here. >> having a place like this where things are controlled, it's a godsend. >> so godeski will be back every day he can. >> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm david shuster with a look at today's top stories. >> we're doing this to protect the public in, we're all scared. we don't want to spread the virus. >> the stepdaughter of ebola patient self imposes guarantee. she said that health officials have not given them guidelines. protesters in hong kong, you're looking live of a opposition

tries to get the protesters off the streets. the unemployment rate in the u.s. has fallen to the lowest in more than six years, but hourly wages are not budging. and a new ruling that allow effects abortion clinics. >> we begin this hour with new fears about the ebola outbreak. family members of thomas duncan regain quarantined inside their homes in dallas, the first man to break out with the ebola outbreak in the united states. heidi zhou castro spoke with

duncan's stepdaughter today. we go to the hospital why duncan is being treated. mightheidi? >> reporter: we found duncan's stepdaughter, and we did it by knocking on doors. the only thing that extinguished this door was the trash bag containing soiled diapers found outside of the door. i was surprised when this family immediately greeted the door at my knocking, and i was greeted by the husband who said--i'm healthy. i did not touch him. of course, he was referring to duncan. it was this family who contacted 911, and helped to get duncan in the ambulance that got him admitted to the emergency room. immediately after opening the door there were four eager children went to the door

squeezing into crevices. they thought i might be a healthcare worker who earlier promised to deliver them food and these kids were hungry. they didn't have anything to eat in the house except for bananas. why is food delivery not formerly made? why is trash not being taken away? we're told by the family they were told to be quarantined for their safety, but they were not ordered to do so. and the distinction has a lot of meaning for them. this is how they explained it.

>> let me make sure i understand you. no one has come to this house to tell you to stay behind this door. >> now, the family is from liberia. they say they watch the news, and that is what is making them stay inside their houses for fear of bringing danger to the public safety. again they're not showing symptoms, which by definition they are not contagious. cdc and healthcare workers are monitoring their temperatures twice daily. we haven't asked about the conditions about this family. they declined to return my call but they did say only one family has been ordered to quarantine. it is not them. this family again is just in limbo land, david. they're not sure whether they should stay, but they're not being taken care of either. >> heidi, traffic reporting

there, heidi zhou castro reporting from dallas. >> in washington d.c. they are treating someone with ebola-like symptoms. he traveled to liberia and is now quarantined. they're evaluating and monitoring the patient in in collaboration with the cdc. we're getting more information about the cameraman in liberia who was just technologied with ebola. he was doing non-profit work in the country prior to his assig assignment with cbs news. he is scared but in good spirits. he was a freelance journalist in liberia, and he wrote articles for al jazeera america. he's in a hospital in nairobi right now but is scheduled to arrive in the nebraska medical center for treatment. 3200 soldiers will be on the

ground. lisa stark has more from washington. >> reporter: the pentagon said that the number of troops sent to west africa depends on the needs there. they're not willing to put a floor nor ceiling on that number. they said that the pentagon in the military is now finalizing the protocol it will take if any of the troops become ill. although every precaution possible is taken to make sure that that does not happen. >> they're going to train up what ebola feels like. while there they're going to be constantly monitored on a regular, frequent basis. >> the troops will not be working directly with infected patients. most are not healthcare workers. they're engineers, logistical experts, and they're there to support the cdc and the u.s. aid. they're going primarily to

liberia where they have set up testing labs. those labs can do 100 test as day. they're also starting construction now on two of the 17 hospitals or healthcare centers they will open. each will house 100 patients. the military also saying that a center for any healthcare workers who may become ill will be opening in two weeks. by the end of this month the military expects to have some 1400 troops in west africa. again, mostly in liberia as it ramps up the efforts to take on this deadly virus. >> lisa stark reporting in washington. there are questions about the u.s. airport screening process in keeping people infect with the ebola coming to the united states. some say that popping a an an

ibuprofen to deceive the screening. >> it is simple. several questions. one of them as to whether or not you've been around someone with the ebola infection. clearly what country you've been in. you could easily say no, i have not been around anyone with the ebola infection. here i am as an example, i'm in liberia, but i have not been around any people who are sick. of course, if you have been sick and you know you're going to fly out and you're not showing symptoms yet, you could take ibuprofen to temper any possible fever because they're testing for fevers. yes, it is tree eas--it is very easy to have that happen.

