he has been carefully assessing the response it's been in place. >> i also asked josh ernest if mr. klain will be drawing a federal salary. he really didn't have an answer to that. josh was also asked how long mr. klain is going to be on this job, and josh ernest suggested about five to six months. gretchen. >> with all those questions, josh ernest probably will look forward to ed henry returning to that chair, james. you did a great job today. thanks so much. have a good weekend. >> you too. >>> the leader of a group dealing with ebola in africa says that the standards for treating ebola patients there are better than they are here in the u.s. ken isaacs, vice president of samaritans first, one of its medical missionaries, dr. kent brantley, was among the first americans to come down with ebola in west africa. of course, he has since recovered and donated his blood to help other ebola patients. mr. isaacs, it's great to have you on the show. you are concerned because you believe that the standards and the safety procedures being done in west africa when we see all that video, the pe

what did josh ernest say about that? >> well, interesting. first of all, it's what jen said where heed when pressed about these new questions coming up. are air strikes enough? why is it that isis instead of being pushed back appears to be picking up ground in places like syria, in places like iraq? she was pressed to show what success we have seen from the iraqi security forces, for example. here's what jen psaki said. >> some of our successes we've seen on the ground by the iraqi security forces. sorry. well, i'll find -- >> awkward to say the least. the shuffling of papers trying to find the talking points. josh ernest, when he got a similar question today said, look, in the case of the mosul dam, for example, that was a success to push back. also, preventing the genocide on sinjar mountain, that was a success. clearly, the state department wasn't ready for that, but josh ernest today was, but the president goes to the pentagon facing these questions. yes, there have been some successes, but are the air strikes without ground troops going

josh ernest was asked in that white house briefing, which is still ongoing about any potential terrorist links. >> josh, back to canada, realizing this is a fluid situation, are you able -- >> i'm not in a position to render a judgment on that at this point. canadian authorities are still responding to the situation. and i'm confident they'll conduct an investigation in which they will consider a range of questions not unlike the one you just asked. >> is there any indication there's a connection? >> there's no conclusion like that i'm able to share with you at this point. we're obviously in the very early stages of determining what exactly happened here. and as i mentioned, a number of u.s. officials in this government have been in touch with their canadian counterparts. dealing with this tragic situation. >> is there any reason for u.s. government facilities or any other areas in the united states to be on high alert because of what's happening in canada? >> i'm not aware of any decisions that have been made by individual components to change their threat status. but i know there are a

josh ernest and -- both got a barrage of questions about this.h of them saying this is unproductive for the anonymous official to have said it. both not saying whether the president will call and apologize. listen. >> does that individual, whom ever they are, think that? perhaps. but the secretary of state, the president of the united states, people who are leading our relationship, don't view that language and those words as appropriate or accurate. >> now, i asked josh ernest about the fact that this administration had been pretty aggressive about investigating various journalists, trying to get to the bottom of leaks. we put james risen of the "new york times" in jail. going through the phone records of james rosen. why not figure out who leaked this then? josh ernest said they're not trying to get to the bottom of the leak. they're trying to point out that the policy is consistent with israel, and they're not fighting with israel. those comments pretty explosive. >> ed with the great question of the dare. thanks, sir. >> good to see you. >> n

josh ernest will be briefing reporters right behind me in the next ten minutes or so. you can bet he going to get a lot of tough questions like that. >> will he get the tough questions because the president is now on defense again because some of his previous statements about ebola just are not adding up now. >> you know, you're right, gretchen. just a few weeks ago the president was down in atlanta, cdc headquarters. he said at that time it was highly unlikely we would see ebola here in the united states at all. obviously, now we have at least a few cases and concerns about whether there's anything else out there. that has turned out to not be true. there is a briefing at the white house with other officials on october 3rd where they said they were highly confident they were going to stop this. they say that they would still stand behind that because there has not been a major outbreak here in the united states, but, remember, also october 2nd, dr. frieden was saying any hospital in this country could handle ebola with what's happening right now in text technical, tha

