dr. tom frieden also saying the first person diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. is, quote, fighting for his life in a dallas hospital. this is coming after the liberian nationals condition was downgraded from serious to critical. that happening just yesterday. brian has the latest now from our new york newsroom. >> hi. thomas eric duncan remains in isolation in dallas where he's been for a week. today dr. frieden, the head of the centers for disease control said duncan is not being treated with experimental medication at this time. frieden said while experimental pred sin is promising there's certain it can initially make someone sicker. the four family members who shared an apartment with duncan are still in quarantine in a prouft home in dallas. they have shown no 1i789s. a hazmat team decontaminated the apartment. the cdc is confident they will stop the ebola virus in dallas thanks in large part to their ability to track everybody who may have been in contact with duncan. 48 people are being checked for fevers over the course of 21 days. 10 of those people def

dr. tom frieden of the cdc he should go. also the head of the nih, national institutes of health dr. francis collin nowhere to be found. we haven't heard a word from him. look, you have a government now, this is why the american people are so upset about this. kirsten and a bill, because you have a collapse of confidence, credibility and confidence in the federal government to do anything. so now what the potential of an exotic and deadly virus in our own shores being transmitted, we don't know exactly how in some cases. you have no confidence on the part of the american people to give federal government can handle this or that we are getting the truth in an accurate and timely way. >> i don't understand how this is a national security threat first and foremost. we are not being attacked by ebola. >> we have our military -- our military has been sent without training into west africa so they are not properly equipped either. >> nobody is is attacking the country with ebola. and i don't know -- you know, i can't keep straight, like i thought the government was completely incompetent b

dr. tom frieden. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you very much for joining us. stopping ebola is hard. we're working together to make it safer and easier. yesterday we confirmed the first case of ebola contracted in the ujs and a health care worker who cared for what we refer to, who we refer to as the index patient in dallas, texas. our to the are with this health care worker. she is now being cared for and we understand she is clinically stable. please consider her care and the hospital that she is being cared for, so only information she and her family want released is released. the existence of the first case of ebola spread within the u.s.

dr. tom frieden. dr. frieden? >> hello, everyone. it is exactly one week since the first patient with ebola in this country was diagnosed in dallas, texas. and it is a good time to look back on what's happened in that week and say all of the things that have happened and where we are and where we're likely to be going. the patient was diagnosed on tuesday. within about two hours we announced that. that evening we had staff on the ground helping the terrific staff in dallas, in texas to respond to this case, and we have no doubt that we will stop it in its tracks in texas. it is worth stepping back and saying how ebola spreads. ebola only spreads by direct contact with someone who is sick or with their body fluids, so the core of control is identifying everyone who might have had contact with them and making sure they're monitored for 21 days, and if they develop symptoms, immediately isolating them to break the chain of transmission. there's no doubt we can stop ebola in this country. today i would like to spend a minute talking abou

dr. tom frieden. >> within two the hours we announced that we had staff on the the ground, and helping the terrific staff in dallas and in texas to e respond to this case, and we have no doubt that we will stop it in its tracks in texas. it is worth stepping back and saying, how ebola spreads. ebola only spreads by direct contact with someone who is sick or with their the body fluids. so the core of control is identifying everyone who might have had contact with them, and making sure they are monitored for 21 days, and if the they develop symptoms immediately isolating them to break the chain of transmission. there is no doubt that we can stop ebola in this country. today, i'd like to spend a minute talking about what is happening in dallas, and then turn to my colleagues there. and then about what is happening in the u.s. more broad ly, and then finally where we are with the epidemic in west africa. in terms of dallas, the work there by the staff of the local and the state health departments with the cdc assistance has been terrific. they have been able to assess all 114 individuals who m

