thomas eric duncan's family is searching for answers and there are new developments in the fight to track and contain the virus. here's what we know right now. moments ago, officials from texas presbyterian hospital in dallas say that the deputy is in good condition with no symptoms consistent with an early stage ebola diagnosis. definitive lab tests are expected later today. served a quarantine order on duncan's family and was hospitalized yesterday after reporting flu-like symptoms. we also know that today, duncan's remains have been, quote, transported for cremation according to texas health officials. meanwhile, his extended family is headed home to north carolina where his fiancee and her family will remain under quarantine until october 19th at an undisclosed location. all of this as 100 u.s. marines are set to land in liberia today to aid that government's response to the ebola outbreak. earlier today, texas governor rick perry visited some 500 u.s. troops at ft. hood ahead of their deployment to west africa this month.

so as thomas eric duncan's family grieves, many are asking would he still be alive if he was hospitalized the first time he showed up at the emergency room? >> thought he should have been admitted right away and they should have taken this more seriously. >> joining me now is george mason, and he's been in contact with duncan's fiancee throughout this whole ordeal. and thank you so much for coming back, it's good to talk to you again. >> you're welcome. it's good to be with you, joy. >> so there's an l.a. times article that quotes family members of mr. duncan, including his fiancee's daughter who condemned the hospital saying the hospital didn't treat him right. he said that's what everybody thinks and that's added the father of four children with her, one, he's from africa, that jallah said, two, he didn't have insurance. did mr. duncan have private health insurance? >> i do not know that.

>> and, is the family saying to you what they said to the l.a. times. that they feel that he was not given the kind of care at that hospital when he came the first time he should have been. >> we have to be careful how to characterize what they are saying. when a tragedy like this occurs. part of the grieving process is an inevitable what if that goes on a series of what ifs. people ask themselves what they could've done differently, what other people could've done differently. and so, yes, obviously, immediately you go to the question of whether he should have been admitted, what might have been the cause of that. why treatment wasn't given earlier. what kind of treatment he received, but those are questions that are raised, and then it throws you immediately into, you know, what if it had been someone else? i should say, though, we should be careful before we suggest that that's really a series of accusations. that's more an expression of

frustration in the wake of a death and not a blanket claim that these things are fact, only an expression of frustration and despair over what has happened. >> indeed, and do you get the sense of -- and that's a very good point. i'm glad you made it. there's a lot of frustration, obviously, this family is still in the grieving process. beyond the family, is there any sense among your parishioners, among your community that something was different? we have seen this dramatic response, airlifting americans out of west africa, bringing them home and those people surviving. and i've got to say, there is the question that's bubbling around outside of your community as to why this gentleman didn't seem to -- that urgency didn't kick in. do you sense that among your parishioners? >> well, i think you have to remember, my parishioners are focused as much as possible on care for louise and her family because she is a member of our church and this family is dear to us. and so our attention is less on

questions like that and more about her well being at this time. >> and i should read the hospital statement, the texas presbyterian said mr. duncan was treated the way any other patient has been treated. they add we have a long history of treating a multicultural community in this area. and lastly, sir, do you plan to remain in contact with this family, a substantial numbers of them headed back to north carolina. >> i have not been in contact with mr. duncan's family from north carolina, i've been available to them, but because i have been especially close to louise and her son carcia who is the son of her and mr. duncan along with the three other boys with louise in quarantine, that's been the focus of my attention. they are a part of our life and our family, and we will be with them through this ordeal. and for many months and years

ahead as god wills. >> and we do understand that there is a process of cremation that is required in this case. do you have any information about kind of what the family plans to do in terms of funeral, in terms of -- they do still obviously need that closure and how is the son and how are they doing? >> well, first of all, they are healthy at this time, they're showing no symptoms of ebola. and so they live on pins and needles from one temperature taking test to the next, that happens twice a day. and a daily visit from the health department. they are all clear at this point. they are still in quarantine until the 19th, as you said. as for the cremains, as soon as the ashes become available. we don't know that yet. whether they would even be released to next of kin, we're taking things step by step to try to determine what then would be done. clearly, we won't be having any services for the family until

they're out of quarantine unless we were to do something privately with them in the house there. but she has preferred to wait at this point. >> yeah, all right. well, thank you so much, pastor george mason. we really appreciate you being here. >> you're very welcome. all right. dallas county judge, has been leading the city's response to ebola. and joining us live from dallas. thank you very much for being here. >> good to be with you. >> and you heard, hopefully, what pastor mason who is ministering to louise's family had to say. and including in that l.a. times interview, really our expressions of frustration by the family. they did pointedly say they felt the gentleman was not treated, mr. duncan, the way he should have been treated or the way others would have been treated had they been insured at that texas hospital. how do you respond to that? >> this is a good family. they're good people, and they're grieving.

