what are you going to be for halloween? bill: the mad hatter. martha: he is not kidding. i will make you share pictures with everybody. bill: it's a great, great costume. bye everybody. martha: see you tomorrow. eric: there are new fears about ebola in our country after that nurse becomes the first person to contract the deadly virus here in the u.s. authorities are now admitting there could be more cases to come. welcome to "happening now," i'm eric shawn in for jon scott. >> i'm heather childers in for jenna lee. we're waiting for an update from the centers for disease control own an update for the investigation how a texas health care worker tested positive for ebola. the nurse treated the parity who first brought the deadly disease into this the country who died last week. the cdc blames a breach of

protocol for her infection but they haven't been able to figure out exactly went wrong. they are investigating those who came in contact with her raising more concerns about the spread of the killer virus. eric: major airports are preparing to screen passengers from west africa for ebola. jfk in new york started this weekend. other gateway airports following later this week. casey stiegel with the very latest on the fight against the deadly disease from dallas. hi, casey. >> reporter: eric, good to see you. when the cdc talks about a protocol breach that is likely referring to the manner in which this nurse removed her personal protective equipment, her ppe, in other words, her gloves, her gown, her mask. everything that would be required she would have to wear when treating thomas duncan when he was an a patient at this hospital before he decide of ebola last week. the virus as we know is present in bodily fluids from infected individuals. let's say there is blood on a

glove. when you go to take that glove off, there are proper ways to do so safely. so that the material does not come off, say a tiny droplet that would get in the eyes, nose or mouth or a cut of the care giver. we don't know what happened here but officials at texas health presbyterian hospital are investigating what went wrong in this case. how the nurse who treated thomas duncan caught the virus. new additional staff from the cdc now coming here to texas for an investigation here. >> what we need is more active training. the cdc has really ramped that up in the sense of specifically with dallas, they have their a-team down there now taking sure that the protocols are very well understood. >> reporter: protocols that were apparently understood but not followed to a t which is why we now have this additional infection. the nurse's name not being released.

she is said to be stable. her dallas apartment has been sanitized by hazmat crews. some of the items in fact removed from that unit. health officials say the woman only had contact with one other person after she started getting sick. that person said to be now monitored and tested here also at texas health presbyterian hospital. remember doctors have said really you can only transmit the virus if you are showing symptoms. she got a fever friday night and got herself to the hospital right away first thing on saturday. eric: case sir, of course everyone is watching. thanks very much. heather? >> the head of the cdc is coming under fire for the ebola response with some health care workers slamming dr. frieden for saying that the texas nurse somehow breached safety protocol. that's what they're saying, accusing him of trying to scapegoat the victim when they say her case highlights how unprepared our hospitals are for a potential outbreak.

our very own dr. manny alvarez, senior managing editor of foxnews.com and member of the a-team, he is calling for dr. frieden to step down saying quote, i think dr. frieden needs to evaluate whether he is qualified for this national task. i think that dr. frieden needs to consider whether to delegate this responsibility to the department of defense because dealing with ebola warrants a military, medical approach, rather than a bureaucratic political washington approach. and joining us now, dr. frank esper, infectious disease expert at case university medical hospital in cleveland. thanks for being here. >> thank you, heather. shannon: let's begin there. should the head of the cdc step down? >> certainly the cdc had at love problems at the beginning of the year talking about the anthrax in the research facility is as well as smallpox. however when it comes to the

cdc's response to pole bowl, it came very quickly. it has especially from a physicians standpoint, from people who are ready to take care of individuals, it has been spot on up to this point. we certainly know that health care workers and their close families are at risk of getting this virus transmitted to them. we understand this risk and do everything we can to prevent the risk but nothing in life is ever 100%. we've been watching all the people who have been in contact with mr. duncan down in texas very closely. the cdc has been all over that. this isne of the reasons why this individual knew to look for symptoms and to present to health care authorities when they developed symptoms without exposing a lot of other people. shannon: here is the thing. this individual, this nurse, was not included in the original 4that the cdc was monitoring they say came into contact with duncan who later died. but now they're saying that this person who was not included in

