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pennsylvania senator bob casey is joining me now.ators last year i know you passed into law a pandemic preparedness bill. you've been outspoken about the need to fund public health agencies. the head of the cdc says this infected nurse possibly breached protocol, perhaps while removing parts of her gear. if that's the case, do you believe more funding or training could have been able to stop the virus from spreading in the u.s.? >> well, ana, i don't think there's any question that we've got to invest more in public health. it's not similarly this year's budget versus last year. this has been happening for many years now. it was kpaser based by the sequestration, the across-the-board cuts. so at a minimum we should consider funding it to the level that the authorization is. it's authorized. meaning this particular program, the hospital preparedness program, it's authorized at $375, this year's budget has it at $255. i don't know what we're gaining for a cut of -- a reduction of $120 million. we should fully fund it. in fact, i think

. >> we have had bob casey calling forrest racial of cuts. do you think there -- they will take that up later or will there be other issue yuzz use that come up? >> i think what you have going on with icis and iraq, there need to be budget ad juments to pay for what we are doing over there with our air power. i think there will be opportunities once you get back after the elections to look at both the health care budget and under continuing resolution now. that needs to be renewed for december. that needs to be done to reflect the budget for our needs today to be healthier for the military. >> should there be a single person heading this up, an ebola czar? >> i don't know if we need a new czar. if you create too much of a you lose reaucracy, what you are doing with it. i'm not a fan of another czar. if the agency officials do their job, they don't need someone over them. >> deborah simmons talked about this czar idea. she said, we already have a czar. his name is president obama." she goes on. what's been his performance in all of this? >> i

biden will be joined by bob casey and shock can a if chaka b brady. they will be promoting american infrastructure. >> the rain is moving out, but that could cause problems, right? >> reporter: it takes a while for the roads 0 drain, matt. the rain is moving off to the east of philadelphia. the heavier banged of rain is east of trenton. but in and around trenton it wasn't tongue ago you were getting heavy heavy rain. that was a situation where matt was mentioning, the draining of the roads will take a while. things are getting better around philadelphia and bucks county has sprinkles. the next batch coming through medford lakes clips the southern portion of bucks county. we have drying in cape may county ensouth jersey and delaware things are improving. we have damp conditions down below even down in atlantic city where the active rain has pushed to the north of you. 66 degrees in philadelphia. dewpoint, 62. winds are out of the south at 5 miles per hour. the barometer is 29.71 inches currently. we look at future tracker 6 we'll see the rain spin on o

. >>> and the candidate for governor waecsting no time it ia he was joined by bob casey. and the bus tour rallied voters in allentown, phoenixville and much more on his campaigning today on "action news" at 5:30 tonight. >>> and tom corbett trying to say he is the candidate with the most experience holding it for four years. and he is riding on the record in hopes of winning the re-election. >> i promise you that i will work very hard for the people of pennsylvania. >> republican tom corbett won with 54% of the vote, easily elected to two terms as state attorney general before that. this time he is the underdog with just about every poll showing corbett trailing his democratic challenge er by double digits and he has already chosen a top issue if he wins another four years. >> what i am going to do this time around is call for a special session on pensions. not just our state pension, but i will tell you our municipal pensions around the state are in trouble, too. >> corbett admits that he didn't accomplish pension reform or privatize the state liquor store system but arg

biden will join senator bob casey and congressman chaka fattah and bob brady at penns landing to talk about infrastructure investments. >>> meanwhile the campaign trail took governor tom corbett to pittsburgh today. the republican incumbent visited site of the former steel mill million which is said to be developed as a commercial and residential district. the governor now announced ten million-dollar in state grants to aid in the redevelopment. >>> from our delaware news room tonight, the candidates in november's u.s. senate race met in a televised debate. democratic incumbent chris coons is seeking a full six year term and he is opposed by republican businessman kevin wade. tonight's debate was held at the university of delaware in newark. >>> well, roller coaster ride on wall street is making many investors nauseous. dow jones industrial average plumeted 460 points, and stocks swing uphill erasing much of the losses to close 173 points in the red. today was the most heavily traded day in more than three years. analyst say the big fear is not the effect of ebola but a slow down in e