. >> the story is he has no faith in josh ernest. >> what about the chocolate cake? >> it's supposed to be a gaggle. so he's supposed to get some questions answered, four days before a major election. and president obama said i'll trade you, the time with josh ernest, we'll get a chocolate cake. >> thank you for the u.n. interpretation, death by chocolate cake, dana what do you make of this? >> first of all, in the "new york times" this morning, a report, i think this was the "new york times" there's a revelation that ben rhodes was on a private conference call in which he told everyone on that call that the president's intention to make a deal with iran was the second term's obama care. how important it is for him and how they intend to try to do it without congressional approval. that is a big story line. okay, this is -- we're four days out from an election, traditionally, every day, you either get a briefing at the white house, if the president's in town, then you get the gaggle. i could understand if it's like the day before christmas and there's no news going o

in the morning, josh ernest said the president had full confidence in ms. pierson and then in the afternoon -- >> julie, who like a lot, was a dedicated public servant. came to me and offered her resignation, given where the secret service is right now and given the hard questions we need to ask, i accepted the resignation, so we move forward from here. >> she also pointed out that dhs and secret service are still boys clubs. >> just two weeks ago the secret service protected 140 visiting heads of state at the u.n. general assembly. like they do every year and they did it without incident. but i do believe that we need to ask the hard questions. the secret service has never been the subject of an outside, independent review, and so we're going to look at the security around the white house compound and i have invited this panel to look at the broader issues that they feel it's appropriate. >> and we'll follow that. finally, steve hayes who is a regular on the all-star panel, was told last week he was on the terror watch list and has been subject to he says

initially, no, we were not calling it a terror attack this morning, and then josh ernest saying, yes,e calling it a terror attack. >> so critics still pushing back, though, ed because they're accusing the administration simply o downplaying the threat, right? >> you hear republican lawmakers saying that what's going is the president is relukt yabt to call it a terror attack in the initial hours. want just because he is waiting for the facts, but because he doesn't want to challenge radical islam. here's republican lawmaker jason. >> you got to start with the idea that this is terrorism. not just, hey, let's downplay this. you have to think is this part of a bigger, broader terrorist effort, and we're in a fight, and we got to win this fight. >> no. obviously they are still waiting for all those facts to come in. so far it sounds like it was just a lone gunman, a terror attack. at least for now not a broader terror plot. gretchen. >> we will wait to see. ed henry live at the white house. thank you. >>> we are awaiting the news conference from canadian police that will happen in about a

. >> what about the surreal spectacle about josh ernest expressing full confidence then a few hours later is explaining her resignation and the president felt new leadership was needed. really weird. >> really strange. and the typical ritual that any white house goes through, right, of either party when something hams and the press spokesman holds fire until the decision is made back behind the scenes, but you know, peter johnson was right in the clip that you played. she should have resigned out of honor long before this was forced on her. and the white house, the white house should have, you know, compelled that behavior out of her earlier than it did. >> president obama famously doesn't like to fire anyone, and certainly not quickly. in this case he didn't have a choice. the washington post drove the story with the exclusives, with your background, talk about how why sources within the agency would go to a report rather than complaints of the bosses? >> in my experience, the last thing they want to go is go to a reporter. most by the time they're that desperate for whatever they think

also interesting what josh ernest said today to joe and mika. he answered their direct question about confidence in her with an answer about confidence that the president has in the agents but not in her. and i'm not sure whether we're parsing it too closely, we'll watch what he briefs later today. but seems as though they're not giving a full-throated endorsement to her. your latest report, the elevator incident in atlanta. to me, that is the worst of all of this. as bad as the residents being penetrated is, the fact that someone would get on the elevator. no one gets on the elevator with the president of the united states. we've all been on white house duty where we're in a hotel, the president is moving up and down, that elevator is blocked off. they don't let outsiders. this man had a weapon and a criminal record and got on an elevator within inches of the president. how do they explain that? >> so it -- you know, usually it's possible for a security contractor who is hired by the federal government. in this case, this guy's firm was a contr

white house press secretary josh ernest rejected any -- >> i would be surprised if to the white house a position where we were having intimate discussions with agency officials about the office supplies they're purchasing. >> he was asked if -- >> i think it is somewhat of an overstatement because we just don't know what's going on, we're not going to get any action on immigration in the week before the election and we'll see what kind of political capital the president has after the election. >> immigration services also downplayed the green card printing which is an agency practice that allows the agency to be prepare -- kansas republican senator pat roberts calls it a, quote, outrage and i will do everything in my power to stop it. immigration advocates believe that amnesty would result in increased scrutiny of immigrants, not less. >> we want a way for the 11 million undocumented people in the country to get good with the law, both the criminal background tax and start making progress to earn legal status. >> if president obama granted illegals amnesty during the lame duck congres

