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harder to find it. thank you very much, police. they were reunited. thank you for being with us this week. have a great weekend. bill: enjoy the weekend. martha: bye, everybody. we'll see you here monday. shannon: a fourth american an nbc cameraman comes down withcoing -- covering the story in africa. the family that was first diagnosed with ebola here in the u.s. is under armed guard. i'm shannon bream. eric: i'm eric shawn in for jon scott. they are inside the dallas apartment after ignoring requests by authorities to stay home. they're monitoring them for any sign of the ebola virus. they're trying to determine how to handle thomas duncan's clothes and bedding safely. his sweaty towels and dirty sheets are still in the
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apartment where he stayed after he arrived from liberia. duncan is in isolation at texas health presbyterian hospital. he faces prosecution back home in liberia for allegedly lying about his exposure to ebola when he filled out those forms at the airport. new developments on this developing story. casey stiegel live at the hospital right now. hey, casey. >> reporter: hey, eric, good to see you. the regarding the cleaning, sanitizing of that apartment you were just speaking of, a couple of hiccups. first of all what to do with the family members who are quarantined inside of that tiny unit while it is scrubbed down properly. also the company that has been hired for the job apparently did not have the proper permits to transport the bio hazardous waste material like the patient's belongings. they're working to secure the permits as we speak. meantime the hospital now saying a computer software glitch is to blame for duncan initially being discharged from the emergency room here.
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remember he came to texas health presbyterian hospital last thursday with a fever and abdominal pain. his family says they told a nurse he had been in liberia but the doctor never got those notes. then sent duncan home with some medication. texas health now saying there was a flaw in their electronic records system. and that's what happened. as for the 100 or so public health officials belief have some sort of contact with the patient, the cdc investigators have been reaching out to them. tracers as they're called. at this point they believe it is unlikely that more than a handful have experienced the type of exposure that could continue spreading this virus. so we're talking about relatively small numbers according to the cdc thankfully. this as we send our thoughts and prayers to one of our own, a fourth american has been diagnosed with ebola, a fellow journalist, a nbc news photographer who had been in liberia covering the story
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really at ground zero. he and his team have been quarantined. they're working on getting them back to the united states for treatment. so far no word on where they will go once they get back to the u.s., eric. eric: casey. woman with whom he was staying he was sweating profusely and vomiting. there are concerns what is inside that apartment. >> right. eric: mr. duncan's family has relatives all over the united states. his half-brother moved from liberia to phoenix nine years ago. he says it is the last time he saw duncan. he says they talk and text regularly. >> when i spoke with him this morning, he sounded happy, he sounded december decent. we took the phone and talked. everything okay? we have everything. we are here. we are fine. eric: duncan has a nephew. he lives in north carolina. his name is joe weeks. he told reporters that he is worried about his uncle and other family members in texas. >> i'm going through the day
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right now. his family as well. those people are innocent people. they had no, they didn't ask for this. he didn't ask for this. unfortunately it happened to him. he is member my family. i have to do everything i can to make sure the man survives the situation. eric: as ebola situation continues, some health officials and commentators are pointing fingers at media for the way the story is being reported. in a few minutes we'll have a fair and balanced debate about the coverage of this deadly disease. shannon: eric, canada, along with australia planning to launch airstrikes against isis targets in iraq. >> yes, it is a combat deployment but it is an essentially humanitarian mission to protect the people of iraq and ultimately the people of australia from the murder russ rage of the isil death cult. shannon: australia's move as turkey also authorizes military force as isis fighters move ever closer to the turkish border. launching attacks in the northern syrian down of koban
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think. earlier today a round of fire hitting turkey. militants threaten to, threaten an his tore being tomb in syria, could isis make a critical misstep in how would that calculation benefit the u.s.? we'll take a look at that later on in the hour. eric: shannon, brit an's prime minister making a surprise visit to afghanistan. david cameron promising support for afghan's newly sworn in president, afghani. one of the first world leaders to meet with the new afghan president as most british forces will leave afghanistan at end of the year. he said britain paid a heavy price in this war but pledges support building a strong afghanistan he says free of al qaeda. >> new september jobs numbers out today show progress in the economist. the unemployment rate dropping to 5.9% last month. that is a six-year low. along with that, u.s. employers
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adding 248,000 jobs last month. all right, we're looking at the results of a "fox news poll" asking though, are you better off today than you were in 2008? only 24% say, yeah, they're better off. 28% say they're worse off and 47% say about the same. when asked which party they would select in congressional race, 47% would choose the republican. 40% say the democratic candidate. let's bring in john mccormick, senior writer for "the weekly standard," ed o'keefe, congressional reporter for "the washington post." good to see you both. >> good to be here. >> hi, shannon. shannon: ed, start with you. we have this new number. sound like good news. we need signs of recovery. the minute i put it out there with twitter i get flooded with responses from people say it is not with my reality. these are hard numbers that come from the government but plenty of skeptics say it doesn't match up with my experience. is that because we have some people drop out of the labor
