a news conference from his doctors in less than a hour. joining me now is infectious disease specialist in cleveland. thank you for your time. >> obviously we've seen such great success here in this country treating ebola patients in this country some ten people including this doctor and now you have two fatalities here. what are the questions you think need to be answered or should be answered at this point? >> i think what is most important about ebola is the sooner you're able to effectively treat this disease and effectively able to control some of the complications from the disease the better the patients are. unfortunately this individual came to the united states at the late stage. he was already in renal failure. he was having breathing problems. it's unfortunate once you goat that stage. it's difficult to pull them out. >> a statement from his wife read in part we're grateful for the efforts of the team lead by dr. smith in the short time

we've spent here. it was apparent how caring and compassionate everyone was. we're appreciative of the opportunity for my husband to be treated here. and believe he was in the best place possible. do you believe that this will hurt the morale of these doctors from nebraska as well as emery who have all worked to great success when you look at the number of patients treated in this country but is it tough when you have two patients and still so many things unknown about this disease. >> you know my heart goes out to the family as well as to everyone who was taking care and doing their best in order to help this patient. the answer is that we do take this very much to heart. it's not just a numbers game. we take one patient at a time and we do our best and give it our all every time we have someone that is under our care. unfortunately, ebola is going to have death associated with it.

even in the best circumstances. and the best thing we can do is give every patient who has ebola the best chance that they can get when they come down with the disease. >> and obviously the things that have been learned here in this country are being put to great use in west africa where we should not forget the thousands of lives lost and the many thousands who have been exposed to the virus as well. thank you for your time. in a few hours we'll hear from the parents of peter kassig, the army ranger turned american aid worker executed by isis. his parents have issued a written statement saying they are understandably heart broken by their son's killing but proud of the humanitarian work he was doin doing. one more american was being held by isis. a 26-year-old woman who is asking not to be identified.

she was captured more than a year ago and was also an aid worker trying to help syrians caught in the country's brutal civil war. meanwhile, nbc news foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin knew peter and had lunch with him weeks before he was captured in eastern syria. >> he was a great guy. very calm. a person who is driven by great sense of ideals after several years of questioning all that was happening around him in the middle east, he felt, finally, he had a purpose in trying to help the syrian refugee. >> more on the execution of kassig richard engel reports from turkey. >> unfortunately a graphic 16 minute video released by isis has been awe then candidated. we will not be showing it here. no need to spread the group's propaganda. peter was the fifth western hostage murdered and the third american. at the vigil in indianapolis, friends, supporters, and peter

kassig's parents remembered the young man who decided to dedicate his life to helping others but paid for it with his own. president obama called the murder by isis an act of pure evil. the 26-year-old former army ranger who served in iraq travelled to syria last year to volunteer as a medic. isis militants stopped him and kidnapped him at the check point. he is said to have endured trau trauma. french journalist shared food and a blanket with him. >> he wanted ed ted to help th involved and the drama takes place in syria. he thought he could help. >> kassig also watched his

american and british cell mates taken out one by one to be murdered. he knew his time would come. last month his father read a passage from a letter he wrote. >> don't worry, dad, if i go down, i won't go down thinking anything but what i know to be true. that you and mom love me more than the moon and the stars. >> described as humbled and generous he tried to help victims of a war and ended up becoming one of them. unlike other execution videos, this one did not include a specific threat to murder another western hostage. but isis is still holding another western hostages. richard engel, nbc news. turning to washington, d.c., and politics here for the first time. president obama is firing back against the accusation of the health care law's top add visor. m.i.t. economist made the comment a year ago but they surfaced online. during a news conference

yesterday at the g 20 summit president obama denied his administration intentionally mislead the american public. >> the fact that some adviser who never worked on our staff expressed an opinion that i've completely disagree with in terms of the voters is no reflection on the actual process. i think it's fair to say there was not a provision in the health care law that was not extensively debated and was fully transparent. >> and former adviser david axelrod put it this way, tweet, quote, as one who worked hard to make aca and its benefits clear. if you looked up stupid in the dictionary, you would find gruber's picture. chris jansing joins me now. former current white house people are not holding back the punches as it relates to gruber,

as you well know. >> yeah. neither is the president. they've made it clear that they're going defend the affordable care act better known as obamacare. and in fact, professor gruber last week on msnbc back peddled on the comments which hasn't stopped the republicans from using the fuel. they want to get votes going to repeal all or parts of obamacare. the president has said been there, done that. let's listen a little bit more what he had to say before he came back from australia. >> we have a yearlong debate. look at your stories. >> it's going to be a critical time coming up. support for obamacare is dropping. it's incredible the disparity. the new poll from gallop shows

