again, we don't know yet. everyone is doing a rush to judgment on these engines. i think that's premature. >> jim oberg, thank you very much for joining us tonight. "hardball" starts right now. >> blood in the water. let's play "hardball." >> sproeb struggling to defend his ebola response. and all the sweet 16ers are in the water. christie, jeb and romney are attacking him with gusto with their eye on the poll and the noses sniffing the scent of human blood. here's the president whacking back. >> when i hear people talking about american leadership, and then, promoting policy that's would avoid leadership and have

us running in the opposite direction, and hiding under the covers, it makes me a little frustrated. we're at our best when we are standing up and taking responsibility, even when it requires us making sacrifices. especially when it requires us making sacrifices. >> that's you, christie kroiflt that's personal. the battle is over. how to best protect the country against a mysterious and deadly horror? obama wants to stop ebola at its source. that it better to fight 30th than here. >> i want america to understand. the truth is that until we stop this outbreak in west africa, we may continue to see individual cases in america in the weeks and months ahead. because that's the nature of

today's world. we can't seal ourselves off. we are likely to see a possible case elsewhere outside of these countries. that's true whether or not you document a travel ban, whether or not you adopt a quarantine. it is the nature of diseases. as long as ebola exists in the world no, one can promise there won't be any more case in america or any place else. >> governor christie wants to tussle with the president. at time he appears to be challenging groucho marx, offering to fight any man in the house for a dollar. jeb bush clearly actionling for a piece of the action. at an event in vanderbilt last night, he said ebola -- obama's ebola response looked very incompetent to begin with, and that fueled fears that may not

be justified. and now you have sfats are legitimately acting on their concerns, creating a lot more confusion than is necessary. howard fineman, and ron reagan, an msnbc contributor. i want to start with this. let's look at christie who is incapable of passing up a chance to take a shot at president obama. this is christie today defending his quarantine idea. >> i think folks should understand. part of the sacrifice is going there -- when you come home, health care worker directly exposed to the virus are now members have to be quarantined. qulong they'll give us seven-minute lectures. just get to work. >> christie was also showing he would throw a punch at just about anybody in the room. i want to show you this tape. here he is going after a bystander talking about

something completely different. let's watch it. >> somebody like you doesn't know a dam thing about what you're talking about except to stand up and show up when the cameras are here. i've been here when the cameras weren't here and did the work. so i'm glad you had your day to show on. we're the ones here to actually do the work. so turn around, get your 15 minutes of fame and then maybe take your jacket off, roll up your sleeves and do something for the people of the state. you want to have the conversation later? i'm happy to have it, bud yifrl sit down and shut up. >> that's an unusual way to -- audition for president of the united states. it is one kind of commander-in-chief. like groucho marx said. i will fight any man in the house for a dollar. let's go. >> this may play well in hoboken. i suppose it does.

he got a few cheers there. but you don't want that kind of guy sitting in the oval office behind the desk. this does no good for chris christie to be seen as a sort of bully and a guy had a can't let this go. you want to put down a heckler. you do it with one line and move on. you don't spend five minutes challenging him to go out into the parking lot and mix it up with you. what is the matter with this guy? this is the sort of behavior that jeb bush can take advantage of and has taken advantage of already in positioning himself as an opponent. >> he is a milder version. you do hear good thing about frank sinatra but any guy can get in a fight with him in the men's room. just make a crack and you're fighting against both these guys. >> there is the manager's category for 2016 among the republicans. not the. they're trying tow show how they

can be a better manager. in christie's case in particular, he wants to pick a fight with president obama. the big knock on him within the republican party are all those walks along the beach that he took with barack obama. so that's kind of what's going on here. and i agree with ron. >> i forgot that he was ebola. >> now politically that's what he is among iowa right wingers. that's what's going on here. and i think it is fascinating that jeb bush is now pretty firmly in the mix here. there has been a change inneding about that. it seems like he is in. mitt romney may be back in. they won't let chris christie take manager's role. especially when he acts like that on the streets of new jersey.

