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we're so glad you spent part of your day with us. i hope wherever you are, you make this day count. see you next time. hello, welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's news headquarters". >> topping the news, president obama says we can't wall ourselves off from west africa as calls get louder to cut off travel from countries stricken by ebola. >> and terrorist lose smg ground in kobani as friends and family remember two innocent victims. like something out of a james bond flick, we have a landing of the space shuttle or
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spy plane or something else? >> first, to our top storiry today. four people set to be released from quarantine after sharing an apartment with thomas duncan, the only person to die here on u.s. soil. the nurse who contracted the disease after treating duncan has been moved to a national institute of health isolation unit where she's said to be doing well. alicia, what's happening? >> reporter: hi, kelly, doctors at the national institute of health in bethesda, maryland, fully expect nina pham to walk out and she's been interacting with staff members at the specialized biocontainment unit which is a very good sign. when she left texas presbyterian she was in what doctors called good condition. upon arrival at nih and initial assessment, she was listed as fair which prompted questions whether she was deteriorating.
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>> i said she was in fair condition, which implies she does have some symptoms. she's very fatigued. this is a virus that wreaks havoc on you. you could be getting better and have decrease in diarrhea and vomiting but you're still very, very tired. this virus knocks you out. >> amber vincent, the other nurse to be infected with ebola by the patient they were treating is at another facility. she was moved to emory university. she was likely symptom mattic when she flew to and from cleveland before her diagnosis. this prompted the airline, frontier airlines to contact 800 passengers who either flew with vincent are on the plane before it was taken in for cleaning. schools in texas and ohio closed as a precaution, where vincent had con into contact with students and parents or they were passengers on the plane with her.
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one thing we can look for today. the cdc is expected to issue new guidelines on the protective gear and equipment that the nurses wear with regard to ebola when treating any patient with those types of symptoms. kelly? >> very difficult to do. we thank you for the update. >> president obama meantime appointing a czar to lead the u.s. response to the ebola crisis, ron klain. a political aid, not a health professional and this decision is creating quite a firestorm of controversy among lawmakers. here's the very latest. >> there has been a ton of pressure on the president to do more about the spread of ebola in the united states. as you say, he appointed that ebola response coordinator ron klain, but the selection has some lawmakers scratching their heads like fred upton who said i was glad the president got off the campaign trail to finally focus on ebola but with his appointment of his czar with no
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health back ground, he just got right back on. john mccain says he also has issues with klain's appointment. >> the appointment of mr. klain, who has no experience whatsoever on this or any other medical issue as a lobbyist and democrat ap rattic does not fit the bill for a czar and capabilities because he has no experience or knowledge or background in medicine. >> reporter: a "new york times" report describes the president as angry about the administration's response to the ebola outbreak so far with aides telling the times that the president complained about the government's reaction at a meeting and said, quote, it's not tight but the president has been very careful not to publicly show frustration, the weekly address about prevention and explaining why a travel ban from affected countries isn't
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happening. >> trying to seal off an entire region of the world, if that were even possible, could make the situation worse. it would make it harder to move health care workers and supplies back and forth. >> and senate majority leader harry reid is backing the president up and says a travel ban wouldn't work because people from banned areas in africa could just detour through europe on their way to the united states. julie? >> peter doocy, thank you so much. a health care worker is on isolation on board a carnival cruise ship after it came to light the worker may have handled specimens from thomas eric duncan who died last week in texas. the state department says the unidentified worker has shown no signs of ill sness and remains separated from the other passengers out of an abundance of caution. the ship was not allowed to make a scheduled top in mexico and now on the way back to
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galveston, texas. today at 4:00 p.m. eastern time, don't miss the kelly files, exclusive walk through of the frontier airline plane that carried amber vincent. the frontier airline ceo shows where she was seated and what have done since and what they are doing now to travel safely. ebola in america. kurdish forces are said to have isis back on his heels in the battle for kobani, the u.s. stepping up air strikes there and pentagon saying the terrorists have been pouring major resources into the area which gives u.s. pilots some pretty big targets. coming up, we'll have a live report from the border as fighting there rages on. friends and family gathered today on two continents to remember two men who were murdered by the terrorists of