74% of democrats approve of the affordable care act. just 8% of republicans. again, they feel like they have gotten their constituency at their back to have the repeal votes. so hhs secretary sylvia burwell, she was there on meet the press defending it. the first day of the new enrollment which started over the weekend 100,000 people signed up. he she's in florida today. she's going to be pushing people to register but we're going to be watching very closely both what happens on the hill and how many people are registering. >> absolutely. we'll take a look at the numbers a little later in the first read. the three things you need to know about aca and where things stand now. and the president is also coming home to a another big policy show down. this one over his planned executive actions on immigration. at 2:15 this afternoon eastern time the president will meet with senior advisers at the white house and immigration reform will be at the top of the agenda.

with an announcement expected as a early as this week. senior white house officials tell nbc news the executive action plan would grant legal status to millions of undocumented workers. but republicans have made it clear that they intend to put up a big fight against the plan and are currently debating their options on how to react. senator john thune is the latest republican to say a government shut down is not off the table. >> i think republicans, chris, are looking at different options about how best to respond to the president's unilateral action, which many people believe is unconstitutional, unlawful action on this particular issue. but my concern is -- shutting the government down doesn't solve the problem. my concern is what happens if we end up shutting down, what could be a records of legislative accomplishment there for the taking for the president would choose cooperation instead of conflict of. >> and joining me now live is melissa franco.

also with me is born to the new black actress. she's written a powerful on et about her own family how the family was broken up by deportation when she was 14 years old. thank you for joining us. key began, let me start with you here. you're a successful actress on what is a brilliant show now. you have put all of that aside to talk about your family. and i can see it in your eyes it was not an easy decision. >> no. why did you decide to take the step? >> i think it's important for stories like mine to be shared. i know, a lot of people out there who have been through the same things i've been through. >> what happened to your family? >> they were deported. i was 14 and they were taken away. i was left alone. and they made a hard decision which was to let me continue my studies and take advantage of the opportunities that this

country has to offer since i'm a citizens. >> when people hear that the president wants to give families an opportunity to stay together some 5 to 7 million. some of these children have done exceptionally well in life, as you have. exceptionally well in school. and when you hear from those who say, listen, perhaps there's a way forward but there's time to fix this problem. there's no reason for the president to take executive action immediately. how do you explain the immediate need for this now? >> i don't think there is any more time. the system has been broken for a long time. and you see with families like mine we waited long enough for some sort of relief. i think if we wait a little longer or anymore then families are going to keep on being separated and there are going to be more deportation that is adding to the problem. it's not fixing it. >> you wrote children who grow up separated from their families often end up in foster care or

worse in the juvenile system. despite having parents who would love them and would like to be able to care for them. you're looking at the worst case scenario. that is very possible. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> let me bring you in, my rari. african-american voters were about on par. there was a drop in hispanic voters, young voters, and many see the problem. we heard recent problems from former president bill clinton about the strategy among democrats not to push hard prior to the midterms regarding immigration reform. what do you say? >> i think that it definitely had an impact. what we saw is that candidates were not matching the courage of their constituency. as dianna explained in every deportation has a story. we've seen so many people suffering and waiting and the question is how much longer do we have to wait? and see the president delay once again was extremely

disheartening. people who are living with the fear of deportation every day know what delay means. it has real implications. >> i want to play what senator mike lee what he said on "face the nation." regarding the midterms and the message believes was being sent to the white house and the president. >> 74% of those who voted in last week's election oppose the president taking the unilateral executive action. i think even if he doesn't respect elections, he at least, needs to respect the rule of law. ours is not a government of one. >> i won't get into the rule of law or the litigation here with you. let's just highlight the 74% of those who voted to oppose the president taking this unilateral action. is the president ignoring the wishes of the majority if he does go through with executive action? >> the president has the legal authority. i think there is clear support