that list quote, had extensive contact with duncan on multiple occasions. why was she not included in that list? >> i'm not able to say exactly which list the people were included. the initial contacts that they were looking for where the people who this individual could have been exposed to before they presented to the hospital or, especially when he was accidentally and unfortunately sent home the first time that he presented to the hospital, those were the initial 50 people they were looking for, the very close contacts, for people within that apartment building as well as people he had seen in the emergency department the first time. the second round after he unfortunately suck bed to his illness. -- succumbed to his illness, the health care workers knew what the exposures were and knew what to look out for. we have a lot of guidance from the cdc what symptoms we should watch for and who long we should

out for them and who we should call if we develop the symptoms. shannon: for some, but some say not nearly enough. the national united nurses union, they say 85% of the nurses they surveyed have not been provided any education. how confident should nurses that you work with, other practitioners be when going into situations like this? >> the answer is every nurse, every nurse should be aware of the risks, however every hospital, through the guidance of the centers for disease control is actually right now understanding that there should not be, this is not someone that should be received and cared for by any nurse. we are now in the process of identifying, at least at this hospital, we're identifying specific teams that we'll say, if we ever do, and we certainly hope we do not, but if we do see an ebola case or patient we need to rule out ebola, only certain senior medical staff, only senior nursing and technicians have already been identified,

have already gone through training how to put on and take off the protective equipment, where these people will need to go. every hospital and every institution has, is in the process of putting those kinds of guidelines together, so that, we don't get the trainees who are much more likely to make a mistake. i have a feeling that unfortunately, the person who did get infected with ebola was probably one of the very senior individuals at this institution. however this is a risk that we as health care providers have for this disease as well as every other infection. shannon: we're not placing blame on victim. >> not at all. shannon: thank you for joining us, doctor. we appreciate it. we await for the new comment from the cdc. news conference expected at noon, thank you. eric: heather, more on the political impact of the ebola response, bret baier joins us, ainge sore of "special report.." bret, do americans have confidence that our government, that the obama administration

can protect us? >> eric, that is a complicated answer. you ask people in polls across the country whether they have confidence in government to handle big things overall, it is upside-down currently in confidence in government. in this case you still do have the one thomas duncan. now you have a health worker who the first u.s. case of transmission apparently in dallas. all around that one case. if there are additional cases around the country that are not tied to thomas duncan, then i think you're going to see numbers change dramatically. right now, at least, there is some sense that the cdc and the nih, and administration have some grasp of this. there are still many lawmakers however calling for the flights from that area of the world to stop. eric: talk about flight ban. what is to someone like duncan, allegedly lying on form, taking aspirin, tylenol, getting temperature down, popping more

pillon the plane and getting temperature again and sneaking by? that is a concern that is leading calls for flight bans. >> that is a concern. i asked the homeland security secretary last week about. that so far they haven't heard of plans by groups to do that but of course, it's out there and as you know the incubation period is fairly long time. you could be fairly symptommic and get through screens in the airports and come into the u.s. eric: sorry to interrupt. they have shown no signs of backing backing this air ban. >> no, not yet. unless there is something that changes dramatically with the numbers, i don't think it is going to. eric: 22 days from now, the politics, the gop potentially on the verge of taking the senate. six important races. >> there are a lot of races but these six are kind of the ones that look like they're most likely to turn and that is montana, west virginia, south dakota, even though there

was one race, that looks, one poll that looked a little tight, there is another poll that suggests that mike rounds is up big in south dakota. those three. arkansas, louisiana and alaska. those are the ones that are on the map. if kansas holds and that is a big question within the independent there, there are a number of ways if you look at the map and you kind of push where republicans could win, that they could get to the six seats to gain majority. you're seeing a lot of these models putting it at 60, 65%. some even 70% that they pick up control. eric: and you know, in terms of louisiana, we may not even know about that, unless they crack 50% because of that runoff in december. >> december 6 is the runoff. it is called a jungle primary. three candidates, primary candidates. mary landrieu, incumbent, bill cassidy and rob manus if they don't get to 50%, they go to december 6th. not only that state, georgia as

well. michelle nunn the democrat has pretty effective campaign on the ground. against david perdue, the republican might not get to 50% there. if that is the case that goes to january 6th. you can imagine the senate potentially happening in the balance for a -- hanging in the balance a long time. eric: that is when they're supposed to seat the senate. yogi bear ray said, it ain't over until its over. we'll have a late night on election night. thanks as always. >> thank you. >> other news for you, a new set back in the fight against the radical islamic terrorists isis. the associated press now reporting that turkey said there is no deal for america and our coalition allies to use critical airbases there to launch airstrikes against the terrorist group. this apparent reversal after the obama administration said yesterday that turkey would allow the use of those bases. any help can not come soon enough for the besieged people of kobani.