>> good to see you, kimberly, this is pretty dramatic, because as of this morning, josh ernest was on television saying the president still had full confidence in julia pierson, the secretly service director, shocking because a series of democrats, like elijah cummings a democrat on the panel that had investigated this whole mess had come out and said they lost confidence or suggested she needed to go. chuck schumer, the democrat from new york was coming out later this afternoon saying she needed to resign. i pressed josh ernest a few moments ago what took them so long, what changed in the last few hours. they said that julia pierson stepped up and offered her resignation. i pressed him and said why did they not fire her after these breaches? he just said basically they did not know about that incident in that atlanta elevator at the cdc where a security guard who had a gun and a criminal record, the secret service was not aware of, got inches from the president. the president was left out of the loop that his safety had been in jeopardy again, just a couple of weeks ago. i'm also tol

josh ernest. >> welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> i'm curious about inside the white house whetherave had any special precautions in terms of white house staff or the president to make sure that it does not make way inside the compound. >> we have not. we know how people get ebola. the only way to get it is to, direct contact with the bodily fluid of someone who is showing considerably be below. so as long as you're not in contact with that person, you will not get it. that is why special precautions are not necessary the white house or anywhere else. >> so there's no screening necessary, as many people come in and out of the white house every day? >> before anyone can leave west africa, they are screening at the airport to make sure that you do not have symptoms of ebola. we have trained our professionals in the transportation system flight crews and others to spot symptoms of ebola. we had this incident in new work worthy like will -- newark where the flight crew indicated someone might have it. they did not, but it is an indication they are doing the job. and the we have screeni

now even jimmy carter is on the attack tell -- josh ernest responded that it's farfetched to suggest that helping the syrian rebels sooner would have mattered. >>> up next, another nasty surprise for obama care customers coming soon, we'll explain. here's what some of our fox affiliates across the country are covering tonight. the family of the woman beheaded in a workplace attack spoke publicly for the first time. the suspect colleen hufford -- >> an indiana family is suing over officer conduct during a traffic stop for a seat belt violation. the family says officers had no reason to break their window and use a stun gun on a passenger. the officer says the occupants refused lawful police orders. >>> this is a live look at san francisco, the big story there tonight, the grounding of air tankers used to fight fires at yosemite national park. win of the s2t tankers slammed into a wall killing a pilot. that's tonight's live look outside the belt way on special report. we'll be right back. no hidden fees, from the bank where no branches equals great rates. wow! [ narrator ] on a mission

i pressed josh ernest on that. listen. >> when we were told. >> there are a number of places where we have to partner to take the fight to isil. i recognize you're choosing one example, and it's a relevant one. there are other xhampls to educate that iraqi security fortsz, by partnering with the united states, was successful in fighting isil. this is going to be a longer term proposition. there's no doubt about that. we're going to continue to work closely with iraqi security forces to build up the capability so they can do a better job. >> now, ernest went on to say that u.s.-led air strikes can only take this mission so far, which is why it's so important to have ground troops. the president taking u.s. ground troops off the table. they need those iraqi forces to stabbed up. >> yeah. depends how long that takes, and also the syrian forces as well. how long will that take? ed henry, thanks so much, live at the white house. >>> as we just mentioned, islamic state terrorists well on their way to taking a key iraqi a

today josh ernest in his daily brieflying tried to come up with the distinction by saying there's only a couple of dozen health care workers returning each week to the united states that think they can have individual states track them. we've had mixed results with that. the military will have up to 4,000 troops in west africa, so that's a larger group coming back eventually, and they think it's better to quarantine them. he didn't say they're endorsing that yet, but the army is moving forward with this policy of quarantine, and we're told that 3,200 of the planned 4,000 troops that will eventually be in west africa are from the army. if that's the policy, they are moving forward. one other quick point. josh ernest told me that the vast majority of the troops are not in the hot zone, which is what he was saying. no, that's not true. they're staging it in another country, like senegal, to build hospitals and what not. well, we checked the numbers. it turns out the majority right now 581 u.s. troops there on the ground in west ka. they're in liberia where there has been ebola, and 117 tr