the vice-president, pennsylvania senator bob casey and congressman chaka fattah will tour a barge used for dredging the delaware river. later the the vice-president will travel to maple shade township, new jersey for a fundraiser. >>> claims of excessive force inside philadelphia's curan fromhold prison leads to a federal lawsuit. the altercation was caught on camera september 20th. video shows the inmate handcuffed and being escorted after a pepper spray incident in the cell and then second later you see that corrections officer, identified as james wiseback, he started punching him. he put the prisoner in what appears to be a a choke hold before other officers break it up. corrections department disciplined wiseback and he is now back on the job. >> this brazen, violent behavior took place in front of ten other co's in a common area of the prison where there is five other video cameras. the concern is what does this officer do in the dark corners of the prison when no one is looking. >> wiseback claimed the prisoner threatened him, taunted him and spit at him and he said in a stateme

nation's infrastructure this morning he will tour a dredging barge in the delaware river with senator bob casey and deliver brief remark at penns landing. in the afternoon the vice-president heads over to maple shade, new jersey for a private fundraiser. >>> also today a philadelphia fire lieutenant is due in court for a preliminary hearing. jamal johnsons was arrested and charged earlier this month with kidnapping and sexual assault while posing as a police officer. police say the 18 year veteran forced a woman walking in olney to to his pickup truck. johnson ace accused of threat evening that woman with an arrest if she did not perform a sex act. >>> a philadelphia special education teacher is asking for help to find her stolen dog louie. jj pierce and her friend are trying to get the word out to bring louie home. last thursday pierce stopped at the home depot at columbus boulevard and left her labrador in the car. when she came out moment lrter the car and two-year old lab were both gone. >> i'm heart broke even. you know, after the first day he was taken i thought i'll get him back tomorrow

our area tomorrow in the morning he'll be in philadelphia touring a dredging barge with senator bob caseyhe'll also be speaking briefly at penn's landing about the nation's infrastructure. in the afternoon the vice-president will head to maple shade, new jersey, for private event with democratic congressional candidate amy bell guard. >> earlier today, first lady michelle obama made a campaign stop in philadelphia in support of democratic gubernatorial candidate tom wolf. hundreds passe passed the rec cr in mt. airy to hears obama caulk about her husband' as accompli accomplish. >>> and the importance of turning out at the polls november 4th. >>> meanwhile in harrisburg, governor court signed hannah's law into effect. this expands the list of disorders in newborns for which hospitals in pennsylvania must screen. the bill is named for hannah from buck county. she's fighting caabbe disease affecting about one in 100 thus sand newborns. this new law takes effect in 60 days. >> there's important research being conducted right here in philadelphia that's helping doctors get closer to curing a

. >> senator bob casey. thanks so much for joining us today. ahead, as the emp bowla reat -- ebola continues to evolve. a google doctor on-demand feature, next. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." can you video call a doctor? it prompts users to talk with a doctor now will will initiate a free video call. we reached out to google and a person confirmed that is saying -- >> we are trying new feature to see if it is useful for people. i bring in the co-founder of better app that is backed by the mayo clinic. jeffrey, welcome. how is what google trying to do different than what you are trying to do? >> i think that there's a lot of similarities. the difference between what they are trying to do and what we are trying to do, is we are looking to work across the whole spectrum, including the administrative stuff and they are focusing on symptoms management. but as people start to service, they will expand into other areas similar to what we are doing as well. >> what do you think about what they are trying to do? >> i think it's being awesome. be