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participation rate at this point? >> i'm no economist but everything suggests that there are people who dropped out or who still feel they're underemployed versus what they had before. you look at polling as one you showed, suggests that americans are not necessarily feeling the benefits of this rebound going on, whether it is the stock market, maybe not this week but in general, going up. whether unemployment rate going down. whether it is other economic indicators suggesting improvement. people don't see it necessarily in their wallet or their pocketbook and that is the challenge that the president faces. he can run around the country and talk about in interviews and speeches as much as he wants and frankly, given that there are so few other successes for him to talk about these days, either on the domestic or foreign policy front it makes sense that he was trying to, there are a lot of people, especially in his party who i think feel that they don't, don't necessarily feel they're reaping benefits of this. that's why you seen democrats attempt and fail because of republican opposition to do things like raise the minimum wage or insure pay equity for women as they say, or take other
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steps because they know that that is popular with democratic voters and yet, it is not happening and may not be enough to turn them out. shannon: let's bring jon in here. the president in a very important speech yesterday did say the economy showing a lot of signs of improvement. it is best he has been since he took office. much better conditions than when he took office. he talked about the fact that the midterms should be referendum on economy. as ed points out it is one of the bright spots for him as we have so much trouble around the world. regardless what numbers we have, cold hard data, if people don't feel that in their own experience will the economy be a winner for democrats in the midterm? >> i don't think so. you know while the unemployment rate is improving that doesn't tell the entire story. that the median american household, their income is actually down 8% since before the recession. the median household in america, their income is still lower than it was in 1989. secondly, health care, i don't think americans compartmentalize
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their health care spending from their economic situation and the president's health care law is overwhelmingly unpopular. so i think those are two big economic factors that americans are really just not feeling good about. shannon: ed, we saw the head of the rnc yesterday, reince priebus or day before, laying out his own speech talking about the economy and quality of life and candidates especially those in gop tight senate races, gop candidates should talk about the economy and quality of life but if it is what is the white house is best for democrats is the right focus for gop? >> it probably is because as john points out, if median income is down, health care expenses are going up, if paychecks are not seeing much of an increase, it will resonate with people who are concerned that the current situation isn't good enough for them and needs fixing. republicans certainly have plenty of proposals how to do that. whether chipping away or doing away entirely with the health care law. passing a series of proposals that house republicans passed trying to do away with certain
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regulations or taxes and what not have been blocked by democrats in the senate or ignored by them. certainly economic platform for them to run on. the problem the party doesn't have unified message of what exactly they should be doing. there is disagreement how exactly you would deal with the health care law. there is no contract with america this year. so a little harder. would have to be race by race or state by state. certainly if people want to call out concerns i think it will resonate because the polling suggestions that people don't necessarily feel the improvements that are happening at least among indicators. shannon: john, we have seen for a long time when you ask voters what they care most about, what they're concerned about the economy is at the top of the list for a long time but recently slid down as people have worries about terrorism and other international threats. so do you think the economy will be the driving factor for people? most real life things, people buying gas and grocery, that kind of thing? or do you think they will look to things like policy and terror threats. >> it is very important issue. i thought the most striking thing from the latest "fox news
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poll" that the number of americans who said it is the most important issue, the economy, dropped by 15 percentage points, from 49% down to 34%. what you saw huge surge in number of americans who said things like terrorism, health care, immigration. on those issues, the economy is kind of a mixed picture for the president, terrorism, health care, immigration, the president is overwhelmingly unpopular. i think the other issues will play outsized roll for november and it will be bad for democrats. shannon: we'll see if your predictions come true. john and ed, we appreciate your time. >> take care, shannon. shannon: we want to hear from you at home. do you feel better off than you were six years ago? our live chat is up and running. go to foxnews.com/happeningnow. click on "america's asking," and please join the conversation the eric? >> shannon, have you heard about this? another set back for general motors. the auto giant announcing two more recalls that involve millions of vehicles! what they are and why next.