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isis in new hampshire, a public memorial service was held to remember the life and work of journalist james foley. today would have been his 41st birthday. foley was working in syria when he was captured by isis nearly two years ago. he was beheaded in august, the first american killed by the terrorist in response to u.s. air strikes they claimed. and the family and friends of british aide worker david haines held a celebration of his life. david haines was 44 when he was murdered by isis after more than a year in captivity. >> early voting starts monday in texas and voters will need to show i.d., the ruling overnight that texas can use its strict identification law. the court struck down an i.d. law in wisconsin but allowed restrictions to go forward in ohio and in north carolina. leland vitter has more on the
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impact on the midterms and what are people saying? >> the naacp calls it an affront to our democracy. supporters say it's necessary to commit voter fraud. specifically in texas, their voter i.d. law received heavy criticism for the restriction, including the much mocked rule that made concealed hand gun licenses acceptable i.d. at the polls but not college i.d. while the supreme court said enforcement could go ahead, justice ruth bader ginsburg said in part, the greatest threat to public confidence in election in this case is the prospect of enforcing a purposely discriminatory law, one that likely imposes an unconstitutional poll tax and risks denying the right to vote to hundreds and thousands of eligible voters. republicans have long held it isn't discriminatory against minori minorities. >> we've already had two
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elections where voter i.d. was the law of the land. this wasn't any change in minority turnout. the claim that this law is to dampen minority turnout is just not -- has no basis in reality. >> arrived quickly at the supreme court from the lower court ruling. this isn't a ruling of the constitutionality of the law but the implementation which can go ahead now. >> texas isn't the only place where voter i.d. laws have ended up in court. >> not at all. arkansas supreme court just overturned that law and ohio as well and earlier this month, the supreme court blocked wisconsin's voter i.d. law. in wisconsin, research showed about 300,000 either voters or eligible voters, roughly 9% of the electorate didn't have an i.d., that's more than enough to make a difference in state where polls show the governor's race
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virtually tied. >> leland vittert in washington. thanks very much. a powerful storm slamming bermuda overnight. hurricane gonzalo packing winds up to 110 miles per hour leaving tens and thousands in the dark and miles of devastation in its wake. take a look at that. this as hurricane ana makes its way across the pacific. the category one hurricane churning near hawaii's big island bringing heavy rain and monsterous waves. here are more details about the wild storm activity we're seeing. >> two areas of paradise, bermuda and hawaii, getting hit by tropical systems. this is hurricane gonzalo, thankfully moving away from bermuda but it was a category two when it made landfall last night, 127-mile-per-hour wind gusts what i meant to say. there's the track as we head
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further out in time. north and eastward we'll have to watch eastern canada here and off towards europe as an extra tropical system. hurricane ana south of hawaii, winds of 80 miles per hour, a couple of days ago we were thinking they could take a direct hit. thankfully it pushed outward but we're seeing heavy rain as well as wind gusts, it's going to be hard to surf here. a lot of people like to surf but they should stay out of the water. several inches up to six inches for the big island here because of ana and then we have tropical storm trudy, yes, we're talking about another tropical system. this off the coast of mexico, bringing the potential for very heavy rainfall over a foot of rain which could bring mudslides and devastating rainfall and flash flooding in the region moving towards the gulf of mexico as well. and if i could just mention this from tropical storms to a nor'easter, perhaps, heading into this week. this would be the northeast. there's new york and boston as we head towards the end of the
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workweek, a nor'easter could bring rain and wind and yes, even snow. kelly and julie, back to you. don't shoot the messenger. >> we won't. but we will watch out for the nor'easter as well. >> thanks. >> and fox news alert right now, a news conference going on in pennsylvania. the state police and governor holding a news conference. addressing the manhunt for the ongoing manhunt of the suspected cop killer eric frein. tom corbett says they do not have a suspect in custody at this time. this news conference just updating the reporters and community as to how their search is going thus far. a lot of people in this neighborhood and surrounding area very anxious to hear the police finally come forward and say they finally have the suspect in custody for fear he could potentially harm another person. we will keep you updated on this
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unfolding situation. >> indeed we will. meantime, voters in texas will now have to show some sort of identification the next time they visit the ballot box, which is in november. this after the supreme court backs the controversial voter i.d. law. how could this all play out ahead of election day? we'll have a fair and balanced look coming up. one couple gets a rude awakening when a driver plows his car through their hotel room. >> hello, plus, the military's top secret space craft returning back to work. the details behind this very, very classified landing. woman: everyone in the nicu -- all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days.