>> we're talking show business. you've had an experience in that as a dancer. in all seriousness, this looks like a bunch of auditions. you want a tough guy? i'm from jersey. i can take this guy. you have that guy. then the mild mannered bush saying there's a milder way to do this, a much more yankee way to do this. then i'll make you money, buddy. isn't it interesting to watch this using the president as their audition material? their casting director? >> basically the republican mat form is we don't like obama. so you can't be seen walking with him, shaking hands with him, god for bid you hug him. howard is right. would you have to teams on the republican side. the establishment or the managers, and then you've got your tea party types like ted cruz. the most important thing jeb bush has to do is win the race among manager types. the establishment republicans are usually the ones at the end of the day that win. so he has to be the guy, the

smart republicans will vote for. not mitt romney. we've already seen him. he didn't work out. and not chris christie because as he hot head and you don't want him in the oval office. time reasonable guy. i'm the guy who is sane. pick me and i'll run and defeat ted cruz in the primaries or whoever it might be. >> well, here's jeb bush at a vanderbilt event. he spoke about anthrax scare. we gave people a sense of calm and that was the plan. we spoke complain spoken english. we were totally engaged. >> he is trying differentiate himself both from the president and from chris christie. i agree with ron. by the way, there is a money thing behind this.

in the manager's category, the wise guys are looking for somebody to back. with jeb in it, it is a real contest to see who the establishment money people will go for. i think there are two other categories. the libertarian tea partiers, the rand paul kind. then the more religious cultural types, ted cruz and the others. >> they haven't taken on the skins yet. they're waiting out there. the geronimo types. here's mitt romney offering himself as the hands-on ceo early today on morning joe, actually ripped president obama. he ripped the cdc, the centers for disease control and he sided with the quarantine notions. >> the president has been i think, as charlie said, the spectator in chief. rather than the commander-in-chief as it comes to the v.a. or the irs or the implementation have obamacare or the cdc with regard to putting

in place the protocols for ebola. >> you actually saw it with andrew cuomo and chris christie. andrew cuomo is saying there needs to be a 21-day quarantine in somebody's house. do you agree that position? >> i think it is a very difficult call. i'm on the side of better safe than sorry. >> what do you think about that? your thoughts. >> i'm sorry. he didn't really answer the question about the 21-day quarantine, did he? he sort of liked the idea but wouldn't really commit to it at the same time. this is mitt romney's thing. republicans have seen it before. i guess they liked him enough to nominate him last time. >> did you like him blowing a kiss to the hard right? reading from the book of krautheimer.

according to the latest -- it is a statement of, i'm no moderate. >> as ron says, he wants to dinner shat himself from chris christie who i'm sure he is implying, this hot head who doesn't know the fine points. you don't commit right away. you want to see the details before you commit to quarantine or not. i thought that was significant. he's trying to show that he is the thoughtful, detail guy compared with the other. >> calling christie a hot head is like throwing a basketball at a barn door. you're going to hit it on any given day. thank you. there's something about the east coast aspect of governor christie. i'm sure the fellow from, where is he from now? what state is he from? utah? >> a great campaign, a great bumper sticker, sit down and shut up. >> none of your business!

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if republican dozen win the senate, it could well be next week thax be out to bully the president if they get the power. they'll try again to kill obamacare. and forget immigration reform. they'll want higher border

fences. and along the way they'll try to humiliate their own party. plus at least three senators with an eye on the white house. rand paul, ted cruz, marco rubio. they'll be trying to prove themselves when they get control. you have cruz reveling and will now doubt be at it again. and he'll be admin sterling to loyalty test. out stumping in kansas, he previewed again. >> a year ago last week when i was standing on the senate floor, filibustering on obamacare, pat roberts was one of a handful of senators who came down and stood by my side and said, obamacare is a disaster and we got to stop it. >> how would you like the listen to that voice for eight years? actually partisan subpoena

power. you don't need the other side to agree. out on the other side, rand paul has his sights set on hillary clinton. >> the president says, you didn't build it. it just sort of happened. hillary clinton comes up and she says, business don't create jobs. anybody hear think businesses don't create jobs? >> i imagine that was a business group he was talking. to jay newton small is washington's correspondent for "time" magazine. and the senior political reporter for nbc news. as we scope out beyond next tuesday, will he just suggest that they have a better than even chance to grab the six necessary pick-up seats. and it looks like that may be enough. they don't have to worry about offsets in georgia or kentucky. there will be some surprises. what do you think these people will be up to when they're all chairman of committees?

>> the first, you have mitch mcconnell saying as majority leader, he will reopen in the process. allow all kinds of amendments. and there's a reason why harry reid closed the process, because republicans had the amendment that's were heart to take. mitch mcconnell has six members up in 20 scheen are up in blue states. democrats will start putting in all these amendments that will embarrass them and they will run tv commercials off them. it will be a total free for all. there's no way he can order pup process and protect the members at the same time. add into that, you have oversight of the president that they'll be doing. confirmation of judges that they'll be talking about. confirmation of cabinet officials, potentially a supreme court justice. then you have these sorts of people running for plays will be doing their own amendments and their own bills.