dr. tom frieden, house homeland security chairman michael mccaul, and we will have a report from liberia where u.s. troops are in place to help fight the deadly disease. we will go to iraq where the latest on the war with isis, we will talk to former secretary of defense leon panetta, whose withering criticism of the president's strategy has stunned official washington. >> plus an all-star panel, including peggy noonan of the wall street journal, david ignatius of the washington post, david rohde of reuters and susan page of usa today. >> 60 years of news because this is "face the captioning sponsored by cbs >> and good morning, again, we want to go first to atlanta and the cdc director dr. tom frieden for the latest on this new case of ebola, which was confirmed in dallasing over might. >> doctor, thank you so much. the authorities at the hospital are saying that the person who is, has now been diagnosed as having ebola was a healthcare worker, they don't give the gender, and was exposed to duncan, the man who died down there on his second visit to the hospital. obviously, he was showin

dr. tom frieden. he's going to have to do a lot of calming down assuaging fears that this is spreading around the country by plane. and we just heard president obama has postponed a political trip today in order to convene a white house meeting about the ebola outbreak. of course we'll be bringing you that briefing at 12:45. >> all right meg, we will certainly walk you up to that over the next 30 minutes when we do hear from the cdc regarding these new developments as they relate to the ebola outbreak. energy stocks taking a hit today. the inside scoop of the hedge fund pain trade. and the big market day calling in two of the most respected respects voices on stock. and bill nygren. el-erian. halftime will be right back. but what if you could see more of what you wanted to know? with fidelity's new active trader pro investing platform, the information that's important to you is all in one place, so finding more insight is easier. it's your idea powered by active trader pro. another way fidelity gives

dr. tom frieden.id the point to have the health care workers to have a healthy respect to have the lapse in protocols. he wants officials to be very meticulous even though officials are warning that an ebola outbreak in the united states is unlikely. he said that anytime there is still an outbreak as there is in africa, there is a potential risk everywhere. he did say that increased airport screenings are something they are considering. take a listen. >> of course, we are looking at the issue of entry screening and we're looking at all possibilities. suggestions from people in congress and the public and media. we are looking at those and see what works to protect americans and make sure whatever we do doesn't i unintentionally incre your risk. we actually increase our own risk if we fight in africa. >> reporter: increased screenings are something as recently as friday, officials said they weren't considering just yet. we are hearing from more lawmakers, including chuck schumer say those are important

dr. tom frieden. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you very much for joining us. stopping ebola is hard. we're working together to make it safer and easier. yesterday we confirmed the first case of ebola contracted in the ujs and a health care worker who cared for what we refer to, who we refer to as the index patient in dallas, texas. our to the are with this health care worker. she is now being cared for and we understand she is clinically stable. please consider her care and the hospital that she is being cared for, so only information she and her family want released is released. the existence of the first case of ebola spread within the u.s. changes some things and it doesn't change other things. it doesn't change the fact that we know how ebola spreads. it doesn't change the fact that it's possible to take care of ebola safely. but it does change substantially how we approach it. we have to re-think the way we address ebola infection control because even a single infection is unacceptable. i'll get into details of what we are thinking about with regard to ho

dr. tom frieden that basically the nurse was to blame for her illness. this is pretty nasty stuff on the part of frieden the man who refuses to be forthcoming much what is actually happening in the cdc and in these cases of ebola. >> my first comment isn't going to go as far as you've gone. i think the cdc has been way too formal in observing -- in other words, they've been leaving this to the dallas hospitals who have no experience with protocol whatsoever. no experience with hazmat suits whatsoever. nurses are wearing them that don't have any experience with it. i feel the centers for disease control should have been much more involved with this. and, by the way, this kind of problem, this fumble, causes a great deal of fear and alarm and worry on the part of the american public, and it should. if we can't -- if we don't have anybody we can rely on to help us through this epidemic in africa and this crisis here, we can't feel comfortable. lou: i sense more an attitude here, doctor, that is disturbing. it is a bureaucratic, that the federal government c