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welcome back. talks reported for this tuesday between hong kong and pro democracy protesters. this announcement coming after confrontations between riot police and protesters last night, where 33 people were arrested. a car barrels into a wisconsin hotel. is this what you're expecting overnight? authorities say two people were inside the room but thankfully they were not hurt. the driver did not suffer any
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serious injuries as well. and new dash cam video released from the march dui arrest jim irsay, who pled one count of operating a vehicle while int intoxicated and admitted to prescription drugs in his system. the nfl suspended irsay for six games and fined him $500,000. don't take your eyes off the screen or you'll miss this incredible landing. watch. >> you are watching the air force's x-37 b space plane returning to earth after 22 months at vander dg berg air force base. the purpose is classified but we do know the x-3b is a winged
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robotic space craft returning from the third flight since 2010. >> amazing. the supreme court ruling that voters in texas will need to show some identification if they want to cast a ballot in next month's mid terms, the justices struck down an i.d. law in wisconsin but allowed restrictions in ohio and north carolina. and north carolina is a toss-up state that could tip control of the senate. with more. angela mclowan and chuck ro cha, thanks for joining us. the supreme court issuing this ruling at pre-dawn this morning, that's a saturday and the court giving no reason for its decision but justice ruth bader ginz berg is the purpose of one
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that likely imposes a unconstitutional poll tax and risk of denying the right to vote to hundreds and thousands of eligible voters. >> it will bolster critics, but take this not from a black/white perspective or republican democratic perspective but an american perspective. voting is not a constitutional right. it is actually a privilege. martin luther king right down the street gave the i have a dream speech and you have people who died so people of my color to have the right to vote. in 2010 it was a controversy and 2012 a controversy. now again in 2014 we're discussing it. and for the supreme court, the high state in the land not to have consistency, you just said ohio ruled in favor of t north carolina in favor, texas in favor. but wisconsin they didn't. we need consistency here so people can get the right to vote. >> as you know, naacp is not
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liking this at all and democrats don't like it at all, they charge it's an affront. >> we should make it as easy as possible for people to vote but also make sure there's no voter fraud as well. i respect that, let's be clear, in texas it's not about voter fraud. i'm from texas and run local elections there and secretary of state and attorney general has taken 26 cases reported in the last ten years. over the same ten-year period, 36 people in texas have reported seeing big foot. more people have seen big foot than created voter fraud. >> chuck, you've worked with political campaigns and i'm a former congressional candidate myself, i've even had voter fraud in the state of mississippi from the other side. there is voter fraud out there but kelly, since it is an american privilege, we should not be debating this before a midterm election and north carolina is in the balance. the supreme court says it's okay there but it's not okay in wisconsin. i don't understand it. >> let's talk about how we got
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here. an appeals court said the timing was too close in the midterm election to stop this law. getting back to the feud over this, many people do believe that it may impact minority voters who may not have the proper i.d. to show and of course, the critics of that will support that argument, but then the supporters of it, namely republicans, are basically stating it will cut down on voter fraud and that's the most fundamental thing so voter confidence is restored in the voting system. >> voter i.d. was passed in georgia in the black community, hispanic community the voting went up. it really makes me sick and tired when you have victim vendors saying because black folks and brown folks and red folks have to show an i.d., that means it's a racist law. if you don't have a driver's license, get a state i.d. all you need is a birth certificate or prove you're a citizen or have a passport.
