at 9:00pm eastern, followed by the reunion show at 10:00 pm. that's all for now. the conversation continues on the website aljazeera.com/considerthis and we are on facebook and twitter @ajconsiderth @ajconsiderthis, and you can tweet me @amoratv. see you again next time hi, i'm john seigenthaler, this is al jazeera america, and coming up... >> the president tries to reassure the public about the spread of ebola. >> if we take the steps yes need to. this will be contained. >> less pain at the pump, gas prices drop below $3 in some areas. >> and america's top cop says a feature of new smart phones is making it harder to solve

crimes. >> it will have serious consequences for law enforcement and security agencies at all levels. >> we begin with ebola and the controversy over the government's response. the first dallas nurse diagnosed is en route to an american hospital. nipa pham will be treated at one of four special biounits and is in good continues. president obama signed an order for reserve troops if needed in west africa. the president addressed the public over rising concerns about the virus. >> the most important thing i can do in keeping americans safe is to cope it contained at the source the united states is obviously leading the way in terms of providing resources, equipment and mobilizing the world's community. >> today on capitol hill, there

were tough questions for haementsd officials on the ebola cases in the -- health officials on the ebola cases in the u.s. and overseas. >> it was a subtle challenge in position for president obama. he's open to the idea of appointing an ebola-sar. a point person, the head center for disease control was on the hot seat in congress. on capitol hill, the criticism came from all sides. >> people's lives are at stake, the response is unacceptable. >> lawmakers are outraged that amber vincent who treated thomas eric duncan was permitted to get on an airplane with a low grade fever, despite assurances that protocols were in place. >> what specifically did she say her symptoms were. >> i did not see the transcript. my understanding is she reported no symptoms.

>> tighter restrictions have been called for, or an outright ban for travel. that, says dr freedom is a bad idea. >> borders can be porous in this part of the world. we will not be able to check them for fever when they leave or arrive. the white house agrees. a ban would make the problem worse. if we put in place a travel tore visa ban, it would provide a distrelent incentive for individuals to travel to the united states and go under ground and evade the screening and not be candid about their travel history in order to enter of the country. >> for the second di in a row, president obama cancelled on out of town trip, instead staying at the white house. president obama is sending more personnel to west africa. an unannounced number of

military engineers to build hospitals. >> the situation in africa, where ebola claimed 4500 lies came up briefly in the hearing. >> put this in perspective. we this three cases of ebola. we should be concerned about the cases and act urgently, but need not to panic. >> a couple of details to add - the president's call up limited to eight at this point, just eight. engineers are going to go to west africa to help in the construction of hospitals, part of the 4,000 perm that the president has authorised to go there. on the question of a travel map, this is the political pivot point in washington, republicans and democrats calling for it. the president has no philosophical objection. experts tell him it would make the problems worse. >> mike viqueira at the white house. >> now to the latest developments with la famila, the first texas nurse. we go to joacuin "el chapo"

guzman in dallas with more. >> the latest information moments ago has arrived in maryland, her flight took off from dallas, and now she is at the special isolation unit, one of four across the country. before her departure, she issued a video posted by the hospital on social network, and you can see the inside of her hospital room. she thinks the nurses, doctors and the hospital - no ill will to the hospital, taking care of thomas eric duncan, here is a clip from that video. . >> i'm really proud of you. hi.

how is everything? ... >> with nina pham's departure, dallas, the state of texas, they appear to be ebola free. >> texas presbyterian will no longer treat nooepa pham. the first nurse in dallas to contract the disease. >> this evening we'll admit to the clinical studies unit at the national institutes of health nipa pham, known as nurse number one. nip we'll provide her with state of the art care. >> amber vincent is being treated at emory university hospital. this suggests a quote of no confidence on how texas presbyterian handled ebola. and the c.d.c. is under scrutiny for a lack of guidance. a hospital apologised for

mistakes in treating thomas eric duncan. they faced tough questions during a congressional hearing. >> has your organization in texas identified where the breaches in protocol were that resulted in her infection, or, alternatively the ipp confessies of the protocol. we don't know the source or the cause of the exposure that caused nooepa to contract the disease. noo nooep. >> the nurses said they were not communicated request. >> dallas hospital said: . >> none of this is likely to

