>> thank you very much. programming note, dr. segal will have a report tomorrow on how hospitals are preparing for the ebola threat and how testing is done. that does it for us. because of our health care system and our ability to do the contact tracing and isolation, we won't have an outbreak. >> the national institutes of health's infectious disease chief tries to calm worries about ebola here in america. meanwhile, the first person diagnosed on u.s. soil with the deadly virus takes a turn for the worse. while officials monitor about 50 people he came into contact with. a live report. plus, ted poe, texas congressman, says it is time to talk travel bans. despite air strikes isis militants pushed toward a keyboarder town in syria near the turkish border. we're live from the region where tens of thousands of refugees

are fleeing amidst that chaos. you have the right to free speech unless you are preaching from the pulpit about politics. i'm shannon bream. america's news starts now. we want them to channel that fear into being incredibly meticulous about infection control. >> top u.s. health officials are trying to calm worries about the eye rainfall of ebola in america. so far only one diagnosed case of the deadly virus here on u.s. soil but that is not stopping some from calling for travel bans to and from infected african countries. >> cdc director tom frieden is not in favor of that kind of travel ban. he says it could prevent medical workers and equipment from getting to places that need it to try to get this ebola outbreak in africa uncontrol. as for the situation here in the u.s., frieden says he expects

more reports of possible cases but he believes the american health system can handle it. >> here in the u.s., i remain quite cough depth we will not have a widespread outbreak. we will stop it in its tracks because we have infection control in hospitals and public health that tracks and isolates people if they get symptoms. >> reporter: still, some republican members of congress want the obama administration to do more, including a travel ban. they're also concerned about the health of u.s. troops who have been sent to africa to help with the ebola outbreak. the gop house majority leader says it's a good idea to have these discussions. >> i think it is right to ask the questions. i'm not a medical expert. i want to listen to the medical experts but i do not want to ignore the challenge. i want to look at making sure this cannot spread. we know africa does not have the same medical treatments as we do, so we can't ignore it and let this spread around the world. it is not just our problem, it is the world's problem. >> reporter: meanwhile, the third american aid worker

treated for ebola in the u.s. is back in the hospital apparently with a respiratory inspection. doctors intend to monitor and test it. >> molly, thank you. much more on this coming up. a fears of an ebola pandemic right here in the u.s. has prompted some members of congress on both sides of the aisle to call on the administration to impose travel restrictions. administration officials say doing so could actually make the west african outbreak worse. joining us to talk about it, texas representative ted poe who just this week sent a letter to the director of the cdc suggesting a ban on non-essential travel to and from the infected region. congressman, thanks for joining us today. >> thank you, shannon. >> you said that the top priority for the cdc should be protecting american lives especially in the midst of this kind of outbreak. do you think they're accomplishing that goal. >> well, think they should be

more precautious about it and saying that banning or not allowing people to travel back and forth to west africa, only common sense would say, would help. non-essential americans should not go to west african. by non-essential individuals, medical personnel, maybe so. but certainly west african individuals should not be coming to the united states. when your grandma taught you tau don't get around somebody that's sick and you don't let -- if you're sick you don't get around other peep. why don't we use this common sense before it is too late. >> the cdc, the director tom frieden, has said a number of times there will actually be complications, things will be made worse if we cut off travel. it sounds like an all or nothing proposal, either no flights in and out because they say the problem would be not allowing aid and personnel to get there to the countries. is it an all or nothing proposition? is there a way to more carefully thread the needle? >> well, it is non-essential individuals going to west

africa. medical personnel, at the discretion of the medical profession in the united states, should i think continue to had help west africa stop this ebola outbreak. but people who are not essential americans should not go to west africa. but certainly west africans should not come to the united states. the law provides for this. it is an old law in fact and it makes sense and i think there should be some discretion but saying we're not banning travel either way? to me doesn't make if he sense at all. >> okay. so today -- again, in a press conference just a few moments ago the director of the cdc talked about the fact that we have sent -- i believe he said in the region of 130, 140 very important disease specialists from the cdc down to west africa to try to help. he says he wants health care workers to be motivated by fear, to be so meticulous about what they're doing because they understand the threat. are you concerned, because if your home state there, when this