the kurds fighting onslaught of invading terrorists. the very fate of kobani hanging in the balance, as fighting grows more intense. is isis still dug in, remaining in parts of city it does control, flying its black flag of jihad over parts of the embattled city. greg palkot, live on turkey's border with more. >> reporter: heather, the battle for kobani is becoming a crucial test of the u.s.-led war against isis. it is looking very much like a test that the united states does not want to fail. take a look what we saw near the front line. grinding siege of kobani goes on. all day long we've been seeing and hearing small arms and machine gunfire coming from all across this town. the isis terrorists duking it out with the kurdish defenders but all day long too we've been hearing overhead, u.s. jets and seeing airstrikes.

the kurds tell us they are now having an effect. they have turned what looked like an isis rout, at very least a deadly standoff. still kurdish fighters remain outgunned and outmanned by isis. we're told terrorists gotten more reinforcements and ammunition overnight. they're using car and truck bombs against their foe. in the kurds favor a lost local knowledge and a whole lot of guts. as for the airstrikes, centcom confirms today, that seven airstrikes were launched against isis targets in and around kobani. according to ton yesterday, as you noted, heather, washington believed turkey agreed to make it easier to conduct airstrikes by allowing the u.s. to use bases along their border for bombing runs. it is increasingly look like only thing turkey agreed to was use the bases for moderate syrian rebels in the fight

against isis and not for the strikes. one final note, heather. trending on twitter right now, the hashtag, airdrop to kobani. calling on nations to help bring supplies to the kurds. the whole world is watching this battle. back to you, heather. >> thank you, greg palkot reporting live. eric: heather, what will he get? oscar pistorius, remember he was found guilty in the charge of shooting death of his girlfriend. coming up later today we'll find out what happenings in the balance. how long he could go away. what his sentence will be. we're live in south africa with the very latest on this case. an. an. what's wrong with trying new things? feel that in your muscles? yeah... i do... try a new way to bank, where no branches equals great rates.

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heather: right now, corrections officer testifying for the defense saying that oscar pistorius should serve house arrest and community service. the witness making those comments earlier today in court as pistorius waits to learn his sentence after being convicted of culpable homicide in the shooting death of reeva steinkamp.

paul tilsley has been covering the case for us from inside of the courtroom and joins us now live on the phone with the latest. >> reporter: heather, tension in the courtroom as security has been stepped up. six police escorting oscar pistorius, another two bringing the judge from her chambers and blanking her in court following hate mail and threats. 2/3 of africans polled believed the athlete should have been convicted of murder, not manslaughter. there were gasps in court when a corrections worker suggested that the sentence for pistorius killing his girlfriend, should be two days cleaning a museum or hospital a month for three years. i'm sitting in a row behind the slain model's parents. they literally rocked back in shock at the comment. the prosecution's chief attorney, harry nel said to even suggest three years of cleaning was shockingly inappropriate. also today oscar pistorius's

personal psychiatrist told the court and summed up her client's emotional state. >> i looked at a broken man who has lost everything. he has lost his love relationship with his steenkamp. he has lost his moral and professional reputation. he has lost friend. >> reporter: but prosecutor harry nel lived up to the pitbull nickname. he asked the psychologist, would the steenkamps not be a broken family? he didn't stop there, claiming reeva's father suffered a stroke as a result and her mother sometimes collapses on the floor crying. still he didn't let up. pistorius's is broken man but he is still alive, nel said. pistorius can continue with his career and even love again. more tomorrow, heather. >> thank you very much. paul tilsley. we appreciate it. we'll talk more about this in our legal panel coming up in the seng hour. eric: have you heard about the mysterious nightmare sadly for

people in al california? it is all too real. what is going on in california towns when the sun goes down. it is creepy and has to do with some clowns. relentless march of radical terrorists of isis. we're told they're gaining more ground in iraq. kobani is now on the brink. how do we stop that? is it too late? a desperate call from the kurds to help us stop a massacre. then... wham! a minivan t-bones you. guess what: your insurance company will only give you 37-thousand to replace it. "depreciation" they claim. "how can my car depreciate before it's first oil change?" you ask. maybe the better question is, why do you have that insurance company? with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance.