. >> white house spokes john josh ernest trying to reassure the public the obama administration has the threat under control and time now for the sunday group. brit hume, julie pace who covers the white house for the associated press, syndicated columnist george will and fox news political analyst juan williams. julie, this ebola scare comes on top of the shocking security breach involving the secret service, the isis rise which president obama says surprised him, problems even of incompetence or corruption at the irs and the va. do the white house officials you talk to worry about people losing confidence in the competence of this administration? >> i think they do. and i think that they can trace it back even beyond these incident that is you laid out that are more recent. we have seen this for several years looking at polling most americans upwards of 60%, 70% think that the country is headed in the wrong direction and more than just economic numbers or when's happening overseas. it is a sense that the government simply can't handle major problems. now, the white house would point to

listen to my exchange with josh ernest. the white house just didn't pay attention to it. they were preoccupied with other crises, this was not a big priority. sounds a lot different what the intelligence community is saying and what this white house is saying. >> the leader of the intelligence community jim clapper, the director of national intelligence. today he put out a message that directly contradicts the anonymous individual who is quoted in "the new york times" today. >> james clapper saying in that note that, look, while they were aware of the threat from isis, they had no idea it was going to grow this rapidly. new information tonight, republican lindsey graham firing off a letter to the president demanding he turn over some of the details of his presidential daily brief. the intelligence information he's briefed on every morning. because you'll remember our own catherine herridge has been reporting that over a year ago this threat from isis was in the president's presidential daily brief, graham trying to say, look, if you're going to go on "60 minutes" saying t

white house press secretary josh ernest defended the secret service on today's "morning joe." >> we're talking about men and women of the secret service who wake up every day prepared to put their life on the line to protect the president, first family and protect the white house. >> in a few minutes, i'll get a take on the secret service from someone who knows the bubble intimately. obama adviser david axelrod. >>> and overseas, u.s. fighters have bombarded isis with nearly a dozen new air strikes in syria in just the last couple of days. targeting vehicles and targeting artillery. all kpoints of interest. 79 air strikes total in syria and 235 in iraq. that all amounts to 314 across both countries involved in this campaign. the cost of all of it, now estimated at more than $1 billion. >>> and back at the white house, president obama just concluded a high stakes meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. calling an end to palestinian civilian deaths and netanyahu -- this all comes at a tense and critical moment in u.s./israeli relations. we're going to unpack everything yo

. >> when asked if the president believes more people need to go, spokesman josh ernest said the independent panel should determine the next step. >>> consumers can't afford to make a mistake when it comes to car buying. coming up on wusa9 news at noon, our call action for action team rescreams a new youth car buying guide. >>> still very comfortable out here. it's nice now but you're going to need the jacket over the weekend. we go to break with a look at the the allergy index. it's coming in and not the greatest. the mold spores once again are high and the weed pollen is moderate. back with the seven-day forecast and looking ahead to the weekend. the nationals game tomorrow when wu dropping off, working hard. and if there's a problem, they don't blame others. they try to solve it. that's also the story of this virginian. after working his way through college, mark warner started two businesses, failed at each. he didn't blame anyone else, he tried again. and that company became nextel. as our governor, he brought democrats and republics together, to turn a six billion dollar defecit into a

i also think that the response that josh ernest gave today, know that that would be an instinct to say what he said, but this was not the day. >> what would you have said? >> first of all president bush would have called me and -- calm nerves and show people that you are on top of things and you are putting the best possible person in place, and you're not trying to look political. instead it was the opposite. the other thing this appointment could have done is show a little gravitas. i don't expect anybody to be an expert in ebola. i do accept their recommendation that he is a good implementer, if they anticipate the concern as a lack of information flow from government to medical professionals, perhaps ron klain ask the guy to do that. plus, ron klain is not going to get to directly report to president obama. he will have to go through other layers like susan rice and lisa monaco. others that have left the administration who have left have complained about that exact process. ron klain is the president's choice, and we have to trust that's going to be a good one, but i think they cou

ed henry asked josh ernest about the 21 day mandatory quarentine that some states suggested it was required the ebola- infected countries. >> it is notes in right now we believe and we are not opposed to and keep an open mind going forward. >> you said one commanding officer in the army that is quarentine. we are terms that it is broader than that. the joint chiefs recommended to secretary hagel that all troops in the hot zone should come back and have a 21 day quarentine. does the white house agree with the joint chiefs. >> it is the responsibility of secretary of defense to put in the policy. i will not get ahead. >> so the white house will not be involved. and doing n >> and i think i said the second of defense will ashes nouns the condition. he is making the sdilgzs. >> i went roll on the the about whether returning troops should be's the a northbounds unsment. >> how do udz and how could thtt not have been decided before? >> what we are seeing, ed. this administration put in place the policies that are necessary to protect the american people in troops. and we are going to let science