one scientist who was over there, he does not fee feel like those who are screening passengers know how to use the instrument haves correctly. >> what about isolating entire countries and countries of origin should not be allowed to travel to the united states? what do they think of that? >> reporter: yes, they said outspokenly this past week that he feels there should be no isolation of these countries. it will only make matters worse. i specifically asked in a conference as to whether or not he thinks that we should stop flights in and out of west africa. he thought that would be the worst thing, that we would be making the situation a lot worse. earlier today we spoke with a gentleman, sean kauffman, a bio security expert, he has worked for the cdc and he's very

involved in the process over to west africa and he's headed to liberia over the next couple of days. he had thoughts about the isolation process as well. let's have a listen. >> by isolating countries like this you're basically saying to them we're not going to let folks in. and we're not going to let folks out. and to be honest you would kill an effective emergency response. >> so, you know, if you listen to that particular professional, he says that isolation is not a good thing. he thinks that will only be worse. he said in the next statement on camera to us that he feels no matter what that the scenario and other european countries are going to ampify. there will be more people with ebola who will come here to the states and europe. >> robert ray reporting from atlanta. thank you. texas medical officials

thomas duncan came in contact with nearly a hundred people when he came to dallas. how many people can be infected from a single person? >> reporter: when health officials say they can control the outbreak of ebola, they're basing that on how fast it can spread. we have the tools to compare it to other diseases. epidemiologists rely on the basic reproductive radio, the referred to as ro. now, the reproductive ratio for the most common diseases varies wildly from one to the next. pertussis is extremely infectious. for every one person infected 17 people can be infected as a

result. hiv/aids infects up to five people. sars, which we have not seen since 2004, infected up to five people. and ebola, simply does not spread as easily as the others. only four people at max. but ebola is less likely to spread at that when you look at complicated numbers. reproduction rate is a dumb measurement. it assumes that we're wandering around like zombies for a disease to move through us. but we don't behave like that. epidemiologists are developing models of the networks that we form in our lives. they use that to predict outbreaks. here is a typical teenager's network. he goes to class. he hangs out with other teenagers. he has extended family and neighborhood and immediate household, siblings. then random people that he

encounters through the day. now for a flu he could sneeze on any of these people at any time. so the cdc would have to look at all of those people. but in the case of ebola, when he's sympathetic he'll go home. now using these new understandings of our personal patterns and behavior they've developed software that will model the spread of disease throughout the community. one such system draws on research that goes into traffic patterns on city streets. and based on those sorts of symptoms health officials can in the case of a real epidemic where to dispatch vaccines and help. now we're a long way from ebola, and if the data is right, we should be concerned about other diseases.

>> protest necessary hong kong are canceling plans to meet with government officials in midst of a violent confrontation with government supporters. an estimated 1,000 government supporters clashed with activists today in a busy hong kong shopping visit. they tried to keep the two sides apart but protesters say that the police did not do anything. 130 people were taken to the hospital. now we're looking at a live picture of the scene in hong kong. protesters say they had no choice but to cancel the meetings following the newest round of violence. adrian brown has the latest. >> reporter: on friday night we may have seen signs, hints of the backlash that many of the people have feared. they were running scuffles tonight. one of the most densely populated parts of hong kong. these clashes were between rival groups. those who support the

pro-democracy movement here in hong kong, and those who are with regarded as being more in the pro beijing camp. the two are trying to keep the two sides apart, but there has been violence. there has been injuries. around 130 people we are told have been admitted to hospital tonight with a variety of injuries. the chief executive of hong kong has made another plea tonight for both sides to show restraint and for the streets to be cleared. the police have made a similar appeal. as you can see the streets are filling up, you know, literally by the hour. so that simply isn't happening. what happens next, well, there were due to be talks beginning on saturday between those various protest groups, and also government officials. the protest groups have pulled out of those talks christing the violence here.