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find new ways to save energy and money with pg&e's business energy check-up. eric: now to the fight against isis. you know despite two months of u.s. and allied airstrikes the radical islamic terrorists continue to capture more territory, trying to consolidate their islamic caliphate. in iraq they're gaining we're told in anbar province. now there are new fears that baghdad airport could fall. that could set the stage for

more attacks on iraq's capital city itself. reports are saying isis is rushing more reinforcements into kobani as kurdish fighters bravely hold on in fierce street fighting. kurds say heavy weapons from the west are desperately needed right now to save that city. >> if there is no assist stance, kobani will fall. >> there is no assistance. >> what happened at the moment from -- all the kurds are being signed up and move together region but they're going to try to hold on. but it is a the mare of day unless the western nations do something. >> so why won't western nations do more? general jack keane, retired four-star general, head of institute of study of war and fox news military analyst. general, it is so tragic. seems like we're watching a possible massacre and isis victory in slow motion. why won't they drop weapons? they do that for iraqi army.

>> i don't know myself. the fact of the matter it's a desperate situation in kobani. there are different reports how many people are left there. some say there are thousands. others say there are hundreds. those who are left, feeble and have difficulty traveling. but why, if the situation is as it is being described, air-drops to help provide them with food and emergency aid would make a difference. they have to consider, also, the fact of the matter is, that those aircraft could be vulnerable isis given their proximity to kobani. so the military lead remembers going through the whole process and evaluating it. eric: seems the pentagon is saying it will fall. those are the projections sadly. susan rice, at the same time on the weekend shows, she is saying quote, we're off to a strong start. she says we can't be judged by what happens in one particular town. seems like the highest levels of obama administration, basically riding kobani off, general.

>> i don't agree with that statement. the fact of the matter, war is a test of wills, eric. the fact of the matter we see isis's will here out in front. everybody to see it. the fact of the matter is, despite our airstrikes two months in irrake and since 23rd of september in syria, i know we have disrupted isis and i know we've degraded them but we haven't been able to dot one thing that truly matters. that is to take isis off of offense and put them on defense. they are still at will in iraq. as you noted earlier and obviously here in kobani. and kobani does matter. i mean if the town falls and a massacre occurs that will be a dagger in the hearts of anybody that is fighting isis, whether they're in syria or in iraq. i go back to it. war is a test of wills. eric: if kobani falls, that will be a huge prop gaped today victory, a triumph, a win are to the islamic terrorists. >> yeah, there is no doubt about

that. would be similar to what took place with fallujah and what took place with mosul in iraq. they will use it as a major recruiting tool. they're standing up to the united states with all their air power and still advancing and having success. they will use the word winning, i'm confident of that. eric: speaking of iraq, they're gaining ground in an bar. the police chief of anbar was assassinated. they're close to the airport. close to the baghdad and the pentagon says they expect attacks by isis on the capital city. what does all that mean especially with the blood and treasure we expended in iraq if they get close to baghdad? >> they are softening up the target in baghdad and mosul and fallujah earlier in the year. that is air attraction, bombing, suicide attacks. some mortars. they truly haven't focused all resources on it yet. they're focused on taking critical infrastructure in towns

inside of anbar province. they are doing remarkably well at. that i'm convinced after they're able to achieve that, and entire valley is there open from syria and euphrates river value through anbar to the very edge of baghdad, then they begin to focus on the airport and also on baghdad itself. eric: courageous kurds up in kobani. they have airstrikes. those certainly have helped but right now they are alone. general jack keane, thank you so much for joining us today. >> good talking to you, eric. eric: absolutely. heather? heather: still to come, growing signs of the mainstream media turning its back on president obama. what is behind the dramatic shift? and how could it impact next month's crucial midterm elections? plus speaking of the elections, all eyes on a hotly-contested race for governor in michigan. a new poll show the odds may favor the republican incumbent. the question is why? want to hear from you. what do you think of the way the cdc handled the ebola cases?

