to devote 100% of his time on the effort. >> when did it dawn on president obama that lisa monaco would not be able to spend enough time on the ebola situation. >> president obama has spent a lot of time with his team that is responding to this crisis. >> reporter: in addition to monaco, president obama already had on his team -- and over at the department of health and human services, an assistant secretary for preparedness and response, whose job the hss website describes as to lead the nation in preventing, responding to and recovering from adverse health effects from public health emergencies. >> we're here to help the administration get prepared so that they're ready and they can recover as quickly as possible. and we're here to help them plan for that and we're here to help them recover. >> the white house had no answer, officials said he will begin his work very soon and that he will stay on the job an estimated five to six months. >> james, thank you. >>> much of the response to the -- -- ebola crisis is in laipt. >> reporter: the cdc is trying to track down passengers who is ma

president obama's homeland security adviser lisa monaco is joining us. has the president been briefed on this possible, let he repeat the word possible, ebola patient in new york city? >> wolf, the president's monitoring the events today as he has been focused on our response to the ebola virus consistently. and so he's being kept apprised of the developments. >> what can you tell us? what do you know right now? we know this is one of your portfolios, ron klain, the so-called ebola coordinator or czar, we know he reports to you and susan rice, the national security adviser. what can you tell us about what's going on with this doctors without borders physician who's now in the hospital, bellevue hospital in manhattan? >> well, wolf, as you said, he's being evaluated. bellevue is a premier hospital designated by, i believe, mayor de blasio, to address these types of cases. ron klain has been in touch with city officials. but right now, this is an individual who's being evaluated consistent with the protocols that have been put in place. and we'll learn mor

lisa monaco has been charged with overseeing the american response to ebola. and the president in a speech at the cdc, there is also an overseas contingent on this, but an energy czar here to oversea the response statewide. lisa monaco, after all is the homeland security advisor and counter terrorism advisor. many think she obviously has a lot on her plate at this point. there should be others involved as well. so you are likely to hear both of have it real coming from critics those who want to see more restrictions placed around individuals coming from those countries in west africa, and tighter screening all around, and others who are going to be appealing for calm principally from the two witnesses here. >> mike viqueira for us in washington. mike as always please stand by as we wait for the testimony to begin in washington right now. also joining us in our studio right now is dr. annie spare row. as you heard mike viqueira say, there are a lot of political concerns in washington. will this improve the situation or will it make things worse? >> well, first

lisa monaco saying, every hospital in the country knows how to isolate. president obama talking about, i'm hugging nurses. i mean, there was a statement of -- there was an overstatement, an overcertainty that just really, i think, has hurt the government's credibility. >> look, i think actually dr dr. fauci answered these things very well. it's important dr. fauci is out because these are public health issues. the challenge, as he said very clearly, look, we have three cases so far. 300 million people. three cases. we don't want to institute panic in the country. we now see instances of some overreaction in the public. we want to get to these cases. there should have been cdc s.w.a.t. teams every single location. >> would you have felt good if you were on that plane with the woman told by the cdc to fly when it turned out she had ebola? >> i wouldn't feel great about it, but on the other hand i don't think it's right right now for the media to instill a level of panic in the country that can lead to counterproductive results. we want people who are sick t

the president's top homeland security advisor lisa monaco, also dr. freeden and also the secretary of health and human services burwell, all of them had been working on the ebola response but last night president obama signalled an openness to appoint someone who would be the one individual just focused on ebola. individuals at the cdc have many issues they talk about including the flu and other viruss in this country so ron klain will be appointed by president obama. we're breaking that news right here on cnn. ana? >> any idea when there will be an official announcement, jake? >> my understanding is that it will be either today or tomorrow. the fact that i'm breaking this probably expedites the matter a little bit. they weren't planning on announcing it this morning but my understanding is it will be within the next day or so. >> jake tapper staying on top of it. thank you so much. we're covering all angles for you now. we have a whole panel of experts. senior washington correspondent joe johns. also with us senior political analyst david gergen, pub