they say the police simply turned a blind eye to the attacks being carried out on them. and they accuse pro beijing troops of organizing the trouble. you have certainly heard mandarin being spoken here, that's the language spoken on the mainland, a hinted that dark forces may be at play here. >> turkey's potential involvement in the fight against isil is drawing anger from syria today. the syrian government wrote to the united nations saying that turkey's decision to authorize military operation was an act of aggression. meanwhile isil fighters are closing in on the town of kobane in syria. we report from just across the turkish border. >> with tanks taken from the iraqi army, armies intensified their shelling on kobane on friday. the town is dealing defended by

a few thousand syrian kurdish fighters. shoot the tanks one commander tells her fighters. these men and women are unlikely to be able to hold this town for much longer without outside help. >> we wouldn't can't kobane to fall. we'll do whatever we can to prevent this from happening. >> but there's no indication that turkey's military is about to get involved in this battle. it could if it wanted to. there's new domestic legislation that allows turkey to fight what it finds as terrorism and iraq. for now turkey is a refuge for kobane's residence. syria's kurdish fighters have been given weapons. they say that they need reinforcements. there has been a handful of u.s. airstrikes around kobane in recent days. just enough, it seems, to keep

isil at bay. but judging by the proximity of fighting towards the town now it's going to be very difficult to stop kobane falling to isil with airstrikes alone. bernard smith, al jazeera, on the turkey, syria border. >> turkey's border now lined with military tanks but not long ago it was a safe haven with foreign fighters and other groups battling the assad regime inside syria. >> reporter: the mountains that separate turkey from syria are not an obstacle. they are an invitation. he is a smuggler who has helped dozens of foreign fighters to cross into syria. >> people around the world wanted to help. their hearts went out to the syrian people. >> and to get to syria all you have to do is to walk to the edge of the city into this forest. >> this is a turkish city, and

this barbed wear is the only thing separating this city from the syrian district of idlib. right now there is nobody to stop me from hopping over and heading up the hill into syria. >> local residents say that turkey kept its border with syria porous. it wanted to fight against assad. >> we have brothers from bangladesh, iraq, cambodia, australia, u.k. >> reporter: those fighters help fuel isil's rapid rise. they inspire the social media campaign. hundreds of propaganda videos highly produced. well filmed. some featuring photogenic protagonists. >> i'm from the u.k.

>> foreign fighters reject their citizenship for membership in the self declared islamic state. 18,000 foreigners join isil. a few dozen are american. >> we're coming for you, barack obama. >> reporter: the u.s. believes many of these men crossed into syria from turkey. but today under heavy u.s. pressure the turkish parliament voted to close the border and wage war on isil. >> we'll fight effectively against the islamic state and other organizations across the region. >> the crackdown is already started. today he has given up smuggling. the turkish government made his old job too difficult. that's why he won't show his face. >> there are no reservation about the previous policy and all the countries have made isil the boogeyman.

>> reporter: shutting the border completely is impossible but for now on turkey said the only things invited to cross into syria are it's tanks. nick schifrin, turkey. >> you can see more of nick's reporting tonight. "five days of fear: escape from isil." a federal judge has ordered the release of a video of a prisoner at guantanamo bay being dragged from his yell an cell and force fed. he is on a hunger strike but military members strap him to a chair and force fed him. his attorneys are calling the treatment abusive. the tapes will remain under wraps for now. there are good jobs numbers in the united states. but they may not tell the whole story. while some analysts say it's not all good news.

and the united negro college fund is facing criticism from receiving donations from the conservative koch brothers.