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shannon: more than half a million new recalls for general motors to fix problems blamed for three crashes and two injuries. this round of recalls include this. more than 430,000 new cadillac crossovers from the 2011 through 2015 model years. and discontinued saab sport-utility vehicles from the 2011 and 2012 model years. today's announcement pushes gm total number offer for the year to 71. that affects nearly 30 million vehicles in north america. eric: attorney general eric holder may be leaving his job soon but that doesn't mean he is off the hook. the house oversight committee is asking a federal judge to again hold him in contempt for missing a key deadline to turn over
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documents related to the botched gun-running scream, operation "fast & furious". william la jeunesse with the very latest on this continuing scandal from los angeles. hi, william. >> reporter: well, eric, the new motions says eric holder should pay a fine or go to jail if he doesn't turn over documents demanded more than two years ago when congress held him in contempt for failing to turn over emails and memos related to "fast & furious." the house went to court to force him to do that. last month a federal judge agreed ordering holder to produce the record by this past wednesday. again he refused. so yesterday, house lawyers asked the judge to fine hold letter personally and throw him in jail if he doesn't produce or pay up. the documents relate to that government operation that sent 2,000 assault weapons to mexico, that killed countless innocent victims, including border patrol agent brian terry. the president, attorney general, and other top administration officials claim they knew
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nothing about the scandal or the cover-up. house republicans don't believe them and believe that the documents will prove their point. democrats consider "fast & furious" a partisan witch-hunt and holder claims that the documents are exempt and covered by executive privilege. last night a department spokesman said we're at a loss to understand this stunt since the house oversight committee did not object to november as a new deadline to produce the records. however, congressman darrell issa respond last night saying quote, contrary to the counter factual claims of the justice department, the house did not agree to any deadline extension. the american people can only to continue to guess what the attorney general and his department are hiding. big picture, the attorney general is trying to leave eric, the house wants those documents before he does. in reality we do expect that the justice department to appeal any decision in hopes of running out the clock until the president leaves office. the administration has one other problem, however, eric. there is another lawsuit from
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judicial watch seeking those same documents and the judge in that case gave them until october 2st to turn over the records. back to you. eric: maybe judicial watch will get documents. they have in other cases to expose issues. we'll see what happens. thank you, william. shannon: pro-democracy protests in hong kong taking a dangerous new turn as government supporters take matters into their own hand. how will beijing respond to the crisis and what is could mean for u.s.-china relations. plus a suspected serial bank robber leads police on a high-speed chase going the wrong way on a major proway. how that wild ride turned out.