dr. tom frieden still be in that top spot. josh earnest saying yes. the president has absolute confidence in him leading this charge. and there are also questions and have been brought up before as to whether or not the white house should nominate some sort of ebola czar. could it happen in the future? yes. is it happening now? let me get you more information on this second nurse that contracted ebola. she's 29-year-old amber vincent. here's her photograph. some of the first images we're getting on her here at cnn. she was in the thick of it treating thomas eric duncan. she flew on a commercial jet just a day before she fell ill and just about 48 hours after that patient who had come over from liberia then died in dallas. the nurse, again, 29-year-old amber vincent and so you see the map. so last friday she jumped on that plane from dallas to cleveland. that return trip was frontier airlines flight 1143. came back to dallas monday night. health officials said she headed to cleveland to visit her family. here's what's key. the director of the cdc says

dr. tom frieden, cdc director saying he feels awful if he sounded like he was blaming that young nurse inallas. what do you make of his comments today? >> well, the reality is we have nurses and lots of other healthcare workers stepping up to take care of people with ebola. we know that it's a high-risk situation, and we know that every nurse in every situation is working very hard to keep themselves safe and to keep their patients safe. >> were you personally insulted when you heard from dr. frieden? >> the reality is i knew that nurses were following the protocol and that nurses were working hard to follow the protocol. i think one of the things that has to happen now is we have to understand exactly what went wrong here and we need to share that with every nurse and with every healthcare provider. we're in a situation where we need to rapidly learn and understand how to keep patients safe, how to keep the healthcare provider safe. >> you know they are looking into that for anyone that can come into contact one of these patients. there's only a handful of hospitals in this country that

dr. tom frieden who said that essentially every hospital in the country could take care of ebola.need a special hospital room to do it. all you need's a private room with a private bathroom. and then he says this is october 2nd and october 5th. and in july he said any advanced hospital in the country has the capacity to isolate a patient. there's nothing particularly special about the isolation of an ebola patient. and then the president saying in the unlikely event that someone with ebola does reach our shores, extremely low chance of an outbreak here. wrong on every front, karl, i would think the american people are getting a little disgusted about it. >> yeah, well they are. and it adds to the sense of incompetence in washington. look, they also didn't need to talk more ironically enough for somebody who doesn't like hearing as much as we do from the administration coming from me, but the administration needs to explain more. the word outbreak refers to not a case or two or three or four in dallas. it talks about something spreading throughout the population. so they should hav

dr. tom frieden, be fired?ld us october 2nd essentially any hospital in the country can take care of ebola. he went on to explain all you need is a private room, hospitals they have training, there's little risk to the population. any advanced hospital has the capacity to isolate a patient. they just need a room and a private bathroom. should he be fired? >> take a combat leader out in the middle of a fight is outrageous. it is absolutely irresponsible. >> combat leader? he's a combat loser. >> not only did he do that, he blamed the nurses. >> let me finish my point. not only should he not be fired, we need a surgeon general in the united states. why don't we have a surgeon general? if the president's nominee is unacceptable, what the president has to do is appoint an ebola czar right now. tom frieden, head of one agriculture dealing with this, is not sufficient. you need an ebola czar. the man we should appoint is lieutenant general russell henri who headed up the united states army, big run one. he brought ca

dr. tom frieden, director of the cd, said his agency updated guidelinelines to airlie crews on how to handlek passengers in flight until the c.d.c. crew can meet the plane on the tarmac. >> if individuals or shipments have any concern they may be infectious, or if there's illness. >> reporter: and word now from university hospital here in newark that the sick passenger's symptoms are not related to ebola. his daughter is showing no signs of illness. and, michelle, both passengers have now been released from the hospital. >> vicente arenas at newark liberty international. thank you. the ebola patient in texas also flew into the u.s. west africa have a brussels, and tonight hospital officials say he is in critical condition in the face of criticism of the way his case has been handled, authorities are now working to prove that they are up to the challenge. manuel bojorquez reports from dallas. >> reporter: doctors at texas health presbyterian hospital say thomas duncan is now critically ill. he's been in an isolation unit for six days. the news comes as fors here try to reassure the public aft