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is that so difficult? >> in texas where we ran the elections and where i was precinct chair at the volunteer fire department. all you had to have was your voter registration card. you had to show i.d. and there are 600,000 people who will be disenfranchised there in texas. are most of them black or brown or white? the problem is they'll be disenfranchised, we make it as easy as possible to get their i.d. state issued or not and open up the polls so everybody has the right to vote, to angela's point to make sure they can be there because they want to participate in the process and makes it easier not harder. >> exactly. >> you both are doing quite well with this. moving forward, what do we think the court will do in the future? >> well, i think we should have consistency here, again, you've had these laws dealing with certain states that were slave rights or civil rights issues, i
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feel insulted that ginsburg said discrimination, we're not the south we were back then. i think it should be consistent and people should have an easier time to vote. we're america and we can tell where fraud is and isn't. >> we thank you for joining us, chuck and angela as well. both of you make it a great day. >> thank you. >> the midterm elections will be a big topic for discussion tomorrow morning when congressman paul ryan joins maria bartiromo on sunday morning futures right here on the fox news channel. we live in the world where access to knowledge and technology is the key to success. with those working hard to break down the digital divide for students. isis on the run, coalition forces pound the terrorists who have fallen back a bit but the battle is far from over.
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...from the stevia leaf. new military gains against isis terrorists in syria. jets poundsing the targets in the besieged town of kobani as terrorists reportedly pulled out of the west side of the city following an intense barrage of bombings this week. >> reporter: in the last ten minutes we've got new word from centcom about a new wave of air strikes against isis in the region. 25 of them in the last 24 hours and we learned two of those
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strikes hit isis right in kobani here the border with syria and turkey. our contacts in the city say there were more clashes between the terrorist and kurdish defenders of the town today right in the center of town where some had claimed the terrorists had been driven out. our sources are saying isis still holds about 20% of that town and that reports of mounting casualties also tell us there were more reinforcements for terrorists. kurdish officials need more heavy weapons for their side. as we watched all week, u.s. air strikes are continuing specifically in kobani and contact saying one strike hit right where the two sides are fighting, another sign of kurdish communication with the u.s. air controllers, that's close to 70 air strikes since monday against the terrorists in kobani, possibly a game changer in the battle. properties today two of isis shells landing on the turkey side of the border, not far from
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the tanks and armor that we've been alongside for the past couple of weeks, also reports that they did nothing about this. a sign too of this country not wanting to get involved in the battle. kelly, let me rundown a couple more statistics on the latest report. 13 other strikes against the terrorists in the past 24 hours against position inside syria, another locations including oil installations, they are trying to get at the flash flow of the terrorists and ten more air strikes against s isis in iraq, around the oil refinery and around the mosul dam in the northern part of the country. the u.s. tackling the terrorists on a lot of different fronts in the region. back to you. >> thanks for the update. >> as greg just mentioned, the u.s. military making gains in the fight against isis, but the head of u.s. central command also stressing success won't happen overnight saying the u.s. is trying to conduct this operation with as much care as
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possible. listen. >> also note that we've been very careful in how we've gone about conducting strikes because we want to avoid unnecessary collateral damage. had we killed a lot of innocent civilians and specifically in sunni areas, i think it's fair to say that we would be in a much different place at this point. but because we've done this the right way, we secured the support of our sunni arab partners in the region. together we are making progress. >> bob scales is a retired general and fox news analyst. general austin we just heard said we are making progress after securing the sunni arab partners. how is that a gain against isis? >> it is not. we're not making progress. the idea that making progress is avoid dropping bombs on sunnis, is ridiculous. the people who are making progress here, julie are isis. they control the clock
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he uses the term strategic patience. strategic patience is an oxy more ron. you have to have strategic speed. secondly they control the will. if we think we're winning, we're the only country in the world who thinks that isis isn't winning. and when you control those two elements, the initiative as well as will, then you control the battle. and when you're dropping eight and nine a day compared to 800 or 1100 in desert storm and drops bombs on an area of size of maryland, that's not exactly what i would call taking back the fight. isis has the initiative. here's the other thing, psych logically the rest of the arab world looks at this and says isis is the one that is translating power into effectiveness on the ground and beating the technology and that's on their,s every day.