did present to the er, it was missed the first time around. >> well, the director of the cdc, dr. frieden, has said we can stop this in his tracks. well, it hasn't worked so well so far. and i'm not sure that we will continue to be able to monitor that in the united states if we allow people to come in to the united states that have ebola. so the answer is not let people come and then try to isolate them once they're here. the answer is not to let people come in from the infected regions into the united states. that's what it seems like to me and most of the people i represent seem to think that we should have some form of travel ban and restrictions to and from the infected area. >> what do you think it would take for the administration to actually consider that? we are hoping this is the one case that this man who's now in critical condition does recover, that none of his contacts have any issues or illness, and that this truly is stopped in this one case in dallas an that's it. if it is not though, what do you

think it is going to take for this administration to think that travel bans may actually be something we have to think about? >> it seems to me the administration's been slow walking this concern of ebola, said it wasn't a real problem. now they say it is a problem. i think more members of congress -- really, the american public, need to put pressure on the cdc director and the president to just implement this travel ban. it's following current law. even other members of congress in the other party, representative grayson called on this travel ban 60 days ago. if we would have implemented the travel ban when he suggested it, we may not even have the one individual, duncan, in the united states. more pressure from both sides of the aisle and just american public, let's implement this common sense idea. >> we'll keep tracking it as we know you will. congressman, thank you very much for your time today. >> thank you, shannon. new details about the ebola scare on board a united flight from brussels.

on saturday a passenger had to be removed from a plane at newark i understand airport after showing flu like symptoms. the passenger, a 35-year-old liberian man and his younger daughter, were escorted away by medical personnel and hazmat suits. everyone was left there for five hours leaving their angry an confuse pd. >> we haven't got a clue what they're doing with these people. >> they told us someone was sick on the plane. >> after we got off the plane, didn't seem like they knew what to do or how to handle us. >> the liberian man and his daughter were taken to a local hospital for evaluation. health officials later said his symptoms were consistent with a minor illness. we want to know what you think -- are ebola concerns impacting the way you travel, interact with others or even protecting your kids thinking about school? tweet us and we'll read some of your answers later on in the show. now to the fight against islamic extremists in iraq and syria. despite recent air strikes on

the strategic syrian city of kobani near the border with turkey, isis fighters are still on the advance. the terrorists are targeting kobani because of its key location to two other areas already in their control. >> reporter: shannon, one official in the beseiged syrian town of kobani is warning of a "large scale massacre" if isis terrorists make it into that town. it is looking more and more likely that that will happen. take a look at what we saw close to the front line. this is the closest that we have seen and heard to a sustained battle here in the town of kobani just across the border from where we are in syria. you can see smoke coming up from impacts on the tower hill there and over to the left. this is the eastern side of the city. we've seen a lot of firing there. isis tanks, isis mortars

shooting in. we're hearing small arms fire coming from the kurdish defenders of the city. again, all across the city we are seeing impacts. there's a lot more tension in the air. the shells were landing fast and furious. a few landed not far from us inside turkey. one strike a house injuring a family of five. following that turkish authorities evacuated three villages near the border. we spotted very clearly isis weapons fired repeatedly from one location just a few miles east of kobani. defending the town may be a few thousand ill-equipped kurdish fighters and their supporters. centcom confirms to us they he did not launch any air strikes overnight. there were some the day before. the lack of more air strikes from the united states has people upset here, as does the fact that turkey, despite a big presence of military on their side of the border, is not going in yet either. there have been differences in the past between turkey and the ethnic kurds in this area.

again, the fall of kobani could have huge strategic and symbolic importance for the isis terrorists. our military expert on the ground here says that that could happen the way things are going today in the next 48 hours, and to quote one official inside kobani, "where is the world?" back to you, shannon. he has made clear this is going to take a sustained effort and he has to be prepared to have the resolve to engage in that sustained effort to destroy isis. otherwise, we're going to be in a situation where we have a safe haven again where attacks can be launched against us. >> that was senator kelly ayotte of the armed services committee expressing concern about president obama's long-term strategy in the middle east. fox news millary analyst,

general jack keane. >> first, we've been conducting offensive air strikes for a little over a couple weeks now. clearly we made some progress. we've degraded their resources and capabilities and we've also disrupted some of their functions, command and control, training foreign fighters in the open, ability to resupply. but i really do have some concerns because one of the things we're trying to attempt here, shannon, is to shut down their offensive capability, to make them a defensive organization so they cannot attack at will. quite frankly they've stepped up their offensive capability, just as we just saw the attack on kobani, using tanks, artillery, more tars, infata mortars, infantry. that's combined arms. they're also attacking east of aleppo and in northeastern syria. in iraq the last couple days they took new territory in anbar province.