dr. tom frieden saying her temperature was 99.5 degrees. the fact that it was elevated and she was in an exposed group that other health care worker had been diagnosed earlier she shouldn't have gotten on a plane. they are saying anyone on an exposed group should have controlled travel only and also emphasizing if she wasn't symptomatic and was not vomiting on the plane. they are just really trying to keep the risks very low. tom frieden just now addressing the risks for those on the flight, take a listen. >> because the risk is so low we think there is an extremely low likelihood that anyone who travelled on the plane would have been exposed but we are putting into place extra margins of safety. that is why we are contacting everyone on that flight. >> we have learned president obama has cancelled a trip today in order to meet with cabinet advisers on ebola. there is a hearing scheduled for tomorrow in washington where dr. frieden and others from all across the government will be testifying. we expect to bring you more from that. >> thank

dr. tom frieden and other top health officials.g to get to the bottom of the breakdown in health protocols that happened at the dallas hospital where two nurses, auz know, became infected with the ebola virus after treating patient thomas duncan before he died from the disease. and many people, many members of congress today, asking why there's still no travel ban. is that the right or wrong thing to do for flights coming from west africa via europe? >> we do not have to leave the door open to all travel to and from hot zones in western africa while ebola is an unwelcome and dangerous stowaway on these flights. i'm confident we can develop a strategy to meet these needs. >> time for real talk with ohio congressman bill johnson who searches on the house energy subcommittee on oversight and investigations and with ed, today appearing -- he stepped out to be with us. what do you believe about the travel ban? you asked some questions. other members of congress did. did you get the right answers you were looking for? >> no. i did not, g

dr. tom frieden and dr. anthony fauci, the two lead officials on the u.s. response to ebola. cory gardner says "i will be at to discuss today, inclusions to stop the spread of ebola, including my call for a travel ban." "a temporary ban on travel to the united states from countries afflicted with the virus is something the president should absolutely consider." and this one from ed royce." givingen the need to contain the disease at its source -- >> four more u.s. airports will have their tams taken today. it is part of an effort to keep travelers with ebola from bringing the virus into the united states. and the associated press reports that the top official with the u.n. reports that the death toll from the ebola crisis will rise from among 4,500 9,000 infected from the ebola virus. om frieden and anthony fauci live at noon today on the u.s. ebola response. >> well, this is a work in progress. we are trying to determine prt c.d.c. what it has ordered to do certain things. i know it is advisory. i also want to see how we can fix this problem. the problem in dallas at texas p

dr. tom frieden from the cdc in atlanta, thank you for your time. appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you. >>> i want to turn now to dr. william frohna. doctor, thank you. you have a busy job so we appreciate your time. i come to your emergency room, i say, i've got a chest pain, i'm running a fever and i'm nauseous. is your response to me now different than it would have been a year ago? >> i think it is. i think with the highlighting of what our roles are in emergency medicine and in hospitals to not only prepare to detect, prepare to protect and prepare to really treat and respond. that's a new initiative that's been put forth through the cdc onto our hospitals with this, you know, the goal being to identify the patient who may be at risk for ebola. >> and so what is different? >> i think first you'd see that in many emergency departments you will have stations set up where signage is very prominent and in our emergency department and at medstar health, we have those signs put up, if you have traveled internationally, if you have a cough,

dr. tom frieden tells cbs' "face the nation" says all who treated duncan are potentially exposed. there was a clear breech of protocol. there will be a close look at how taking off the gear because incorrectly doing so can lead to contamination. the cdc will hold a news conference and a lot to get to there and a lot more questions to get to at that hospital. >> we spoke with "meet the press" moderator chuck todd earlier about the response to the ebola crisis. >> we start to see this bleed into the campaign trail, so to speak, specifically what toss this mean for the candidates as they head into the mid-term? >> nothing like a public health crisis in an election year let alone an election month so you have the ramped-up political rhetoric that's sort of feeding into people's concerns and fears, particularly that live close to the border. >> this has been i would say the disconnect that government has had with the public which is trying to calm the public down and then every time they seem to be winning that pr fight then something happens like this morning. we have a new case. >> c