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as the truck cruised along a los angeles area freeway through several counties. then the suspect as you can see lost control of the truck. it careened off the side of the road, flipped over and slammed on to the ground. suspect, believe it or not had only minor injuries but faces numerous charges. eric: there is new violence in the streets of hong kong to tell you about. this as residents and pro-beijing supporters, stormed tents and ripped down banners today. they were trying to evict the pro-democracy protesters from a bustling commercial district while the police tried to keep two sides apart. china's foreign minister issuing a blunt warning to the united states during his news conference in washington with secretary of state john kerry. he says, quote, the chinese government is very firmly and clearly stated its position. hong kong affairs are china's internal affairs. all countries should respect china's sovereignty. this is basic principle governing international
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relations. we're keeping a close watch how china's government will react to the growing and continuing situation in hong kong. we're reminded of the last major pro-democracy movement 25 years ago. that resulted in this iconic image. that of a lone protester, tianamen square, when tanks and troops fired ammunition on the protesters in the square, resulting in hundreds of deaths. could that tragedy be repeated again today in hong kong? claudia rose set, foundation for defense of democracies. she spent several years reporting from hong kong and writes about the crisis in current "weekly standard." good to see you today. >> good to see you, eric. eric: it is just after 11:00 at night in hong kong. the crowds remain there still die defiant. beijing is warning of unimaginable consequences. how far do you think this will go? >> we don't really know that, eric. we know china will do a great deal including kill its people
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in order to preserve what they regard as order but hong kong is different from beijing in the sense there was an international promise made, different in many ways, but china should be reminded very loudly and clearly bit leaders of the free world, u.s., britain, especially, that there were promises made. that hong kong would be able to preserve its way of life. and what you're seeing here, it is the same confrontation as that man who faced down, that lone man facing down the tank in beijing. it needs to end differently. but it certainly should not end with the world backing away and saying to china, you may break the promises you made when britain gave honk kang back to you. -- hong kong back to you. they promised to respect hong kong's ability for domestic self-rule and the rights, hong kong is essentially a free society that china has been eroding. that has to stop. eric: what is at stake here
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seems, claudia, are very democratic values we cherish and hold so dear. >> yeah. eric: the west and united states. do you think that beijing is breaking that promise? was it in hindsight a mistake for british to hand over hong kong to the communists, to red china, in 1997, even though the lease ran out and there was no other choice. >> it was a terrible betrayal of the reality of hong kong. which is it is steeped in the institutions of free society. british rule of law, free trade. it is amazing achievement, built by refugees from china. people fled china to escape repression there. and they built this incredible, world-class city on the south china sea. and now, here comes china again. and, this is something where we, i don't want to second-guess the tactics of these demonstrators but the free world needs to recognize hong kong is one of
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its own. tear torely belongs to china but these are seven million people who are part of the free world. eric, we spent so much blood and treasure trying to foster democracy around the world. hong kong is completely ready for it. and has been for years. and, china does pay attention to serious international criticism. it is very important that the free world stand up and say, we stand behind the very legitimate demands of hong kong. they're asking for the basic rights that china and britain both promised them. eric: you talk about the basic rights. take a look at that picture. that is live right now at 11:26 p.m. in hong kong. each of those people, they're holding up, some of them hold up their smartphones for light. they are students. they are residents. they are business people. they are out there for freedom and democracy and self-rule and determination against the communist wall of beijing. and potentially they could be
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threatening their own lives by doing that. as we learn claudia, that protests have shelved talks with the government. what does that mean? could this get much worse and do you think that china eventually unimaginably, could send the tanks in as they did in tianamen square? >> yes, china could do that. in the end china is making a calculation of how they, how they keep what they record as order. the problem for china, and it is an ugly problem, is that if they back down and say to hong kong, yes, we're going to reverse sham election we offered you for your chief executive and let you really elect who leads you. the rest of china will look and think protests work. however, i don't think it is our job in the free world to sort of arrange to ease the way of the chinese leadership. it should be our job to say to them, you have created an enormous dilemma for yourself by running an immensely repressive society and trying to ingest
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this free polity that is hong kong. china did not get it handed back as a complete freebie. they made an agreement they would monday nor hong kong's way of life for 50 years and -- eric: claudia, sorry to interrupt but we're out of time. do you think the white house is doing enough to give china the message? >> not at all. the u.s. is urging quote, restraint by both sides as if they were equivalent. they are not. this is a case, the people, those democracy demonstrators in the streets are right, by any index that you want to set up. and beijing in this case is completely in the wrong, both, both next to its international agreements and in any fundamental moral sense. eric: claudia, the foundation for defense of democracies. this crisis as you see right now continuing. it will either end in compromise or confrontation. and a crackdown. thank you, claudia. shannon: germany marking 24
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years since its peaceful reunification. it in 1989. with the fall of berlin wall. reunification of east germany and germany 11 months later. they are joining a massive crowd in hanover celebrating the country's return to unity and democracy. chancellor angela merkel delivering unusual speech saying it was courage of east germans yearning for freedom helped end the cold war. saying similar courage is now needed worldwide. eric: shannon as radical islamic terrorists of isis storm across the middle east, syria's neighbor, turkey, until yesterday basically stayed on the fence. but did isis finally push the turks too far. how a ancient tomb may have been a break point. reporting vital health information on the spreading issue of over ebola.