so offensive separations are ongoing and they are successful and we have not been able to shut them down. >> how critical, how helpful is it that turkey has officially and formally joined the military fight this week? >> it is absolutely critical that they are in the fight. the fact of the matter is, why can't we shut them down? i think a couple of things are happening and what we should do about it. first of all, the fact of the matter is, the enemy is adapting. if you can be seen and you can hide, that's what they're trying to do, to avoid being seen. secondly, i've been understanding from planners in ce centcom that the rules of engagement for attacking targets are very restrictive in terms of collateral damage. what's going to be required to turn this around i think is a policy change. the president doesn't want to make it but here's what we need to do. first of all, a joint operation center in turkey, aligned with the free syrian army and also put the turks in that operation.

much like we have in erbil and baghdad. second thing, we need air ground controllers on the ground in iraq and on the ground in -- where free syrian army to be able to identify, locate targets, then coordinate the air support. ful we do that, this air support is not going to be as effective as we want it to be. >> it sounds like there is a two-pronged goal or plan or strategy here in that they want to get rid of any safe havens that isis hays established if syria and they've been comfortable and set things up. but in iraq it is more about making sure the forces on the ground, the iraqi forces and also the kurds, are equipped and ready this time to actually stand firm. >> yeah, that's absolutely true. but also given the nature of some of these targets in syria, we need the free syrian army just as we need the peshmerga and the sunni tribes and the iraqi army on the ground working against isis and helping to coordinate these targets. they can identify these targets because they're hiding them an

shielding them. they can coordinate the use of air power much more effectively than just having pilots do it by themselves. the other thing that we have to face up to, we're supporting the free syrian army. assad is going to try to kill it. we've got to establish a no-fly zone so he doesn't do it. it doesn't make sense to arm, equip and train the free syrian army and let assad deteriorate that army and destroy it. >> recent polling shows it is narrow but there is a majority now if perk that believe we may have to put troops on the ground. nobody wants that but it may simply be necessary. nobody wants isis either. you have to deal with the threats as they come. >> these are hard choices. certainly military advisors who spent a lot of their life in the last 13 years advising the president don't want to use troops but they also know what it is going to take to be successful. they have given him those options. to date he's rejected them. >> general, always good to see you. still ahead, pro democracy

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crackdown. on the eve of the next supreme court term, the annual red mass held in washington today held to bless those responsible for the administration of justice. it dates back to the middle ages. it is called the red mask because the color of the garment once worn by judges. as the justices head into a new term kicking off tomorrow, we'll talk about some of the cases they may take up. elizabeth weintraub and tom dupree. you both have cases before the supreme court. you are our legal eagle experts. start with the issue of same-sex marriages. there are newspaper russ lower court decisions on this. we're waiting to see if the justices have voted behind closed doors. we could find out tomorrow if they're going to take up one of the cases. there this case has the potential to be the defining legacy of the roberts court. coming up on ten years of chief justice john roberts being at the had helm of the court. i think it is likely these cases will come before the court this

term and courts across the country have held all the federal courts of appealed have considered the issue have held that the constitution requires that gay and lesbian couples be given equal treatment under the law and be treated the same when it comes to marriage as hetero sexual couples. i think that the court if it follows the history in the constitution will also follow these courts of appeals and declaring once and for all the constitution does require marriage equality. >> tom, do you think they're ready to take it up? we know the court likes to see if there is a split in the circuits. if there is something they need to resolve. or do you think they're ready? >> i think they're ready to take it up. this issue has been percolating for some time. i think the supreme court knows it is inevitable these cases will come on to their docket. the only question now is which case they're going to get and the precise timing. it could come as soon as next week that they decide on a case. maybe a few more weeks or months but it is coming.

my prediction by the end of this term. >> it, one of those we're out there sweating in june and grab being the decision of running out to the cameras. let's talk about another trip possibly to the court for obamacare. this deals with subsidies that help people to afford obamacare extended into states that didn't set up their own exchanges. there are some who say that flies in the face of the wording of the law. others say it is only common sense. tom, what say you? >> i think it is an interesting case because i think the folks that say the text of the statute is clear that it's really aimed at state-run organizations, not federal-run organizations, they have a pretty good argument. but the people on the other side also have a good argument is that if you accept the plain language argument, it basically undermines the entire system of obamacare. so what's fascinating about this case is, first, what's going to happen in the lower courts. because we saw a panel of the d.c. circuit go out and basically issue a ruling that potentially could cause obamacare to come crashing down. but then the full court which