bob casey and chaka fattah and bob brady where there to check on the project. brady says we need to check in on this project in order to become more competitive to keep the commerce and jobs at home. >> right now this supports 135,000 jobs, not minimum wage jobs, not jobs where people are barely scraping by but good paying jobs can you raise a middle class family on, what we debt approximately need in this country now. >> this is the fifth largest in the nation and the goods that come and go through it reach 40% of the population, this project is pretty important and the drenling job is halfway finished but needs 66 million federal dollars over the next two years before it can be complete. >>> a new program is aimed to help laid off atlantic city casino workers get back on their feet. the access project is available to casino workers that lost their jobs and have a household income that is below the poverty level and don't have health insurance, they are eligible for education and health care, and they are donating to local charities that see an increase in dem

biden will be joined by senator bob casey, congressman chaka fattah and bob brady. >>> neighbors in kensington had a unique opportunity to sit down with the people who serve and protect their streets tonight. the mcdonald's on lehigh avenue provided a freeze cup of joe for anyone who came out to coughe with the cop. members of the spanish american law enforcement association bonded with residents and answered questions and in support of hispanic heritage month mcdonald's made a $500 donation to the event. >>> tonight residents in bensalem got an up close view on what fire fighters do, more than 400 kids and familiar will list were invited to ask questions, play games and enjoy rides in a real fire truck. the department also simulated a rescue, and total vehicle as if someone had been trapped inside. the exciting evening of learning was one of many events being held for fire prevention week throughout the evening. >>> nanny is out of the job tonight and take a look at the video behind her firing, little girls mom talks about seeing the video and confronting would the man that she trusted with h

vice-president and senator bob casey will tour a dredging barge and deliver remarks at great plaza at landing. >> that is great thing about being a political figure you you get to tour dredging barges. >> it is not that glamorous. >> good time. >> but it reminded us of jimmy kimmel show, it business a week ago, they went out on the streets of hollywood ape asked people, walking by their studio who was joe biden. now, to remind you what these answers are here we go from jimmy. >> who is joe biden. >> i have no idea. >> do you want to take a guess. >> a man. >> who is joe biden. >> gentlemen biden? isn't he... a governor. >> i think he is governor or something. >> joe biden, i don't know,. >> who is joe biden. >> who is joe biden, i have no idea. >> do you know who our vice-president is. >> hoh, super. >> condoleezza rice. >> he said condoleezza rice. >> embarrassing night. >> not one person who knew joe biden was. in the streets of the hollywood you can see stars of the hollywood walk of fame here. it got to us thinking are we any better in philadelphia we're trashing hollywood. >> i h

. >>> pennsylvania's senator bob casey says that members of the congress should spend about two weeks, holding hearings and having a real debate about authorizing use of force begins isis. casey says even if congress believes as he does that president obama has the legal authority to mount an aerial bomb campaign against the the terrorist group in iraq and syria. a debate and some votes should help his strategy. >>> colorado's governor say legalizing pot for recreational use is reckless. >> governor john, addressed the issue during a gubernatorial don't. other states should not legalize it before they see long term effect is it might have on colorado as a whole. governor always opposed legalizing marijuana but vote's proved a measure in 2012 to make it legal. washington is only other state where potties legal for recreational use. voters in oregon, alaska and washington d.c. will decide on legal says next month. >>> new york city canceling a project that would have installed thousands of transmitters in pay phone booth that is could track people's movement. a private company named, ti

. >> reporter: one democratic senator bob casey also from pennsylvania is insisting today that the solution to this ebola crisis isn't here in the united states, he says it's in west africa. >> you've got to stop it at the source i think not just the big hospitals, but every medical center has to reach a status of absolute preparedness, that's why the pittsburgh hospital is changing and moving quickly to implement better protective protocol. >> we saw president obama today walking from the residence to marine 1 for some campaign events in maryland and illinois. somebody shouted out a question about ebola but the president did not respond. >> i have got to tell you, on what dpr casey said, we had many medical experts to say it's impossible for every hospital to come up to speed on ebola, i would like to press him on what he meant there. and the strike force on ebola, tell us more about it. >> within the next week or so, the pentagon says downing in ft. sam houston in texas, the secretary of defense said he wants medical support teams to begin training with special equipment and a small team