so i anticipate he'll be in close contact with susan rice, lisa monaco. of course, his chief -- typically the people who are informing him, keeping him up to date whenever they are following a developing story like the one that we are seeing right now out of canada. he'll be in very close contact, i am sure, with his cabinet secretaries as well as the nsc. those would be -- the officials who are monitoring this most closely. and of course, the department of defense, as well, ronan. i anticipate there'll be a number of high-level phone calls and communications going on here throughout the day as the president continues to stay abreast of these quickly-moving developments out of canada. >> thanks for keeping track for us. we'll be watching closely for anything more out of the white house. we're going to take a short break right now. when we come back, we will have everything you need to know about the latest on the ground in canada including interesting voices from the thick of it. stay with us. nprecedented progr that partners businesses with universities

lisa monaco is fantastic.nse, she's a fantastic person to come on the show and explain what she's doing. >> let's separate two things. i think it's fair to say the cdc is in charge of the domestic response. he is the first to say mistakes have been made in dallas in particular. they're now pulling it together. >> the public can forgive that. but i think what the public can't forgive is why are there mistakes being made day after day after day. >> let's not -- let's not blow it up. we've had a couple mistakes. >> i'm not blowing it up. she was on a flight on sunday. >> she, she, one nurse. >> plus the other passengers. where have they gone? >> now the question is, are they pulling it together and will they do better. >> if there were an ebola patient at mt. sinai, would you go to the emergency room there? >> probably not but what does that have to do? >> because in a lot of cities, there aren't 30 hospitals to choose from. it's a big deal. parents are terrified -- >> emily, is this hysteria or is this a legitim

lisa monaco has been named as the point person. she is the adviser from homeland security. we haven't heard from her for several days. instead you saw sylvia matthews bur well talking about this. tom frieden has been out front answering reporters' questions. so we have been trying to get that same answer from the white house. who specifically is in charge? earlier today during white house press briefing, i can tell that you josh earnest got a lot of questions about who is in charge. he deflected the questions saying. then it always stops with the president. in term. having a czar, that hasn't happened yet either. at this point in time the administration saying lisa monaco is the point person but i think there is some public confusion. we're hearing so many voices on this from the administration. that's part of why you heard from the president today. >> i think he made himself the commander-in-chief on this issue. he hasn't named someone else in particular. i think it is him. the way he spoke, you've heard him many times. he seem to take the responsibility on himself. thank

>> i just a second talked to lisa monaco, the president's homeland security adviser.did speak to the president and updated him this morning. he is following this very closely, obviously, and as you well know, alex, he spoke to the prime minister of canada yesterday, late yesterday and pledged support. lisa monaco told me this is in particular from the intelligence and law enforcement community, investigative help that they might need and the big picture we heard is something that this administration has been talking about for a while and that is the lone wolf scenario, the counterterrorism efforts that are in place to make sure that that doesn't happen and so that is a key component of the conversations that are going on in the white house today. >> nbc news' chris jansing, always good to see you. >> coming up, ted cruz is on a crusade against the texas equal rights law and we'll break down his latest ted talk coming up next. there are more reasons than ever why now is the best time to be on verizon. one: verizon's the largest, most reliable 4g lte network in the coun

at the same time you have the president's chief homeland security advisor lisa monaco working here athe white house who is responsible for integrating the efforts of all the agencies and making sure that they have the access to the information resources that they need to do their job. all of that said, we have said on a number of occasions that if additional resources or if additional staffing is necessary to augment the response, then we won't hesitate to consider it, but at this point the lines of authority are clear, and the person responsible for coordinating those efforts here at the white house continues to do that work well. >> it sounds like you're not inclined to appoint a tsar. >> there are clear lines of responsibility that are in place. there is an individual here at the white house highly competent individual lisa monaco, the president's homeland security advisor who is responsible for integrating that response, but, again, if we determine that additional resources or additional staffing or additional expertise is needed to augment this response, then we won't hesitate to

>> well we have coordination from the white house now with lisa monaco and susan rice. we have multiple agencies involved. one of them is hhs. so right now what we're going to have with ron is we're going to have somebody whose full-time job is doing that. we welcome that, as we know, they have other very important day jobs that they need to deal with. we're looking forward to working with him as a coordinator what have we do. >> one of the criticisms of the government response so far is that officials, top officials, have said things that turned out, afterwards, not to be true. take a look at these. >> okay. >> i have no doubt that we'll stop this in its tracks in the u.s. >> every hospital in this country has the capability to isolate a patient. >> i shook hands with, hugged, and kissed, not the doctors, but a couple of the nurses, and i felt perfectly safe doing so. >> doctor, how do you explain all of these misstatements or overstatements from top government officials. >> well, i'm not so sure chris that they are misstatements in overstatements. when dr. frieden say