dr. tom frieden at the cdc? >> i meet with and talk to him almost every day. >> yes, and are you familiar with a story that miss harrington did in the washington -- i think story that says $39 million worth of nhi funding that could have been gone to ebola. are you familiar with that story? >> i'm not familiar with the story, but -- but-the specifics. >> i'm going to do that. are you familiar that $275,000 on a new children's menu was spent of nih dollars? are you familiar with the fact that $2 million was spent to encourage the elderly to join choirs? from nih, are you familiar with that. >> i'm not familiar with grant programs at nih. >> $53 million on a project studying size. are you familiar with the fact that $39 million of nih funding was spent for all kinds of things -- i guess to cut to the chase, one of the things that you learn in your first economics class. i was not a great student, but opportunity costs. the resources for something else. and here's one thing that the american people want to know, wh

dr. tom frieden reassuring americans at a news conference today in atlanta amid fear that the governmentdoing enough to contain the deadly disease. >> there are clear things that we've got to do that it's hard, it's going to be a long, hard road, but that working together we can stop ebola. we can stop it here and we can control it in africa.

dr. tom frieden the head of cdc is the major culprit.ut you disagree. >> he's been pushed out as the public spokes person and doesn't help himself in front of the podium, but the bottom line is i think cdc, clearly there were missteps with tragic consequences. they deployed 200 people to west africa, unprecedented mobilization and adapted quickly in terms of the approach they are taking. in dealing with hospitals, if you go back to the trip frieden took in early september and really hit the alarm bell and used almost apocalyptic language to describe the outbreak, he was way in front of the white house. he forgsed the white house to take action. it takes a lot of courage to be a political operative in front of your president and a lot of courage in this washington to do that. >> is the charge that somehow budget cuts are responsible for these -- this weaknesses, does that have any credibility? you looked at the numbers. >> i don't think it has any credibility. if you look at cdc, they've got about a $10 billion budget now counting all sou

dr. tom frieden, director for the u.s. centers for disease control assured members of congress that the virus can be controlled. >>> meanwhile, delta airlines which has more flights from the u.s. to africa than any other u.s. airline says there has been no impact on bookings from the ebola crisis so far. delta's ceo richard anderson says he is confident that the u.s. government and his company are handling the situation the right way. >> we monitor it on a daily basis and we have not seen any changes in the booking trends. >> the carrier says it has a lot of experience dealing with other virus and illnesses when it cleans its planes. >>> but the case of the dallas worker traveling on a plane just a day before being diagnosed with ebola has millions of fliers questioning if they should take more precautions while they're in the air. the cdc says that flying is safe because ebola is not an airborne virus. but fliers are not convinced. >> he knows that the surgical gloves and mask could seem like an over-reaction to the ebola

dr. tom frieden, sought to reassure americans that a case of ebola discovered here in the u.s. is not cause for alarm. >> the bottom line here is that i have no doubt that we will control this importation or this case of ebola so that it does not spread widely in this country. >> reporter: frieden said the patient, not being identified, left liberia in west africa on september 19th, arriving in the u.s. on the 20th. the patient had no symptoms when he left liberia or when landing stateside. but four or five days later, he started feeling sick. he sought care last friday, but then went home. then two days ago, he was admitted to texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas. since the man was not symptomatic on the airline, he would not have been contagious at that time, frieden said. the cdc does not believe anyone who was on the flight with him was exposed. >> it is certainly possible that someone who had contact with this individual, a family member or other individual, could develop ebola in the coming weeks. but there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here. >> repo

dr. tom frieden. >> good afternoon, everyone, and thank you very much for joining us. stopping ebola is hard. we're working together to make it safer and easier. yesterday we confirmed the first case of ebola contracted in the united states in a healthcare worker who cared for what we--who we refer to as the index patient in dallas, texas. our thoughts are with this healthcare worker. she is now being cared for, and we understand that she is clinically stable. refer any questions on her care to the hospital where she's being cared for, for the information that she and her family want released is released. the existence of the first case of ebola spread in the u.s. changes some things, and it doesn't change other things. it doesn't change the fact that we know how ebola spreads. it doesn't change the fact that it is possible to take care of ebola safely. but it does change substantially how we approach it. we have to rethink the way we address ebola in infection control. even a single infection can unacceptable. i'll get into details of what we're thinking about with re

