you watching. i'm bapaul gigot. hope to see you all here next week. the fight to prevent the spread of ebola here in america. the director of the centers for disease control and prevention saying he has, quote, no doubt the u.s. will stop the virus. welcome to america's news headquarters. the head of the cdc, dr. tom frieden reassuring americans at a news conference today in atlanta amid fear that the government isn't doing enough to contain the deadly disease. >> there are clear things that we've got to do that it's hard, it's going to be a long, hard road, but that working together we can stop ebola. we can stop it here and we can control it in africa. >> we're live in washington with

the latest. >> some members of congress are calling for a travel ban to and from countries in africa where there's an ebola outbreak. dr. tom frieden says a travel ban could prevent medical personnel and equipment from getting to the places that need it most. he said the american public health system can monitor and isolate any suspected case i was in the u.s. one gop lawmaker says that's not good enough. >> 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 suspected regions into the united states. that's what it seems like to me and most of the people i represent seem to think we should have some form of travel ban and restriktctions tand from the infected area. >> the obama administration says it's confident in its procedures in place to combat ebola and one senior adviser says if there are flaws in the system, the

administration will address those. >> it's important for people to understand this operation has been happening for seven months in west africa and this is the first time someone has come to the united states. we're prepared for this but we'll always be evaluating. >> dr. frieden said today there is only one confirmed case of ebola in the u.s. at this time. thomas duncan in dallas who is in critical condition. his family is also being monitored but so far no one else has come down with the disease. >> thank you very much. dr. tom frieden also saying the first person diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. is, quote, fighting for his life in a dallas hospital. this is coming after the liberian nationals condition was downgraded from serious to critical. that happening just yesterday. brian has the latest now from our new york newsroom. >> hi. thomas eric duncan remains in isolation in dallas where he's been for a week. today dr. frieden, the head of the centers for disease control said duncan is not being treated

with experimental medication at this time. frieden said while experimental pred sin is promising there's certain it can initially make someone sicker. the four family members who shared an apartment with duncan are still in quarantine in a prouft home in dallas. they have shown no 1i789s. a hazmat team decontaminated the apartment. the cdc is confident they will stop the ebola virus in dallas thanks in large part to their ability to track everybody who may have been in contact with duncan. 48 people are being checked for fevers over the course of 21 days. 10 of those people definitely came into contact with duncan and are considered high risk but so far no one is showing any symptoms. meanwhile, dallas police say they have found one of those 48 people who went missing after his temperature was taken yesterday. michael lively, a homeless man, was considered low risk. authorities are working on a court order to hold him.

yesterday dr. rick sacra was admitted to a boston area hospital. doctors say he is being treated for an upper res ppiratory trac infection. out of an abundance of caution they sent his blood work to the cdc for confirmation. until then he remains in isolation. the cdc is now getting 800 calls and e-mails a day been the virus but there are no new cases of ebola in the u.s. >> okay, ryan, thank you so much. and one u.s. airman is dead, two others are missing after being swept away in a typhoon that hit japan. the three men were washed out to sea early this morning from their base when huge waves began hammering japan's southern islands. right now the japanese coast guard and two u.s. air force helicopters are searching for the missing men, but officials say the typhoon's strong winds and heavy rain are complicating

the rescue efforts. isis stepping up its attack on a strategically located town in syria. at stake for the terrorists, potential control of land stretching from their home base to the turkish border. greg palkot is streaming live from the turkey/syria border. >> reporter: an official in that besieged syrian town says there could be a large-scale massacre if the isis terrorists make it inside that town. tonight that is looking closer. take a look at what we saw near the border earlier today. this is the closest that we have seen and heard to a sustained battle here in the town 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, and we've seen a lot of firing there.