>> reporter: lisa monaco, the president's adviser on homeland security, will be leading that briefing. i'm told one of their goals is to answer questions, of course, and also to really calm fears, to reiterate the idea that ebola is not easy to catch. government has directed the faa/dhs to step up screenings at the airports throughout the country, particularly for those coming in from areas where we have seen high infection rates. also an effort to educate people nationwide about how to protect themselves from ebola. also, the fran structure for dealing with this disease here in the united states is very strong. we've seen those two patients treated here and they did recover. of course, the president announced he was sending 3,000 u.s. forces to the region to help fight the effort in liberia. we're told 4,000 could ultimately go over. those will be key topics when we hear from lisa monaco and other senior administration officials at about 4:30. >> nbc's kristin welker, thank you very much, as always. as we wait for the president to take the stage in princeton, indiana. we're joined by

they struggled when asked if lisa monaco or anyone else is in charge of the federal response. >> i hate to be nitpicky, but she's coordinating the activities of all the government agencies who are responsible for responding to specific areas of expertise. she's not overseeing -- >> in charge? who is in charge? >> she's not overseeing ebola in south africa. >> the overall response. >> she's not responsible for coordinating the activities of the international communities as they interact. usaid is involved in that. they have the area of expertise. she's not diagnosing people. >> you feel like you have a point to make, but you understand my question. >> the point i have to make is relevant -- >> you are reluck at that particular time to say who is in charge of the federal response to ebola. >> they are in charge of their line of responsibility. you have an individual at the white house to make sure they are properly integrated. that is a completely reasonable management structure. >>> meanwhile, mitt romney is criticizing how the white house is handling this. >> why hasn't the president ad

after calling ebola a national security priority president obama tapped counterterrorism advisor lisa monaco to lead the roughly half dozen agents combating the virus. some lawmakers say that's not good enough. >> there has to be more reassurance given to them. we don't know exactly who is in charge. there has to be some kind of czar. >> weeks before the midterms ebola has been ejected into the political bloodstream and there are questions from both parties. a senior obama administration official said, "that decision we're leaving to the medical professionals. we plan to follow their recommendations. " for naming an ebola czar the white house is not budging from its position despite repeated calls to do so. >>> it's been one month since university of student hannah graham has disappeared. her parents are once again asking for help. the virginia department of emergency management said the search isn't what they're calling in the transition stage now. the city of charlottesville is taking the reins of the investigation today and visiting their focus to tips, leads, hi-res cameras. john and sue

we have a homeland security adviser in the white house, lisa monaco.he is a pretty busy person. >> she is not a physician. >> but this is a homeland security threat. right? her job is to advise the president on these things. >> so she is coordinating in the white house. there is a sect of health and human services. >> and she has other things to do. there is this thing called the affordable care act coming up. these are people who maybe don't have the laser like focus on ebola that an ebola czar would have. yet, still, what exactly what this ebola czar be doing? >> could this be a mid-term election issue? >> absolutely. the president is the one who should be the face of this in the united states. it is a serious enough issue that you need reinsurance from the president. he is not a doctor but that's who the czar should be. will it be an issue in the election? i think so. it probably runs boo this narrative that the republican that things are not going in the right direction. >> i think it goes to this general sense that the world is a little out of con