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we'll discuss the media coverage of the deadly outbreak and the criticism of it. >> if we have chaos out there and we've got some reporters that feel it is their obligation to pay people to move into their apartments -- [ female announcer ] this is our new turkey cranberry flatbread before we craft it into a sandwich. the tender, slow-roasted turkey, the zesty cranberry mostarda, the freshly baked flatbread paired perfectly with our autumn squash soup. a delicious meal made just for you only at panera bread.
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eric: september employment numbers just coming out this morning. unemployment rate they say fell to 5.9%. you know that is a six-year low
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but is that really a reflex of the job outlook? employers did add 248,000 jobs in september. that is the second largest gain for any month this year. we're seeing numbers rebound for september, factors like the ebola outbreak influence markets? fox news network's lawyer ven zimmerman is with us. -- lauren zimmerman. the dow ask up 148. what is going on. >> nice gains. good to see you, eric. seeing relief i guess on wall street. this is mostly a jobs induced rally. dow like you said, higher by 138 down on the week and so is s&p and nasdaq. this is not news for your 401(k). nonetheless it is friday. let be positive. september employment numbers were pretty good. average wages fell. workers are not getting paid more money, how will they spend more money which is needed to
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fuel overall economic growth? so we might see the federal reserve hike interest rates even sooner because they think the economy can handle it and maybe it can but the question is, can the economy handle ebola? the first case diagnosed here in the u.s. earlier this week certainly slammed stocks. it sent airlines down. people are afraid to travel but airline stocks are coming back today in a big way. even domestic carriers that don't even fly-over seas, they're showing solid gains. we should point out that oil prices, think jet fuel, they're down sharply. many other commodities, gold, copper, iron ore, they come out of west africa, that region. they're selling off today as well. but companies that make treatment for ebola are rising. you got to remember names like tekmira, biocryst pharmaceuticals. some of companies with promising ebola treatments. they're smaller companies so their stocks are more vulnerable. nevertheless, many drug companies turning into double-digit gains this week t was an interesting week.
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all in all a down week. eric, back to you. eric: the stock market went up one point while you were talking. so we'll keep you on tv all the time. >> that would be interesting. see you. eric: shannon? shannon: family of a man diagnosed with at first u.s. case of ebola now under orders to stay in their apartment. there is a guard now there, to make sure they comply. the man, the patient, thomas duncan, is being treated in isolation at a dallas hospital. meanwhile commentators and officials like the mayor of dallas are calling out members of the media. >> i appreciate your professionalism as reporters and your aggressiveness. just know you will have a moment to be part of the problem or part of the solution, because it is at best, disorganized out there and we have some members of the press that are creating a little bit more of it. shannon: let's talk about it with judith miller, pulitzer-prize-winning investigative reporter, author, fox news contributor, and tammy
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bruce, radio talk show host and fox news contributor. good to see you both. >> hi, there. shannon: judith, i will start with you. there seems to be a lot of skepticism by average folks out there i don't know necessarily believe what the government is telling me. they could be misplaced fears. they could be legitimate but they are after us, media is pushing us to ask more questions. that's what we do sometimes, we act on behalf of the public to get to the truth. >> you are absolutely right and that's what 99% of the reporters that i have been reading and watching on the air are doing. information is the best vaccine. in fact it is the only vaccine and transparency on part of public health service and mayors and police forces at this point are the best disentech and. we need both. if the mayor of dallas has a problem he better address his own people because reporters are asking for manufacturing that people need to know to protect