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>> only 13 strikes in the last 24 hours. ten in iraq. as you note about the number of air strikes against isis and compare them to past conflicts, it's startling. in operation desert storm in 1991 we averaged 1100 per day. in serbia, in 1991, about 138 per day during the iraq war and 2000s around 800 per day. now against isis in the kobani region, 53 air strikes over three days, an average of 17 1/2 per day. isn't this mission to destroy isis and not disrupt them? >> that's the mission. but they are not even disrupting them because as we have this pentagon happy talk, talking about the missions in kobani what we're seeing is isis continuing to control and capture towns along the uphrates river and doing it almost at
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will. it will be a year before our syrian allies show up and may be that long before the iraqis have any military ground forces. we told isis we're not going to put soldiers on the ground to control these air strikes. so when you don't have people spotting for you, the process of actually dropping bombs is so slow and so painful and that it gives the enemy the opportunity to continue to control the battlefield. you can't drop bombs fast enough if people weren't spotting for you. >> isis cannot multifly. with every month they have more fighters, then the war becomes that much bigger. there's also an argument to be made and general austin implied it that tactical strikes that cut down on civilian casualties helped to lessen the drive of other civilians by keeping the sympathetic side with us. here's the question, when you're at war and you're trying to fight terrorists who are trying
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to kill us, unfortunately civilians get caught in the mix. are we being too cautious about civilians when going after isis? >> well, first of all, i don't think it's caution about civilians, i think it's pressure not to escalate this war into a full scale new war in iraq. you have to balance, do one against the other. killing innocent civilians doesn't help our cause at all. but by not being effective, you're telling sunni tribesmen that the united states is not all in, we're not serious about the war and not willing to commit american lives, why should the sunnis be willing to commit the lives of their sons. >> the president is not using that word. >> but everybody else in the world is. >> why is that? >> because he doesn't want this war to interfere with his political agenda and he doesn't want to be known as a wartime president two years from now when he leaves office. the way this is going, julie,
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this very slow rolling campaign that you're seeing, 7, 8, 9 strikes a day will go through two years. >> and do nothing in the long term. >> you bet. >> thank you very much, general scales. >> thank you. >> change of pace, beyond the dream we focus on overcoming the digital divide to help every child get a good education and compete in today's global economy. best buy is a tech savvy company reaching out to students in low income urban communities and sending out the geek squad to show teens how to master technology and pursue their goals beyond the dream. there's a digital divide in america and the company best buy along with boys and girls club of greater washington is doing all it can do to tackle the problem in d.c. this new teen tech center is the result of a generous corporate
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donation from best buy. because of its involvement, this center now provides state of the art computer game design editing robotics and video graphic design and professional music studio. like every boys and girls club throughout the country, it's a great atmosphere for students to expand their learning. >> our purpose is to contribute to the common good on the planet we all live in. there's a quote in the meeting room over there that says that education is the most amazing weapon. education changes everything. it enables people to do great things in their lives. >> this is just one of eight centers that best buy will open by the end of the year. housing an urban development secretary hul yan castro applauds the partnership between best buy and girls and boys club and opens opportunities for students living in underserved areas.
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upward trend and janet yellen says income inequality deeply concerns her. wondering if and when she will raise interest rates. what does this mean for our bank accounts? what does all of this mean? can you make sense of this for us? >> sure, we've actually touched on this in past shows and i'm glad she's speaking about this public publicly. the federal reserve is stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place. it helps in refinancing and home purchases and helps corporate america refinance their debt. if you have a bank account, cd, or you want to buy an interest bearing bond, interest rates are excruciatingly low. you've got most of america earning nothing on their savings. >> let me read to yoyou what sh said during the event at the federal reserve in boston. she said, quote, the extent of and continued increase in
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inequality in the united states greatly concerns me, then adds, i think it is appropriate to ask whether this trend is compatible with values rooted in our nation's history. what is she saying here? >> i'll stay focused on what they are doing and mandate is, which is employment in this country and keeping inflation low. if they continue on this path, this very low interest rate environment, they really are hurting the average american. so they do want to get back into this trend where they are going to start raising interest rates. they don't want to trip up the economy, push it back into a recession. they have really a balance they have to keep here. >> you say raise interest rates, that means some people will say, oh, my god, i don't know what i'm going to do because i like the rates low where they are. >> the trung kelly is, again, i'm sorry to say it outloud but this low interest rate environment has helped in the refinance but not everyone. as we heard bernanke couldn't even get a mortgage. it helped corporate america.