. >> the obama administration laid out its plan this afternoon headed by lisa monaco, the assistant to the president for homeland security. >> the strategy of the united states is executing has four key goals, to control the epidemic at its source in west africa, to mitigate the second order impact of this epidemic, to lead a coordinated international response and to build a robust global health security infrastructure so we are prepared over the long run to confront epidemic such as the one we're facing today. >> fighting the outbreak in west africa will get a boost of boots on the ground. the military announced today an additional 1,000 troops could be heading to that region as the united states has already committed 3,000 military members. some of them will help build and advise on mobile hospitals. they will not directly care for patients. military officials tell cnn the pentagon is thinking about drastic measures to make sure those troops don't bring any ebola back with them. high risk troops will be monitored every day and might face a three week isolation before coming home. tho

at the same time, have you the president's chief homeland security adviser, lisa monaco, working here at the white house, who's responsible for integrating the efforts of all of the agencies and making sure that they have the access to the information and resources that they need to dough their job. all of that said, we have said on a number of occasions that if additional resources or if additional staffing is necessary to augment the response, then we won't hesitate to consider it. but at this point, the lines of authority are clear. and the person responsible for coordinating those efforts here at the white house continues to do that work well. steve? >> reporter: you're not inclined to appointment a czar? >> well, again, there are clear lines of responsibility that are in place. there is an individual here at the white house, highly competent individual, lisa monaco, who's responsible for integrating that response. again, if we determined that additional resources or additional staffing or additional expertise is needed to augment this response, then we won't hesitate to take adva

. >> pelley: in the same white house briefing, the president's homeland security adviser lisa monaco said every ebola outbreak over the past 40 years has been stopped and "we know how to do this, and we will do it again." but there are concerns about several missteps where the first u.s. diagnosed ebola patient is hospitalized. we have two reports. first manuel bojorquez in dallas. >> reporter: this afternoon, a fully suited hazmat crew finally entered the dallas apartment where thomas eric duncan stayed. soiled sheets, towels, even a car that was possibly contaminated, were still there three days after his ebola diagnosis. fire marshal robert de los santos. >> right now, we're just trying to get the soiled linens and those items out of there. >> reporter: today, police cars were guarding the apartment complex, but some residents have complained all of this should have been done early, a few days ago, texas governor rick perry said this: >> rest assured that our system is working as it should. >> reporter: yet hospital officials acknowledged a key part of their system did not work. t

the spokesman, josh earnest, said that lisa monaco, who is the president's national security adviser,as, quote, integrating the government's response. so reporters said, okay, so she's in charge? he said, no, no, no, there's the department of defense, health and human services, there's the center for disease control, agency for international development. so the reporter said is there any one potential who is in charge -- person who is in charge, and he didn't answer that. i think that's why the next day you saw the president come out, invite cameras into his cabinet meetings, speak to reporters and sort of present himself as the man who is this charge of the government's response. martha: yeah. i find it unbelievable, you know, when you look at the entities that are already in place, byron, you've got an hhs headed by sylvia burwell, jay johnson at homeland security, cdc, you've also got the surgeon general who is an acting surgeon general right now, a rear admiral. i look at his biography, he has a masters in public health from harvard, he has been on hhs, cdc, fda handling counterte

said that that was lisa monaco's job. has she been relieved of his duty? >> no. miss monaco has other important national security she onsibilities for which is responsible. by the able to and devote 100% of his time, miss monaco can devote herself to other issues. ultimately we want somebody who can devote 100% of his time to this broad agency effort. a y there's situation in which experts say a school does not have to be down. does he call a department and say, you don't shut the school down. >> it's difficult to gauge this hypothetical situation but against my better judgment i give it a shot. >> people are positioning themselves as using an abundance of precaution but it may not actually be helpful or optically. i that the white house wants the best. i'm trying the point to make. there are specific their es responsible for areas of expertise. when you're talking about schools department of education is in coordinating the would also urge people, whether school administrators or business rely on medical expertisecoming either from the or from state medical worke

his part, was briefed by him home stand security and counter terrorism adviser from the west wing lisa monaco. he has offered president obama to be in contact with stephen partneharper and they have offed assistance and to keep abreast of the situation. inevitably the question arises here in washington has this changed the threat level? are government buildings here experiencing any change in their security posture? the white house says they are unaway of that. but we know from state department spokes woman marie that the american embassy, as you might pictures in ottawa, is on lock down at this moment, david. >> mike, there is always the concern as you know well, that the administration and national security officials have that an events overseas might be coordinated with he haven't in washington. you mentioned that they don't have any evidence that would cause them to trigger raising the sort of security threshold. but out of an abundance of caution i would assume the f r.b.i. and other agencies have sent out noticed to their field offices reminding them to be on the look out for something