i've kind of torn off the rearview mirror in this respo e response. and i'm focused on moving us forward and keeping us safer. there's going to be an opportunity once this response is over to look back at lessons learned and at what occurred that allowed mr. duncan to leave the hospital on the 26th and end up having to be returned on the 28th. but my focus as a nondoctor is to keep my 2 1/2 million citizens safe and keep this ebola virus contained here in dallas and to stop it here. >> and i'll just read the texas department of health has said they're considering an investigation of the hospital's compliance with state, health and safety laws and regulation and while it's under consideration, they said our top focus right now is the contact investigation and monitoring. they're also looking forward, as well. let's talk about what has changed in terms of what your office, what texas is doing,

what dallas county is doing, i should say, to alter its response to the presence of this virus, the potential presence of this virus in dallas county. >> key thing we're doing today is making sure that we'd push out accurate information as much as possible. and that's one of the reasons. it's the main reason i'm here with you today. if a person did not come into contact with the bodily fluids of mr. duncan, the only symptomatic ebola patient we have, then they cannot get the ebola virus from one of the contacts that were monitoring that has no symptoms. so the deputy who is sick from something is not sick from ebola. and i am not at risk. and no one else who would follow those doctors protocols in dealing with this family as people. there's no reason for us to wear

hazmat suits when we go tell a woman and three young men that their loved one has passed away. and i want to commend george mason because many people talk of their faith, but what you're seeing from george mason is a pastor who lives his faith and who is doing a tremendous job with these people in this very difficult time for louise and those three young men. and i hope your viewing audience will pray for them. and everyone is being monitored for this terrible disease. >> we should mention you along with pastor mason, you went to inform of the death of mr. duncan. and as you report now, as you did allude to that sheriff deputy is now not showing symptoms consistent with an early ebola diagnosis. is there a sense, i think people outside of texas do get the sense, there's a slow response.

not only once mr. duncan was readmitted, the fact that sheriff deputy was even in fear, he did go into that environment to serve that quarantine notice, that there was not anything done necessarily to protect his health. so can you respond to that? and then tell us whether or not there are hospital procedures now in place to ensure that a nurse seeing somebody in the same condition would actually implement immediately movements or, you know, activities to get that person quarantined or treated or at least tested? >> there were procedures in place with the cdc and the county health department to screen for ebola before mr. duncan got here. when those are followed, the person is immediately put in a private room. and the appropriate procedures are carried out. as far as the deputy, he followed the appropriate protocols, as did i. when we visited the family. and there's zero risk of ebo

ebola -- of us contracting ebola from doing what we did. >> and we understand, now, the governor has put together a task force. do you -- can you explain to us what the purpose of that task force is. what is the task force doing? are they not reviewing what has been done in trying to implement better procedures so you don't have breakdowns like what clearly happened with mr. duncan? >> well, the head of that task force has come and visited with me and sat in the eoc and watched what we're doing for a few hours. their position is different. they're looking at what can we do to learn from this and to do better in the future? and we'll be doing that in what we call a hot wash and an after action when this is over with. what i'm focused with our team right now is getting better every 15 minutes in making sure we're keeping the public safe and informed. you know, this is the first time

ebola's hit our shores, no response is perfect. this response had some real challenges that are unusual. and, for instance, one of the first things i want to do is move louise and the three young men and clean out that apartment. and finding them a place took an extraordinary ask from a faith leader. because we could not find anyone who would accept this family that is asymptomatic and not showing signs of ebola. >> that had to be difficult. well, dallas county judge, thank you very much for being here. >> thank you. all right, and coming up. more on the global response to the ebola outbreak as at least one of the people tasked with implementing and enhanced airport screenings is concerned he and his agents are not equipped to deal with it. plus, as air strikes fail to stop isis from advancing toward the turkish border with syria, john kerry defends the u.s. strategy. >> kobani is a tragedy because