ease fears. some schools here and in ohio cancelled classes on thursday. the reason, students had been on the same flight as nurse amber vincent, who travelled after developing a fever before being diagnosed with ebola. >> just to explain about nina pham and why she was moved. her condition is quite good. the hospital explanation is they have opened up a section of the hospital for voluntary self-guarantee each, nurses and -- self-guarantee each, nurses and doctors that treated dunk. as a result of that, there has been a staff shortage, and there was a feeling at the hospital made a decision in conjunction with federal officials that nina pham would be better taken care of at this special isolation unit. >> thank you melissa chan from

dallas. in this country the chance of anyone, each health care workers getting the disease is small. other diseases pose bigger threats, include ght the flu. 60 million americans will get the flu in an average year, and they kill more than 36,000 americans every year. in the himalayas, the effort to find 350 hikers. they were caught in a snow storm. 70 are missing, 28 dead. making it one of the worst hiking tragedies in the history of nepal. >> the fight against i.s.i.l. ramped up with more air strikes, but i.s.i.l. is not backing down in iraq, syria or online in the latest propa ganned pea video, fighters vowed to punish the u.s. and fly the flag over the

white house. the men claimed to be european nationals. turkey allowing the u.s. to launch drones. coalition war planes are not allowed to take off from inside turkey's borders. the u.s. says air strikes are working in the battle for kobane. i.s.i.l. has been trying to take the city. bernard smith has the latest report. >> a series of coalition air strikes on thursday targeted i.s.i.l. positions in kobane. the first coalition air strikes is during daylight hours on thursday. until then it's one of the quietest days in kobane. little gun fire and one report of mortars fired towards the turkish border. they enabled kurdish fighters in kobane to regain grouped that they -- ground that they lost to

i.s.i.l. they regained positions pushing i.s.i.l. to the south and east. i.s.i.l. fighters have been pushed back and scattered in other areas. kurdish fighters in the city say the air strikes made a difference and believe the tide is turning. >> hurricane gonzalo is heading towards bemuda. spend to hit -- bermuda. expected to hit tomorrow. airports and tourists have been told it take shelter. >> on thursday, they had a nice day here. believe it or not, before the storm came in, but by the end of the day we looked at the waves picking up. look at the video showing the waves picking up there. as we wake up tomorrow, we'll

see a difference in the waves. we could see waves by the time the storm hits, between 20 and 30 feet. that was based on what they saw with hurricane fabian in 2003. people took the time on wednesday as well as thursday to start to board up their homes and get supplies. as john said, most of the residents are in shelters now, getting ready for the storm. at 11 o'clock we have the newest hurricane warning from the national hurricane center. one of the changes is winds have not dropped too much. they were 144 miles per hour before, and dropped to 138. one of the big things that changed is the forward movement of the storms. we were looking at 7 miles per hour, and now we are looking at 14. it's moving quicker here. this system is expected to keep

its intensity, drop to a category 3 by tomorrow night. that is when we think we'll see a close land fall. what we are concerned about is storm surge as well as winds across the island. they are still hooking at debris. that is going to be a problem. we expect to see between 6 and 12 inches of rain. >> thank you for the update. >> there's good news for drivers. the press of gas is going down. the cost of crude dropped 8%. it's approaching a low that we have not seen in fourors. in the last -- four years. in the past three months oil dropped 22%. the average price $3.16. in some places it's lower. joel kirkland is the deputy editor of energy wire and joins us from washington d.c.