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 could have made a better decision. >> it actually mai think that f, whoever was going to run this had to come out of the white house. >> why? that's not true. >> i think it is, i think you need to have the power of the president when you're making decisions. you don't need a doctor to be on top of this. there are plenty of doctors out there. but ron is a guy who can implement a campaign, it's a campaign, a communications campaign and nobody is better at doing it than he is. >> people think it's a political problem when it's actually a public health concern. they answered their political problem, instead of their public health problem. they have a facts problem, you can't blame the communicators for the fact that they got things wrong on the ground. >> communication isn't that at all. >

all of the federal departments that are responding to this situation. >> without any criticism to lisa monacond susan rice, they were being overwhelmed? >> no. th dr. rice and ms. monaco have other important national security priorities for which they are responsible and the president felt like it was important to bring someone on board who could devote 100% of his time to coordinating and the response. >> you told jim that that what was lisa monaco's job, implementing and coordinating all of those tasks. >> that's correct. >> she's been relieved? >> no. what mr. klain is doing, he will devote 100% of his time to that effort. ms. monaco has national security responsebilities for which she is responsible. to step in and devote 100% of focus , ms. monaco can on the other important national security priorities that she is responsible for. he will report directly to them. they will have areas of responsibility when it comes to our ebola response, but it will be klain who is dedicating all of his time to coordinating this broad interagency effort. >> let's say there is a situation where the expert

>> reporter: but he will still have to answer to two top white house officials, susan rice and lisa monacoe ebola point person. somebody the white house said could handle both ebola and counterterrorism earlier this week. that changed in the last 24 hours. as for ron klain, he'll be on the job as soon as next week and will be there for the next five to six months. one other potential policy change, the white house says it is open to a travel ban on flights from west africa. the press secretary said that option is on the table. >> we just heard from marie hearth that option is not necessarily being considered. so it sounds like they're sending out different messages. is that what's going on? >> reporter: i think so, wolf. we went back and forth with the press secretary all week. they're trying to do it on one hand and on the other, they're trying to say that is not the preferred option, that the current screening measures in place are a much better route to take than to go for a full travel ban. but we might end up with something in the middle. they may try to do something with various trav

of that--host: part came on friday, when senior administrators at the white , including lisa monaco, the homeland security counterterrorism aide to the president had to say this -- [video clip] >> the travel ban has been raised. i take note of dr. friedan's comments in this regard, which is to say that in fact we believe that those types of steps actually impede the response. they impede and slow down the ability of united dates and other international partners to actually get expertise and capabilities and equipment into the affected areas. as we said and stressed from this podium and others, the most effective thing that we can do is control the epidemic at its source. we want to be able to make sure we are getting assistance and x are tees, getting providers into the affected region. host: let me ask you about that briefing as the officials outlined in the briefing room. it was a late afternoon event. walk us through how the situation unfolded and what we can expect in the week ahead. when they started on friday we did not have any indication that there would be this reading. what

obama aides also said the appointment was no rebuke to the job homeland security adviser lisa monaco been doing in coordinating the response. rather they said they will be able to devote 100% of his time to the effort. >> when exactly did it dawn on president obama that she wouldn't be able to devote 100% of her time to the situation? >> the president has been a significant amount of time with this team who is responding to this particular situation. and he has been carefully assessing the response that has been in place. reporter: president obama also had on his team this woman, serving since may in the newly created job of policy implementation chief of staff and an assistant secretary for preparedness and response, doctor nicole lurie, whose job it is described as to lead the nation in preventing and respon from the adverse health effect of public health emergencies. >> we are here to help individuals and communities get prepared. so that if anything that happens, they are ready and they can recover as quickly as possible. we are here to help them plan for that and we are here to