dr. tom frieden. i'm trained as a physician, trained in internal medicine, and infection diseases, i completed the cdc training, and i have worked in the control of diseases -- communicable diseases and others since 1990. ebola spreads only by direct contact with the patient who is sick with the disease or has died from it, or with their body fluids. ebola is not new, although it is new to the u.s. we know how to control ebola. even in this period, even in nigeria, we have been able to contain the outbreak. we do that by tried and true measures of finding the patients promptly. isolating them effectively. identifying their contacts, ensuring that if any contact becomes ill, they are rapidly identified, isolated, and their contacts are identified. but there are no shortcuts in the control of ebola, and it is not easy to control it. to protect the united states, we have to stop it at the source. there is a lot of fear of ebola, and i will tell you, as the director of cdc, one of the things i fear about

dr. tom frieden, head of the cdc, is the major culprit here, but you disagree with that. >> i think he has been pushed out as public spokesperson, doesn't help himself in the podium, he is not adept at working his talking points. the cdc has had missteps, some with tragic consequences. if you look at what they done, they deployed 200 people to west archbishop, unprecedented for the agency. adapted quickly in terms of the approach they're taking in dealing with the hospitals. if you go back to the trip in september when he came from west africa and hit the alarm bell, used apocalyptic language to describe the scope of the outbreak in west africa. he was way in front of the white house and he forced the white house to take action. it takes a lot of courage to be a political operative in front of your president and takes courage in this washington to do that. >> is the charge that somehow budget cuts are responsible for these weaknesses, does that have any credibility. you looked at the numbers. >> looked at the numbers. i don't think it has any credibility. if you look at cdc, they have abou

dr. tom frieden director of the centers for disease control and prevention drove that message home. >> we have to work now so that this is not the world's next aids. >> reporter: today, the head of the house homeland security committee holds a hearing in dallas to review international federal and local responses to the ebola crisis. officials are expected to examine flaws exposed in the nation's healthcare system following the death of thomas eric duncan, the first person to die of ebola in the u.s. duncan was initially released from the hospital after he became sick. some suggest race and lack of health insurance played a role. but doctors say duncan was given the best treatment possible including an experimental antiviral drug. the u.s. remains focused on keeping ebola out of this country. tomorrow, officials will begin tougher screening procedures for passengers arriving at jfk airport in new york from west africa. susan mcginnis, cbs news washington. >> health experts in texas say sheriff's deputy has tested negative for the virus so far. he became sick after being in the apartment wh

dr. tom frieden argued that would make americans less safe. >> if passengers are now allowed to come directlythere is a high likelihood that they will find another way to get here, and we won't be able to track them. >> reporter: that didn't satisfy louisiana republican steve scalise, who noted about 150 people from the three affected countries enter the u.s. every day. >> is the white house considering a travel ban in. >> i can't speak for the white house. >> do you know if they've ruled out travel ban? >> i can't speak for the white house. >> have you had conversations about it? >> we've discussed the issue of travel. >> reporter: the head of texas presbyterian hospital in dallas testified by videophone. dr. daniel varga admitted his staff had not been trained to treat ebola before thomas eric duncan arrived in the e.. >> unfortunately in our initial treatment of mr. duncan, despite our best intentions and a highly skilled medical team we made mistakes. we did not correctly diagnose his symptoms as those of ebola and we are deeply sorry. >> michael burgess of texas wanted to know why the tw