why is gas going down? >> it's a confluence of events, and is died to crude oil. what you have is in the middle east, in the organization of petroleum exporting countries. there is a persistent increase in production. saudi arabia this summer decided that it was going to both, you know decrease prices and increase supplies set off a storm within o.p.e.c., which is leading to a bit of a price war. prices are dropping for these countries to maintain the market share. secondly you have increasing production in the united states, which is reducing demand for imports into the u.s. thirdly you have declining economies in europe and asia, those three together, you have a

supply and demand dynamic that is pushing prices down. >> when oil goes up, it seems like the gasoline prices go up. when they come down, can you explain why it takes so long for cash prices to come down, and they never come down as much. >> it's a complicated question. one of the reasons is that, you know, the gasoline prices and oil prices are on two different tracks. you have oil brought up by refineries, and they decide what gasoline prices they'll offer the market. and sometimes there's competition within the industry for either lower gasoline prices. you know, i'm not sure how to answer that. there's always a lag. i think it's a big international market. so it takes time to filter down to the domestic mark. >> for those of us living in the north-east, and use home-heating

oil. can you give us a sense of the impact on this type much oil in the u.s. -- type of oil in the us? >> i think home heating oil prices will go up. it depends on whether during this winter, in the north-east in particular, you know, heating oil is greatly tied to demand. usually there's not enough. therefore if it's a cold winter you could have prices go up considerably. >> even know overall oil prices are down. >> that's a local market in the north-east. the boston area for sure can get cold weather, and there are pipe lines that have to exist, storage facilities that have to be working properly. honestly, i do think there's enough oil in the market to handle a tough winter. i think oil prices will probably stay down, but i'm weary about

predicting prices. >> energy independence, you mentioned that. is that what we have to look forward to. energy independence. does that mean lower prices or not? >> the term independence is tough. the u.s. will not be fully independent probably ever. it's tide to the international market in part. we are getting there. the amount of oil we are producing out of the north dalent and texas and colorado is enormous. the increase is beyond the expectations of many people. our imports of crude oil declined considerably. so, yes, i could say that we are approaching independence. we'll get there to some degree, but not fully. >> usually when you have conflict in the middle east like with i.s.i.l., you see oil prices go through the roof. that's the opposite of what happened this time.

why? >> i mean, that's a good question. i really do think that the countries in the movement, the members of o.p.e.c. - which includes venezuela and nigeria and these countries, but really the countries in the movement are -- in the middle east are facing geopolitical tensions because of war, and they are facing their own domestic population and the economies and their budgets, which have been stuck on hundred dollar oil for a number of years. i think that there's a possibility that those prices could go back up. the reason they are coming down is market shares are of critical importance when you have so much competition for around the world for oil. >> we hope it continues to go down. good to see you. thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you. >> coming up, cellphones keep

getting smarter. too smart for law enforce. plus... >> salmon versus people. fishing versus mining, state legislature versus state agencies with the federal government lurking in background. i'm allen schauffler in alaska. where there'll be a vote on a mine. that ahead. sh pash

the head of the transportation security admission is retiring. john says he will step down at the end of the year. he's been at the helm of the t.s.a. for more than four years. it was created after 9/11 to screen travellers and luggage. he was confirmed by the u.s. senate unanimously ahead of the midterm elections, we have been travelling to battle ground states. this week we are visiting alaska, where a battle over a gold and copper mine could have

an balent over close -- impact over close races. shaust explains. >> two -- shaust explains. >> two things going on. that's a battle and an environmental investigation that could shut the project before developers apply for a licence. the e.p.a.'s action has been challenged in federal court. it's a battle over fish, minerals and over the agency. add in a vote, and you have a tangled mess on the alaskan political landscape. >> reporter: the pebble mine could be a deep as the grand canyon, according to the environmental protection operation. the entire provision, including waste dumps covers an area the sues of manhattan. stakes are huge, there could be $500 billion worth of gold and copper.