. >> reporter: the president received an update from lisa monaco, not from ebola czar ron klain. >> i don't know ron klain's emergency response experience may be the bush-gore recount qualified in that. >> reporter: democrats know president bush's bird flu czar had zero medical experience and dr. anthony fauci says there's plenty -- >> he's been chief of staff to a couple of vice presidents, he has a lot of experience. >> reporter: meanwhile democrat mark udall is proposing not a full travel began, but strict limits on anybody who's being monitored here in the u.s. from boarding a testic flight. he wants to separate himself from the president, in fact the first lady is coming to colorado on thursday, not the president. >> on a separate topic, i understand the president's shifted once again on the topic of gay marriage. what about that? >> remember, he opposed same-sex marriage back in 2008, then said he was evolving, then on the eve of the 2012 re-election fight, said look he now supports gay marriage, he's telling new yorker magazine the follow quote, openly, i think the equal protec

they have lisa monaco in charge of that. they think that's fine.owever, that the president has a meeting on his schedule today for 3:00, wolf. another meeting on ebola because what the white house doesn't want is for this to go to the question of competency. they need to show that they are in charge. people should not be afraid. and what's being played out on the campaign trail is using this ebola issue as a question of leadership and using -- stoking the fear issue quite frankly. >> gloria, thank you very, very much. gloria borger in new york for us today. for our international viewers, we'll get a quick check of the headlines. that's coming up next. for our viewers in the united states and canada and throughout north america, a mysterious relative leads our anthony bourdain on a journey he was not expecting. we have details coming up. >>> i took a journey as did several cnn anchors and hosts. thee here's a preview of the cnn series "roots." >> it will be a journey of surprises. ♪ i can't tell where the journey will end but i know where to start ♪

he met with tom frieden and lisa monaco and others. afterwards, he said a travel ban could create more problems than it solves. he is still leaving the but, i should say, leaving the door slightly ajar. >> i don't have a philosophical objection to a travel ban if that is the thing that will keep the american people safe. the problem is that in all of the discussions i had thus far with experts in the field, experts in the infectious disease is that a travel ban is less effective than the measures that we are currently instituting. >> the president also did not rule out appointing an ebola czar. it may be necessary to appoint an additional person outside frieden and monaco and others working on the ebola issues. >>> tom frieden discussed a hot seat on capitol hill yesterday. both sides of the aisle pressing him over how texas nurses could have contracted ebola caring for a patient and how the federal government will prevent a larger outbreak of the disease. >> whatas it a breakdown in the training in the protocol? >> the investigation i

he will have to go through other layers like susan rice and lisa monaco, which originally this is what all the former people that have left the administration that have written books and have complained about getting information to the president so he could make good decisions complained about that exact process. so i think ron klain, he's theht president's close and we have touches -- choice and we have to trust it's going to be a good one. >> when i hear susan rice's name, that makes me more fearful than when i hear the word ebola. >> let me say, there is an exception. i think first of all, whoever was going to run this had to come out of the white house.his >> why? that's not true. >> i think he need to do have the power of the presidency t behind you when you're making decisions and ron klain is a good implementer. you don't need m a doctor. there are plenty of doctors out there. ron io know him personally. can implementhat a campaign and that's what thisu is. this is a communications campaign. nobody is better at doing itomm than he is and he has obama's ear. >> you think it's a p

we know that he's going to be reporting directly to lisa monaco, the president's top adviser on homeland security, as well as national security adviser susan rice. there were a lot of practical pressures for president obama to name an ebola czar. ronan, obviously there's a lot of fear right now about the spread of ebola. but there are also political pressures, democrats saying look we're fighting to hold on to the senate, elections less than a month away. we need the administration to put on a front of having someone who is in charge of this. so today president obama making the announcement that ron klain will head the effort. >> kristen, another point, the seemingly complete gridlock of getting someone into the job of surgeon-general. one interesting facet. we an acting surgeon general. do all of the developments together suggest that the president is giving up on pushing through a new surgeon general? >> i think that certainly the white house is frustrated with the gridlock, there's no doubt about that. the surgeon general pick that president obama had, murphy was a lightning rod, he t

the president met on thursday with tom frieden and lisa monaco and others. that a travel ban would create more problems than it solved. he said he would leave the door open slightly to the possibility. >> i don't have a philosophical objection to the travel ban if that will keep the american people safe. the problem is that in all of the discussions i had thus far with experts in the field, experts in infectious disease, is that a travel ban is less effective than the measures that we are currently instituting. >> the president did not rule out appointing an ebola czar. >>> cdc director tom frieden faced a tough grilling on capitol hill yesterday. house members from both sides of the aisle pressing him to explain how two texas nurses could have contract the ebola from the patient and how the government will prevent a larger deadly outbreak of the disease. >> was it a breakdown of training in the proptocolprotoc. >> the investigation is ongoing. we identified some possible causes. we are not wait for the investigation. >> we don't know. okay. >>> isis militan