>> security experts say the mastiff data breach of jp morgan

say that the security is broken. 83million bank customers were exposed. names, addresses and phone numbers were stolen. more sensitive information such as social security numbers and pass ward passwords were not stolen. taking a look at numbers, earlier this year information from 223 million ebay users were stolen and target said 40 million users information was stolen and home depot said 56 million. $2.60 is the cost perry

placement card. and that could really add up. the nasdaq was up more than 42. today's market gains were boosted on a promising jobs report, steady job growth in september forced the unemployment rate in the u.s. to a six-year low. patricia, is the rate where it needs to be? >> this was a stellar job report in terms of the headline numbers. when you dig a little deeper the report shows some serious pockets of weakness still remain in the job market. the economy added 248,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate dipped below 6% for the first time since 2008. mostly because people found new jobs. but part of the fall in the unemployment rate was down 97,000 people dropping out of the labor force. many of them to retire. and the average worker week edged up slightly, so that is all good. now for the bad news.

and it's been with us for a while, namely that people are not making enough money. average hourly earnings fell $24.53. and that means wage wages are just keeping up with inflation. not getting ahead of it, which means that people have less money to spend and grow the economy. as former deputy labor secretary reminded us, persistently low wages is a sign that a lot of slack remains in the labor force leaving millions of workers chasing too few jobs. >> long-term unemployed workers continue to be stuck. all of those jobs appear to be going to short term unemployed or part time workers and even the number of part time workers has remained very, very high. >> the number of people out of work for more than half a year, the so-called long-term unemployed is just covering

below 3 million. while that is a serious improvement over four years ago its double what it was back in 2007 right before the recession hit, and we'll be taking a closer look at how the un-termed unemployed who managed to find work on real money. >> there are great numbers about gdp growth. when you combine that it suggests that the economy is moving in the right direction, but there is a key sector of working class people who are not catching up. >> yes, taking credit for this slow steady growth that we're seeing in the economy and all these jobs being created but also acknowledging that for a lot of americans they have not recovered their financial footing or the same financial footing before the recession. >> patricia, sagba, thank you. >> those who support hong kong

and beijing government. we speak to one demonstrator who say the police stood by and did nothing while they were beat in the street. and koch brothers donate money to historically black colleges. those colleges are now facing criticism for taking the money.

>> officials say the number of people bean magazine forked for coming in contact with ebola patient thomas duncan in texas has been narrowed down to 150. we have an update from the senior members of the obama administration and the government's response to the ebola outbreak. we'll bring that to you live from the white house when it happens. meantime the protests in hong kong is happening in three

areas. everywhereverywhere else is business as usual. this creates a divide of what citizens really want. >> after spending the night hundreds of protesters wait, hoping to block him from going to work. he was a no-show. government officials simply worked from other locations. the government complex was temporarily closed. civil workers were told to stay home or work from other locations. those in this district were able to maintain their blockade of the main government buildings. >> the police and protester protesterstietussled. police were forced their way out once the ambulance got through they retreated behind their

barricade. the police accuse the protesters of being inhumane. but some of them feel what they're fighting for requires sacrifice from all people in hong kong. >> they have to look at the larger picture. if you're only concerned--if you're only concerned about what impacts your own. >> some other people outside the protest zone feel those blocking the streets are imposing their goals on others. >> they are kidnapping the public for their own. they don't want the public to have free choice. >> without protesters in sight, the first business day after a two-day holiday. protesters tying up the streets means fewer traders are able to make their way to work at the hong tongue stock exchange. but some analysts believe any

plus will be short-lived. >> with talks between the government and protest leaders just announced, and the chief executive acknowledging that this could drag on no one knows how long this crisis could last. nor the scale of the impact of the economy or the city's reputation. >> joining us now is samuel chu. thank you for joining us again. explain what you saw and heard when these pro chinese government supporters clashed with the activists. >> thank you for having me again. when i arrived late this afternoon there has already been quite a bit of skirmish. i think what happened in the mid afternoon, a group, a fairly organized group of pro china protesters or anti-protester

came up and began to violently and pretty forcefully remove tents, supplies, boxes. they were taken down any structures built up by the protesters. then they began to threaten and then physically hit the protesters and the students. by that point actually the occupy students were fairly small in numbers already, so that created a fairly tense situation. what was really shocking to the crowd had a was watching and the students who were there was that the police were there and just stood by and watched. >> any indication who these pro government, pro beijing government supporters were, and whether they were put up to this? >> i think that obviously has been the strong belief and really from the general public is that this is not a coincidence that he showed up in multiple locations today today at the same time, and that they

seem to really have a single purpose, which is really to provoke a peaceful protest, and i think there has been now a very--that they were actively coordinating with the police or at minimum in cahoots with the police where the police were basically passively allowing them to come in to provoke so there would be an excuse to clear the site of protest. >> sam, the latest numbers are 130 people had to be taken to the hospital after these clashes. what is the mood now among the democracy activist given this clash and looking ahead towards the weekend? >> i think what you see they have already come out and say that they are very, very upset with the way that the government and the police responded.

