dr. frieden and dr. lurie, one of the experiences here is that we know that, let's see unmc has 11 units but the reality is they can probably only have three patients at a time because of all of the collateral circumstances. so do we need more biocontainment units like what emory and unmc have, dr. frieden? >> we think we need some increase in the number of facilities that can safely care for someone with ebola or another deadly infection. we have been working closely with hospitals throughout the country to increase that capacity and the emergency funding request would enable us to get to the level where we would have a greater degree of comfort with the facilities out there in the capacity. >> just to clarify that some of the dollars that would be in the emergency funding, the president's request would be to expand the number of biocontainment units. >> yes. >> very good. one of the questions about having three patients at unmc, these folks don't have any insurance and they are holding the bag for the

dr. frieden. what is the process and timeline for updating and communicating changes for protocols to local health care providers. we know there was an issue about that last month. what is the process or have the processes changed at the cdc from what we did, say, in october? >> with respect to cdc guidelines we used the latest data, information and experience. we consult widely with affected parties for input. when we have a clear set of guidelines we then disseminate those through a wide variety of networks. >> what we have learned is personnel protection from the experience at texas presbyterian and how the lessons are shared with other hospitals. again, the feeling somebody shows up at 3:00 at one of my not for profit hospitals in an urban houston, how are they going to deal with that? >> we are dealing with this from both sides of the equation. first, the patient side. what we have done is for every single person coming from west africa, they are greeted, asked detailed questions, the tempera

dr. frieden and dr. fauci who spent a lot of time both dealing with the disease and dealing with the fear the public had around the disease and you did a great job while you were trying to do several other jobs. so secretary burwell do you think you work would have been facilitated while these two fine doctors -- because the question is who is america's doctor? should we move rapidly to confirm a surgeon general which in no way minimizes the work that these men have significant operational responsibility and in many ways they acted as america's doctors. >> it would be helpful. this is carry to the american people having an additional voice that would be a voice that is a trusted doctor voice about how to understand it is certainly something that would be helpful but it would be help informal things that the department does like opioids. so the answer to that question is it would be helpful to us and thank you to dr. frieden and fauci who took that responsibility on. >> and they did do that job. >> and th

dr. frieden and dr. fauci who spent a lot of time both dealing with the disease and dealing with the fear the public had around the disease and you did a great job while you were trying to do several other jobs. so secretary burwell do you think you work would have been facilitated while these two fine doctors -- because the question is who is america's doctor? should we move rapidly to confirm a surgeon general which in no way minimizes the work that these men have significant operational responsibility and in many ways they acted as america's doctors. >> it would be helpful. this is carry to the american people having an additional voice that would be a voice that is a trusted doctor voice about how to understand it is certainly something that would be helpful but it would be help informal things that the department does like opioids. so the answer to that question is it would be helpful to us and thank you to dr. frieden and fauci who took that responsibility on. >> and they did do that job. >> and th

dr. frieden, dr. lucniac for joining us to share lessons learned and tell us how we can move forward. i'm looking forward to hearing about the supplemental ebola request. it's critical congress support the appropriation request. it would support domestic preparedness, help treatment centers. it would support treatment and vaccine and it would support us a d and the military in their effort to eliminate ebola in west africa. mr. chairman, i suspect in the year to come we will have our share of discussions about the budget. we support the goals of the president's ebola outbreak plan to combat it. i hope we can move quickly to provide the requested appropriations. thank you. i yield back. >> now recognize the vice-chair, ms. blackman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the hearing. i want to say welcome to all of our witnesses. we appreciate your time. i think we have to realize with the nearly 15,000 cases and over 5,000 deaths that this ebola epidemic is the worst since the discovery of the vice russ in '76. you need to look at what the precedent is there. 2,400 cases known cases

dr. frieden. what is the process and timeline for updating and communicating changes for protocols to local health care providers. we know there was an issue about that last month. what is the process or have the processes changed at the cdc from what we did, say, in october? >> with respect to cdc guidelines we used the latest data, information and experience. we consult widely with affected parties for input. when we have a clear set of guidelines we then disseminate those through a wide variety of networks. >> what we have learned is personnel protection from the experience at texas presbyterian and how the lessons are shared with other hospitals. again, the feeling somebody shows up at 3:00 at one of my not for profit hospitals in an urban houston, how are they going to deal with that? >> we are dealing with this from both sides of the equation. first, the patient side. what we have done is for every single person coming from west africa, they are greeted, asked detailed questions, the tempera