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themselves. that is what this game is all about. the cdc is out there all the time. dr. frieden was on our airwaves this morning saying look, here is what you need to do to protect yourself. there is no threat. so there shouldn't be any panic unless officials on the ground panic and don't to their jobs. shannon: tammy, i thought it was interesting we got a release from the dallas hospital seemed pretty transparent. we made a mistake. here is how it happened. here is how the guy fell through the cracks. first showed up. explained travel history and we sent him away with medication after being very, very ill after being in contact with other people. that is very interesting because we don't always get those press releases from hospitals or any government entity explaining exactly what happened. tammy, do you think that kind of transparency will help in a situation to a lot of people is very frightening? >> you know, i think the only reason it happened because of media coverage. in fact it was local dallas media broke the story this man
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had gone to the hospital and had gone back home. if you didn't have local and national media covering this, you would not be seeing the truth of what was happening. so that was not done, i don't think out of the goodness of their hearts but it is because we found out. so it's a little amusing to watch a politician chide the media about being a problem. the fact of the matter is, i will point to, mys teamed colleague, judith miller, one of the bibles after the september 11th attacks and anthrax attacks was her book, with some of her colleagues on germs, called, germs. it is still relevant. it is still on everybody's bookshelf. if you don't have it you should get it. >> thank you, tammy. >> that was written by a reporter, not by politicians. >> i remember that and it helped everyone but its not government that is going to be transparent unless media holds them accountable. we've seen, shannon, six years, media not being interested curious or asking questions. for those of us that were adults
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through 2001 and the anthrax attacks we remember the value and importance importance of curious media and that light does make things clearer and allows us to not panic. when there is no information, people move into some level of paranoia. only the media can bring that out. now americans are saying the kind of job media should really be doing. shannon: judith, i want to ask you quickly before we're out of time. we have an additional american who has been diagnosed. working as a freelance camera nan with nbc down in the after exed area. -- affected area. he is infected. he and his crew will be quarantined and flown back to the u.s. as important a story to cover, how do media balance being there, showing plight of these people, telling about what is happening but not endangering themselves and now all of the crew, potentially everyone they come in contact with as well? where is the balance. >> i think media have a job to
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do now. this is what we're paid to do. that means we have to educate ourselves too, on how to protect ourselves and make sure we don't infect anyone else while doing our jobs. i think there are lots and lots of resources to do that with. but we must keep covering this story, shannon. we must make people understand, unless this outbreak is contained in africa, we are not safe. and that is why we're sending soldiers over there. that is why we're going to be building military clinics and hospitals, to make sure that we can contain this virus. this is something that america knows how to do. we can do it and we can keep our own population safe. the media have a role to play here. so far i think they're doing a darn good job of it as tammy said. shannon: well, this morning based on a tip that one of our cameramen in washington, d.c. got, we've gotten confirmation from howard university hospital down there, they have a potential case that they're monitoring involving a patient who traveled to nigeria. so we get tips, we push, we get
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information. that's what we do. we'll watch it. judith, tammy, thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. eric: shannon, family farms have been disappearing across the country but there is surprising anomaly in the farming world, new england. it has been seeing growth in farms while the rest of country, those farms are on the decline. what is behind this trend? molly line in rhode island at a farm. hi, molly. >> hi, eric. you're exactly right. across the country the farmers are aging, industry itself is shrinking. here in new england there has been a bit of a boom. we speak to number of few new farmers, including 25-year-old drew lock who has chicken farm in massachusetts on half acre plot been in the family for generations. his grandfather stopped farming in '77 because of regulations and costs. he is part of new generation turning back to the land. new england seen 5% increase in farms from 2007.