e-mail josh ernest and tell him we're still doing the show. >> we brought research. >> democrats are going to follow president obama's successful 2012 script by waginging a war on women. there's only one problem, voters aren't buying it anymore. jeremy peters tells how it's affecting one big race. >> it's not nearly as sizable anded a van stage you has it once was. we have mark udall who's making it about reproductive rights. now that's shrunk to about nine points. >> and of course it backfired. >> he's not the only journalist pointing out that dems are losing the battle. here's a comment by tena brown. >> particularly for women, i don't think he makes them feel safe. he made them unsafe economically, unsafe with regard to isis, unsafe about ebola. what i'm upset about is the government response to different crises. >> you want to take this one? colorado, you see the voting. >> the number one issue for women across the board has always been the polls have told us, it's jobs and the economy and that hasn't changed. but what tena brown is talking about is more recent events in terms of

we have josh ernest here. there is so much to unpack on "new day." we will ask him about it all.treat. >> excellent. look forward to that. chris, thank you. alisyn, good luck to you. >> i'm ready now. >> we'll be right back. >>> all right. happy halloween. this is a treat. not a trick. a good day for stocks. asian stocks higher this morning. japan's benchmark up 5%. why? the bank of japan announcement to expand stimulus. european stocks climbing. dow, s&p and nasdaq up 1% before the bell. strong corporate earnings and economic growth in the u.s. at 3.5%. stock to watch today, starbucks. shares down 4% before the open. the company said profit will not be as strong as expected next quarter. it will have to give raises for employees. also rising coffee costs. the company has big ideas. announcing coffee delivery. ceo howard schultz called it e-commerce on steroids. >> still pumpkin spice. >> caffeinated e-commerce. >>> a lot of news overnight. accused cop killer eric frein arrested 50 days into a manhunt. he was hiding in the woods. he was caught and law enforcement, you could say,

. >> josh ernest criticized people for keeping casey hickcock where she says her basic rights were violated. >>> did you know the irs can seize your assets without charging you with a crime? most people do not. but chief congressional corporate mike emanuel tells us tonight, some unfortunate citizens are learning the truth the hard way. >> i decided to fight this fight because i didn't do anything wrong. >> iowa grandmother carol runs a cash only mexican restaurant in arnold's park, iowa. she said that two agents had seized her check account, nearly $33,000. >> i had to scramble. i had to borrow, us had to beg, i had to put money on my credit cards, things i have never done before. it's been a year from hell. >> reporter: that hell caused by the irs which under a law designed to go after criminals or terrorists by tracking their cash critics say has harassed middle class americans who haven't been charged with anything. banks are required to report cash deposits greater than $10,000 because they're considered possible signs of criminal activity. >> we need judges to be engaged in these case

>> good to see you, kimberly, this is pretty dramatic, because this morning, josh ernest was on televisionying the president still had full confidence in julia pierson, the secretly service director, shocking because a series of democrats, like elijah cummings a democrat on the panel that had investigated this whole mess had come out

white house secretary josh ernest will be asked about the preparation for home grown terrorism in the daily briefing that is set to begin a few minutes from now. >> we'll carry that live. wendall, thank you. so again, a fairly small situation in terms of the of people involved, but it caused a great deal of chaos that is still ongoing in ottawa. a gunman who opened fire in the war memorial. and a shot one soldier ran with his gun inside of the halls of parliment on a day when members was parliment and prime minister were there to meet in their respected caucus. and the sergeant in arms is attributed with stopping the gunman and dropping him there. it could have been a worse situation if not for the former are member of the former member of the royal canadian police. many parliment members are told to shelter in place. they are saying more than one gunmen. we'll take a short break and be back with more coverage in just a moment. ♪ i found a better deal on prescriptions. we found lower co-pays... ...and a free wellness visit. new plan...same doctor. i'm happy. it's medicare open enrollm

the white house has not denied that it was in the pdb, but i pressed josh ernest today, will you release that, he said unlikely because this is highly classified sensitive information. >> joining us now brit hume. they're not wrong that james clapper did come out and fall on his sword and say, it was us. we didn't correctly estimate this threat. the president was quick to jump on that and say, see! >> what he's saying is that they failed to estimate how well the iraqi security force, how well the iraqi military would respond because, as the white house keeps on telling us, it's awfully hard to know how a foreign military force will hold up when it gets down to the actual fighting. that's, of course, not exactly what the president said in first place. he talked about underestimating isis. >> but clapper also said that they underestimated isis. he told that to david ignatius of "the washington post" last week. >> that's fine. clapper is a guy who is -- has been in a kind of weak position in the administration ever since he lied outright to congress about whether there had been any, you kno