dr. tom frieden director cdc estamos deteniendolo a tiempo...por dos cosas: por que tenemos un sistema decontrol de infecciones muy fuerte que puede detener la propagacion del ebola y por que tenemos un equipo muy efectivo contactando, aislando y tratando a quienes pudieran presentar los sintomas para detener la cadena de transmision... el caso de este paciente esta a mas de mil 500 millas de nuestro estado sin embargo de acuerdo con un comunicado que envio el departamento de salud california, un caso aqui podria registrarse por ser el estado dorado un sitio atractivo para turistas de todo el mundo... aun asi dicen que nuestros hospitales y medicos estan preparados para tratar a un paciente infectado si lo hubiera... pero que hay de la poblacion... estamos nosotros preparados? sots sabe que es el ebola? los sintomas del padecimiento son : dolor de cabeza, dolor muscular, dolor de cabeza, dolor muscular, diarrea, vomito, sangrado y moretes en el cuerpo sin razon aparente... estos sintomas suelen presentarse hasta 20 dias despues de haber contraido el virus mortal... sandra live sandra outr

dr. tom frieden, the director of the centers for disease control and prevention, will actually be on the "today" show this morning to talk about how doctors plan to stop the ebola virus from spreading. >>> there is now a resolution this morning of a legal battle that we've been following for nearly four years now. the easton area school district has agreed to pay $385,000 in attorneys fees in a lawsuit over its efforts to bar students from wearing bracelets promoting breast cancer awareness. the suit was filed back in 2010 after two middle schoolgirls were suspended for refusing a principal's order to take off the bracelets which said "i heart boobies." >>> today, the eating disorders coalition will meet with lawmakers in washington to lobby for more funding. this is after yesterday's mom march outside of the u.s. capitol. this mother of philadelphia was one of hundreds to raise awareness for children across the country who suffer from eating disorders. she says her daughter has been battling anorexia for six years and she says lawmakers need to do more to fight this dangerous and deadly

dr. tom frieden, director of the cdc.e will be joined by the commission of the tech is department of state health services. while a way for the briefing the star, here's a look at c-span's 2014th average in ways you can participate online. >> be part of c-span campaign 2014th average. followers on twitter twitter and like a font they spoke to get schedules, video clips of key moments, debate previews from our politics team. c-span is bringing you over 107 house and governor debates and you can instantly share your reactions to what the candidates are saying. the battle for control of congress. stay in touch and engage by following us on twitter@c-span and like us on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. >> and waiting for the cdc to comment briefly reporters on a ebola update and the situation united states. head of the cdc, dr. tom frieden will be speaking with one of the representatives from the texas department of state health services, dr. david lakey. they are behind schedule. there were supposed to start at 3:00 eastern

dr. tom frieden making political statement rather than offering medical and public health statement.ay we don't want to have vans. we can't cut ourselves off from the world. these are preposterous political statement he's making when he should be talking about screening. i wouldn't be calling for a ban on travel because the united states doesn't have any direct flights from those stricken countries. the three primary sources of the ebola virus and outbreak. but we do have a responsibility in this country, dr. tom frieden has a point to put the public health at the opinio -- at the e of his responsibilities. martha: it's interesting to me. when you think about homeland security issues and transportation secure administration, the tsa. the front lines at our airports. we can only control what we control on this side. even though wer have agreements how we like things to be done. they don't always do things the way they would like things to be done. which is why we have to be extra cautious on our side of the transactions and why would you not see the same kind of for to you toughness i

dr. tom frieden is with us from the cdc. good morning. >> good morning. >> can you tell us the condition of mr. duncan and how he's been treated? >> the patient in dallas is critically ill and we're hoping for progress. what we have seen is dallas and the texas state and cdc to track the contacts have been very well done. every contact was identified and measured for temperature yesterday. none of them have symptoms or fever and we're confident if there are any secondary cases there we can stop the chain of transmission. >> doctor, let me ask you. should the cdc screen everyone coming from the west african countries? >> everyone is being screened when we leave the country. in fact, we know the patient in dallas's temperature was 97.3 when he left monrovia. none of them had fever from ebola when they came in but we'll look at all opportunities to improve the safety of americans. that's what the cdc does 24/7 is protect americans. one thing that's encouraging is we haven't seen more cases. we have treated 4,000 people across a