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welcome back. the administration pushed back once again today on the growing criticism of how it's conducting the military strategy against isis. the pentagon says it conducted 23 more air strikes yesterday and today to aid a besieged town near the turkish border. the attacks have done little to help the kurdish population in the town of kobani, a third of which is under isis control by one estimate. still, today, secretary of state john kerry defended the overall strategy. >> one community is not going to define this strategy over a few days when it is a strategy

that's going to take a period of weeks and months and people are only just receiving their tasks. >> debate over the air strikes also comes amid news that the mother of one of the american hostages isis is holding is pleading for her son's life via twitter. paul kasik tweeted this letter. i'm trying to get in touch about my son's fate, i'm an old woman and he's my only child. my husband and i are on our own with no help from the government. we'd like to talk to you. how can we reach you? let's turn to richard engel in turkey. >> reporter: although u.s. officials say the city of kobani right on the turkish border is not a top priority that iraq is the main focus of the anti-isis strategy, the u.s. is stepping up its air campaign around kobani in the last day and a half launching more than 20 air

strikes. is this too late, however, according to the defenders of kobani, isis now controls about a third of the city. they say they can hold out for a few more weeks. the air strikes have come, but did they come too late? joy? >> an iraqi born activist and author. and an msnbc military analyst. thank you both for being here. colonel jack, i'm going to start with you about this strategy. the criticism is far reaching. what we're doing is sort of a pinprick. it isn't actually really decimating isis, which is what, 20,000 to 25,000 people. what is wrong with the strategy? >> well, we don't want to do anything close to the turkish border because it'll annoy the turks. they've got all these tanks aligned on their side of the border. and it's not to get rid of isis, it's to take care of the kurds if they're going to come across the border. so our strategy is to look only at targets of opportunity and not many of those either.

we don't have a strategy that starts with an objective at the end and works backwards, which is the way you're supposed to do it. we are just hitting targets of opportunity, and it looks a lot like just a public relations stunt to be honest. >> even when you talk about turkey, you've got the foreign minister. this is after the parliament said, yes, we will participate, wink wink and don't do much. their foreign minister said he reiterated that turkey's position is that it is not prepared to step up efforts to help the u.s. coalition counter the islamic state in syria unless the removal of the syrian president becomes the goal of the operation. and that is not a goal of the operation. are we hostage to this weird strategy where we don't like assad but don't want to get rid of him. >> it is true, we are stuck in between all of these things, but we have to understand what the people in the region are saying and in particular the people of syria and iraq. these are the people getting hit from different perspective.

assad is hitting them, isis and now the u.s. is hitting them. and we've got to understand. we have to understand before this military all of this discussion. you have spent $62 million in the last few weeks on about 400 strikes and has done nothing. and if we use $62 million to address why isis is actually expanding. they're paying $1,000 salary, individual salary to their fighters. and this is addressing an economic reality of the people. they are hungry and they do not have jobs. and they're getting bombed on top of it. they're addressing the ideological reality. they say you're all getting bombed, we're going to save you. we have to address why. if we spent that $62 million instead of bombs and get it into jobs for people, actually, in the region, i swear to you we actually can stabilize, can calm down the situation. >> yeah, but to do that, we've got to be on the ground and we're not -- >> no, we have actors on the ground. arab actors, international actors. the u.n. cannot meet humanitarian budget to even meet -- >> exactly. >> and that points out exactly

one of our big problems. and that is the quality of our diplomacy is really awful. there are actors on the ground. we should be talking to them. we can have people do stuff in coordination of what we're doing in the air. but we -- we're no good at talking to people. as a result of that, you have the situation. >> and that is a situation because it does seem like we put all of our efforts into the pentagon effort and not enough into the state department. we have the situation where turkey, which is under threat of isis itself, whose own citizens have been kidnapped won't help us because refuse to do what we originally said. we won't talk to iran even though they might have an interest. this seems to be the core of the problem. >> the core of the problem is the u.s. engagement with the middle east. all of us playing a new role in the muslim world after their rejection from the european union. they see themselves as a leadership in the muslim world. they're also playing it safe. how do they play their leadership in the muslim world? do they want to go here or there? so they're playing it safe from

their own politics and turkey, also, wants to preserve, kurds and kobanis in syria. and they have the kurds of syria and do not want to interfere. >> and they want to prevent -- so short of pulling back and just really trying to focus on the diplomacy, since what we're doing isn't militarily changing anything, colonel jack, what might change this for the better? do we have any carrots or sticks that could be used with turkey? >> no, the short answer is no. what we want is air based and the turks won't let us do that. we've lost influence in the eastern mediterranean. i don't see our having any way to influence the actors over there at the -- and certainly not turkey at the moment because they are feeling their -- and whatever we do is going to have to be done behind closed doors. the quality of our diplomacy has to get better. and we can't keep using the