in fact, i think that it's ironic that the police were complaining of the protes protests being inhumane, and they were standing by watching the attacks and allowing the attacks to happen. i think they have already declared that they're no longer in meeting and the negotiation the night before, and the occupied central leaders came out and said we have to continue to live up to the ideal and practice of non-violence, which i think has been remarkable. i was there today, and as these attacks were happening as verbal abuse is being done, and there were reports, there was sexual assault: there has been a great restraint and a sense that we are going to win only if we maintain the peace. you can see protester not only protecting the students but when the crowd began to turn againstd

to protect them and try to escort them out safely because they were being surrounded. >> clearly the chinese authorities are trying to intimidate the occupy central group, the tear gas and the heavy police tactics at the beginning of this. there were clashes today. any anxieties that authorities may escalate further as they may see colleagues on the streets? >> i think that is i think a much debate and possibly a possibility. i think yesterday there was a real sense that perhaps we have come to that political opening and solution where we can come and sit down and talk. but i think today's event is really wildly seen within the protest as being a continuation of what happened on sunday night. a deliberate act of force in this case allowing for us to be used upon peaceful protesters. >> we have to end it there.

we have breaking news. >> of course. >> thank you from hong kong, and good luck. we take you to the white house. we have an update on how the u.s. government is responding to the ebola situation in texas and the search for some 50 people who may have had contact with the one ebola patient. >> finally general david rodriguez, commander of u.s. forces africa command. as the president has said we are not facing just a health crisis, we're facing a national security priority, and it is one that he has instructed his team is as important as any threat we're facing. since this outbreak began in march the president has directed that we scale up our response, both here at home and in the countries affected in west africa. that's exactly what we've done. most recently by deploying

united states military members to liberia and to the region to support civilian efforts on the ground. today we are using a whole of government approach and response to control of this epidemic at its source. that's evidenced by the people who were here with me today at the podium. we're doing a number of things to address this epidemic at its source in west africa first and foremost. we're enhancing our domestic preparedness and ability to respond to isolated cases here in the united states, and as importantly we are rallying the international community to contribute to this response, and that was seen most recently when the president spoke at the united nations last week, and when we had an unprecedented vote in the u.n. security council to contribute and to show galvanizing forces of the

international community and contribute to this response. the strategy of the united states is executing has four key goals. to control the epidemic at its source in west africa. to mitigate the second order impact of this epidemic. to lead a coordinated international response, and to build a robust global health security infrastructure so we are prepared over the long run to confront epidemic such as we're facing today. i think it's very important to remind the american people that the united states has the most capable healthcare infrastructure and the best doctors in the world bar noon. and it's why people travel all over the world to receive medical care here in the united states. finally i want to emphasize that the united states is prepared to deal with this crisis, both at

home and in the region. every ebola outbreak over the past 40 years has been stopped. we know how to do this. and we will do it again. with america's leadership i'm confident and president obama is confident that this epidemic will also be stopped. so with that let me turn the podium over to secretary burwell. >> thank you, lisa. since the outbreak began the united states government has been engaged in preparation both at home and abroad. to protect our homeland and stop the epidemic at its source. we've been working very much to insure that the united states is protected. the cdc sent out its first guidance on july 28th, and it has been followed with six additional sets of guidance and the latest was issued yesterday.