>> this is question, before you do that. isn't the goal to show how much you hate obama? >> just outhate obama? >> anything that shows your hatred. to try to undermine for the nth time. >> the only thing every member in the senate agrees upon, you're talking about a senate that is hugely diverse. very moderates like susan collins in maine. eastern conservatives line jeff sessions in alabama. the only thing they agree is they want to repeal obamacare. >> it will be a lot of fun attacking obama. the kids in the back of the curve. daddy, when are we getting there? i'm hungry. she's hitting me. she's on my side. you can act like an idiot. >> don't forget the whole country will be saying, are we there yet? >> my question is, do you want this behavior the next two years or a conscious effort to show

you can grow up. you can cut a deal, move ahead with some kind of growth policies and show you to cut taxes or you're better off going crazy. >> kevin mccarthy said almost that. we need to govern and show we're responsible so we can win the presidency. he is saying the key question is, marco rubio, are they listening at all? >> why doesn't he run for president. may not whale, house majority leader, they are trying leave. they show no inclintonation to fall into line. there are republicans on long island. he said i know this. if we captured the house, and approve we can govern, there won't be a republican degrees 2016. does that make sense?

>> the house will be even more ungovernable. >> because a lot of people will be further conservative. >> a lot of them are chairman. members of the old bulls who helped train new incomers. they were the moderates who compromised the made deals. they're all retiring. 25 retirements total but 18 of those seats have been filled by hard red republican who's want to burn down republican party as much as the democratic party. >> harry truman, the republicans from 1946 when they grabbed back the house, they were crazy. all they did was hold hearings, investigations. they said they opened with a prayer and closed with a probe. that's all they did and truman walked back into the white house. nothing but the crazy party. the party that attacks, attacks, attacks. does that make it easy for

hilary if she runs? >> i do. there is a big moment coming up. obama said reform by executive order. you imagine? we'll have lawsuits, attacks. >> do you think it is a smart move to do a big executive order? >> sure. i think she do it because he's been saying it a long time. he should go ahead and do it. >> that will rip the scab off. >> it really is. >> if he wants to govern. >> he mate as well forget any details. >> this is the argument i hear from people on the left. when people like boehner can't deal. they're useless. mitch mcconnell wants to destroy guy. do the big stuff. have them hate you. on fox and everywhere else. live with it. at least you'll have a fan club with hispanics. you will say good. >> it is almost better if for republicans for 2016, if they

don't win the senate right now. if they win the senate right now, mitch mcconnell will have to deliver something. >> he just -- i thought i made the point. the geronimos don't want to have a record. they want to go at them. >> that's his problem. how does he deliver anything? when a huge portion of his conference. >> mitch mcconnell just thank you $2 million of his own money into his race. obviously it is close. why does he want to be a senator the next two years in to undercut obama? to be the troll under the bridge? >> to what purpose? >> to be -- what's boehner's purpose? i don't know that he has a huge public policy goal. i think they think obamacare is a really bad program. >> so not the honor of the job but the nasty potential of it.

>> to do something they don't like. >> it a lot of our viewers do too. up next, we'll have to go live to colorado right now. a key state battle ground where jeb bush is hitting the campaign trail in what may be a dry run for 2016. we're going to colorado. [ kevin ] this is connolly, cameron, zach, and clementine. we have a serious hairball issue. we clean it up, turn around, and there it is again. it's scary. little bit in my eye. [ michelle ] underneath the kitchen table, underneath my work desk, we've got enough to knit a sweater. [ doorbell rings ] zach, what is that? the swiffer sweeper. the swiffer dusters. it's some sort of magic cloth that sucks in all the dog hair. it's quick and easy. pretty amazing that it picked it all up. i would totally take on another dog. [ kevin ] really? ♪

jeb bush is actively stumping for the republicans. his role as a surrogate might be the opening act for a bigger

role in 2016 as he and his family fuel new speck playing he'll seek the presidency. this past sunlt on abc, his son, george p. bush, had this to say about that prospect. >> do you think it is more than 50%, less than 50%? >> i think it is more than likely that he is giving this serious thought. >> that he'll run. >> wow, now a few days later the florida register has received a fundraising letter sent just this week to the first caucus state of iowa. the letter locks much more like a campaign document. and residents there seem to agree. quote, several eye wants tltd des moines register they've never received a thing from bush or his foundation until now. so they detect some possible 2016 implicationsism love the way they say. that even as he, jeb, stokes