dr. frieden? >> we think we need some increase in the number of facilities that can safely care for someone with ebola or another deadly infection. we have been working closely with hospitals throughout the country to increase that capacity and the emergency funding request would enable us to get to the level where we would have a greater degree of comfort with the facilities out there in the kmaft. >> just to clarify that some of the dollars that would be in the emergency funding, the president's request would be to expand the number of biocontainment units. >> yes. >> very good. one of the questions about having three patients at unmc, these folks don't have any insurance and they are hold iin the back for the funding of those patients. is there anything with hhs, dr. laurie, or cdc that can reimburse facilities for health care costs? >> i believe the secretary indicated in the hearing last week that we're open to mechanisms that would make them whole for the expenses they have had. >> open to i

dr. frieden? >> we think we need some increase in the number of facilities that can safely care for someone with ebola or another deadly infection. we have been working closely with hospitals throughout the country to increase that capacity and the emergency funding request would enable us to get to the level where we would have a greater degree of comfort with the facilities out there in the kmaft. >> just to clarify that some of the dollars that would be in the emergency funding, the president's request would be to expand the number of biocontainment units. >> yes. >> very good. one of the questions about having three patients at unmc, these folks don't have any insurance and they are hold iin the back for the funding of those patients. is there anything with hhs, dr. laurie, or cdc that can reimburse facilities for health care costs? >> i believe the secretary indicated in the hearing last week that we're open to mechanisms that would make them whole for the expenses they have had. >> open to i

dr. s frieden and fauci. we've determined level of risks. arantine base system based on their level of risk. and that's based on the epidemiology which is years of experience, i think dr. fauci has been work on this for well over 30 years. in terms of the experience that we see. that's how we determine what's done with each and every group of people and different groups fall into different categories. that's how we base the decision. that's an individual basis often which is why we monitor directly and actively every day those health care workers that return. >> is the assessment -- i'll direct this to you, too, doctor, since you'll be in on this. in the assessment of risk difficult when people are coming from various countries and perhaps don't divulge where they've been? i know you can keep up with it to some extent. who they've been exposed to, all of this? is the assessment tough to come by? >> we do several levels of assessment, first to assess the fever, to see if someone is ill. and then to assess them if they do have a fever to determ

dr. frieden. two questions for you. the first is, as you know, medical countermeasure development and production is in high gear. what role do you see any successful candidates that are fielded playing in the current outbreak or do you see this outbreak finally being solved through the more traditional public health nez yurs you described. secondly, i'm a veterinarian. i'm interested in your opinion on an issue that those of us who are policy minded veterinarians are discussing now which is the relative lack of attention being paid to the zoo nottic nature of ebola, potentially sew nottic nature of ebola. wet don't tend to think about that in our preparedness planning. if you could speak to that as well, idea appreciate it. >> first, in terms of technological innovation, we have potential to have innovations important in the current outbreak. we can't prom 34is that. we can't count on them. we have to assume they won't be there and maximize our current tools. there are at least two or three things i think are quite prom

dr. frieden just outlined. we're also looking forward to the fact that you have increased population pressures in areas that were previously forested. so the possibility of increased jumps of diseases from animals to humans is something that is very much a part of looking forward to how to get ahead of these kinds of outbreaks in the future. >> i appreciate that. my last question will be this -- >> senator, your time has expired. >> thank you, madame chair. >> and i don't mean to be brusque to anyone. we've now been here an hour and a half and we have two, four, six, eight -- ten more senators to go. senator coates, i'm going to be a little more strict now. >> madame chairman, it's good to see that you haven't lost your touch. >> well, we have a vote, so -- >> yes, i understand. i'll try to be brief here. >> sorry. >> first of all, thank you for calling the hearing. i think there's so much misinformation, disinformation and misperceptions and a lot of nervousness out there among the public. we've all had to add

dr. frieden was talking about what dr. frieden talking about. you touched on that in your written testimony as well. you asked the questions, can the virus live in other mammals besides pry mates, bats, rodents and humans. you attached a study related to pigs. do you ask this question because your people on the ground have some questions or just because it's a blank slate and we don't have much research on it? >> i think ebola is potentially a much more serious disease than it is given respect for. what we are seeing is that it is flexible. it is deceptive. it's sneaky, it's agile. every time somebody thinks they have it figured out, it shows us something new. i think we as a society can't make assumptions we know what it is and what it will do. i think we need to be extraordinarily careful about letting it come onto this shore. while it is true that when it has come here, we've quickly identified it and isolated it, the truth is that, as these doctors can tell you, particularly the gentleman from texas, if he had 10 or 20 or 50 cases down there