for it. it's the people were voting for an republican agenda. i'm not clear what the republican agenda was. people need to be see what the president stands for. so the president has an opportunity right now to unequivocally change course on a record-breaking deportation policy and set on the right course his legacy as one where he's standing on the right side of history. >> diane, going back to your story. you wrote about coming home one day and finding your parents gone. when you see the video or hear the stories of other children who are going through the same thing as marissa pointed out the record number of deportation. >> yeah. >> what gives you hope there won't be more children like you if this administration does not act effectively here? >> well, if they don't active

effectively i'm lose home day by day. i mean -- in the president and the administration in what? >> i guess the administration. i mean, i know i can see that the president would like to offer relief. i know, he wants to help and i know that by him wanting to take executive action i think that shows that he cares about what is happening to the families here in the united states. and i know that he believes in immigrant's rights. >> and marissa, do you believe that, again, as president clinton noted there was a little bit of a loss from hispanic voters perhaps he says, because the president didn't issue the immigration order. with that said, do you believe that after so many years after waiting that the potential wrath of this powerful group -- the fastest growing group of people in this country will be felt in the next election? >> absolutely.

i think it's precisely the courage of folks who have skin in the game. people who will be helped or harmed by what the president does or doesn't do that got us here. i think when people see our elected officials stand up and dot right thing people will defend that. everyone has been pushing to get us here. if the president makes a move, most definitely you'll see people defended. not only in forthcoming elections but also just advocating for new solutions, more solutions and other in congress. >> diane, congratulations on the success and overcoming what some would see as insurmountable odds. bill cosby is remaining silent as another woman comes forward with a new allegation of rape. the latest word from bill cosby's attorneys. plus blind sided in the nfl. dea officials surprised the

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assault and another accuser coming forward. one of several women who claimed they were sexually abused by cosby in some cases decades ago. no charges have been filed against the 77-year-old but the subject came up during an interview on weekend pr. >> there have been serious allegations raised about you in recent days. you're shaking your head no. >> i'm in the news business. i have to ask the question. do you have any response? >> you're shaking your head no. >> hour was a the interview cosby's attorney released a statement.

cosby has in the past denied any wrong doing. i'm joined by boston globe report era nay graham. thank you for your time. >> thank you, tamron. in your headline from the op-ed you wrote. bill cosby losing in the court of opinion. you make the point throughout his career he's been seen as mesh's dad. but the silent moments there, for some people, that says so much. how do you process this? >> well, i think he might have been better off if he said no comment or even made the statement his attorney did that i won't dignify the allegations with a statement. the silence was staggering. i think probably scott simon didn't expect that reaction. i think at this point, i don't think bill cosby really knows what to do but to go along with his business. i think maybe he thought by saying nothing it was a way of shutting it down.

obviously it's really ignite the things that much more. >> you often see powerful people or celebrities live in a bubble. their staffers protect them from negative press and negative things being say. they're oblivious when they walk in for interviews. he talked about allegations of bill cosby being a racist. soon after you have the memes people. it turned into his disaster and the allegations of rape. he goes on to the npr interview. did it appear he was aware of this fire storm that was brewing around him? >> i find it hard to believe that he is. i think what happened with npr and he and wife have been doing publicity at the museum of

afric african art. so far no other news outlet asked about the allegation. it's entirely possible he never felt it was going to come up. he felt safe going on to npr with the assumption it was going to be about art. if people are unaware of what has been going on online if there was somehow unaware of the han ball burr's performance. i'm stunned. i would be shocked if they didn't know. but maybe he literally thought he was so insulated and that people would never attack him. maybe that's been propelling this forward for him. i would be stunned to think he's not aware of what people are saying. >> it's a different world now meaning the social media aspect and how a comedian's stand up can then turn into this viral moment where people then start

to google bill cosby rape. bill cosby rape allegations and they're learning the time line and thus new questions. when you look at the time line, for example, the first accusation was 2004, january, temple university administrator claimed that bill cosby sexual assaulted her. the following year she reported the incident to canadian police. she had move there had. 2005 she filed a civil lawsuit. then you have june of 2005 witness beth fur comes forward alleging that mr. cosby assaulted her in the '80s and fast forward to know. barbara bowman wrote a piece say, quote, bill cosby raped me. why did it take 30 years for people to believe my story. >> it seems no one believed her story or any other story or credence to the possibility it was true until the hanball stand up act where he called bill cosby a rapist. since then it's been the series