>> good to see you, kimberly, this is pretty dramatic, because as of this morning, josh ernest was onelevision saying the president still had full confidence in julia pierson, the secretly service director, shocking because a series of democrats, like elijah cummings a democrat on the panel that had investigated this whole mess had co o

very nicely put by josh ernest who has an amazing name for a flag. anyway, let's take a look. >> -- service of somebody like kaci hickox is something that we should honor and respect. she doesn't travel over there because she was getting a big paycheck. presumably she's not going to be inducted into the nurses hall of fame for it. her service and commitment to this cause is something that should be honored and respected and i don't think we do that by making her live in a tent for two or three days. >> that's a thing about the sympathies involved. i have to tell you, it's interesting, the democrats, the president, and his spokesperson, and in other cases, they were looking out for nina pham, they were looking out for people as individuals, doing their job. they're not treated at typhoid marys. whereas the other side treats them as scare crows, oh, my god. whereas the democrats look at them as people, good public servants. people love nurses. there's a poll taken after 9/11, all the young guys wanted to be firefighters. all the young ladies wanted to

here's how the white house press secretary josh ernest responded to a question about all of this a fewes ago. >> josh, chris christie said this morning about the cdc, they don't want to admit it that we're right and they were wrong. i'm sorry about that. there seems to be disagreements of how things are playing out. i'm just wondering -- >> there wasn't a disagreement about nurse hickox to be released. she was released from the guidance. and she is making her way, presumably has arrived in her home in maine. again, consistent with the guidelines that are articulated by the cdc. >> let's bring in hour chief political analyst gloria borger. chris christie is not immune, of course, very familiar with controversy. but he says he's not backing away from his position at all. >> he's sticking to it. don't forget, he's a potential 2016 presidential candidate who is the truth telling, no nonsense, common sense guy that says, you know what, she was inconvenienced a little bit. she showed a little bit of a temperature, so that's a little bit of a symptom. and i want to protect the state of new je

. >> white house press secretary josh ernest emphasizing to stop the ebola virus will require doctors and nurses traveling to west africa and these people should be celebrate as heroes and not stigmatized. he said there would be new guidelines and responding to questions as to whether that indicates a lack of preparedness, he said it actual low shows that the administration is reassessing in realtime. he had questions about the role of the military in west africa saying they are not rendering assistance, but they will be there to help first responders. i want to turn to another big challenge. we have tark numbers. isis earns $8 hundred helped million a year and controls 350,000 barrels of oil a day in iraq and syria. the u.s. is considering cutting off the oil flow. the chief foreign correspondent is following this in turkey right now. how soon could the bombings start in. >> worry we don't know how soon, but it would be potentially significant. isis is a militant organization. it is a fanatical organization that follows a rat cal ideology, but it is a business and needs money. it ope

something i pressed josh ernest about. listen. >> you talk about how concerned the president may be about how the campaign against isis may be turned around where isis may be trying to wage war, not just against us, about the against our allies. i can say the general manner a couple of things. the first is the united states for quite some time now has been been cognizant on the threat by foreign fighters or those that could be radicalized in this country. the effort to counter violent extremism is something the administration has been focused on for years. >> now, to follow-up on all of that, president obama just a short time ago got off the phone with prime minister harper of canada. obviously expressing condolences, but also to get on top of this situation and try to get the latest about the investigation. gretchen. >> all right. as a result of all these concerns, is there any talk of raising the terror level threat right here because it's my understanding, ed, that the ntas, the agency that would do that within the depa

josh ernest has addressed reports that one of the americans being held in north korea may be on the vergef being released. that is jeffrey fuller. we should have a fuller explanation at the state department that should begin any moment. this just in. all passengers from liberia, sierra leon or guinea will be required to fly into one of the five airports that have enhanced screenings in place. the government is working to implement this with minimal travel disruptions. oscar