dr. frieden, thanks for being here especially at this very busy time. dr. tom frieden. [ applause ] >> thank you, thank you. thank you very much, ruth, and thanks so much to the aspen institute for arranging, bringing us together. i'm going to go through a fairly large number of slides because i want to get a lot of information out there. but i also want to do two other things. one, leave plenty of time for questions and discussion at the end. and two, remember to leave you with what i think is the single-most important concept that i'll be sharing. and that is that infectious diseases are here to stay, but we can make a difference. we can control them and push them back if we focus on three fundamental principles. first, finding threats when they first emerge. second, responding effectively. and third, having learned from those two activities preventing them wherever possible. that key formulation of finding, stopping and preventing is going to be essential to every aspect of our infectious disease control measures. now, cdc works 24/7 to save lives, protec

dr. frieden have said before it can spread.ic and it is our judgment that is the best way. especially when a large percentage of those returning are actually american citizens from these countries. >> if i may add one thing about the visa operations. we have taken steps to ensure that we are asking the same applicantsf visa this are asked when they are departing and transiting. >> could i follow upper who. have sent a letter to you on october 17 and i wonder if the state department could respond to the letter? >> absolutely. >> good. thank you. just conclude by saying any of the questions are answered affirmatively. visa and it is not issued and refer to c.d.c. to that person can travel. >> senator moran? >> thank you very much. as you can see, there continues to be a lot of interest in this quarantining poem quarantininge west africa.om it was indicated in the testimony about the difference between the department of and others and there was a comment that was made that clarified.as been clare it has been explained. i don't think it has been the rationale for how we treat t

dr. frieden, he was very reflective on that time in dallas.der his leadership had been preparing for the first patient to come unexpected from west africa to the united states with ebola and, you know, all the planning in the world -- you can do all the planning in the world but it's still not reality. reality is different. and he said that they just didn't necessarily realize how much care someone with ebola would need. how much hands of on nursing care a desperately ill person would need and, of course, it was very concerning when two nurses became infected. carol, i asked him, is there anything that you might have done differently? and he had this to say about nurse amber vinson who was allowed to get on an airplane even though the cdc new that she had a 99.5 degree temperature. in october, amber vinson was at the airport in ohio, she calls in a temperature of 99.5 and she was allowed to board the plane. was that a mistake to allow her to board the plane? >> i wish we had prevented her from flying. that would have prevented a lot of people

dr. frieden and dr. fauci, who spent a lot of time, both dealing with the disease and also dealing with the fear that the public had around the disease. and you did a great job, while trying to do several other jobs. so secretary burwell, do you work would have been facilitated while these two fine doctors -- the question is, who america's doctor? should we also move rapidly to confirm a surgeon general? which in no way minimizes the work that these men have operational responsibility and in many ways, acted as america's doctors, which they did a great job and we're grateful. helpful.ld be one of the things i think, as i mentioned in my opening testimony, this is something scary to the american people. so having an additional voice that would be a voice that is a trusted doctor voice about how to think about this and how to understand it is certainly that would be helpful in ebola but it would be helpful also in things that the opioidsnt does, like and other things that are problems throughout our nation

dr. frieden, welcome again. there have been these recent positive signs in liberia.that how it looks to you? and if so what, has gone well that might have offer hope elsewhere? >> we're seeing proof of principle that the strategy of reducing ebola by helping to ensure safe care, safe burial, community involvement, contact tracing, that works. we're seeing decreases in at least two of the counties in liberia that were hardest hit. but we have much farther to go than we've already come. we're nowhere near out of the woods. >> brown: nowhere near, and flesh that out a little bit for us. in liberia, in sierra leon it conditions. we just mentioned mali. how concerned are you about it spreading still? >> we're having real challenges in every place that has ebola in west africa. in liberia, we're seeing about one new cluster each day. and our staff and others are having to travel to rere-moat areas to prevent each of those clusters from becoming a large outbreak with dozens or hundreds of cases. for the past four decades, we've evaluated and helped stop one outbreak every y