of blunders on the part of bill cosby and his people to get their arms around this thing. and now it's become all this. they will have the twitter fire last week by, you know, he asked people to meme him. and i just can't quite believe he isn't understanding that people are taking this seriously. perhaps now he does. but his idea that if i don't talk about it it's going to go away. at this point he has to understand it's not going to happen. >> do you believe he will be forced to breaking his silence. i thought about in recent memory woody allen said he would not discuss the allegations against him and sent out a brief statement after the fire storm when he received the lifetime achievement award. do you believe in the case that especially perhaps having a new show on the horizon that bill cosby will have to break his silence? >> let's say nbc continues to go forward with the new bill cosby show that has been spoken about. is he going to promote the show?

is he going to do publicity tour. if he does that, how is he not going address the accusations. if he continues -- if he plans to do this, then at some point he's going have to make a statement about it. and for the most part, he has to do that even more so than woody allen needed to do it. because bill cosby is doing the projects out there. he's currently on tour. he has a comedy special coming up on netflix. he has a proposed comedy for nbc. if he's going to be promoting them he has to talk about the accusations. >> thank you so much for your time. at the top of the hour a new protest in ferguson. this time in support of the em battled police chief. this as fears grow that officer darren wilson will not be charged in the death of michael brown. a live report is next. [singing to himself] "here she comes now sayin' mony mony". ["mony mony" by billy idol kicks in on car stereo] ♪don't stop now come on mony♪

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are. as you know anxiety is high in ferguson this morning with the grand jury's decision expected any time now and whether to indict darren wilson for the shooting death of michael brown. as the nation awaits the decision the group of residents are holding a rally this afternoon in support of ferguson police chief. other residents are planning and preparing for what could happen either way. yesterday a peaceful protest was held yesterday to mark the 100 days sin the shooting. some people lining the street mimicking brown's death. adding to the tension is new audio and surveillance video obtained by the st. louis post dispatch. showing officer wilson leaving the place station for the hospital two hour was a the shooting along with fellow officers and a union attorney. he returned to the station two and a half hours later. the paper taped police audio shootings before and after --

reports before and after they received the call for help. >> wilson reports had had is location. according to the paper this is wilson after he stopped michael brown and his friend. >> msnbc tremaine lee is in ferguson. let's look ahead to this protest in support of the police chief there. what are these supporters hoping to accomplish? >> so i spoke with one of the organizers yesterday and the message was pretty simple. it's not just about one man jackson. it's about a broader system. to show their support for chief jackson and moving forward in the healing process in the community as you know obviously going through so much they showed their support. behind the scenes chief jackson has been meeting with protesters. one he says that, you know, some of the folks he been clashing with early on are sitting down

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max of 22. more than 30 degrees below average. >> now to our first read of the day. lost in the fire storm over jonathan gruber's comments about the affordable care act might be the fact that the second round of open enrollment has gotten underway. silva burwell said 100,000 people submitted applications on saturday. the first day of the second enrollment period. but politics, of course, still dominate the debate over the health care law and the law is in greater danger now that it has just a year to go. this according to the political team are two of the things that people need to know about the law today. nbc news senior political editor mark murray joins us. let's go through the three things. first up is what? >> well, first up, tamron is the law is working better than many people believed. either supporters or critics a year ago. a year ago was the website

wasn't work. there were democrats who didn't think the law was going to work. we have seen the uninsure the raid has gone down. premiums are lower than expected. the website is working better. there are still some hiccups there. why all right. it's interesting the number of people. the first day 100,000 people submitted applications on saturday. i saw secretary burwell. she was asked about others who might be having problems who signed up before maybe social security or glitches and things like that. what numbers do we know as far as those impact whod may have to do do overs? we don't have a good number yet. it kind of goes from state to state to user to user so far. what the administration believes the number of people that will sign up. they put the estimate around 9 million which isn't too much higher than the 7 million that signed up last year. waiting to see if it's a low ball figured or worried they won't have much demand. two other things we learned from the health care law and seeing

that the supreme court, the law is more perilled perhaps now even despite the law's progresses. and the law is still very unpopular. our nbc wall street journal poll saying the law is a good idea. >> to your number three which you hit on. the law is more imperil as you pointed out than it was a year ago due to the supreme court. with that said, the timing of the supreme court and this potential landmark decision here when you juxtaposition it against the success of connect in skoit, which came up in the race despite senator mcconnell's great success, there are many people who see it as a great benefit and are perplexed we could be at the point with the supreme court. >> tamron, that's one of the challenges for the supreme court to take up. it will be interesting to see their are action during the oral arguments and when the decisions come out usually around the june time or so.