. >> spokesman josh ernest has talked about a two-step process where congress could get a say in theecond step. senator bob menendez have been seeking a bigger say that iran could get -- closer to obtaining nuclear weapons. >> i have said consistently that no deal is better than a bad deal. >> despite that vow from secretary of state john kerry, roads these the -- >> big deal, this is probably the biggest thing that president obama will do in his second term on foreign policy, this is health care for us. >> the president is in search of a win amid even more reach suggesting his team is racked by disputes over the strategy to defeat isis. pentagon officials are pointing fingers at national security advisor susan rice. we are getting a lot of micromanagement from the white house, basic decisions that should take hours are taking days sometimes. the substance of the president's strategy appears to be in deep trouble, the "l.a. times" reporting efforts to train syrian rebels are sagging. we're not going to be able to build that kind of credible force in enough time to make a difference.

i asked josh ernest a simple question as to the white house and that they might do to intervene here this basically said it's up to the state department. not the white house. >> republican ed royce said today that he asked vice president biden lately to ask president obama to call the president of mexico directly and get him out of jail. he said that didn't happen. why not? >> i don't believe it has. that's because this is an issue that is being handled through the state department and through the existing channels at the state department. >> now, that was a reference to republican at he has been outspoken. he claims he has spoken with vice president biden recently. urged the vice president to have the president called the mexican president to try to secure the release of sergeant tam regionsy. that clearly has not happened. saying it's up to the state department and not him. suggesting there may be good news coming. coming. evidence said he is taking this concern with ttsd seriously and considering the release. >> how did he say the state department has handling it? from what i see

josh ernest has addressed reports that one of the americans being held in north korea may be on the verge of being released. that is jeffrey fuller. we should have a fuller explanation at the state department that should begin any moment. this just in. all passengers from liberia, sierra leon or guinea will be required to fly into one of the five airports that have enhanced screenings in place. the government is working to implement this with minimal travel disruptions. oscar pistorius was sentenced to years for shooting and killing his girlfriend. he was taken into custody immediately after the court cited his gross negligence and shooting through a closed bathroom door. you probably remember this pattern, killing her on valentine's day last year. his family reacted to the verdict at the courthouse. >> we accept the judgment. oscar will embrace the opportunity to pay back to society. >> sad news for all involved there. the fashion world is mourning the loss of oscar de la renta on the frontlines of culture and coture for decades. from weddings in the white house, his designs were seen on

the white house has not denied that it was in the pdb, but i pressed josh ernest today, will you releaseid unlikely because this is highly classified sensitive information. >> joining us now brit hume. they're not wrong that james clapper did come out and fall on his sword and say, it was us. we didn't correctly estimate this threat. the president was quick to jump on that and say, see! >> what he's saying is that they failed to estimate how well the iraqi security force, how well the iraqi military would respond because, as the white house keeps on telling us, it's awfully hard to know how a foreign military force will hold up when it gets down to the actual fighting. that's, of course, not exactly what the president said in first place. he talked about underestimating isis. >> but clapper also said that they underestimated isis. he told that to david ignatius of "the washington post" last week. >> that's fine. clapper is a guy who is -- has been in a kind of weak position in the administration ever since he lied outright to congress about whether there had been any, you know, mass gath

the white house chief correspondent ed henry grilling press secretary josh ernest. >> the president got that information from the intelligence community, i would expect. >> i think from a variety of sources, but certainly there were -- >> you are arguing both sides. the president said on "60 minutes," i didn't get a heads-up from the press community. now jay carney did say a year ago, the president said it at a news conference a year and a half ago, which is it? >> what the president was referring to specifically is a comment that director clapper has repeated on a couple of occasions chchlt is that it is very difficult to assess the will of, in this case, the iraqi security forces to their country. >> ed henry is joining us live from the white house. ed? >> well, good to see you, greta. what's interesting is the headline is, the intelligence community strikes back. as you noted after that "60 minutes" interview, it sounded like the president was blaming james clap attorney intelligence community. they insist that's not the case at the white house, but the question from steve croft was,

this is white house press secretary josh ernest has been saying, too, he's been on the phone with a numberals including new york and new jersey, know there's the standoff going on right now, but he is also going to be in the next week talking to some of those officials and also traveling to atlanta to meet with leaders from the cdc. now, we also are hearing from the white house that they want other experts to be the public face of this. that dr. anthony who was on cnn's "state of the union" this morning as well as the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., samantha power, who is of course in west africa right now meeting with people on the ground there, as well as doctors at the cdc. those are the people they want to be carrying the message more publicly, ana. >> we'll talk to you again at the top of the hour to continue the discussion on the administration's response to the ebola outbreak here at home. >>> but coming up, we turn to ferguson, missouri. one of the centers of the civil rights conversation in america. but is it, in fact, a new civil rights movement, or is it a continuation of the civil