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preparing to carry out ramped up screenings of passengers from liberia, guinea and sierra leone in the next few days. questions like, are these facilities properly equipped for the task? and how effective will these new efforts be? jonathan deets is an investigative reporter for wnbc, and you talked with customs and border patrol agent about this very thing. i want to play a clip from your report, an excellent report. let's play a clip. >> we don't have proper safety equipment. officers don't even have lysol and purell. >> obviously he's not a sicborg his identity was cloaked. this is a guy tasked with leading the effort. and he's saying that already. >> he's saying they haven't gotten the proper training, haven't been told exactly what to look for. look for someone who is sick. and he's saying, look, it's one flight a day at newark airport, a connecting flight, 15 to 20

passengers at most who need to be screened. why not have a cdc professional right alongside them from the get go to help them in the screening of these passengers. he thinks that would make the most sense. right now it's still, the dhs personnel on the front line who will be calling the medical professionals in. and he's like, what's the protocol? what should i be looking for? there seems to be some confusion about what to do. >> and there was a recent sort of incident where you had a passenger who was sick, physically sick on the plane. what happened? >> yes, saturday at newark airport, a liberian passenger sick on the plane. and after that happened, over the p.a. system, announcements from management. people on that flight please isolate yourself, separate yourselves. it was mass confusion as described to us, a mistake in the way it was handling. they say they've stepped up their protocols since then. but some of the workers there say we still have not gotten any

written protocols on exactly what to do the next time a possible sick passenger comes n in. again, important to note that passenger in the end did not have ebola. >> there is a procedure in place when something of note is happening at the airport that's potentially scary. we were talking in the break a little bit when there's a bomb scare on the plane. >> in that case, even the smallest of bomb scares. they take the plane to an isolated area where passengers are one-by-one screened. and they're saying in these cases, we're not at that level yet. and perhaps the concern isn't there. they're going to be people with fevers coming who do not have ebola. so the question is, how best do you prepare? the question now is should you perhaps be meeting these planes at the gate instead of letting everyone into the terminal first do the screening there. these are some of the conversations ongoing. senator schumer's been very active about this. he saw the report. he says there are things that need to be stepped up. and expects be i this weekend when the stepped up screenings

begin -- >> yeah. >> that some of these corrective measures will be -- >> will be taken. >> aside from the fact, only screening from three countries. that's a whole other conversation. we'll have to have you back. jonathan. great report. thank you. >> thank you. and here, there's harsh, meanwhile, growing concern from world leaders about the global response to the ebola pandemic. world bank president jim kim tells the guardian that the world response has, quote, failed miserably. while the cdc director tom frieden climbed in in with his own dire warning. >> the only thing like this has been aids. and we have to work now so this is not the world's next aids. >> all of this as the world health organization said the death toll from the outbreak has claimed more than 3,800 lives in west africa. in australia, a nurse who recently returned home from sierra leone is under observation for the virus. and in europe, a u.n. director

arrived in the northern german town overnight. and doctors say the condition of the ebola-infected spanish nurse deteriorated. the editor of "in chief" of african magazine and journalist who traveled around the world writing about government and health issues for a variety of publications. and thank you so much for being here, frankie, i appreciate the opportunity to talk with you. >> thank you and good afternoon. >> so assess for me your thoughts on the global response. we've talked a lot about texas, talked about the newark and new york area airports. >> sure. >> can you assess for me of the response to the ebola pandemic so far? >> it's been, as dr. kim says, it's been quite slow and the world has failed. it's not new. we know what works in treating ebola. so we are worried here in the united states about people coming here and getting sick and all the screenings we could be doing at the airports when what

we really needed to do as a global community is to say to these west african countries, you know, we'll buy your cocoa, but when you're sick, we have to come and help you. what cuba has done, for instance, immediately send in medical personnel is what needed to have been done. just this morning, we know that a doctor who has been treating people in liberia passed away. and my biggest concern is for medical workers over there. those folks are treating people and exposing themselves while they don't have enough equipment or enough partners who can come in and help them. what the world really needs to do instead of worrying about so many people traveling to the west and trying to get treatment is to see if we can get doctors underground. the way doctors without borders does when there's a crisis. we need a fund to do these things immediately rather than fund all kinds of other stuff. so in reality, the global response to the west african friends has not been adequate at all. >> no, and it's interesting. i think it is very outrageous and makes a big headline to