buzz about 2016, he is playing it coy. here's what towed say about his intentions just yesterday. at the end of the year when i can find some quiet time to think and talk it over with may family and to go through this, if i was to run, it would be with joy in may heart and to express the joy of this country. it's good to see you. are you smelling or feeling joy out there at the prospect of jeb? >> it there is some excitement on the part of the people. jeb bush in a place like colorado, you know, this is the kind of state that republicans feel like they need to do well in. even this cycle as they set up for 2016 and jeb bush is the kind of republican that can appeal to the people that the republican party needs to reach if they're going to win presidential elections. he was here doing a hispanic

roundtable. he has kaut spanish ad for cory gardner. that's the focus he's taken in colorado. >> my sense of colorado is that the swing areas are the very well populated suburbs where people tend to be secular in their life styles. women are very modern, of course. they demand equality. and issues like abortion rights are important. how does jeb bush who is pro-life, how does he cut through that secular thinking in the suburbs to win colorado? >> reporter: well, first, i would say there is a substantial evangelical population in colorado. so the republicans to win here need to turn pout base. i think you've seen mark udall. on abortion on, contraception, it doesn't seem to be working against a candidate, cory gardner who come across as someone who is nonthreatening. who is airing an ad saying i

want to give you over the counter birth control. jeb bush is someone who doesn't sound like ted cruz. >> few of them do. what do you sense? do you sense female, can you tell from your reporting that they had he is going to run? his son was saying he thought it was better than 50/50 his dad will run. that's the closest we've come to hearing that. >> republicans are very focused on the idea of beating somebody who is as strong as hillary clinton. i think that's part of why you're seeing a lot of hope for a jeb bush candidacy. people are concerned that chris christie. the bridgegate scandal, it you've seen his personality come out in recent days on ebola and on sandy. he's been in your face with people. that's why this is a lot of pressure. i've talk to several people who work with him, they are close to him and they say, he is thinking about it. he has yet to make up his mind. and he'll decide after the

holidays. >> i'm not sure chris christie's style of life or manner of speaking gets too much further west than south philly. >> reporter: i'm not sure it works in iowa. up next, the hawks are in a tizzy. must the feeding frenzy on the right over ebola. advertise y. ♪ music

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republicans smell blood in the water, the far right of the republican party, people like steve king of iowa, are getting control of the senate for their party and increase their margins in the house. what are they promising? i it is fair to say ideological warfare. plus the senior administration official says tough things to a report better prime of israel netanyahu. the roundtable tonight, chief foreign affair correspondent,

andrea mitchell reports. my friend. and the editor-in-chief of roll call, christina, and the author, p.j. o'roarke. the baby boom. actually in paper back, right? >> they don't tell me anything. >> as we showed you, there my favorite coast with week. this is sinatra country in the old days. >> i would be more than happy to have a debate with you any time you like. somebody like you who doesn't know a dam thing about what you're talking about dpoept stand up and show off when the cameras are here. i've been here when the cameras aren't here, buddy and done the work. i was here when the cameras weren't here and did the work. so i'm glad you had your day to show off. we're the ones here to do the work will so turn around, get your 15 minutes of fame and then

maybe take your jacket off, roll up your sleeves and do something for the people of the state. you want to have the conversation later, i'm happy to have it, buddy. but until that time, sit down and shut up. >> after all the years in philadelphia, this manner is what you get approached by an eagles fan in the parking lot. >> buddy, sit down and shut up. he is showing his feistiness and he is taking the president on on ebola. >> that guy put a sign up. that's all he did. >> that was about sandy. >> his money for sandy. but i'm not sure how this plays in the republican party. and as you see jeb bush. >> it maze with this republican. come on, america is ready for satan down and shut up president. >> in iowa, the iowa nice here, there are a lot of people who will protest. if you shout them down, this is your neighbor you're shutting down.