70 miles downstream is a fishing port, a ghost town this time of year, and a town with the pebble mine is not popular, especially among the native american tribes who rely on salmon for money and food. in the last frontier federal meddling in state and local matters is frowned upon in the lower 48. alaskans are known upon for their independent nature. asking outsiders for help is not their style. in the case of the pebble mind is what the local tribes did. >> some folks, you know, say the federal government, you stay out of my backyard. at the same time we need to fix our harbour, make sure we have clean water and air. how can you have both? you know. >> the mine site is in the

mountains above bristol bay. one of the richest salmon fisheries. many worry the mine could damage the streams where salmon spawn. we are going to the mar each services where a lot of boats are on blocks. the fishing fleet is high and dry. the salmon season is over. tommy and others for more than a decade opposed the mine and sees the e.p.a. as a participation saviour. there's nothing wrong with mining. one of things that a lot of folks point out is this mine is in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> in a lawsuit mine developers challenge the e.p.a.'s authority to act pre-emptively. that was thrown out, but developers promised a legal fight will continue, even if the

agency stops the projects. >> complicating things, tommy and all alaskans face a ballot message giving senate the time say, possibility neutralizing e.p.a. action on this and other proposals. can we do both, preserve what's here and go into the grouped. >> we can. >> the pebble mine vote is confusing and ups necessary -- unnecessary, poll it sizing what should be a scientific process. >> it's hardly unfair for the state of alaska. for future job opportunities, it's an economically depressed region. >> pebble could provide 1,000 jobs and revenue. the same argument could be made

for fishing. >> 2,000 permits and boats that can punish. four on each boat fishing. 8,000 jobs. add in the cannery workers. people tending the boats. fishermen say it adds up to 14,000 jobs at risk, and more. >> there's analogy more that i love than watching the first hit. >> so salmon supporters say they are not against mining and mining supporters are not against salmon. it's natural resource icon versus natural resource icop, with a vote but no clear answers. >> i said it was a tangled mess. this won't necessarily untangle it, it's not a yes or no vote. there's a lot of concern that people voting will not understand what they are voting for. >> this lays out the alaskan dicot some which.

it's a place of beauty and valuable mineral resources. as a former government said, it's america's national park and energy provider as well. those two concepts collide, and are colliding here with the pebble mine. >> join us for a special election report: . >> coming up next on this programme - gaoled journalist peter greste's key to survival in his own words. plus how networks are making it easier for cable customers to cut the cord.

this is al jazeera. i'm john seigenthaler. coming up, a look at an ebola patient from inside her hospital room, why she is being removed to a different facilities, and why cellphones are making it harder to solve crimes, and sherlock holmes comes to life in a new art exhibit. nina pham, the first dallas

furs infected with -- first nurse infected with ebola will be treated at a special facility. here is a video. pham is the first person to contract ebola on u.s. soil. president obama issued an executive order allowing the pentagon to send more troops to west africa to combat the virus. republicans and democrats called for tighter restrictions and even an outright ban. the c.d.c. says a ban would make it worse. the second dallas nurse is in atlanta in a hospital room designed to handle deadly infectious diseases. we bring in science and technology correspondent jake ward in dallas to explainway the

rooms are like. jake. >> john, the facility that nina fan will be treated at, they are extraordinary. special facilities, there's a handful of them in the united states. the rest of the hospitals are improvising. this situation with ebola revealed the american cracks in the system. now, amber vincent is in these rooms in emory hospital in atlanta. >> this is the anteroom, which is where all the preparations for going into the poirpt room occurs. an intercom system so visitors can look through the class and talk to the patient. we have two tarpt rooms off the

anteroom. the pressure in that patient room is negative with regard to the anteroom, so when the door is open, all the air goes into the room and out of patient rooms. >> nina pham is moving to a room built for c.d.c. standards to rare highly infectious diseases, for the rest of the country, on recommendations can be issued. here, less than a quarter mile away is preston hollow, a for-profit emergency room. both places can ham the basics -- can handle the basics. a broken leg or the flu. when it comes to ebola, they are improvising. they face american challenges much all but a few american hospitals are run as businesses,

with the need for cost savings. >> we run out of stuff all the time here. doctors are faced, for example, out of a catheter, they have to use ta different kind. drugs are the same way. they'll run out of a drug, you have to trade one for the others. it's a day to day phenomenon. it's not shocking that we are improvising here. the united states has no common standard. if you are alone and unconscious in an emergency room, the staff nose nothing about you. by 2020 hospitals in europe will have access to is cross-border area. some hospitals are skipping past the c.d.c.'s recommendation, adopting guidelines for doctors without borders, a european organization.