compare this to the aids crisis. and the only way i can see something similar is it's a disease, essentially, that the stigma around it impacts the response, right? you have almost this attempt to quickly quarantine anything coming out of africa rather than as you said trying to get in there and stop the spread in the west africa countries where it started. >> sure. and the only way really to battle stigma is by saying, look, this is a disease, this is a virus. we, who live in the united states, and we who work here, we have the first class health care system. we know as dr. frieden has said, we know how to stop this. but more than just boots on the ground. i'm so happy the u.s. military is building tents in liberia and doing the logistical stuff. what we need to do is to send globally from not just the u.s. and australia and the united kingdom, doctors from nurses to west africa, to help and support the african doctors and colleagues and make sure that people are treated where this is

happening. and one of the reasons why nigeria was successful in its effort is because nigeria has a lot of medical personnel. liberia, sierra leone and guinea do not have as many medical personnel on the ground. so with the world bank and international monetary fund, all of the administrators will be in washington this weekend and trying to figure out what to do. one thing they could do is invest in health care. we all know, health is wealth. it doesn't matter what the disease is. whether it's aids, sars or ebola. we have this coordinated effort, this $20 billion fund which whenever there is a crisis, we flood the zone with health care workers. >> indeed. amen. frankie, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you so much. good afternoon. thanks for all you're doing. >> same to you. all right. and coming up. how the supreme court could've just swayed a pivotal senate race in north carolina. so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? that's right. it's just that i'm worried about you know "hidden things..."

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welcome back. the supreme court delivered a little boost to republicans looking to take over the senate. 7 of the 9 justices ruled on wednesday that north carolina's voting law considered the most extreme in the country can be used for the upcoming midterm elections. while challenges continue to wind through the courts. among other things, that means voters must register by tomorrow. no more same-day registration during early voting. in fact, election watchers they're sure will damage turnout making a tight senate race that much tighter for the democratic incumbent. the ruling also comes as evidence mounts about the kind of damage that voter i.d. laws can have on turnout. a new government accountability office case study of two states that passed voter i.d. laws, kansas and tennessee, found that turnout declined between 2008 and 2012 elections after voter i.d. laws were passed. and if a decrease affected mainly minority and young voters. the president of emily's list

and the executive editor at bluenationreview.com. and i'm going to go ladies first, stephanie, and start with you at the table. does not include the voter i.d. portion. that doesn't go into effect until after this election. you are now going to see no more same-day registration. how might that impact races like north carolina where women are so important? >> well, it is definitely a disappointment from the supreme court. but the one thing that's been going on in north carolina this entire time is that we knew this could go either way. we've been preparing for it. that's the good news. and this election's still going to be about women voters. women voters, candidates and the issues that are facing women. and i'll tell you, they are riled up. and tom tillis has been on the wrong side including the voting regulations. but also on education. they are going to go vote in this election. >> and obviously, you know, women, single women, minority voters and young voters. that's the trifecta that

democrats usually have a hard time getting out in midterms. will these kind of laws dampen that kind of enthusiasm. in 29 days to counter it? >> stephanie alluded to it, which is basically, get out the vote. that is the bottom line. don't think for a second that the dscc, which is the senatorial campaign committee, the dnc and the hagan campaign, frankly, will not have hundreds if not thousands of volunteers on the ground to make sure that happens. you know, north carolina's very interesting state. you have asheville in the mountain area, the triangle area, raleigh, durham, charlotte in some of the coastal areas that have seen an influx of northeasterners retiring, young people living in those urban areas that tend to vote democratic et cetera. i don't think there's a problem for kay hagan. she's leading in all the polls. there's a bigger problem, north carolina, kay hagan's opponent. the day after the supreme court struck down two provisions of the voting rights act a year and a half ago passed out under his

supervision out of the house of representatives, the north carolina house, the bill, that gave us this right here. that's tom tillis, his record. that should be on the ballot. >> yeah, and people went democrat in the 2012 election and flipped back, in the 2008 election, i should say. there seem to be an inordinate number of particularly southern women on the ballot. kay hagan, that kentucky race, you've got women running for governor including in the state of texas. it appears to be the year of the southern women. how is that working out for those candidates? is it more difficult to run statewide in the south if you're a woman? >> you can see by the polls. you've listed kay hagan. all of these races were either leading or tied. this was incredible. these are races we never thought we'd be playing in. wendy davis moving into single digits here in texas. in fact, the momentum is on wendy davis' side.