the measure will be sponsored by new york senator chuck schumer and bob casey of pennsylvania. our picture of the day is next. plus the los angeles skyline could we getting a big makeover. now rules have >>> a series of with the storms tapping into tropical moist our is coming to the west coast. what we call an atmospheric river, tapping into places around hawaii, where we are tracking hurricane anna, which will be making its way into the west coast. the next storm system will bring powerful wind gusts, from north carolina up into oregon as we get through the day on saturday. and it will be on tuesday morning that we'll have the next round of strong winds and a lot of rain fall. the storm systems are moving north ward and south ward. we'll see relief at times for some areas that are having flood problems. flooding has been a big story around boston, around the north-east coast. overnight tonight that continues to slowly track to the north-east. by tomorrow most of the rain fall will be in the northern portions of main. drier air is moving in. the wind gusts are blustery as we g

tonight's -- vice president and senator bob casey will tour a dredging barge, then deliver brief remarks at the great plaza at penn's landing. >>> and first lady michelle obama coming to philadelphia to campaign for tom wolf and his bid for governor of pennsylvania. >> the first lady rallied voters and spoke at recreation center in northwest philadelphia. she told them they must come out in big numbers on election day, and she said tom wolf will refuse to except crumbling classrooms and teacher shortages. >> we wants to make sure that you have a out standing governor. so i'm here to support the next governor of pennsylvania, our friend, tom wolf. (cheers). >> the white house sayers the president also plans to come to the state to campaigning for wolf in the days before the election, we'll keep you posted. canceled so many of them, with what's going on with ebola not only here but world-wide. meanwhile, two pennsylvania lawmakers lucky to be alive after getting involved in a shoot-out with a gunman near the state capitol. state relative marty flynn and rep ryan bizaro leaving dinner with

reaction from senator bob casey of pennsylvania. last year he helped pass into law a pandemic preparedness bill. he is also on the finance committee that funds public health agencies. senator, welcome back to "power lunch." i hope you were able to hear the head of the nurse's union there and her reaction, most pointedly that she was outraged that it seems that this nurse is basically being blamed for contracting the disease. how do you respond to that or react? >> first of all, there's no question that i think we need more funding in the program. rile talk about one of the programs, the hospital preparedness program. and that is a program that's been underfunded for the last couple of years especially. just, for example, in the current budget, it's funded at about 255 million. it should be at least 120 million higher than that, which means 375, so by law we could fund it up to 375, we should do that, that would help train more nurses, to give them all the resources by way of training and tools and protections that they need. so, if

senator bob casey as well as doctors and staff talked about the challenge posed by ebola. >> when it comes to a threat that the country is dealing with right now, we want to make sure that we can learn and i say this as a united states senator, to learn everything we can about hospitals be like upmc are preparing. >> first responders in the pittsburgh area are also being trained to screen patients. >>> reporting live from the digital operations center, i'm renee chenault-fattah. back to you. >> local hospitals prepared, government officials easing fears. thank you, renee. >>> tonight, the two nurses who contracted ebola while working at a dallas hospital are being cared for on the east coast. nina pham is said to be very tired but doing well at the national institutes of health in bethesda, maryland. doctors say she's in fair condition after arriving there last night. the second nurse to contract ebola, amber vinson is being treated at emory university hospital in atlanta. health officials have not released an update on her condition tonight. >>> since news broke on the death of the

. >> reporter: senator bob casey, who recently back increased funding for hospital treatment programs, says that there is no question ebola treatment has taken major steps forward in the last few weeks. >> i think there are substantial differences between now and say a couple weeks or certainly a couple months ago. >> and speaking of steps forward, cbs-3 has learn of major new developments, new protections for first responders here, in philadelphia, that will very soon be put in place. we will have that story when we join you at 6:00. live, walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thanks very much. >>> "eyewitness news" in clayton gloucester county where county officials offered free ebola awareness training to all county first responders. the goal of the program is to answer questions, and to provide information on protective equipment. there was a physician and nurse on hand that discussed the public health aspects of the disease. >>> well, we have set up an ebola resource guide for you on our web site at cbs philly.com. we know you have questions so we have answers to the mos