has several new obama nominees on it pulled back that ruling and agreed to consider the case enbanc. i think these things are still getting sorted out. >> how much of an impact do you think this particular ruling has to keep obamacare alive or be sort of a death now? >> there are still ongoing proceedings in the lower courts of appeals on this issue. so i think that the supreme court is going to feel that it might be inappropriately political for them to prematurely step in now when these cases are still going through the courts of appeals, including in that enbanc d.c. circuit hearing. i think they'll wait until there is a circuit split, which there isn't at this point. fourth circuit said that the absurd reading pushed by the challengers to obamacare was not based on the statute as a whole

and failed even justice scalia's test for statutory interpretation. >> we have each of you picking a case you are keeping an eye on as well. these are things already on the docket. >> there is this interesting case raising claims of pregnancy discrimination against u.p.s. i think that americans particularly women will be watching this case closely because some people feel like women haven't been treated very well in the roberts court given the led billy ledbetter case. >> tom, very interesting pick. >> i had a sleeper pick. this case basically involves a fisherman who got caught up in the sarbanes act and got charged by violating an antidocument shredding law. congress often does legislative

in broad interprets and prohibited the destruction of any tangible things in hopes of thwarting a federal investigation. what the government said here was you tried to thwart our investigation by destroying the fish, therefore we're going to prosecute you. it is an interesting case about the breadth of a big federal statute. >> document shredding versus fish shredding. there are so many interesting, religious freedom cases as well. we'll be watching along with you guys as they kick off tomorrow. still ahead, u.s. pk swolym swimming icon michael phelps makes an alarming statement. >> i think we need to give a clear biblical stand on issue that are germane to our lives at christians -- abortion, same-sex marriage, homelessness, poverty.

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the most successful athlete in olympic history says he's putting his swimming career on hold. michael phelps' future in the sport now uncertain. it all comes after he was arrested for a second dui earlier this week. will carr is following the story with the very latest. hi, will. >> reporter: hi, shannon. phelps has decided to step aside after only returning to competitive swimming in april. this comes after his dui arrest on tuesday in baltimore. according to media reports, his bac was .14. this morning, the 22-time pk medali medalist released this to his twitter followers -- "the past few days have been extremely difficult. i recognize that this is not my first lapse in judgment and i am extremely disappointed with myself. i'm going to take some time away to attend a program that will provide the help i need to better understand myself.

swimming is a major part of my life but right now i need to focus my attention on me as an individual and do the necessary work to learn from this experience and make better decisions in the future." now this is not phelps' first run-in with the law. he was charged with dui in 2004. of course there was the infamous picture of his smoking marijuana at a party in 2009. he's been gearing up for the olympics which will be held in brazil two years from now. it is really unclear as to what kind of impact this will all have on his olympic ambitions. >> thank you very much, will carr reporting live for us. violence to pulpits means that we are now abandoning our call to be the moral voice of society. >> churches are not supposed to be political action committees. >> hundreds of pastors are speaking out today demanding the irs stop censoring or threatening their speech. it is a move called pulpit freedom sun, a direct challenge to the 1954 johnson amendment which prevents non-profit

charities and churches from engaging in political speech. wish shove harry jackson jr. is 1 of the 4,000 pastors now backing this effort. bishop, thank you so much. you had to preach this morning from the pull it. thank you for making time to come downus. >> what a pleasure it is to be with you. >> what concerns do you have at this point about the -- what issues, what candidates, what things you can talk about under threat of the irs taking away your church's tax exempt tat st. >> the reason we are demonstrating in a sense is so that we'll have the largest boundaries possible. most people just don't say anything because they're afraid. in our situation there is a woman who's running for congress and she's actually on the ballot who under current laws i cannot say nancy hoight is the person you should vote for or that's really off-limits or that candidate "x" has a wrong

opinion on that thing. over our culture it seems as though churches are losing influence and we do need to give biblical grounds to our own parishioners for how they shall engage. we're not really talking here impacting everybody else in the world. we're saying we ought to be able to speak our mind to our own people about what we feel they should follow. >> you mention -- we talk about there is a pew research poll, new data out that says the impact of religion that it's losing influence on american life. 72% of people said that and they didn't necessarily say it was a good thing but they report that that's happening. then when asked should churches express views on important political issues and social and cultural issues, it was split but the number is way up from just four years ago that people think it is time for churches, if they want to, to be able to talk about these issues. >> i think it is a matter of relevancy. i think that's been our problem over the last several years, that often we're characterized as not being relevant, having