>> we like to think there are facilities like the ones treating the nurses. the largest, the one in nebraska, which has the capacity for three patients costs $1 million, it was built in 2005 and sees a million patients. that is an unsustainable form of business, and that is why all the hospitals are improvised. >> you have been standing outside the hospital for a few days. can you give us a sense of the scene there? >> well, this is a place that has gone quite dark. the hospital has become a quiet place, the reports are that a hospital - this hospital that has over 800 beds has 200 beds filled at the moment. it's a quiet place. it speaks to the flouristic fractured health care system we have. patients go from place to place, have choices where to go, and this one is suffering as a

business at this moment. thanks for the update. >> in west africa, more than 45 hunt people died from ebola. there's reason to be hopeful as the region continues to fight the virus. five countries directly infected, two say they are ebola free. senegal reported no knew cases since isolating a man back in august. nigeria, africa's most populous nation reported no knew cases since end of august. nigeria had 20 cases that resulted in eight deathsar the disease was brought into the country by a man travelling from liberia a story of survival from sierra leone. a teenage girl has been eunited with her -- reunited with her family after surviving ebola.

. >> this 14-year-old was sick with chest pains and an elevated heart break. she was fortunate to survive. her younger brother and aunt died. u.n.i.c.e.f. estimates 8.5 million africans under the age of 20 life in areas affected by ebola. >> now to the straight rescue efforts in himalayas. 70 are missing. search teams in nepal are trying to find the climbers, lost for days. >> sabrina has more from the base of rescue plagueses. -- rescue operations. >> helicopters have been circumstance lipping, looking for -- circumstance lipping looking for people trapped. tuesday morning, a snow storm hit this region, a popular trekking and mountaineering

destination. here in the valley, hundreds had to take cover, crossing a 5,400 meter pass. around 20,000 people use the pass every year. this was one of them. >> the pass was around 300-400 meters. heavy strong wind, and there's snow and coming in. and we get scattered everywhere. >> one of his friends is mying. the walk down that takes 3 hours took them seven. >> nepal's army found the body of a porter who was also missing. trekkers waiting to find their friends come to the helipad every day, just in case. it's a sombre occasion. >> i found this. okay.

>> rescuers say the snow is thick around the area. making it very difficult to spot people. they picture many taking shelter could have been buried. >> more than 60 people braved the storm on tuesday. over two dozen were rescued by the nepal army, but the weather has been unfavourable for rescue and recovery, for those missing, hope is gipdling taste -- gipdling fast riot place are clearing out hong kong protesters, more than 100 place moved in, raiding the camp. for more than two weeks the pro-democracy demonstrators occupied the financial distribute, calling for election reform and a hong kong government independent of the china. law enforcement officials today said they are worried technology

is getting in the way of solving crimes. it is designed to protect private information on devices like smartphones. sophisticated cost ware protects officers getting the information they need. >> it's the equivalent to a closet that can't be open, a safe that can't be cracked. my question to facilitators is at what cot. >> jillian is a senior fellow at the cato institute, and his work focuses on national security and intelligence. welcome? >> thank you for having me on. >> is mr comby right? >> in a limited sense. he is right that any privacy enhancing technology will make things difficult for law enforcement. his take is a bit myopic.

we live in what many call the golden age of surveillance. more data is obtained than more people. more information about where you are physically, what you read from day-to-day who you are communicating with. we have better ways of storing data. it's been the case that you could throw a letter in the fire or have an in person conversation that would leave no trace after the fact. he's right in one sense, but in a larger sense, the idea that somehow without the access to have - the ability to crack open encryption, 20 years ago that nobody had access to, it seems unlikely that this will render police impotent. >> it suggests that we are less

safe as a result of these devices. can you give me a sense, do you think this is a result of surveillance programs revealed in this country. >> in part. american companies are taking a hit because in a global market. most people in the world are not americans. people do not feel that laws that may be designed to give special protections to minister are not protecting foreign citizens and corporations against large-scale surveillance by the n.s.a. and other agencies, and so they are less and less willing to make use of american cloud computing services, and american computing devices. we know they have been compromised. these companies are doing what the market dictates, by trying to reassure a global market that their data is safe.