. >>> speaking officeis, pennsylvania senator bob casey says members of the congress should spend 12 days holding hearings and having a real debate about authorizing use of force begins isis. casey says even if congress believes that he does that president obama has the legal authority to mount a response campaign against the terrorist group in iraq and syria, a debate, and even some votes should help his strategy. >>> 6:20. "good day philadelphia" is about 40 minutes away. >> lets send to it mike jerrick in the news room. >> i just saw doctor mike. you might see him walk behind you here. we have a lot of scary news about this enterovirus in our area a second child at that yardley he will meantry school may be sick, just after a classmate died from the virus and now chop, children's hospital of pennsylvania is saying that they have two more cases, of enterovirus. so, why is some kids getting sick, others are not, why sit so bad after all these years of dealing with enterovirus. we will talk about that with doctor mike. >>> also i'm sure a lot of you are probably reaching for their mo

joining me now is a lawmaker and bob casey. thanks for coming back on the program. senator, simply speaking, should the quarantine be a federal or a state call? >> to the extent that we can have uniformity, that would help. we can increase the certainly that people have about ho you to confront this. i think it's clear from the medical testimony on the record so far, the focus has to be on stopping this at the source. that has to be a national focus. i was holding a-page report and five paragraphs are clear about what has to happen at the source. at one point in the third paragraph, these seven doctors in the new england journal of medicine say we need tens of thousands. not thousands. tens of thousands of volunteers to be in africa to knock this out and stamp it out at its source. that has to be a national approach to doing that and to the extent that we can have uniformity the better. >> we heard from her lawyer shoo that she feels chris christie was playing politics. do you think that this is a political football? is this about politicians trying to appear tough

senators bob casey, jr., and pat toomey were on hand for today's ground breaking. >>> let's check backwith your fox 29 weather authority now. another beautiful day but we may have some changes on the way cooling down and maybe a little rain in our forecast. >> we might not make it out of the 50s for the high temperatures tomorrow. the cloud cover will move in and also the rainfall for friday and it could impact a part of the up coming weekend. but right now as we take a live look outdoors you can see we're looking at those clouds start to go kind of scream -- stream in and as far as the temperatures across the area, we are looking at those numbers right now right around 67 degrees. as far as ultimate doppler, though, you can see that rainfall it is certainly moving in to our area and we continue to follow some of the precipitation that's going to be on its way. there's the temperature right now outdoors. 67 degrees currently. winds out of the southwest at about 15 miles per hour. the sun will set this evening at about 6:30. so as we talk about that rainfall. it's headed in our directio

the the vice-president will be join by pennsylvania's senator bob casey and other officials. they will tour a barge used for drinking the delaware river and offer brief remarks at pend lansing. later the vice-president will head to maple shade, new jersey for a fundraiser. >>> also today a preliminary hearing is scheduled for a philadelphia fire lieutenant charged with kidnapping and sexual assault. police arrested jamal johnson earlier this month on allegations he lured a woman into his car and attack her. woman told police johnson approaching her in his pickup truck while she walked in olney. he is accused of posing as a police officer threatening her with an arrest if she did not perform a sex act on him. >>> 6:10. a shoot-out in the state capitol coming up why one pennsylvania law maker says he wawas forced to pull his gun. >>> also oscar pistorius shows up for his fourth day of his sentencing hearing and gets an ear full from reeve steenkamp's cousin find out what she told the judge. >>> more trouble for steven collins, the seventh heaven actor accused of child sex crime

i'm joined by senator roy blunt and democrat bob casey of pennsylvania.ator blunt, i want to begin with you. you are calling for a travel ban. there's a lot of -- it sounds like the white house would be supportive but they don't know how to implement it in a way that would prevent healthcare workers from getting to the hot zone. what do you say? >> we don't have flights directly in and out of any of these countries. all of our people go through some other country to get there anyway. the question is, do you let people come here from this area that is clearly stressed? one way to prevent had a is nth issue them a visa. they have to have a visa that allows them to stay here. i would suspend that until we have this under better control and have a sense that the carriers they are using are monitoring this in a better way than they have been up until now. >> senator casey, where are you on this? >> i don't think there's a medical consensus. we have to do everything we can to ask the medical experts and develop that expertise. >> sometimes a fine line is that i