isis tanks, isis mortars shooting in, and 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 mention in the air. the shells were landing hard and fast. a few landed not far from us inside of turkey. one struck a house injuring five people. after that turkish authorities evacuated three villages near the border. we spotted isis weapons firing repeatedly on one location. defending the town may be 1,000 ill equipped fighters and their supporters. they have launched air strike against isis in syria in the past 24 hours but they told me none of those rn herekwere near kobani. there have been differences between turkey and the ethnic

kurds in this area in the past. again, the fall of kobani could have strategic importance for isis. one military expert here on the ground with us says that that could be happening in as little time as 48 hours. once again to quote that kobani official, where is the world? back to you, arthel. >> greg, thank you so much. a dramatic announcement from swimming icon michael phelps. the 18-time olympic gold medalist saying he's taking a break from swimming. now, this is coming after he was arrested for his second dui earlier this week. now his future in this sport he has dominated is far from clear. will carr live in our west coast newsroom with more. >> hi, arthel. phelps to facebook and twitter releasing a statement which in part says 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. phelps' agent says he will enter a six-week inpatient program. now, this is not his first time in the negative spotlight. there's an infamous picture of him smoking marijuana at a party in 2008. he was also charged with driving under the influence back in 2004. listen to an apologetic phelps after that dui arrest. >> it was so hard because, you know, i knew that i had let them down. this is something that will definitely never happen again. >> we've reached out to a number of phelps' sponsors include visa, subway, under armour. so far we have not received any responses back. we can also say phelps returned to competitive swimming this

past april and he has an eye on the olympics coming up in two years in prozbrazil. >> a lot of uncertainties right now. >> that's right. >> thank you, will. well, some very familiar faces creating some serious buzz reportedly heading to iowa and other spots with hot races ahead of the upcoming midterms. and protesters looking for fair elections in hong kong now just hours away from a possible government crackdown as the officials there vow to restore order. and a choice. take 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. onward!

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we may be hours away from a showdown in hong kong between the authorities and pro-democracy demonstrators there. the protesters have reportedly removed some barricades from outside the main government

building. now, this after police warning they would, quote, take all necessary measures to clear the streets by the beginning of the workweek. it is now early monday morning there, but it's not clear if the partial pullback will satisfy the demands of the government. let's talk local politics in the u.s. the midterm elections are right around the corner and look at this. a fox news poll showing a huge republican voters are very interested in how the races will shake out. joining us now, rebecca bird, a political correspondent with the washington examiner. hi, rebecca. >> hi, thanks for having me. >> glad to have you. each party has their big gun out there stomping for them. you have hillary clinton on one side. you have rick -- excuse me, mr. romney on the other side, and let's consider party enthusiasm we just depicted in that fox news poll we just showed you. who would you say has to work harder at messaging and what

will be clinton's focus and what will be romney's focus? >> well, if we look at the iowa race where we're going to see mitt romney and hillary clinton in the coming weeks and we've seen them there already stumping for the candidates, we have two very difficult goes here. on the republican side you have joanie ernst a charismatic candidate. she has momentum on her side and she's been running a great campaign. all a republican like mitt romney has to do when he's jumping for joanie, he has to get voters excited to vote for her. but hillary clinton with bruce braley has a lot more work to do. she is obviously a very big draw, someone who democrats are excited to see but bruce braley has run not the strongest campaign. he has a lot of work to do. that's why he needs these big name surrogates coming out to help him. >> this and they're develop showing up. i wanted to ask you if you think

either or each of them has a separate message they have to drive home once they do hit the ground. >> well, they have a fumo ti-- w motives here. republicans are trying to hit democrats on issues like jobs and the economy, foreign affairs, obviously the spread of isis is a major issue. democrats like hillary clinton will have to get out there and talk about issues like medicare, social security, minimum wage. these are going to be the big issues for democrats going into the midterm elections. when you look at the surrogates they have their own personal motives. they're trying to position themselves potentially to run for president in 2016. >> you think this is a litmus test for them? >> absolutely. it's important for politicians to start early laying the groundwork in important presidential primary states such as iowa and honestly no politician goes to iowa by accident. it's important for them to make

a network there, to see politicians on the ground, and campaign for those politicians so they earn chits for when they run for president. >> for when they run for -- that's pretty definite terms you're speaking there, rebecca. >> well, hillary clinton i think it's hard to argue that at least right now she does not plan to run for president. she has made all of the signals that she does plan to run. she has very deliberately built up her campaign in these past couple months. s a a very good team behind her and now we see her going to iowa and also to new hampshire. >> okay. so let's say mitt romney and hillary clinton -- that this is a litmus test for them and they're testing the waters. what do you think that discovery will look like for each of the potential candidates? >> i think they're going to find a lot of support, especially in a state lie iowa. mitt romney is obviously still very well-known there, well liked from his last presidential campaign. hillary clinton is enjoying a 50-point lead over the next closest democrat and that's vice