dr. tom frieden talking about rethinking the agencies approach to controlling ebola in this country.e are asking you, should congress increase public health funding in light of what we are seeing with ebola to address all public health issues? other pandemic are possible infectious diseases. we have a fourth line for doctors and nurses. .02-585-3883 phone lines are open. this is the front page of the washington times. bipartisan blame for cutting cdc funds. the feud over billions of dollars on ebola research. they put together a graphic. taking a look at a centers for disease control and prevention's funding over the years. feeding the beast. hasrnment spending on ebola become a hot topic as republicans and democrats trade accusations that the other party star the cdc of funding that could have helped stop the outbreak. democrats say the gop cut ebola sending and republicans say president obama misdirected my to the affordable care act. the numbers suggest funding for the cdc branch that handles ebola has arisen, part of that comes from obamacare. about $52e of million. should congre

dr. tom frieden says the cdc is considering new entry screenings at airports. former u.s. general and cdc director dr. david satcher is here with me. so dr. frieden says that the cdc is taking 800 calls and e-mails right now. while health officials are saying don't panic, naturally people have a whole lot of questions. what does dr. frieden need to continue to convey to the public or perhaps he hasn't conveyed a message that you think should be conveyed? >> i think tom frieden is doing a great job. i think he's courageous and he's been very articulate on this issue. and i think it's appropriate to ask people not to panic. but i also think that's a reason for serious concern. i mean, we live in a global community. so as we used to say, any outbreak that occurs anywhere in the world can be in this country within 24 hours. it is true that we have a stronger infrastructure than they have in africa. but it's still as we have seen recently doesn't mean that a person can't leave africa and come here after being infected with ebola. so vigilance is appropriate. >> because we're a t

dr. tom frieden. >> good afternoon, everyone. today we're going to focus on two aspects of the response to ebola. first, what we're doing to improve the safety in our health care settings. second, what's going on with contact tracing in dallas. i'm delighted to be joined by dr. david lakey, who's in texas along with the excellent team from the texas state and the county health departments, as well as more than 20 staff from cdc who are helping with all aspects of the response. in dallas what we've done over it is last 48 hours to improve infection control there is send a team into the field. and we've sent cdc's most experienced staff, people who have worked on ebola outbreaks for decades, people who have stopped ebola outbreaks in very difficult situations in africa, people who are experts, leading the world in everything from laboratory science to infection control to hospital administration, and we're working hand in glove, side by side, with the folks at the hospital and with the teams from the health departments in texas as

dr. tom frieden is the director the centers for disease control and prevention.is with the national institutes of health. of robinson is the director biomedical advance research within the office of the assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the united states department of health. dr. boreo is the assistant commissioner for counterterrorism policy. mr. john wagner is the acting assistant commissioner of the office of field operations the u.s. customs and border protection. us today from video conference will be dr. daniel the chief clinical officer at the texas health resources. he'll be joining us in a moment. witnesses.ear in the you are all aware that the committee is holding an investigative hearing and when doing so has had the practice of taking testimony under oath. have any you objections taking testimony under oath? say no.esses and dr. varga? >> no. >> thank you. you that then advises under the rules of the house, and the rules of the committee, you are entitled to be advised counsel. do any of you desire to be advised by counsel during yo

dr. tom frieden.issued a worldwide call to action on thursday. >> i will say that in the 30 years i've been working in public health, the only thing like this has been a.i.d.s. and we have to work now so that this is not the world's next a.i.d.s. >> chief medical correspondent dr. john lapuke is here. good morning. >> good morning. >> what do you think of dr. frieden's comments that this has the potential to be like a.i.d.s.? >> i understand it. i was an intern when a.i.d.s. hit. it was the same sort of fear, a lot of the fear was irrational. you had these numbers that were increasing slowly. the sense, you know, what are we going to do about it? i think one of the big differences is that hiv was able to be spread when people were asymptoat asymptomatic. unfortunately in the case of ebola, people are either surviving or they're dead after two to three weeks. you don't have that insidious spread that way. i think it's the same sort of thing where you're thinking you got to stop this now. >> where are w