bob casey, roy blunt, sort of the political response. are politicians being responsible?to use this entire time on "meet the press" to go through myths and realities a little bit. what's real, what's not real. and to try to cut through some of the clutter on the political response as well. so a lot of ebola. and its impact right now on the country. >> chuck todd. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> some breaking news here. reco regarding ebola from the associated press here. the wire reads world health organization admits botching attempts to stop the ebola outbreak in west africa. again, world health organization, w.h.o., admitting it botched attempts to stop the outbreak in west africa. certainly will be much more on that over the next few hours. meanwhile, up next, major developments on the battlefield in iraq in syria. as isis loses its grip on kobani. we'll talk about precisely what's happening. those details and much more when "tdr" comes right back. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all

the vice-president will be joined by pennsylvania senator bob casey and other officials. they will tour a barge used for dredging the dell war river and offer brief remarks at penns landing. later the vice-president will head to maple shade new jersey for a fundraiser. >> preliminary hearing is scheduled for philadelphia fire lieutenant charged with kidnapping and sexual assault. police arrested jamal johnson on allegations he lured a woman walking in olney into his car that attack her. he faces charges of posing as a police officer after threatening the woman with an arrest if she did not perform a sex act on him. >>> oscar pistorius is back in south africa courtroom as a judge here is more testimony in the penalty phase face of the trial. he was convicted of culpable homicide in the fatal shooting of his girl friend reeva steenkamp. her cousin took the stand and said family does not want revenge but that pistorius must pay for what he has done. pistorius defense team has argued for house arrest and or community service. >> timely offer classless, the controversy costume

. >>> let's bring in senator bob casey democrat from pennsylvania. senator, what a pleasure to see you. how are you? >> good to be with you. thank you. >> you spearheaded an effort on capitol hill just last year to update our laws when it comes to responding to virusout breaks. given the growing concern, do you think we need to be doing more? >> i think there's no question when you see some parts of the system breaking down. certainly a lot of lessons to be learned out of texas and whatnot to do when someone presents these kinds of symptoms or indications. certainly we have to consider what happens at the entry point. the border people coming into the united states. overall i think we have a comprehensive strategy in place because of federal legislation. one big concern i have in addition to making sure there's more drilling, more practicing, more preparation is the funding. over the last couple of years cdc has been cut by over $5 million. i think that's moving in the wrong distributirection. we have to make sure we invest in strategies that work in

nation's infrastructure this morning he will tour a dredging barge in the delaware river with senator bob casey and then deliver brief remarks over at penns landing. in the afternoon the the vice-president heads to maple shade new jersey for a private fundraiser. >>> philadelphia fire lieutenant is due in court for a prerim nature i hearing. jamal johnson was arrested and charged earlier this month with kidnapping and sexual assault while posing as a police officer. authorities say the 18 year-old veteran forced would the man walking in olney to his pickup truck. johnson ace cues of threat evening that with man with an arrest if she did in the perform a sex act. >>> a south african judge is hearing witnesses from the penalty phase of the oscar pistorius's trial. former olympian was quick of culpable homicide last month, in the death of girl friend reeva steenkamp. steenkamp's cousin deliverede in motional testimony this morning. she told the judge pistorius quote must pay for what he has done. he could face a fine or up to 15 years in prison. >>> your time is 7:10. talk about one of the most bi