president joe biden. obviously not someone who suffers from any low name recognition. they're both going to find they have a good chance to run for president but it's still a question with mitt romney of whether the desire is there. >> right, right. hey, do you think -- again, hypothetical now, if they were to run, does either or both of them perhaps carry unintended baggage with them? >> absolutely. i mean, if you want to talk about baggage, just look at hillary clinton's last name. the clinton name carries so much baggage with it. senator rand paul has already been bringing up the clinton presidency in the '90s and some of the not so ideal memories from that presidency, and so she has to contend with that. mitt romney, of course, lost two presidential elections. obviously some of his ideas have been vindicated since 2012 when he lost to barack obama, but he's still a two-time loser and he would have to contend with that. >> lastly, how do you think the midterms will turn out? >> republicans right now

certainly have the edge. we have a witer battle field and democrats are defending their turf, but there is still a number of races like iowa, colorado is another where the polls have been inconclusive and it could come down to election day. >> okay. we will be staying on top of that, of course. rebecca, thank you so much for joining me this afternoon. >> thank you. >> okay. fears over ebola being feld all across the country. coming up, how the public health scare could affect our economy. we'll talk about that. g?góéj÷ç÷ç the conference call.

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only patients but the economy. brenda is here to talk about the bulls and bears. how do you answer that question? how did ebola affect the economy? >> well, the world bank came out last month and said that ebola, while it grows, could have disastrous consequences on the economy. i think that oversteps it but it's not so much the disease, the epidemic itself, it's the fear, the panic, and what we call aversion behavior. it affects productivity, the people in dallas that kept their kids out of school. now they can't go to work so that's an issue. we saw that airline stocks got hammered. pharmaceutical stocks went up. so it affects wall street as well. but the main thing is that you don't feel like you want to go outside and spend and you feel

nervous and scared and when you're undecertain and consumer confidence is so shaky anyway, that does have be a effect. >> the whole idea that as consumers we have to have the feel goodness about it in order to go out and spend. >> yes. >> contribute to the economy. >> but again, it's not an epidemic of widespread panic. >> right. >> we're not trying to incite that in anyone but people are concerned, people are asking lots of questions. we were talking to the doctors today on "sunday house call" and lots and lots of questions coming in there. but, you know, i want to talk about just the aspect of it in terms of the airlines because not only do the stocks plummet, people aren't buying tickets at this point. >> that's the thing. tourism is always hard hit. hotels. people don't want to go out. they don't want to go where they don't know and particularly they don't want to go overseas. it's interesting. you can't put a value on a life

lost but the sars epidemic, do you remember that back in 2003? it had a $50 billion impact on the global economy. now, only -- and i say that advisedly, 800 people died. so that's a huge impact. it was not an epidemic but the fear factor, the panic, people went crazy. so it's how we accept, you know, what this means. the truth is, it's not everywhere in the united states. >> right. >> we've got one critically, you know, ill person. >> uh-huh. >> but again, people are responding by staying inside. >> and the cdc, they are doing their best to update the public with these daily briefings. we carry it here and on fox news, of course, to keep the public informed and let them know that we're working hard and diligently and assure you it's not going to be affecting

americans in any sort of market numbers. but so i ask you, with those efforts in place to calm the fears, to keep people calm and not be just out of their minds about this, how long, then, does this economic impact last? >> well, you know, it really depends. we didn't think that we would have anybody coming into the united states and the cdc was saying that it's very unlikely that we're going to have the spread of this disease. so people don't trust government right now. >> uh-huh. >> and so when they watch these news conferences, they don't necessarily believe it. and that's a big issue. and we try to dampen down the media but we're talking about it a lot. but people hear it. they feel scared and then there's isis and there's so much that feels scary to people and it could have an impact.

the other thing is, on the global economy, the african economies that are hard hit -- >> yes. >> -- we don't have a lot of imports/exports with them but we are a global economy. the people that they do have imports/exports with could have an impact on us. >> i see. >> there's a tier system. >> layers. >> yes. >> but for now we're holding on. >> we are. >> remember, you can catch brenda on "bulls and bears" every saturday morning right here on the fox newschannel. that's going to do it for us. "a healthy you" with carol alt is up next. enjoy the rest of your sunday.

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