that's what they do and this administration, i will say through josh ernest actually gotten on that train feeding, they're feeding the newspapers. they don't feed electronic media very much. they feed print media. jon: yeah. judy, the other day the outgoing attorney general, eric holder says, oh, you know if i had it to do over again i really would not have done that james rosen investigation the way i authorized it. that is really one of my big regrets in office. >> at least he is, that passes for an apology i suppose in the obama administration. jon: yeah. >> but this campaign, this war on the media through the leak investigations, this president has conducted more of them than all of his predecessors combine and we've got to remember that and everyone who covers the white house as ellen does knows, knows, that this administration is extremely hostile to the media and only in the sixth year of his administration has president obama figured out if he leaks insubstantial information to people he can actually divert the press from doing its job and following the scandals that are underrepo

is getting out there and is front and center just two weeks before those midterm elections, but josh ernester getting multiple questions about what's really going on here behind the scenes, finally said this. >> what i'm saying is that individual candidates across the country are running their own campaigns, as they should, and i'm confident that they will get all the credit or blame that they deserve for the outcome of the election. >> bottom line is a lot of these senate races are in red states, like georgia, north carolina, arkansas. those democratic candidates have said stay away to the president, but there is some democratic hand-writteninging about, look, is that a mistake? they've already taken a hit over the president's low popularity right now, but in some of the key southern battles, turning out the african-american vote could be crucial in the final days. it might actually be helpful in some of the states to get the president some of the key areas, gretchen. >> ed henry live at the white house. thank you very much. >>> so it is bad enough -- i'll wait for that animation. it's bad

i pressed josh ernest on that today. he said look we have already got safeguards in place. only been one case where somebody slipped on those by lying on the forms. speaker john boehner is saying he doesn't think that's good enough for him. he wants a full travel ban to make sure we protect the country. of the reason the white house is pink behind me is for breast cancer awareness month, greta. >> ed, thank you. >> good to see you. just a few weeks ago, president obama insisted chances of an ebola outbreak in america were, quote, extremely low. now president obama is canceling those fundraisers as ed said to of course to prevent an outbreak. our political panel "weekly standard" steve hayes and chief political correspondent byron york and national review jim garety. steve, when we had the benghazi crisis back in september is of 2012. the president didn't counsel. he went to vegas. now we see a different response tonight. >> yeah. i think he was smart to cancel the fundraisers. i think he would have been smart to take this more seriously or talk about it in a more serious wa

eric: if it was good news, wouldn't josh ernest start with the daily press conference, hello, everyonewe have great news on obamacare? blah, blah. aren't they cranking out press releases? >> we have good news on obamacare. 3.8 million people who signed up. >> i think it is 3.people. millions are wrong. >> millions are there. health care costs going down for the first time. >> not for families. individual costs are going up. they're feeling this. you are getting personal cancellation notices before the election. eric: you know what will happen of a the election? when these prices go up and people get canceled, do the same segment. how come now there are news stories about obamacare. >> where were they before? eric: thank you so much. >> thank you. eric: shannon? shannon: well, eric, a major development in the bizarre murder trial of bob bashara. he is accused of first-degree murder for allegedly arranging the death of his wife. so many twist and turns. potential break through in the abduction of uva student hannah graham. details that link the death of her to another virginia college st

white house press secretary josh ernest briefing reporters on the latest from the u.s., from this sidethe border on the shooting yesterday and, josh earnest actually following prime minister harper's description yesterday of the event as a terrorist shooting. take a listen. >> our hearts go out to the victims of the despicable terrorist attacks that occurred in canada this week. canada is one of our closest allies, partners around friend in the world and we stand to shoulder with them in solidarity. >> but we're not hearing from canadian authorities or u.s. authorities on, exactly, why this would be a terrorist attack. whether or not it was just a lone wolf who was radicalized or whether he was part of some kind of terrorist network or sleeper cell. the investigation obviously still ongoing. melissa? melissa: peter, thank you so much of the threat of a lone wolf attack putting people in this country on edge. many raise the possibility of one occurring here on u.s. soil. experts say they're almost impossible to predict or prevent. we have jonathan gilliam, president and ceo of united st