i don't think people will like that. >> how do they vote? >> they vote w -- >> they like sunday morning when it is genteel. then they drive by a traffic accident and they're craning their necks out the window to see what happened. what they actually watch is the pit bull channel. >> steve king of iowa. the guy who says the hispanic coming across with calves the size of cantaloupes because they're carrying so much. he said it is not so much about what could be passed but setting the agenda and debate for the next presidential race. that's what he said it is all about. don't do anything. >> what really strikes me, with chuck todd, casey, who's in the

last couple weeks. peel want to get things done. they're angry with the democrats. they're angry with the white house. but they're not sold on republicans because they don't want to throw all the bums out. and that kind of talk won't appeal to those people. i don't think. i think people will want someone in the republican side like mitt romney. even jeb bush. someone who wants to get things done and they won't want more grid lock in congress. >> and good luck to the nominee in 2016 who will be able to marshal republican senate and a republican house. that will be really hard. >> what i would be doing is trying to lose the house. >> and blame it all on the democrats will. >> let's ask a question. so what. the democrats can't rule because they don't have the 60 votes. the republican there's get 53, maybe 55. but they won't have 60. >> no. not by a long shot. >> so what will happen? >> exactly what happened tow last two years. this is strictly a throw the bums out election.

this is not an ideological election. >> except the president. they don't like the president. >> clinton could be the big winner under one scenario if the republicans take both houses and the steve kings rule rather than those who want to get something done. >> i will make my strongest case for hillary clinton right now. i think you're dead right. it you're wrong. i think the country is sick of squat. they're sick of turning on the news religiously to see what got done and nothing got done. they want a deal maker. and a woman might be a better deal maker because they spend more time with consensus making. my wife taught me thought in corporate life. they sit down and try to figure it out and get it done. and you hillary would look like a pro. she is not a visionary but i think she could get along with john mccain and lindsey graham. >> she know how fowl together a

coalition. >> she is perfect information. >> when i get some time to think later this year, i'm thinking, no bush, no clinton. >> any way, somebody said, luke russert will be conversation the campaign. what a perfect tradition of our country. take a look at this. attributed to a quote, a senior obama official. this person said, the thing about bibi is, he's a chicken. you know the rest of that. that's a bad word. this person said, the good thing about netanyahu is that he's zird launch wars. the bad thing. the only thing he's interested in is protecting himself from political defeat. he has no guts. the answer was swift. the white house spokesman

disavowed the comments. here he is. >> those comments done deneck the united states position and they do not deflect the personal views of the united states. this is a critically important relationship. the soouts as committed as it has ever been to the security of israel. >> you know, the enemies of the president, the political parties, find out who did it. the question i have is, doesn't this in effect, without using the harsh words of chicken stuff, doesn't this reflect the attitude of this administration? >> and vase versa. i've heard similar things. not quite as barn yard epithets but the same language. jeffrey goldberg is right on. >> how is it different on the record? >> by the way, nobody is denying it was said. the last time netanyahu met with barack obama, it was after gaza and after settlements have been announced. it was okay 1st.

i saw him a couple hours later. he left the white house and both denounced netanyahu and called what he had done poisonous on settlements. when i said to him, how does it feel? you walk out of white house. and they're denouncing you within a half-hour. he said it doesn't feel good. >> you were trying to get a quote out of him. but he's the whaun announced the settlement. he stuck it in the eye of the administration. all previous administrations wanted more settlements in the west bank. >> and his own defense secretary said john kerry was maniacal and obsessive trying to pursue peace talks. >> we know him pretty well. waspy maybe, i wouldn't call him maniacal. >> the waspy stand i had focus. >> i think athletic he is too tough. that's his job. >> frustrated with what's happening. the republicans just zoom rate in.

>> it is not just kids or brothers fighting. if netanyahu doesn't want to deal, what does he want? >> that is definitely a better question for these experts. i don't know. >> what is the alternative to some kind of living together with iran, war that iran, hezbollah, unleashing every rock he has. one we start, we attack, we have no idea what comes next. >> in the middle east they never, ever say it can't get worse. it can always get worse. >> he has told people in his cabinet, he's written off barack obama. you saw rins priebus and others denouncing what was in jeff goldberg's piece. >> you 9 courageous. >> it an upper opportunity. this kid, hafr talked to this

reporter, thought on background meant deep background. it wasn't deep. the roundtable is coming back. when we return, the memorial for the great benjamin bradley. i was there, andy was there. this is the place for politics.

the nurse briefly quarantined in new jersey is speaking outside the house where

she's pen staying in maine. sandy went into public health because that i believe good science and compassion can make a difference in people's lives. and that is exactly why i went to sierra leone, to fight ebola. it is not may intention to put anyone at risk in this community. we have been in negotiations all guy the state of maine, and tried to resolve this amicably, but they will not allow me to leave my house and have any interaction with the public, even though i am completely healthy and symptom-free. >> wow. that's kaci hickox talking to reporters in maine. it looks like she is getting the same treatment. we're back with the roundtable tonight.