it's about women, women voters, candidates and the issues facing women and families and they're looking for economic opportunity, a fair shot at making ends meet, and that's what our candidates are talking about. and i think that's why we're going to see a lot of wonderful victories in 26 days, i believe it is. >> it's very close. and jimmy williams, ironically enough is democrats' key to trying to come back in the south, women candidates running statewide and somehow getting minority voters to vote in off-year elections. >> yeah, i think that's right. i want to follow up on the idea about this idea of women candidates. looking at south carolina below north carolina. they have a sitting governor, a woman, nikki haley. it's not that women, per se, it's that democratic women are the ones that actually people can identify with. and so let's call -- let's call a spade a spade. it's not -- women decide every election. we all understand this. we know this, it's a fact of life.

if you're a republican woman running in south carolina, you're sitting at 43%, and that's a pretty red state, i might add. then i would suggest it's not just about women voting, it's about the ideas and policies behind those women, and that makes a huge difference, frankly. >> and it makes a huge difference in a region in the south that has trended so solidly republican that white voters essentially vote in the same margins for republicans that african-americans vote for democrats. >> that's right. and i couldn't agree more with jimmy. every woman candidate's the same as we're looking for pro-women candidates. i was thinking about this north carolina race and what we saw in virginia in the governor's race just a year ago where we elected governor mccullough. but really we saw equal, nearly identical turnout from 12 to 13. why? because cuccinelli who is the republican was so wrong on the issues from -- >> vaginal probes, i think that sums that up right there.

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the nine most terrifying words in the english language are, i'm from the government and i'm here to help. >> that, of course, was president ronald reagan delivering one of the most famous lines at a news conference on august 12th, 1986. now, he was actually talking about the farm crisis, which had forced thousands of family farms into bankruptcy or out of business. followed by an assertion that many of the problems farmers faced, president reagan went on in that press conference to announce major government intervention, including record amounts of assistance, spending more in this year alone than any

previous administration spent in the entire tenure. even the president considered the patron saint of conservatives' goal of reducing government and making it untrustworthy in the eyes of americans was a major interventionist in a crisis. president reagan was also a huge spender compared to other presidents, including the current one, but that's a whole other segment. the idea of getting government out of our lives sounds great until you need the government. think hurricane katrina, an anti-federal government louisiana and mississippi or until you are the government and you're trying to convince people in a crisis you've got things under control. which brings us to texas. perhaps the national leader in the government leave us alone movement. texas is one of 24 states that have refused the medicaid expansion. with governor rick perry and his republican legislature turning away $100 billion in federal funds under the affordable care act and counting. despite having the largest uninsured population of any state. if texas hasn't exactly inspired

confidence despite being one of 13 states certified by the feds as ready to deal with ebola, consider the fact that a may report, which works to prevent epidemics in the u.s. found that with the public health declining in the country, texas ranked 33rd in the public health system. this, while at the national level, congress in january cut $1 billion out of the aca's prevention and public health fund. and rolled back spending to the national institutes of health and the cdc. two republican victories over evil obamacare. and yet, when the government of texas assures people that their hospitals really are ready to handle ebola, or that the apartment where thomas eric duncan and his family lived and sheriff's deputy was allowed to roam around unprotected or that governor perry's task force will be effective, how much would you wager that they want people to trust the government then? that wraps things up for the

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fiancee's church. the pastor says the funeral won't be planned until after october 19th. duncan's remains will be cremated according to the cdc guidelines. the intense heat of the process kills any virus in the body so no further precautions are needed. and in omaha, ashoka mukpo who contracted the virus before teaming up has received the experimental blood transfusion from ebola survivor dr. kent bradley. and so far, this outbreak has a 52% survival rate. more than 8,000 have been infected, just shy of 4,000 have been died worldwide. and if this outbreak isn't contained quickly, the world bank warns it could cost the region $33 billion. >> cases are growing exponentially. we must work together to provide the best standard of care for each individual. things will get worse before they get better. how much worse depends on us. >> u.s. t