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eric: still to come in this hour of "happening now," bulls are running for cover after that roller coaster week on wall street. look at. that it is still going down.

what all this means for your wallet. plus a 10-month-old girl is lucky to be alive. she was trapped underneath her father's dead body for days. have you heard about this report? mysterious clowns, armed with weapons terrorizing a california neighborhood. who are they, what do they want and could there be more? heather: thank you, eric. well the second confirmed death after u.s. toddler from the enterovirus to tell you about. 21-month-old madelyn reed died friday at childrens' hospital of michigan. doctors say she was put on life-support after her symptoms worsened. her death comes three weeks after a 4-year-old new jersey boy died of the virus which has infected hundreds of children across the country. the cdc says five other people known to have the enterovirus have died but it is not clear what role the virus actually played. eric: you know there are just 22

days before the midterms. as we head into the homestretch we're examining races across the country and one race in the midwest is so tight, but now may be breaking for the republican. that is the contest for the governor of michigan. one poll find incumbent rick snyder, pulling ahead of his democratic opponent. mike tobin is live in lansing, michigan, with the very latest on this race. hi, mike. >> reporter: hi, eric. governor rick snyder pulled ahead but not enough to get comfortable. he was taking some heat last night n a town hall format the incumbent was criticized for desions particularly with detroit. the city was drowning in debt when he appoint ad emergency manager to take over operations. the result is well-known. a major u.s. city is declared bankruptcy and cutting what otherwise was sacred, cutting pensions of employees. >> i would have personally led unelectable and never thrown

detroit city pensioners and police officers and firefighters under the bus. >> i appoint ad emergency manager. that was actually putting detroit in bankruptcy. that is one of the toughest decisions to be made in the united states t was the right decision to make. look where we are today. we're within a month, to two months most likely coming out of bankruptcy. >> latest polls show a toss-up. average from "real clear politics" gives a slight advantage to snyder, 44.7, to 4.5, well within the margin of error. the issues are local but the potential of a major midwestern state swapping power has bigwigs from the parties swooping in. first lady michelle obama stopping in dough street. former florida governor jeb bush making several stops around "the wolvervine" state. looking to energize the base in off-year election. eric. eric: looks exciting. thanks so much. >> we take to you alaska.

same sex couples can apply for a marriage license after a federal judge struck down the ban on gay marriage over the weekend. five couples sued to overturn the ban. the ruling comes after the supreme court last week refused to hear appeals from several states seeking to block gay marriage. alaska's governor says he plans to appeal the ruling in his state. eric: new questions today about president obama's relations with the mainstream media. this as we see a major shift in some of the coverage of several top former administration officials criticizing the president, including leon panetta, hillary clinton, chris hill and others. we're hearing about an increasing frustration coming from the white house press corps. what is this all about? alan colmes, host of "the alan colmes show." guy benson, fox news contributor and political editor for townhall.com. guy, start with you, you're down in washington. coke machine in the white house press corps and bang it and kick it, take frustrations on the

coke machine. they're getting pretty frustrated. why? >> there are a whole host of reasons they're frustrated. i've seen online some conservatives crowing and beatings their chest, ah-ha, the finally the media is getting it, understanding what we've been saying all along about this president but i think that is mistake. there are two things going on here. conservatives idealogically opposed to president's political project. the media for the most part are not. they're on board in terms of overall world view. what they're experiencing is disenchantment and boredom now. this is president about to officially become a lame duck. and the media is ready to turn the page to a much sexier story which is the 2016 presidential election which effectively starts november 5th. eric: alan, talk about a lame does, still has two years to go? >> that is the way it normally is. six-year curse, fatigue. had it with every two-term president.