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they refinanced all of the corporate debt. think about the average consumer. you go get a home depot card, it's 29% interest when you get past the promo. the macy's card, 20 some odd percent interest. it has not helped the every day consumer. we need interest rates to gently start rising up and have people real savings make some earnings. >> let's get to this real quickly, why the turbulence on wall street? >> from the economy is too hot to too cold. the world economy, six weeks ago everything seemed rosy and economic data out of germany was disappointing and japan less than 1% growth. china slower growth than anticipated. those negative economic scenarios around the world affect our economy and our ability to export to them and our companies to sell into those. that kind of -- add in isis and the heads being cut off, ebola,
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scaring the heck out of everybody. out of that negativiveness, and we are in october which is a bad time for the markets and that puts this wet blanket over everything. >> we'll get over it. >> i think we'll get over it. watch for midterm election and then we should have a good run through december. >> my pleasure. >> ebola, it seems like you can't turn on the television without getting bombarded with the stories about the virus and hearinging that word. how worried do you really need to be? coming up, we'll have an honest discussion with a member of our fox news medical a team. please stay right there.
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according to many medical experts the virus is being way overhyped and distracting americans from things they should maybe be concerned about more like the flu. dr. david samadi, professor of urology and member of the fox news medical a team. i want to set the record straight here. three people in this country have ebola. let me be clear. it may be an epidemic in other
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nations but it is not here. the real odds of someone getting it who has never come in contact with the few people in the u.s. who have come in contact with someone who has it is zero. so the real cure for ebola panic is education. dr. samadi, please educate us. >> what you just said is absolutely important. we also -- the reason why people there's panic and fear out there because they are not getting a very strong message of what's going on. at every level, whether it's the public or nurses or hospitals, for example, we're going to have a new guideline coming down the pipeline tomorrow. i like that. that's a great idea. we need to know exactly what we're telling our nurses, putting the hazmat suits, it takes hours and hours of preparation. and it really means if your neck is open and you get the virus, make it clear and all of these nurses who are hard working core of our hospitals, cover their necks but cannot blame the nurses later on with the
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confidence of the public. that's part of the problem over here. cdc is a great organization. they have done an amazing job over the years. i think they are ludsing the battle, the psyche part and that's why there's fear in public. what you said is very important. this is a difficult virus to get. but it's a deadly virus and because we don't have a vaccine -- with flu, we're going to see about a quarter million people out there coming to our hospitals with flu. but guess what, we know how to treat and and have a vaccine. you see how you feel, if i tell you we have no vaccine and also there's no treatment for it and you have 90% or 70% as a result of it, tell me what we're doing. i think the public would listen and be very logical about this. i said way before that we should stop the flights out of there. not because we're not humane, we love people in africa and don't want anybody to die. but until we prepare ourself, give us some time and cut those flights out, we're sending aid
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and helping troops to help control the disease. >> shocking information did come out from the cdc this week which admitted that 100 to 150 people a day are entering the u.s. from ebola infected countries. that is alarming. however, the president has no intention of blocking off flights from west africa. what do we do? >> i have been encouraging -- we were one of the first ones that kept saying mr. president, please bring up those walls. they need to protect us. the idea bringing 150 people from the hud zone to this neighborhood, what they are saying, we're able to trace every one of them. do you believe that cdc can follow 150 people every day for the next 21 days? i don't think so. public questions this and when they don't have the right answer and doesn't make sense, that's when you would start having fear. the other thing is we can't send aid -- won't be able to send out
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troops or aid. we've gone all the way to the moon. we have put in our flag up in the moon. don't tell me we can't bring our troops and aid over there. nobody wants to block and close the door to the africans, we need to prepare ourselves. our vaccines coming in the next three months or so. we need time to prepare our hospitals and nurses. >> then we can be vaccinated against this so we never have to worry about it again. >> that's exactly what the plan should be and send a strong message that you are in control, not a guessing game. >> doctor, thank you very much. that does it for me. >> hey, i'll see you on the fox report 7:00 tonight. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ susan ] my promotion allowed me to start investing
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