and accidentally shooting a 29yearold female bystander half a block away from the crime scene. Police sources have identified the suspect as 32yearold Zale Thompson and saying this Facebook Page showing muslim prayers and armed fighter belongs to him. Looking for clues as to what may have triggered the attack, theyve not found any literature from hate groups at this time. Issuing a patrol bulletin, warning officers about potential attacks. I think certainly the heightened concern is relative to that type of assault, based on whats just happened in canada. But thats what the investigation will attempt to determine. Reporter stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. Now to that massive air bag recall affecting dozens of makes and models, auto dealers say there are not enough Replacement Parts to fix the problem. Air bag inflaters are made by the takata corporation. Calling tem a potential ticking time bomb that could explode, sending metal shrapnel. You should get the air bag replaced as soon as possible. Go to the website today. Com to see if your car is affected. Ready, apparently, to get back to work. Thursday the secret service tweeted pictures of jordan and hurricane, while the dogs took a welldeserved day off. Jordan was kicked in the snout and hurricane was punched repeatedly. The man who jumped the white house fence wednesday night. Both are doing well. That man is facing several charges. And a great escape . It was not. In newly released Surveillance Video from iceland, a man ramming his car through a parking garage gate. He was not satisfied he got through it. Backed his car up, knocking over his companion at one point, who had gotten out of the car. He saved the best for last, hitting the gate so hard, it flipped over his car. No one was hurt. The damage to the gate was costly. I have to go back to the dogs, jordan and hurricane. Check out their profiles. Apparently hurricane loves playing with his little squeaky toy, tough dog, and jordan likes long walks on the white house lawn. Sweet. People are really giving them love today for their hard work. Normally this time youre talking about the northeast. Youre talking about the northwest this morning. Thats right. Well show you a rare tornado in just a moment. Did you miss the partial eclipse . If youre here in the east you didnt really get a chance to see it. Take a look at this, partial eclipse of the sun. Next time were going to see one, 2017. It will be a total eclipse. Total eclipse of the heart oh. Oh, yeah, like you could do better. Good thing we dont have to hear that again until 2017. Wow lets show you whats going on out there. Tornado in long view, washington. Ef1 tornado blowing through that town kind of blew up out of nowhere, really. You can see debris being pushed. This dumpster pushed like a toy. Buildings had their roofs ripped off. Nobody injured, nobody hurt, no deaths. More moisture in the Pacific Northwest today. Seattle, washington, will see more rain, clouds moving in. Over the next 48 hours, well be talking about two to three inches of rain. Good news, the noreaster is moving away. Boston, cloudy skies. By the weekend it will be gorgeous. Plenty of sunshine and more rain through southern florida. But the good news is it will move out by the weekend. More showers and thunderstorms throughout miami, right into the evening hours. Were going to get and thats your latest weather. Al, thank you very much. Some breaking news from the orange room, which doesnt happen every day. We buried the lead this morning. Its 7 20 and were just now getting to this . What . Queen elizabeth is on twitter. 730,000 followers. That all changed a few minutes ago. This came out from the official account showing her at the london science museum, the queen tweets. That was from palace officials. Now here she comes. This is from queen elizabeth. It is a pleasure to open the Information Age exhibition today at the science museum. I hope people will enjoy visiting. Elizabeth r. Keeping it on the casual. Does that stand for royal . The last tweet was sent personally by the queen. The queen tweets. Remember the old photo bomb she pulled off during that selfie . Welcome to twitter and welcome to the thunderdome. It gets ugly in here. Hoda already following her. Im trying to follow her right now. It says queen. Not sure thats the real one. Different queen. Careful. Willie geist. Coming up, why was he the one apologizing . Man shot by a South Carolina trooper after being pulled over for a seat belt violation speaks out for the first time. He is here for an exclusive interview. Then, rival survival. Two senators from opposite sides of the aisle trade life on capitol hill for a week on a deserted island. What they learned from this unlikely adventure. First this is today on nbc. 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