ronald reagan was in 40s with iran-contra. ultimately turned out to be popular president in hindsight. george w. bush was 25% at this point in his presidency. the sixth year is where the dip takes place. by the way, congress has a 14% approval rating. so, chief executives tend to do a lot better than congress does. so you want to look at that in that perspective. eric: you're saying historical trend that is just common or it is president obama's fault? >> i'm not saying it is common. i'm pointing out historically this is what happens in the sixth year of presidency. >> look at criticism about the strategy in iraq, strategy in syria. there is a lot of legitimate criticism about that coming from both sides and specifically from former top level obama officials, guy. >> i think alan is right. he cited examples. i will not disagree with those examples because he is correct on the merits but there is also a reason why the president is so unpopular and why he has been such a disappointment to a lot of people in the media. there are actions, there are

consequences, there are policies in place that have not gone well. if the economy was roaring, if our foreign policy was strong, if things were looking a the lo better and public felt better about the direction of the country, the president wouldn't be teetering near the 30s in his approval ratings. those things are not the case. we have seen how things played out and that is why the public polling and public opinion looks the way it does. eric: what are we in for next two years? all the attention switches, guy, to hillary? i think there are two things. >> regardless whether the republicans win senate, i think they're a slight favorite to do so, democrats will not win back the house of representatives. they will probably lose more seats. he will be a lame duck president. he has never been good working with congress. we'll see some buttings of heads over increasingly brazen power grabs via executive order. that will be the obama side of things. attention will shift. open primaries on both sides. will hillary get coronation on

democratic side? real interesting republican field shaping up. that is the story the media will be a lot more interested in. i think they're checking out on this president. eric: alan will he sit in the oval office all alone. >> maybe playing solitaire with deck of cards. i have to take issue with guy but he has some very good points. issue of economy, 5.9% unemployment. mitt romney when he ran said i would be at end first term would be below 6%. obama policies have been in place and we let them continue to work and they have been working and economy is doing much better. we're not even talking about the economy now because of all issues. >> yes, we are. >> on that score is actually doing quite well. eric: what some people say, that is not real. a fake number. >> number at 10% was fake too. eric: people were way up. people have given up. he ben if id from that. >> eric, if 5.9 is fake, when it was 10% it was a lot worse than that back then, okay. >> it was. it was. still the economy is still not

in good shape and american people are not feeling economic progress you're talking about, alan. every single poll. >> better than what mitt romney promised at what happened at end of his four years of presidency. eric: maybe there is hope. maybe people will pay attention and talk about these issues. >> i hope so. >> me too. eric: heather? heather: coming up, an amazing survival story. a baby surviving for days trapped beneath her dead father's body. we will tell you how she's doing. the stock market taking a nosedive last week. what does it mean? the latest from wall street up next

heather: let's check out what is happening ahead onout in beard at the --d" at the to of the hour. what is coming up. >> we're awaiting a update from the cdc at top of the hour. we expect to hear more about a texas nurse reportedly in full protective gear became the first person to catch the deadly virus inside of the u.s. >> plus some democrats calling for a white house staff shake-up

as the president's disapproval rating touches an all-time high in the gallup daily tracking poll. >> and is the four-year itch replacing the seven-year itch at at time marriages start to fall apart? what has experts wondering and what to do about it. >> plus hashtag one luck heky guy. "outnumbered" at top of the hour. please join us. heather: we certainly will. >> heather, a shocking story in louisiana. that's where police say a 10-month-old girl is recovering after she was found trapped underneath her father's dead body for three days. the toddler was admitted to the hospital. the child's father was 43 years old. he was sitting on the side of the bed when he suddenly died and he fell backyard and pinned the little girl on the bed. apparently he had a history cardiac failure. the police arrived only after the little girl's five-year-old brother went to neighbor's house to tell neighbors what happened. the children's mother serving time in jail was granted early

release to care for them. heather: stocks in the u.s. trading down slightly after their worst week in more than two years. right now you can see the dow is down as stocks still struggle to find direction. on friday, the dow falling 115 points. joining us from the fox business network is dagen mcdowell. thank you for joining us. >> good to see you, heather. heather: what is contributing to this? >> well, one, the markets have had this incredible run-up since the bear market bottom in march of 2009. we should remember that, the dow was up 150% there abouts since that bear market bottom. much the s&p 500 and nasdaq up way more than. that so people are looking for that 10% pullback or, what they call a correction. and last week, it wasn't so much the, the dow is down about 4 1/2% since its record high hit in september. that is actually not even the worst pullback that we've seen this year. early this year, january,