in addition we have enhanced our surveillance and laboratory testing capacity in states to be sure they're able to detect cases. we've been in regular and repeated contacts with state officials and departments to give guidance and tools to conduct public health investigations. we're continue to go provide guidance for flight crews and customs and board parole officers about reporting ill travelers to the cdc, and we're continue to work with hospitals and healthcare workers around the country to prepare most effectively both in terms of detecting symptoms and then responding appropriately. as we saw just a few months ago almost two months ago in carolina's medical center in charlotte, north carolina, and in mount sinai in new york, hospitals and healthcare

symptoms reacted and took appropriate steps. fortunately in those cases the cases were not positive. we saw emory's ability to handle the case from west africa foll following nebraska's facility's ability to do the same. now we have the protocols that we know control this disease. we recognize the concern that even a single case of ebola creates on our shores. but we have the public health symptoms and public health providers to prevent the spread of this deed. we've instituted exit screening procedures in west africa to prevent those who have been exposed from ebola or sick with ebola from traveling. the department of homeland security is in the process of advising all travelers returning to the u.s. from countries with ebola outbreaks in west africa

to monitor their health for 21 days and to immediately seek medical help if any symptoms do develop. the center for disease control stands ready as it has in dallas to deploy expert teams when needed. finally our scientists at the food and drug administration and the national institute of health are working firelessly for vaccines against ebola. we're continuing to work to stop it at its source and to prevent the epidemic from spreading further. i would like to now turn to dr. tony foucci, the director of allergy and infectious diseases to talk a little bit about epidemiology. >> thank you very much, secretary burwell.

>> i would like to void basic facts about ebola and it's transmission. although it is a serious disease with a high fatality rate it is not easily transmitted. specifically the ebola virus is not spread like a cold or influenza. you must come into direct contact with the bodily fluids of a sick person or through exposure through objects that have been contaminated with infected bodily fluids. it is not a respiratory disease like the flu, so it is not transmitted through the air. this is important individuals who are not symptomatic are not contagious. in order for the virus to be transmated the individual would have to have direct contact with an individual experiencing symptoms, who has decide o died of the disease. we have considerable experience in preventing ebola. this is based on experience with

almost two dozen outbreaks in central africa since the virus was first isolated in 1976. the key elements to that control and prevention of outbreaks when ebola rises in a community is to first identify cases, isolate them, care for them under conditions that protect the healthcare workers. and people in direct contact with a sick ebola patient should be monitored for symptoms for 21 days. if no symptoms arise the individual was cleared. if stopples arise the person is appropriately isolated and cared for. this formula has worked very well over many years. i want to reiterate what the

secretary said. our healthcare infrastructure in the united states is well equipped to stop ebola in its tracks. as the secretary said in addition to managing the issues associated with containing the situation in dallas as it exists today, and addressing the very dire situation as it exists in africa today, we are working very aggressively and energ energiccally to test a vaccine to prevent ebola and therapeutics to treat it. now i would like to introduce the administration of usaid.

>> we will talk about the secondary effects of the crisis including making food, water, and government support more available, and the efforts to build out an international coalition as lisa previously discussed. our response in west africa started in the spring and accelerated dramatically over the summer. this coordinated civilian response included the largest-ever disaster assistance response team from usaid. the largest ever person for center of disease control deployed to liberia, sierra leone, guinea and areas in the region, and to double the laboratory and diagnostic capacity to ensure that cases could be identified and positively confirmed. since that time we've helped deliver more than 120 sets of personal protective equipment, build out ebola treatment units,

provide technical assistance for airport screening throughout the region and increase the basic capacity of what has been a weak existing healthcare infrastructure dealing with this disease. as the president noted in his comments at the center of disease control a few weeks ago our strategy now is clear. first we're investing in a strong incident command system at the national and local level throughout the region to identify cases and trace context. second, we're building out ebola treatment units so that enough bed capacity exists for as many positively identified patients as possible to receive isolation and treatment. we're on path to replace the 2800 beds in liberia according to their timeline and just in the last ten days we've seen the ebola capability come online including the largest ebola new

island clinic which we helped to build and staff. third, we're engaging in an extensive community care strategy that includes ten t 10- to 20-bed care center to help isolate patients in those communities and support the distribution of hygiene and protective equipment kits so families can protect their patients and families. we distributed more than 9,000 of those kids with unicef and the "world health organization," and we have ten thousand arrive in country to be distributed through liberia on a weekly basis. on recent days we've been successful in scaling up the effort of identify, reach, and in a safe and dignified manner deal with bodies of patients who are deceased from ebola. we have now more than 50 safe burial teams with full

