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Not tracking any rain. Clear skies across the area. Beautiful weather for your friday. By 11 00 a. M. , my60s. Our high yesterday was 68. Today will be a little bi warmer. Ill let you know just how much warmer coming up in 10 minutes, eun. See you then. Amelia, thank you. New developments on an ebola patient. Since we signed is off at 11 00. Chopper 4 was above when nina pham arrived at the National Institutes of heal in bethesda. She is the dallas nurse diagnosed with ebola. She will get specialized treatment at nih. Megan mcgrath joins us live from the Medical Campus to tell us what lies ahe...

Ebola czar. Ron klain will hold that position. So as the ebola czar, he will help to coordinate the federal response in the u. S. To these ebola cases. Hell likely be dealing with a lot critic to hospitals. Also this talk among lawmaker, about a travel ban in west africa. He has not worked in the Health Care Industry but he does have a lot of administrative experience and the Administration Says that that is what this position will entail. Th the latest from the live desk. We continue with the ebola crisis. Cases in the u. S. , including one victim now moved to our region. The latest nur d wit...

Personnel were being deco out of the e. R. These were among the people who brought this woman here to the hospital. Again, after she got sick earlier today at the pentagon. And in a penalty gone parking lot. Were told that woman threw up and did tell authorities she had recently traveled to west africa. Pe even liberia. When she was brought here, that patient was isolated. Tests are now being run to determine if further testing is needed to show that there is actually a presence of the ebola virus or to rule that out. And we are told that it takes about six hours to complete those tests. But w...

Not necessarily an indication of the presence of the ebola virus. Hazmat team and command center on site will stay here until the results are back. The patient was placed in isolation and according to county Health Officials, tests were being done to determine whether or a test to detect the ebola virus would be warranted. Those tests can take up to six hours. Really, thats what were sitting here waiting on. Right now we dont know what we have been exposed to. But certainly we took enough precautions and were encapsulat suits and so were comfortable. At the south lot of the pentagon, police co...

Seven members, four from us, three from orange county, deton cam natured. And then we decontaminated arlington countys medical unit. Rep the heavy presence of Emergency Personnel is standard for these situations and chief reilly says despite the number of people here, wasnt overly taxing on the department. Its not unusual for us to have somethi like this. We could have, you know, two or three of these going on at the same time. We have fairly good resources. We have mutual aid already associated with the surrounding counties. W it was significant, it wasnt something that was overtaxing and exc...