dr. frieden displaying none of that and nurse hic hickox resisting a quarantine but has acquired some sensef responsibility for her fellow citizens is now within a voluntary quarantine. but we have an administration that will not put on a ban. i was talking with reverend graham last week, and samaritans purse, they have people on frontlines, they have a quarantine. they have facilities set aside, 21 days for their people as they return. as reverend puts it, it is comfortable but enclosed and separate, it achieves its purpose. why is there any question on part of this federal government, note to do the same -- not to do the same? >> this is, i cannot ex plane. we talk about travel, we have been travel for people who are united states citizens, there should be a ban on elective travel from people from western africa to this country, suspend the travel documents until we get a better handle on this. we have learned 6 weeks ago that we really were not prepared. and yet, the a bill to keep the next -- ability to keep next patient zero does not exist. it is interesting that military, his own gene

dr. frieden and others said all along, it's hard to get ebola. your chances of getting it on an airplane or on a subway or sitting in a restaurant next to someone who's infected, if they're not ill, are very teeny tiny. now, people freaked out anyhow. people got very worried when they were on a plane with the nurse who was infected or if they were on the subway in new york, but it turned out none of those people got sick. i think there's a lesson in there, jim, that people shouldn't freak out. >> yeah, and that's a good message. thanks very much. please stand by, because we want to bring in cnn medical analyst dr. zahn van telican, and dr. sim ana jasmine, who is a forme detective and now writes for "the dallas morning news." doctor, not a u.s. citizen, but married to a u.s. citizen, so a legal, permanent resident. i guess the confusion here is what is the criteria for who of the people who catch this disease in west africa are allowed to come to the u.s. for treatment? is there a standard or is this decided case by case? >> at the moment, jim, w

dr. thomas frieden are more than a year old. they come from a september 2013 d.c. press conference that predated the ebola outbreak. here's fact number two. >> discretionary funding has been cut by $585 million. >> yes, funding at the cdc has been slashed by close to 600 million since 2010, actually closer to a billion dollars before some of those cuts were restored. but here's what you're not being told that we uncovered while checking out financial documents on the cdc website. when it comes to something called emerging and zoonotic infectious disease they're dedicated to protecting and responding to outbreaks, federal funds have gone up considerably. the money supply jumps from 281 million in 2010 to more than 390 million in 2014. that's an increase of 40%. >>> plus, the agency's also hauled in $3 billion from the affordable care act. something the ad never mentions. and our third and final fact. republicans right now are being slammed for wanting to cut the cdc's funding in 2011 but the obama administration proposed cutting the agency's budget in 2011 as well.

dr. thomas frieden, director of the cdc, is talking about the lowest moments of the epidemic and includingtake of allowing her to board a plane. >> i wish we had prevented her from flying. that would have prevented a lot of people from having to be inconvenienced and go through the anxiety of concern that they might develop ebola. no one got infected, but still we should have prevented her from flying. >> now prior to boarding that plane vinson did report a temperature of 99.5, but she was told she was clear to fly because the cdc's threshold at that time for ebola was 100 now 4 degrees. victim son was diagnose -- 100.4 degrees. vinson was diagnosed four days later. >>> dupont underground is some long abandoned space that could be getting a rebirth. >> reporter: just beyond that sealed tunnel here in one of d.c.'s prime neighborhoods sits tens of thousands of square feet of abandoned space, space that may now finally be put to use. thousands of people walk through dupont circle every day, some likely unaware of what's beneath their feet. 75,000 square feet of unused space, now one d.c. gro

dr. frieden and everybody here at the centers for disease control for welcoming me here today. >> reporterofessional security corporation said he was assigned to accompany the president and assist secret service agents. he unknowingly violated secret service protocol by carrying his cdc-issued.40 caliber handgun with the president and the agent. >> when the president entered the elevator he asked me my name. he extended my hand be shook my hand. everything was fine. i was waiting on the rest to get on and proceed up to the 12th floor. >> reporter: as the president was leaving the cdc, tate took photos with his cell phone. agents reprimanded him. they made him had delete the photo. his supervisors were angry and pulled his cdc badge, one week later he was fired without explanation. >> he was authorized and eercht appointed to be on the elevator with the president that day. >> reporter: his attorney believes his client say victim of circumstance. >> we need this security company to answer for it. you can't terminate someone for not doing anything wrong. he didn't do anything wrong. >> report