i think from a political standpoint. a lot of people point to the argument if the supreme court strikes down the subsidies in central exchange whether it amounts to a tax increase for a lot of americans and you end up having justices who aren't elected and have lifetime appointments creating de facto tax increases. it's interesting politics all the way around. >> absolutely. you put that in conjunction with bobby gin dahl what he had to say and regarding his own state. the need versus his decision not to make some of those critical moves. you see the set up for the supreme court here. >> absolutely. things vary from state to state. totality. you take a year from the website debacle that we were all covering. it is a mixed bag for the health care law right now. >> thank you very much. and the freshman class of congress settles in on capitol hill. among the new members are more than 100 veterans and the gop's first ever african-american woman in congress.

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were born in chicago and modest means. he raised up through that to not only go to harvard but a marine. saw combat in iraq. he's been outspoken about veteran's issues. the democratic leadership is excited about him because they see somebody who has gone to a leadership role in the state house position and hope to see it in washington, d.c. somebody to keep an eye on. let's go to california. let's go to mr. ted lou. an air force veteran. a stanford aggravated assault. he's replaced henry waxman, the iconic liberal figure. it's an important district for democrats. waxman held it for 44 years. it leans left. it has fundraising areas beverly hills, malibu. a lot of hollywood film stars in his district. and anyone who wants to run for president wants to be friends with him to have access to the money. last but not least the

republican side mia love in utah. he is the first african-american woman to be elected to congress as a republican. she's one of the tea party star. had a prime spiking slot in 2012. she lost that race closely. this time she won resoundly with the retirement of mr. mathis. she's the son of haitian immigrants from new york. had a humble beginning. rose through the ranks decided to move to utah. became a mormon and quite conservative. she's somebody that the republicans have really put front and center to show they're a big 10 party and willing to listen to all types of people. so three folks to keep an eye on, tamron. those are the ones the leadership sees as doing big things in the future. i'm sure you'll hear their names there. especially reuben from arizona. you see the democrats needing a bench. they could look to him sooner rather than later. >> thank you. coming up next hour luke continues with the freshman from the south to watch including

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>> now 11 years after the last in the series of the vom pyre chronicles, anne is back with the book that begins with the vampire world and it must come to the rescue. anne rice joins us from miami. a lot of people are surprised by that. good to see you. >> i'm delighted to be there. >> what a beautiful bright background. i think people thought there would be velvet and candelabras. the sultry image. we are obviously great fans. i have to start by asking you, the dedication in the book, part is dedicated to jon bon jovi. what's behind that? >> well, he is a great rock star and a long haired rock star and a beautiful rock star and listening to him inspired me a

lot when i was writing this book. my vampire hero was a rock star was in the 80s and he inspired me. >> not only your novels, but of you and your and what you have done in the course of your life and you have these beautiful textured characters, but you can throw in a bon jovi reference and stay with the game. i have to ask you, 11 years now have passed. what were those 11 years like and why now did you decide to pick up the series? >> well, i never should have said i wasn't going back. that was a mistake. what really happened was i did a lot of traveling and a lot of writing and a lot of reading and a lot of new ideas came to me. when i wanted to come back to him and woo him and get him to

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all of us fall in love with a vampire here or there? >> i'm hesitant to say i was the one that inspired any of that. i don't know. i will leave that to other people to determine that. i enjoyed true blood. i enjoyed stephanie miles. i enjoyed seeing vampires go mainstream. it's fun and it made me want to come back in and write more about my characters. it's all a lot of fun to me really. >> it's a pleasure for us, the fans. we are happy you are back and you will never say you won't do something again. thank you, anne. >> my pleasure. thank you very much. >> that are does it for this edition of "news nation." up next is "andrea mitchell reports." already 41 companies are investing almost $80 million dollars, and creating 1750 jobs. from long island to all across upstate new york, more businesses are coming to new york.

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