Fears of mud slooitds right now. High speed drama, a couple ordered from their car after a high speed chase on the highway. Police using spikes to stop them. What happened when they realized she was racing to have a baby. And we have a feeling this could be one of the biggest oscar nights yet. Neil Patrick Harris is hosting the big night. What hes saying about the ultimate check off his bucket list. Good morning, america. And good morning, america. How about this neil Patrick Harris . As you know, hes killed the tonys and the emmys. Here come the oscars. There too. And 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 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 couple weeks. And people quarantining themselves. Tom llamas starts us off in dallas. Good morning. Reporter good morning. We are told that amber vinson is sick, but not seriously ill. This as many are questioning her actions earlier this week and what the cdc told her while her friend and fellow conurse, nina pham, is improving in good condition. Overnight, 29yearold amber vinson, the second nurse to be infected with ebola from texas presbyterian touched down in atlanta on this biocontainment plane. Taking slow steps with the help of care givers. The 29yearold nurse raced to emory hospital where dr. Kent brantly and nancy wrooi boll 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 didnt wear hazmat suits until two days after he was admitted. Just how many people did she come into contact with . The stunning admission that the before she checked into the hospital with ebolalike symptoms, she flew from cleveland to dallas with 132 panc passengers. The airline and the cdc scrambling to contact the travelers. Even though she was among the 77 Health Care Workers under selfquarantine, she was allowed to fly home to cleveland two days after duncans death to visit her 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 having on the 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. And this morning, the hospital issuing a mea culpa in a letter to congress. Saying they originally misdiagnosed duncan, made mistakes and failed to provide accurate information. And amber vinson is related to three people at kent state university. She recently came into contact with them. The university is monitoring the three employees and will not return to campus until cleared. 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 decontamina decontaminated. And davis is in washington. 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 cleared by the feds to fly. Thats triggered a frantic effort to contact passengers. This morning, its 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 airline look five more fligds flights on tuesday, cleveland, ft. Lauderdale, cleveland, atlanta, and but the 132 panchs on the jet 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. Officials are admitting that even though cleared, the nurse shouldnt have flown. Not just because of the elevat d ed temperature, but because her colleague was diagnosed on sunday. 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 stay home on 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 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. The president 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 the president has confidence in the director. And a travel ban would be a problem, 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 is 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. What the president did not announce yesterday is something you have been talking about. Taking any ebola patient to a special Treatment Center like the one at Emory University 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, if they can be treated there or transported. But i think its a stretch that any hospital can do this safely. You spoke to dr. Kent brantly yesterday. He ran an ebola treatment unit in liberia. They had two days of training on how to do that. He said having the 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 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. Reporter hi, good morning. And as soon as the markets got wind of the news, the Frontier AirlinesFlight Airline stocks began tanking across the board. Delta, united airlines, jetblue, even southwest tanking yesterday. They bounced back. Thats what happened in the stock market. The overall market down 460 points at the worst part of yesterday. Eventually closed down 173 points. This ebola scare adds a layer of uncertainty to an uncertain market. Concerned with the Global Growth picture. And people concerned about their retirement funds, 401ks. Reporter they are concerned. But look back at this year, put 10,000 into the market at the start of the year, you would have made 76 on the year. But volatility is ahead. Were seeing that this morning that stocks are pointing lower for the day. You will be there for us. Thank you. We will be covering the ebola crisis on abc. Com. And now gonzalo, 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 through bermuda, die out, decrease in strength and clip nu foundland. And we have Tropical Storm ana thats affecting all the islands of hawaii friday through sunday. The time period on that one. A lot going on. 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 hikers and guides are confirmed dead in nepal. They are using helicopters to ferry injured hikers to safety. And Major Development between the chinese gerovent and the students. They have agreed to hold talks with the protesters hours after this video went viral, the police dragging this protester away and kicking him behind a building. 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. Those were coerced. The d. A. Is reviewing 100 other convictions. A bizarre debate in floridas governor race. Charlie crist and rick scott were supposed to debate. Only kris showed up on stage. Governor scott refusing to come out. Why . He was upset that kris 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. He had the fan to keep him cool. After a seven minute delay, we should say that Governor Scott finally walked out, but the fan stayed put. How would are they . Finally, winning the lottery comes, a down side. Dealing with the supposed relatives and friends coming out of the woodwork. It can be unbearable. This guy had a solution. He collected his 85 million Lottery Jackpot while dressed up as a bear. It was a yellow bear. This happened in china where they can appear in the News Conference in costume and remain anonymous. He gave a News Conference in the bear costume. Thats awesome. Yep. And collected the 85 million and the friends and family have no idea. No clue. He spoke there . Yes. His voice . I dont know. Hey, amy, thank you. Now to a big day for apple. The company is expected to unveil newipads this afternoon. Not 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 pus. 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. It may help with this, apple pay to be launched this we. A walletkilling feature that turns iphone 6 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 never release something on itunes that downloads ever again. Its really rude. Bono rethinking it in this promotion video. Sorry about that. A drop of megalomania, generosity, dash of selfpromotion. Reporter on a day when apple is unveiling its latest gadgets, that may be the biggest surprise. 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. No stranger to awards shows. Now 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 the next mc. It has been a pretty good year for the 41yearold, winning a tony forhead wig. And costarring in gone girl. And 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. Audience, wait for it, say it with me, legend dare. 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. I love nph. Cant wait. And check out the heavy rain. In the northeast, feeding off the tropical moisture. Along the low pressure system and the front we have been dealing with. It will move on out as you go through thursday into friday. Its a wet one for a lot of folks, especially in new england. The clicker was a little slow to go there. Dry out behind it. 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