protective equipment and careful protect calls in place, and we're noting three-quarters of all bodies in liberia of positively identified patients are now being cleared safely within the 24-hour period. this is critically important because that is an existing mode of transition. the complexity of building out ebola treatment units and providing the logistic support in terms of protective equipment and medicines require the significant additional resources brought by the department of defense and announced by president obama. so i'm pleased to introduce general david rodriguez, the commander of africa command to describe those significant efforts. thank you. >> thank you, administrator. as we doploy american sons

led by the united states agency for international development we'll do everything in our power to address and mitigate any potential risk to our service members, civilian employees and first families. as mentioned the areas that we're focusing on are commanding control, to help support and coordinate the efforts of both usaid and the international community. we're working on training the people who man and manage the ebola treatment units. we're supporting the engineering efforts to about out the ebola treatment units, and we're also giving an effort in the area of logistics, this is a tremendous logistics effort as pointed out. for our soldiers prior to deployment we'll provide the best equipment and training that we can. we're assessing risk based on the service members mission and activities in execution of

operations. we're implements procedures to reduce the risk of traps mission as service members go about their daily missions we'll screen and identify anyone who has faced an elevated risk of exposure and we take all necessary steps to minimize any potential transmission in according dance to the international standards that our medical professionals have given us. in the end, equipment, training, procedures and most of all the discipline of our leaders and force will help us enforce the team without posing a risk to our nation and our citizens. thank you. >> thank you very much.

>> you're talking about giving back to passenger who is arrive from ebola countries. why not do more active screening a ask people have you had a fever. have you been in contact with people. it has been done. and it seems to be the reasonable thing. >> it goes back to what the doctor talked about, and what secretary burwell talked about. we're taking steps to address the source, the people coming from the source countries, and we think those are the most effective steps we can take. the temperature testing, the questionnaires, the testing for fever, and making sure that people who are symptomatic and as the doctors have said, and talked about repeatedly, you

cannot get ebola other than from direct contact with bodily fluids with some at that time who is symptomatic. the way to control this is to prevent those individuals from getting on the plane in the first place. since these measures have been in place dozens of people have been stopped from getting on flights in the region. >> but we now know that people have gotten on planes any way. why not have the u.s. customs and immigration people ask them clearly, it's clearly been not effective clearly on the african side. >> we've soon an individual in texas who did come to this country, and later became symptomatic, and that person is now being isolated and dealt with, and significantly contact is being done. your question about passive versus more active screening is an understandable one. but as secretary burwell

indicated, they're trained to identify symptomatic individuals, and where they do present people who may be symptomatic. they have instructions about what to do and how to handle that. that is all of which to say that we're constantly going to evaluate what may be the most effective measures we can take. secretary johnson is constantly evaluating that with their team and with medical professionals. right now the most effective measures are at the source countries and taking steps with concerted training and precautionary measures and notification measures that we've seen with the cdc folks here on the receiving end. >> talk in broad terms about hospital procedures here and obviously in dallas there have been breakdowns. i wonder specifically lessons

learned from the dallas situation. they're talking about hospitals and what does the u.s. know about the latest video of another american. >> on that latter issue, let me address that, and then ask secretary burwell and the doctor to address the medical measures in texas with the constraints that you understand that they're operating in. we're aware and have seen and are evaluating the newest video. if it is authentic it shows the brutality of isil, and our hearts go out to the family of the british aid work and to the remaining hostages and their families. this is just a very clear example of the brutality of this group, and why the president has articulated and is moving out in

a comprehensive way to degrade and destroy isil. >> officials are taking a question about a latest video that has been released from isil which shows allen hennings' beheading. on the issue of ebola, they're making sure that people who have ebola have not been getting on aircraft and heading to the west. there has been criticism of measures taken. i'm david shuster. tune in for this week's edition of "power politics." insid"inside story" is next.

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