democrat bob casey from pennsylvania giving the numbers out.aying this has not been funded adequately. a democrat in missouri. what do you think? more funding? is not the issue. they should give the facilities to fight ebola. it is like a filter system with a hole in it. they are not doing something right. cecelia, illinois, independent caller and a nurse. good morning. caller: you are looking lovely as always. i'm calling because we really do need to do a lot. money at this would be epidemic. we do not know how long the cars is going to live on surfaces. nurse could take is that pushing her glasses up or she may be did not double glove and taking off and doesn't have a second pair of gloves on. she could touch anything and that would spread to we have supporters, all these people coming in. just doing a temperature from where they embark to here is not outbreak.stop the it helps a little bit. not symptomatic. look at the guy, thomas eric was in dallas. he had a fever and they sent him home because mistakes happen. they do not have the hazmat s

and from bob casey, we have mushroom and meat bars. these are also great. 50% mushroom, auto% meat. i feel like i'm on the food channel right now. but these are also excellent. we thank senator casey who will be joining us. and we also have, and i think salt lake city is going to talk to us about what a half cup looks like, right? so you brought that for us. we have apple slices. so we're leer for the duration. we can last a while this morning. and not to offend my wonderful cafeteria folks when i was growing up, but we didn't eat like this when i was in school. so this is very delicious food this morning. so we are very appreciative of everyone being here for our second hearing on child nutrition and to be able to talk to those in the trenches working hard to make things happen in the right way for our children. let me just start by saying what we all know that, according to the center for disease control, obesity in young children has more than doubled in the last 30 years. that's why this discussion is so important. and it's grown more than four time higher for teenagers in the s

also on me"meet the press" bob casey and missouri republican senator roy blunt. at 1:00 p.m. eastern, abc's "this week" with dr. fouchi and judge clay jenkins, the top admin straighter for dallas county texas and cardinal timothy dolen at new york. at 2:00 p.m. "fox news sunday" with dr. fouchi" andrance previs. and republican congressman tim murphy of pennsylvania. cnn's state of the union follows at 3:00 p.m. with dr. fouchi and texas republican senator ted cruz. then it's "face the nation" from cbs at four eastern with dr. fouchi and richard um denystock. president of the american medical association and jean roth, co-president of national nurses' united. the sunday network t.v. talk shows are on c-span radio, and they are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c-span. again, the rebroadcasts begin at noon eastern with "meet the press." 2:00 p.m. f"fox news sunday" 3:00 p.m. state of the union and 4:00 p.m. eastern time. face the nation from cbs. listen to them all on c-span radio on 90.1 fm here in the washington, d.c. area. across country on xm satellite

we bring in senator bob casey a democrat from pennsylvania, also on the subcommittee for health, educationthis is relevant to your work down there in d.c., as a citizen and as an elected official. we keep being told we're ready, the u.s. knows what to do, we've got the systems in place and the texas hospital seems to not follow an obvious trail, let alone protocol. what's your take? >> chris, i think we are prepared overall in a broad sense, way back in 2006 legislation was passed to put in place a strategy, a national strategy involving not just the federal government by way of the centers for disease control and health and human services, but a whole range of things the federal government would do in cop junction with state and local authorities and other emergency responders and other players, but there's no question in this case that preparedness has been tested and i think it's going to call for if not a review of the existing statute, certainly a review of how the communication occurs between federal authorities all the way to the local level to local hospitals. >> what do you think?

and from bob casey, we have mushroom and meat bars. these are also great. 50% mushroom, auto% meat. i feel like i'm on the food channel right now. but these are also excellent. we thank senator casey who will be joining us. and we also have, and i think salt lake city is going to talk to us about what a half cup looks like, right? so you brought that for us. we have apple slices. so we're leer for the duration. we can last a while this morning. and not to offend my wonderful cafeteria folks when i was growing up, but we didn't eat like this when i was in school. so this is very delicious food this morning. so we are very appreciative of everyone being here for our second hearing on child nutrition and to be able to talk to those in the trenches working hard to make things happen in the right way for our children. let me just start by saying what we all know that, according to the center for disease control, obesity in young children has more than doubled in the last 30 years. that's why this discussion is so important. and it's grown more than four time higher for teenagers in the s