great content. i think there's a winsome way that they can engage the culture and we must have the freedom to speak truth from a biblical perspective. >> so how worried are you? because we know -- i covered a case with the irs has entered into a secret deal with a group called freedom from religion foundation. we've had them on many times and had debates from both sides about this. but they felt like the irs wasn't cracking down on churches enough. a few months ago they entered foo this secret deal where the irs promised to crackdown on churches more. there are groups fighting legal fight to get information about what legal deal. how concerned are you now that the irs has publicly pledged to do more to come after churches. >> i think on the front tier we are going to see more oppression in terms of our views by outsiders. i think that's unfortunate. that's why. many of us are standing up now. there's this sense that being censored or feeling intimidated

or even having the people in your own church because of the public atmosphere say should we not hear from you about this, that and the other? or you better not talk about this other thing. so i think it is either fight now or pay later. so this is and non-violent statement. that we think our constitutional rights are in danger of being taken away. >> we know you were 1 of thousands across the country today who engaged in this and we'll now watch to see what the response is. please keep us updated if you hear. >> well, thank you for giving voice to our opinions. it is really a privilege to be with you. >> we appreciate your double, probable triple duty with all you have to do on a sunday. how one lawyer went from religious skeptic to true believer by putting christianity on the witness stand. i'll talk with the author of the new book "jesus on trial." david limbaugh. and a new fox poll finds

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at 5.9%, most americans do not think that they're better for it. >> only 24% say they're better off than they were. that's not a good number going into mid-terms. >> i run elections for a living. the overarching thing what we see is frustration. president obama's numbers are down. republicans in congress's numbers are down. every politics in america's numbers are down because people are sick and tired of being sick and tired. you've got the base with the republicans, the base of the left with the democrats. that sweet spot in the middle, i'm scared they won't even show up and vote this year. >> the sweet spot, those are independents an they are results oriented. what have candidate can get out there left or right that can talk about what they're going to do to create a more prosperous america, they'll get the vote. >> let's look at a couple of polls. if the election were held today, one of these generic ballots, republicans versus democrats,

47% for republicans, 40% for democrats. republicans fighting to flip it. "for these u.s. senate votes in battleground states," -- 53% say republicans, 38% say democrat. >> we shouldn't be even in this ball game in states like arkansas and louisiana and alaska. all the democrats are running there, even though they're incumbents they're still within the margin of error. there's either been bad campaigns run or a lot of money to flaw issues all over the case. i think the battle is going to come right down to the end to that group of people right in the middle. they're probably going to determine who it is that's going to win there. >> i don't think republicans will win those red states. i think it is important to look at kansas. the independence was a democrat. more than likely if he wins

he'll caucus with the democrats. if this case harry reid will be the majority leader. >> the kansas rate putting president obama and putting the independent there and saying they're in lock step, they're going to be together. president said this week i'm not on the ballot but he went on to say that the policies of the democratic party are. every single one of them is on the ballot. we knew republicans would turn around and they've made that into an ad. he says it is all about his policies. >> people want to vote for something. they're hungry to vote for something. republicans keep saying don't vote for this democrat because he's going to shadow barack obama's policies. they may do that. but people want to honestly believe in something again. these democrats need to separate themself and go this is what i believe in and here's what i'm going to do. if you don't like it, you can vote for the republican but here's what i stand for. there needs to be more of that. >> whether they're congressional districts or state wide for the senate seats, do you think it

will matter much the national issues? the polling for the president is not good on a number of topics. it is really bad on issues of foreign policy an people feeling unsafe. this beheading in oklahoma, threats from isis around the world. he's had a little bit of an uptick since the strikes from isis. do you think about issues of national security, that kind of thing, translate into these state races? >> tip okno'neill said all polis is local. what does my household look like. these tactics dealing with polling and commercials and who they can get to the polls will all come down to that day and people voting their conscience. >> chuck, what happens if the middle does stay home? better for the republicans? is. >> yes. what you have in an off-year election by average ghb my career, 38 million less people show up to vote in this year. always skews more towards republicans because they show up to vote more than democrats. especially a lot of people of color who don't show up to vote because they think that the election is just every four

years. i'm not making an excuse, but those people historically vote more democrats so democrats have to work harder, spend more money, so less turnout means a bad day for democrats. >> there is a ton of money on both sides being poured out but in some states we are seeing democrats outspend republicans by five to ten times as much. we'll see who wins. message or money or some combination of both. good to see you both. we know you're busy with all of this. still to come, an attorney uses his lifetime of legal experience to make the case for or against christianity. see what he figured out if the end. up next. ere made for talking. feet...tiptoeing. better things than the pain, stiffness, and joint damage of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. before you and your rheumatologist decide on a biologic, ask if xeljanz is right for you. xeljanz (tofacitinib) is a small pill, not an injection or infusion, for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well.