seven if you buy and trust an american product. >> couldn't the companies open a back door for law enforce. ? >> they could do it quietly. the trouble is, one, people are less trusting, so they want additional assurances that this can't be done. computer experts are you nam mouse, that it is not possible to create a back door that only opens for the good guys, it's almost impossible to create a vulnerability, that's what a backdoor of this kind is, if you create code to work against the users, to reveal their data against the wishes of the users, it's almost impossible to guarantee that back door, that vulnerabili vulnerability, that it cannot be exploited by a hacker.

thank you very much, julian sap chez. good to have you on the programme the plane carrying secretary of state john kerry broke down this week for the fourth time this year. the boeing 757 left him strapped in vienna, kerry and his crew scrambled to catch commercial flights. he hinted that he would like a new plane, he has flown for than 500,000 miles to 55 countries since taking the job a message together from gaoled al jazeera journalist peter greste. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been detained for 295 days. this evening his words resonated from prison at a ceremony. jonah hull was there. >> reporter: as journalists gathered at a club to recognise the work of freelancers, a

member was ab sement. al jazeera correspondent greste is serving a prison term in egypt, given a lengthy sentence in june along with colleagues for allegedly aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. in a keynote address compiled by peter's family based op conversations and delivered by codefendant sue turton, he reflects on the dangers for journalists in conflicts defined more and more by ideology. >> my point is in all of these battle grounds, whether hot or cold, journalist are no longer on the front lines, we are the front lines. in this wider conflict there's no such thing as a mutual independence reporter. if you cross the lines in pursuit of one of our fundamental principles of balance, fairness or accuracy, you effectively join the enemy. >> peter greste believes his

incarceration serves as a reminder of the importance of free press. >> if you look at statistics, journalism, the acquisition of news abroad has become dangerous, to the point that i think it's severely threatened. news organizations are rarely wondering whether they can take the risks involved. >> peter greste's family are keen to stress that they put this together based on conversations during prison visits. he and his fellow prisoners are restricted in what they are allowed to write. the worry is privileges is revoked if authorities believe anything is smuggled out. the me are not free to speak their minds. a campaign in the media sought to build pressure for their release. their predicament is at close to

the hearts of many journalists. >> new york is teaming up against air b&b. the popular website allows people to list their homes online. 70% are illegal, days the attorney-general, and costing the state millions in tax money, and announced a joint plan with new york city to shut down illegal hotels. there's a new exhibit dedicated to sherlock holmes. it is enjoying a 21st century reppa sons. jessica baldwin gets an inside look. >> this is the way in to the exhibition. >> the pipe, cap, violin, all here. the 19th century man u scripts in the writing of sir arthur conan doyle, and costumes worn

of those portraying the kak ter. there's no character portrayed more. from london to the updated city. the old story and new films are popular in the far east, and the mus eem of london is in negotiations to ship the show to other destination. it's of global phenomena i can't think of a character that has this breath of hold on the world. the author wrote two sherlock hoel s novels. the first is a success, the second, moriarti will be published next month. there's something about the two men, holmes, aleave, cold and distant. watson, afable, humane, like us. the two together are unbeatable.

>> all are aspect of a great detective - examined in the exhibition. >> what is it about sherlock hoel s that the fans are keen on. >> the atmosphere of the era. itch it's the store ci, exciting criminal stories. >> there seems to be no end to the popularity of sherlock holmes. >> it inspires, books, movies and romance. what would sherlock think about the publicity buzz, interest. most likely he'd turp to his friend dr watson and say "it's elementary." coming up next - our picture of the day. plus, cutting the cord from cable. a few tv networks are making it easier to do.