dr. frieden with who i have had about a decade-long association, first in new york city and later at cdc. thank you for your great leadership. and to staying calm and targeted and focused when others around you might be losing their heads. thank you very much. thank you, madame chair. >> i think we could say the same about you. i don't know about the calm part. >> i don't know about that. >> by the way, we're going in the order of arrival, so -- >> yeah. let me start with you, secretary burwell. in your written testimony, you mention the contribution that emery made, the university of bre. i would think the cdc would recognize the guidelines you're using, significant input was provided by those institutions. as i have looked through the request for funding here, $6 billion request, we have money to reimburse the world health organization. we have money to reimburse civil aviation organization. i could go on and on. i don't see funding that would be available to reimburse any institution in the united states that provides care and treatment and training relative to ebola. i've talked to st

dr. frieden for joining us. >> on capitol hill tomorrow, a couple congressional hearings looking at the ebola outbreak. the head ofng, doctors without borders and the president of aftercare testify about the need for more trained health care workers to treat ebola patient. the houseve from foreign affairs subcommittee hearing at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3 stop in the afternoon, takes questions about the u.s. and international response to the ebola virus. atwill have live coverage 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. up next on c-span, epa administrator jim mccarthy takes questions about the environmental policy. .hen, unimportant -- the 2015 student cam video competition is underway, open to all middle and high school students to create a 5-7 minute documentary, showing how a policy, law, or action by one of the branches of federal government has affected you or your community. there are 200 cash prizes, totaling $100,000. for a list of rules and how to get started, go to c-span.org. mccarthy talksa to reporters about the obama administration plus environmental policy. thewas asked if she thinks

dr. frieden, for joining us. >> on capitol hill tomorrow, a couple of congressional hearings looking at the people outbreak. in the morning, the head of doctors about borders testifies about the need for more trained health care workers to treat ebola patients. that is live from house foreign affairs subcommittee hearing at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. questionsieden takes about the u.s. and international response to the ebola virus. fromll have live coverage the oversight subcommittee at 1:00 p.m. eastern, also on c-span3. up next on c-span, epa administrator gina mccarthy takes questions about the administration's environmental policy. then, a report on disclosure procedures and criminal proceedings. comments for your about our programming. here are a few we received about "washington journal." journal," first thing in the morning, absolutely wonderful. very informative. i really appreciate you guys letting people such as myself actually call in, and sometimes even talk to people who are running our country. >> i would like to make a suggestion that instead of dividing the country betw

dr. frieden and he said maybe bats but don't know what the reservoir species are. in a prior hearing in october, what are we doing about animals coming into this country. it was somewhat laughed off and it is a concern, don't you agree? >> i do agree. i'll tell you why it is so important. this is not the flu, influenza and killed 70% of the people that get it. if you look at what the disease has done this year, 5500 people dead, 13,000 case, that's extraordinary. none of us have swam in these waters before and i don't think we can use case studies that came from 1976 to today make assumptions about an unprecedented event that crosses national boundaries. the caseload may be going down in nigeria. the caseload is spreading geographically, in sierra leone and mali. >> i appreciate your comments on that and i liked your term "travel management" because i believe we want people to provide huh humanitarian relief like your organization does. i yield back. >> the chairman yields back for five minutes. >> state and local hospitals serve at the front lines for treatment an

dr. tom frieden.we'll have live coverage of the house energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations also on c-span3. >> the 2015 c-span student cam video competition is underway, open to all middle and high school students to create a 5-7 minute documentary on the theme "the three branches and you." showing how a policy, law or action by the,tive, legislative or judicial branch of the federal government has affected you or your community. there's 200 cash prizes for students and teachers totaling $100,000. for the list of rules and how to get started, go to studentcam.org. >> the privacy and civil liberties oversight board held a public meeting last week to look at the implications of government counterterrorism programs and technology on privacy rights. next, remarks by goth officials from -- government officials from the office of the director of national intelligence, the justice department and the national security agency. this is an hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations

dr. thomas frieden. anybody seen him? finally, you do not -- do not play the race card. >> i believe and i firmly believe this, if we did not have an african-american president in the white house as we speak right now, mary landrieu would not be in trouble. kay hagan would not be in any kind of trouble. >> elements of the far left are addicted to the race excuse. it's offensive and it has harmed the image of the obama administration. exit polling yesterday says that american voters are most concerned about the economy and they should be. on his watch president obama is desperately trying to redistribute income. and in the process is creating a welfare state in america. that welfare state is unsustainable. and can you see that in the national debt. which will, most likely be, more than $20 trillion once president obama leaves office. add it all up, and you have the vote last night and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction. joining us from dallas, media star glenn beck, author of the brand new book "dream

dr. tom frieden will be testifying along with the chancellor of the university of nebraska medical center in omaha where an ebola patient died yesterday. live coverage is here on c-span 3. >>> the senate today is working on the keystone xl pipeline bill. a vote is scheduled for about 615 p.m. live coverage is on c-span 2. with the pipeline vote coming up later we are asking whether you think the senate should approve the bill. you can leave your thoughts on twitter or our facebook page. more now from a reporter covering this issue. >> the house passed a version last week. when will the senate take it up? >> thanks for having me on. the senate is scheduled to vote this evening probably a little after 6:00 p.m. tonight. this has been part of a push that senator mary landrieu single handedly launched last week. she took the floor and worked out a deal. she has been spending her time trying to find colleagues to get on board. >> is she the one that is whipping the vote for this? or are the democratic leadership, are they helping out or are they sitting this one out? >> they seem to be not hel

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dr. thomas frieden. his talk on ebola will take us into the heart of the most recent infectious disease scare. i know he will be reminding us that microbes have no respect for national borders, which means that this is an act of self interest to respond to outbreaks around the world. he has directed the cdc since june, 2009, and in those years he has dealt with h1n1, avian flu, mrsa, and many other infectious agents that have never reached the front pages. he has also been involved in global efforts to eradicate polio and to control multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. he has also played a role in obesity prevention. he spent his early career as a disease detective in the cdc's eis service, and later as the commissioner of the new york city health department will stop he cut teen smoking in half and helped the city become the first in the u.s. to eliminate trans fats from restaurant menus. somewhere the middle of all that he has managed to publish 200 scientific articles. he earned his medical degree and a

dr. thomas frieden will provide an ebola response p update. jeffrey gould is from the university of nebraska medical center where a patient died today. he'll testify before a house sub. committee. live coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. president obama has returned to the u.s. after his trip to asia. tomorrow he'll hold an ambassador credentialing ceremony. on wednesday the president hosts connected to the future on schools and the transition to digital learningment on thursday the president will award the national medal of science and the national medal of technology and innovation awards. >> thanks for your comments about our programming. here are a few received about washington journal. >> i must say washington journal first thing in the morning, absolutely wonderful. very informative. i really appreciate you guys letting people such as myself actually call in and sometimes talk to people running our country. and our world. >> i would like to make a suggestion that instead of dividing the country between democrats and, republicans, i

dr. tom frieden and others update a house energy subcommittee. and the u.s. response to ebola. also at that hearing will be jeffrey gold, the chancellor of the university of nebraska medical center, where an ebola patient died yesterday. that's scheduled to start live at 1:00 p.m. or later, depending on votes in the house of representatives. today in the senate members are scheduled to vote on a bill authorizing the keystone xl pipeline. their session just getting started now, with six hours of debate on the pipeline, and a vote for later this afternoon at approximately 6:15 p.m. the house passed its version of the bill last week, and president obama has threatened to veto the measure. coverage of the senate and that debate is live now on c-span2. you can participate by leaving your comments through twitter and on our facebook page. our question online today, should the senate approve the keystone xl pipeline? and following the senate vote early this evening we'll be asking you if you think president obama should veto the legislation. the hill's reporting that louisiana senator

dr. tom frieden talks about ebola. we will also hear from kathleen sebelius. >> i would ask folks to take a seat as we get started. good afternoon and welcome. executive director of the health medicine and society program. i am delighted that you have joined us for our second session. we could not have asked for a more timely talk. before i introduce the session, let me take a moment to tell you about the series. clinicians are kept up-to-date about scientific medical advances and to promote excellent in recent -- excellence in research and practice. public health rounds is a partnership between two aspen programs, one i worked for, which has a domestic focus, and global health and development which works on international health issues. this series is made possible with funding from the aspen innovation fund for which we are most grateful. to schedule it for the six times a year, taking advantage of our prime location here in washington, to engage individual thinkers and doers in the field. this is an invitation-only e