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bringing total number to nearly 35,000, thanks in part to thriving local food movement. >> very expensive product versus the perdue chicken or tyson chicken in supermarket. i'm 6.89, versus $1.99 a pound. huge price difference but people that buy it really appreciate it >> reporter: loch is not alone. number of beginning farmers, those less than 10 years experience increased in new england. there are a number of initiatives that farmers get land, land trusts. there is a big goal, overall goal throughout new england to increase amount of farms to 50% of the region's food locally by 2060. eric. eric: blame all that goat cheese and organic a rugula. thank you, molly. >> reporter: gorgeous harvest season. shannon: molly looking gorgeous too. turkey joining fight against isis in syria? could it turn the tide and is
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shannon: let's check out what's ahead on "outnumbered" at top of the hour. sandra, kimberly, what is coming up ladies? >> hi, guys. we await a briefing from the cdc, the ebola familyily lon lock down. refusing orders to stay home. can you imagine when authorities still had not managed to decontaminate the place. we'll debate whether officials have handle on this. >> hillary clinton putting her new granddaughter in the spotlight, mentions her twice in a speech. is it fair to put a five day old in? using women to get to men, will it work? >> #oneluckyguy on "outnumbered." please join us. shannon: that is tried and true
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when it comes to advertising. we'll see you at 12. eric: shannon, the radical islamic terrorists of isis captured more territory in northern syria. it may end up pushing turkey into battle. isis militants have been pushing closer to a 700-year-old tomb of the grandfather of the founder of the ottoman empire. turkey values this tomb highly and ankara sent special forces to guard it and it is considered turkish territory even though it is in syria. walid phares. middle east terrorism expert around author of lost spring, the u.s. policy in the middle east and catastrophes to avoid. welcome. we have not avoided the isis catastrophe. so why is this tomb first of all so important and held sacred to the turks. >> it has historical reasons, eric. it was installed in the ottoman empire, when it fell inside of
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syrian territory by two kilometers. in '60s, the syrians asked the turks to be removed inside of turkey. the turks rejected. they wanted it where it was. the vatican like inside of italy with soldiers who are turks. any attack against that side will be considered in turkey an attack against turkish sovereignty. eric: do you think the decision yesterday by turkish parliament to allow foreign forces on soil and join the fight against isis in syria, do you think that will help turn the tide? >> it could help. let's understand what is at stake for turkey. definitely they don't like isis, they want to make sure, eric, if isis is defeated, by the way isis is growing, getting closer to those borders, they want to make sure their allies are in charge, not the kurds are in charge, not the assad regime in charge. what they are not saying they basically want to have their own allies in control of those areas. so they will widen the corridor, they will open to make sure their friends, not the hostiles
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will be in charge. eric: is their involvement an excuse to grab kurdistan? is that one issue and is that a danger and possibility? >> well, kurdish opposition and representatives are actually accusing the turkish government waiting too long so that isis will take out the kurds, push them out and then turkey moves in for the salvation movement but it will be control. that what the kurds are saying. but this long border includes not just kurds. there are sunni. there are christian. there are others. it is very complex situation for the turkish government to deal with earnings that tomb so far, right now appears to be safe but may not be the case. man, oh, man, if isis gains on that, watch out. walid phares, thanks so much for your insight today. >> thank you for having me. eric: shannon? shannon: reality tv star sentenced for fraud. what the judge ordered and what it means for her four young daughters. the conference call.
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comcast business. built for business. shannon: update to a story that broke yesterday right here on "happening now." we now know that the sentence for "real housewives of new jersey" star, teresa giudice. follows her husband's sentence of 41 months behind bars. bad day for both of them. >> reporter: not a good day in reality tv. it is a good day for bravo. they will be capitalizing on once lovebirds turned jailbirds. they will air the couple's first interview after being sentenced yesterday. it is now clear exactly how much time they will be serving for.
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teresa will serve 15 months behind bars. big joe, 41. teresa reports to jail in january. they will allow the sentences to begin in the new year to allow them to spend holidays. they are risa spoke about her four daughters, silver lining i can learn and show my daughters. everything happens for a reason and i hope i can find that reason. teresa's attorney requested house arrest. but the judge denied her request, send a message, no matter how famous you are, if you do the crime you do the time. even if you're reality star. she was left off pretty easily. didn't have to go to prison until after the holidays to spend it with her family. shannon: can't imagine leaving your family behind. if you have done the crime, that is, there are consequences to all of our actions. julie, good to see you. >> sure. eric: thanks, julie. here is what is coming up in the second hour of "happening now." ebola victim thomas duncan's farmly are under armed quarantine in the fight to keep the disease at bay.
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to his family. shannon: three miles? wow. okay. all right, we're going to keep up -- eric: wish a motorist -- shannon: i'm surprised someone didn't stop. erik. eric: "outnumbered" starts right now. >> i'm kimberly guilfoyle, here today sandra smith, harris faulkner, key p ten powers and we welcome back today's hashtag one lucky guy, fox and friends cohost brian kilmeade. you don't get an introduction like that on your show. >> not like that. so what have you been doing? >> we do a show every day, just waiting for you to come back. >> let's do the show. >> we're going to see if you live up to your reputation of excellence, i mean, you know, take a deep breath. >> okay. >> because right now new questions being raised about the response to the first case

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