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. pope francis and 00 cardinals and bishops from around the world are focusing on family issues in the catholic church. pope francis opened the two-week gathering at the vatican by calling for a more creative and humbling approach. some of the most contentious issues are contraception and same-sex divorce. liberal members are hoping some of the rules will be loosened. in a new book "jesus on kril" our next guest put christianity on the witness stand in an effort to find the truth.

in doing so he found his faith and encouraging others to dot same. author and attorney david limb limbaugh joins us. >> you say one thing i learned on my sporadic spiritual journey was that mainstream culture's disdain and disrespect for the intellectual integrity and assumption that christian beliefs are a product of blind faith, bereft of reason. >> we are expected by the bible to love all of god by our minds. my book look into jesus christ for his life, death and resurrection and weighs that evidence using our critical faculties and not suspending

them and determines by an overwhelming way to the evidence that christianity's truth claims are, in fact, true. >> and you walk through so many different potential areas of proof or disproof. were you surprised to find what you did? i mean, were you a strong christian when you started this? are you a different christian afterwards? >> no. this book chronicles my spiritual journey from skeptic to believer that occurred probably ending culminating 20 years ago. this is just the reporting of what i found. and what i found was that i didn't really understood christianity. i didn't understand the bible or theology. i was basing my disbelief on what other people told me about it and what i assumed. when i went to the source, when i went to the bible ichts, i discovered that it actually is the word of god. it does have the power of conversion as it promises. and i'm trying to respectfully encourage skeptics, people who i used to -- people who are where i used to be to give it a look.

they might be surprised what they found. if is not a judgment or disrespectful book. it is an invitation to go through the same experience i did and find out the bible is true and christianity is true. >> you tackle tough things like suffering. it's a question we have all the time. how can there be such thafl things around the world if there is a just god. >> yes. it's a very difficult thing. all powerful and all loving god, why would he allow this kind of sin and evil to exist in the world? and ultimately i came down in a nutshell to conclude that in order to create us, god wanted to create us in his image for a loving relationship with him, which meant creating us with free will to love or not love. because if you are commanded to love and forced to love, that's not real, genuine love. and by giving us that free will, it opens up the possibility and ultimately the inevidentibility

of sin. for us to be redeemed to christ -- to god, who is perfectly holy and perfectly just, our sin has to be dealt with. and the only way, at least the best way our sin could have been dealt with, is for a perfect god, a holy just god to send his son to die for our sins, to suffer like we suffered. the ultimate -- the ultimate answer for our suffering and evil in the world is that we have a god that suffers with us and along -- and for us and with us and continues to do so. it's all about the cross. our god became man, so he could die for our sins when we have faith. put our faith in him for remission of sins. >> regardless of what faith, tradition someone comes from, it's a very interesting read. it will provoke a lot of questions. we are out of time. i know there was some controversy over you not initially this book making "the

new york times" list making the sales. we see you're there now. i can only imagine this will spread this message and question to a lot more people. david, we appreciate your time today. >> thank you very much. i really appreciate you having me on. >> okay. they have borne the scars of war. now millions of disabled veterans are finally getting their due. we'll tell you how next. ♪ i'm a hero ♪ he's going to be soon

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new clues to the mystery of the deep. scientists say they created the highest resolution map of the science floor. in they say the map is tries as accurate as the owed one. president obama today paying tribute to our nation's heroes. the president speaking at the dedication ceremony for the new americans disabled for life memorial right here in washington. the memorial honors vets injured in the line of duty in conflicts throughout our nation's history. the granite and glass as a reminder of injuries. chris says, we won't fly for thanksgiving or christmas. i judge every cough. greg says he's not worried yet. if the ebola continues to spread

in texas, it may be cause for concern. joe lives in dallas and says he's more concerned about the cowboys winning today. thank you very much. thank you for watching fox. i'm chris wallace. the dallas ebola patient is now in critical condition. is our government doing everything it can? every ebolaout break over the past 40 years has been stopped. we know how to do this. and we will do it again. we'll have the latest developments. we'll talk with the man responsible for the response in dallas, county judge clay jenkins, who personally escorted the ebola patient family to new living quartz.