february, the blue chips pulled back more than 7%. so we've got to put this downturn in perspective. the nasdaq has been very hard hit. it is off about 7% since the high in september. one thing to remember is, these market pull backs, have been, are providing a buying opportunity. there are a lot of things at play. heather: right. >> i could go into a laundry list of reasons that stocks are falling. heather: some are ebola. the situation going on in isis. and then, you know the midterm elections coming up. >> russia, vladmir putin. you know. flexing his muscles literally and figuratively. there are a lot of reasons. the other thing stocks are no longer cheap, particularly tech stocks having run up so much. because investors have been burned in two really tough downturns, 2000 and 2008, people don't want to get caught when the music stops and there are no chairs left. some of might be irrational. there are good things going on.

oil has pulled back dramatically. that will leave more money in pockets of for americans to spend particularly over the holidays. american economy in better shape than slowing european economy. that is certainly another thing weighing on stocks. heather: do you think stocks will continue in that direction or do you think there will be a turnaround? >> there is no way to know. i'll not going to sit here and say i know with any certainty. i do know one thing, if you have bonds and both corporate and treasurys in your portfolio, along with stocks, one will surely go up when the other is going down and that is what is called balance. heather: if you look overseas, europe's economy slowing dramatically. that will influence our situation as well? >> that is one of the reasons that you've seen stocks pull back with such vigor here, is the concern about a slowing global economy. then you throw in ebola and some people might dismiss that. but if that disease starts to spread and if we, as the most powerful nation in the world, can't get a handle on it, look

out below!. that will star impacting travel. heather: yes. >> you and i certainly thought about it. am i going to get on an airplane this weekend? heather: this weekend. i decided what airports i would go to. >> drive to the hinterland where my parents live and hide. heather: dagen, thanks for joining us. we'll watch you on the business channel of course as always. eric? >> heather, they're demanding what we have, freedom, democracy, and american values. those democracy protesters in hong kong, they refuse to give up. they're back in the streets again defiant against their red communist rulers in beijing. one neighborhood is on alert after several people say they have been terrorized by a group of pranksters dressed in clowns. some reports say they are the clowns are armed. we'll have a live report on these creepy

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heather: right now pro-democracy protesters in hong kong setting up newberry decades. earlier today, fights broke out when one group tried to forcefully remove the barricades. they set them up to block off main roads near the heart of the financial district. some people were arrested on suspicion of assault and carrying weapons. eric: have you heard about this. sights of creepy clowns in one california neighborhood. a group of copycat pranksters are dressing up as scary clowns and terrorizing people there at night. adam housley live in los angeles with these bizarre developments. hi, adam. >> reporter: especially as we approach halloween, right? comes down to, police are not sure if it was one kid or number of kids and copycats. they're trying to figure out that going through the first part week.

whatever it is a prank gone too far or a kids little more serious than they should be. either way cops in bakersfield not taking it lightly at all. nall per of times last week, police and sheriff's deputies responded to calls about someone roaming streets of bakersfield dressed as a clown. sometimes these calls came saying they were wielding weapons. 11-year-old boy was chased home one point after school. reports of clowns holding bats or machete. were these prank calls or people dressed truly as clowns, trying to wreak havoc on people in bakersfield? take a listen. >> we've had reports of these clowns or associated or carrying machetes, baseball bats, those types of things. depending on circumstances it can be frightening. >> reporter: frightening n thursday's case they did approach and arrest a boy a 14-year-old boy, whose attorney according to police reports had no weapons on him when he was arrested dressed as a clown. numerous calls made to police in

other cases, resulted in nobody being arrested or found some locals are saying this is costing taxpayer money and resources. others say kids being kids. serious enough, police are saying whomever is doing this, no more clowning around. >> there is a ethical boundary crossed. it is stupidity on the part of the kid that wanted to scare human beings. that is not a good human value to possess. but it is not a crime. >> one boy, has been arrested, a 134-year-old. we'll -- 14-year-old. we'll see if more clowns are arrested. eric: hope they don't cancel trick-or-treating. heather if. heather: here is what we're working on the second hour of "happening now." toddlers injured in another accident involving a popular attraction after a bounce house flies through the air. ebola in the heartland. the fight to stop the deadly disease from spreading after the

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