pennsylvania senator bob casey says members of the congress should spend about two weeks holding hearings and having a real debate about authorizing the use of force against isis. the kacie says even if congress believes as he does that the president has the the legal authority to mount an air bombing campaign against the testify wrist group in iraq and syria, a debate and even some votes should help his strategy to get everybody out there and give their opinion of whether it is a good or bass thing. we will zoo if that happens. >>> an illinois man is accused of trying to travel overseas to join isis. >> parents of the 19 year-old mohammad hamzaka hn was in court as their son was attempting to provide support to a terrorist organization. teen was arrested bio hair airport. authorities found documents, expressing support for isis. >>> federal court has ruled in favor of protesters in ferguson, missouri. yesterday a judge said that police violated their constitutional right by forcing them to stay in constant motion while demonstrating. the judge also issued an injunction banning officers f

their man and a picture of kay hagan with the president of north carolina and, also, you can see bob caseyate from pennsylvania as the president made a visit there earlier this year. john in fairfax, virginia, is next. good morning. caller: good morning, steve. the american dream started to go down the tubes well ronald reagan and his trickle-down theory. and the thoeft of the election by the supreme court and george bush and eight years of war to pump up the deficit and cutting social welfare programs has been disastrous for our nation and we need to make sure that republicans get as few votes as possible because they are controlled by big money and have no interest in the working man. thank you, steve. host: thank you. next is carol from indiana, line for republicans. good morning. ca carol, good morning caller: good morning. host: you are on the air. go ahead, please. caller: i think part of the problem we are encountering with education is that we are trying to put too much money in to educating people who do not speak english. we are importing more pour people. these young people from

host: we had bob casey of of sabina: for restoration of cuts.ill congress take that up once they get back, or will there be other issues or go to the head of the line? guest: i think you will see that he would we also have what is going on with isis in iraq and syria. there will also need to be budget adjustments to pay for what we are doing over there. i think there will be some opportunities once you get back after the elections to look at both the health care budget but -- we are undertaken tuning resolution right now that will have to be renewed sometime for december. that is an opportunity to adjust the budget to reflect our need for today, whether it is health care or the military. host: should there be a single person heading this up, and ebola czar, so to speak? guest: i don't know if we need a new one. if you create too much layers of bureaucracy, you lose the folks doing it. i am not a big supporter. we have cabinet officials, we have agency heads. if they do their job, they do not need somebody over them. host: deborah simmons from "t

he will also tour a dredging barge with senator bob casey. in another half hour. with tom corbett, things keep getting worse. september 16th. budget deficits force pennsylvania to borrow $1.5 billion dollars just to keep the lights on. three days later, pennsylvania's unemployment rate goes up for the second straight month. under tom corbett, we've fallen from 9th to 47th in job creation. and on september 25th, pennsylvania's credit is downgraded for the fifth time in two years. why would we give tom corbett four more years? >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody. so glad you're with us today for a thirsty thursday, oer 16th. boy, was it -- was it wild this morning? the rain and the wind and the -- >> i was walking blake in a monsoon and that ain't fun. >> he likes to take his time and sniff around. lola took one look and said, no. >> that's hard. >> no. she's huge, like 80 pounds. >> you did not say what -- >> no, i did not. >> i'm not going out t

in icture of casey hickox that isolation tent at that university hospital in new jersey. you think , bob, what about this? >> it doesn't seem like it is a cessarily opposed what democrat would think, but, you know, i think it should be part of the deal. if you're going to be gracious your time volunteer and energy and health to go in -- you know -- work africa on ebola, you should be gracious enough to understand that when you come back there be some mandatory quarantine. enough uld be gracious to submit to the 3 to 4 week sure that you are -- that should be part of the process. you come back, you know that you are not going to be into your life -- you put your life on hold to go over there -- >> that sounds like medical workers, at least, coming from the united states are aware of that. it doesn't seem like the nurse was caught surprised by this. >> you know -- i don't really any sympathy for her an extra few t weeks to make sure that the us are safe here. the man who came back from the doctors in new york, i am really outraged by this. i'm feeling outraged by -- you you for your servic