gonzalo is making its way to bermuda. that is not the only loegz we'll be concerned about as it makes its way past bermuda as a category 3 storm, we'll worry about what is happening in newfoundland canada. it will be off the coast, but a category 2 hurricane. that means for that island we'll see a storm surge, which is a major problem. as we go towards next week, it will retain some of its signature as a tropical storm. it sees major flooding by the beginning of next week. >> to hawaii, we look at tropical storm anna making its way to the north-west. it's a category 1 hurricane. for the island of hawaii, that means we'll see flooding. it should stay to the west,

bringing rain showers for the north-west of the rainy conditions, flooding, and that moved off. you will see rain together, but tomorrow better conditions. that's a look at your weather. the news is next.

it's a growing trend watching tv on your computer. and today the options for so-called cord cutters got bigger. c.b.s. announced they are starting a pay for play streaming service of the network's programs paul beban showed us how it will wok. >> internet players like netflix and others are in the web playing game. but c.b.c. will join them. offering a library of network shows, but not the n.f.l. h.b.o. announced in 2015 it will ex-£the h.b.o. go streaming service, allowing viewers to buy from h.b.o. a lot of tv channels offer streaming services. what is the big deal? >> those services require you to have an active cable subscription to access content.

what h.b.o. and c.b.s. want to do is go around the cable companies and make the show available to you over the internet. all of this is part of a bigger trend. you may have heard the phrase cutting the cord, in 2010, when 152 million households had cable subscriptions, down to 133 million, expected to continue to fall. a big part of the drop. more and more streaming shows online instead of buying the pricey cable packageses. >> thank you. technology reporter tim focuses on media streaming and joins us. >> thanks. >> let me start. what do you think the impact of this will be on cable tv. >> this gives us too fewer reasons to subscribe to table. cable. if you sub scribe to cable and

you pay 80, 100, 130 a month. you have the opportunity to pay a monthy fee to h.b.o. and c.b.s. and get the content when and how you want to watch it. >> cable companies are criticized to the effect they don't allow people to pick and choose the channels. >> that's part of it. this is the fraying of the bundling. the unbundling of tv. verizon and dish net are talking about offering a la carte packages. we'll see a trend, the unbundling. >> if they get their tv programs from a particular service online, do they need cable to provide them internet generally. don't they. >> you hit the nail on the head.

the same people we pay our monthly subscriptions to is where we get the internet from. you'll see a hiking up of internet-alone packages. you'll see packages just tore internet, that will rise. it's good for the cable companies, because television doesn't have great marnalins, and they do. >> if everybody is streaming hdd tv online, is the pipe big enough to handle the browned. >> netflix is responsible for a third of internet travelling during prime times in the u.s. an issue is the cable companies want to charge them interconnect fees to make sure they are not congested. we'll see a huge battle. >> this is the net neutrality

battle, rite. >> this is related to net neutrality, yes. >> what kind of future do you think cable tv has? >> i think cable tv has a future, but there are more and more options now for consumers than ever before. >> cable companies need to focus on attracting young viewers, 25% don't pay for cable. and those are the people coming of age, and getting old are, and others that need to be attracted to cable. >> i get the impression that folks like time warner cable are not concerned. >> now i think they are concerned. they want to give consumers options to keep them. it may bring down the rates. there are more options. we don't have many options about who to pay for tv and brett of the it will be grat for

consumers. if we find a way to get a wireless signal, they'd be out of the picture. >> and google - creating google fibre, increased competition for sure. >> it's good to have you on the programme. >> we appreciate it. >> now our picture of the day. orange is the new black. lighting the empire state building. that was where millions showed support for les by yn, gay, transgender use. cox is a transgender actress. you are looking at a picture. empire state building in honour of national bullying prevention month. that is the program. "america tonight" is next. i'm john siegenthaler, see you back here tomorrow night.

an america tonight special focus. cheers of support as nurse and ebola patient heads to a super hospital in maryland. meanwhile the demand for answers. >> throughout the testimony and questions today, i have heard you say, multiple times i don't know the details of this. i don't know the details of that. >> as the nation demands to know, how can ebola spread so fast here, and do you know how to stop it? with other questions do we with have the resources to isolate the sickest patients are front line workers getting the right information to stay safe, and at the heart of the stone, are they getting a handle on ebola before more of it spreads. and america tonight