same treatment. we're back with the roundtable tonight. andrea mitchell and bill antony. i hate making mistakes like that. p.j. o'rourke, my friend forever. earlier today friends and families said good buy to benjamin bradlee. the legendary editor of "the washington post" who died last week at 93. he transformed "the washington post" into one of the country's top newspapers and inspired a generation of journalists. bob woodward and carl bernstein paid tribute to their old boss today. here he is -- here they are. >> what was the central part of his character, the part of him that was different? it was this. he was not afraid. >> ben's passing is in some respects and in some very clear ways marks the end of the 20th

century. >> bradlee's youngest son quinn delivered an emotional eulogy to his dad. here he is. >> everyone who ever met him wanted more of him. and wanted to be his best friend. and wanted to please him. my father was the most confident man i ever met. he would never brag. he didn't need to build himself up. his instinct was to play himself down. people talk about his colorful language. but in my opinion, he also had the most colorful heart. >> well, i can't say it better. i tell you this guy was loved in this city and he had the guts to go after big shots. and he once said to me, when he was celebrated and jack kennedy's best friend.

you know what he said to me one time. i have no idea what he thought of me. he was honest. he didn't brag. >> he lived next to him before he was jack kennedy. >> he didn't build it up. >> i love the fact in all of the tributes today were so telling, quinn's best of all, of course, the emotional connection there. david ignatius -- >> that was the best. >> david ignatius said he combined the qualities from sass -- casablanca, victor laslo, the wonderful resistance fighter, and mr. rick in the white suit. >> that was the swaggering nightclub guy, the cynical guy. he was both the tough guy and the good guy. >> and you know, i never got a chance to work with him, but i know so many people who have. and they find him just this beloved character. and i love that he set such a good example for what you should be as a journal is, not just a political journalist, holding power to account. making people understand if they're taxpayers they need to answer questions from you.

>> unusual that like most washingtoners were joiners. he never joined any club, including metropolitan club, never felt he needed to be part of some organization to be a person. >> well, i too, was charmed by the man. but -- >> go ahead, put your but? >> yeah, i know. >> this is "hardball," go. >> i think he failed to do a couple of things. well, one thing -- >> you got time for one. >> okay. to position "the washington post" as a brand the way "the wall street journal" when all this began to come apart, "wall street journal" fixed on business. "the new york times" was a little slow to pick it up but they fixed on national and ber national news. the post was there to be the brand covering politics, more inside information, more inside connection, and they hadn't really aligned the "post" so the "post" was able to take care of that.

>> they got their money now. watch them come back with jeff bezos. >> he had the most courage of all. >> loved that guy andrea mitchell, christina balantonio. let me finish tonight with it lifts tough dirt so you do less scrubbing. and its nozzle stops by itself... ...so less is wasted sure made grandma proud. mr. clean liquid muscle.

let me finish tonight with this battle for national ceo. that's what it is, certainly. we're not talking left versus right here but how to do the job or how not to do the job. the job at hand is keeping ebola from this country's shores. the president argues that

quarantining health workers puts an unnecessary burden on those fighting the disease. governor christie questions why a 21-day quarantine is so onerous after you've spent months on the front lines of west africa. if you're ready to take on the larger burden what's so hard about the quarantine when you get back? other aspirants for the job is stepping up toughness. jeb's pushing calm. what's puzzling here is the vast gap between the heat being raised here by this tag team assault on the president and the actual differences of approach when this fight is all done and months from now we see the true dimensions of the threat to the country. will this west side story seem important to the tactical issues involved? i wonder if what we're watching is not a battle over ebola but a battle with it. so show they can match wits or jabs with the man holding the

job on which each of these guys has set his heart. that's "hardball" for now. "all in" with chris hayes starts now. tonight on "all in". >> somebody like you doesn't know a damn thing about what you're talking about except to stand up and show off. >> on the anniversary of hurricane sandy, governor christie reams one of its victims. that new jersey resident joins me live tonight. >> sit down and shut up. >> then a thinly veiled slam from president obama. >> when i hear people talking about american leadership and then are promoting policies that would avoid leadership and have us running in the opposite direction and hiding under the covers, it makes me a little frustrated. >> as a nurse given the all-clear for ebola fights the governor of maine on her quarantine. >> i am not going to sit around and be bullied by politicians and forced to stay in my home when i am not a risk to the american public.