he'll report to two others in the white house, homeland security adviser lisa monaco and susan rice.so scared. >> reporter: and one small odd casting note, kevin spacey's pandemic victim character from the movie "outbreak" is no way related to his comparison to our new ebola czar. republican lawmakers especially have been highly critical of the administration's ability to contain ebola in the united states. in a hearing yesterday with the nation's top health officials, pennsylvania congressman tim murphy, a republican, went so far as to say the trust and credibility of the government are waning. and representative murphy joins me now live. congressman murphy, i want to read this tweet from vice president biden. it says, there's no one better at getting government to work at its best than ron klain. he's a tested manager and problem-solver and a trusted adviser. and yet you called the appointment of ron klain tone deaf. why? >> because when i had a hearing yesterday, three hours of some great experts in the areas of health care, disease management, et cetera, not one of them said, cou

he could not answer the question but went on to say that lisa monaco, the president's adviser can handle isis and ebola as well. and earlier the president said he may appoint an ebola czar. >> it may be necessary to appoint a third person, not because these people have not been doing an outstanding job. susan rice is my national security adviser. they have been doing an outstanding job really working hard on this issue. but they also are responsible for a whole bunch of other stuff. >> now, it is not all clear, the president is close to tapping in an ebola czar. he said he will get back to us if he orders a ebola czar. >> and others calling on him to put a travel ban, he said that is not an option right now. >> he said he is not opposed to a travel ban to the countries in west africa, dealing with the ebola outbreak. but he did say if it is something needed to protect the american people he may go ahead and do that. he says the experts are telling him a travel ban wouldn't work as well as the current measures in place and that a travel ban may actually force people to evade the screening

president was informed just as we heard from thomas, shortly after those events began to unfold by lisa monaco, his advisor, white house reached out to canada to see what they could do, investigative help they could provide. then we heard president obama did in fact make a phone calm to his canadian -- phone call to his canadian counterpart, stephen harper. all the things you might expect, john. offered assistance. then later in the oval office, the president had this to say about the possibility this could be linked to terror. let's listen. >> we don't yet have all the information about what motivated the shooting. we don't have all the information about whether this was part of a broader network or plan or whether this was an individual or series of individuals who decided to take these actions. but it emphasizes the degree to which we have to remain vigilant when it comes to dealing with these kinds of acts of senseless violence. >> noing change to the threat level -- no change to the threat level here in washington. one thing we've seen what's roughly parallel to the facility in ottawa, th

>> we have coordination from the white house now with lisa monaco and susan rice. we have multiple agencies involved. one of them is hss. with ron we'll have somebody whose full time job will be doing that. we welcome that. as we know. lisa and susan have other very important day jobs. we're looking forward to working with him as ka coordinator of what we do. >>> one of the criticisms of government so far is top officials said things that turned out not to be true. take a look at these. >> i have no doubt we'll stop this in its tracks in the u.s. >> every hospital in this country has the capability to isolate a patient. >> i shook hands with, hugged and kissed not the doctors, but a couple of the nurses, and i felt perfectly safe doing so. >> doctor, how do you explain all of these misstatements or overstatements from top government officials? >> i'm not so sure, chris, that they're misstatements and overstatements. when dr. free den, he was talking about an outbreak. >> two more people got it. >> two more people. two more people are infected in the situation in whi

on the homeland security, the white house official in charge of it is certainly lisa monaco.ce working with defense and state. ultimately, all of these things, again, crises you can't control or arise not because of actions by the administration have to be the president's responsibility which is why the white house is taking the steps it's taking. >> they're taking them late and perception is reality. i've never seen lisa monaco on this, haven't heard from her on this and what people are scared about, i would suggest from what we are getting back from our audience is not that i'm going to get ebola tomorrow. it's that i don't think the government is being straight with me about what they did before, what they know how to do now and what they plan to do tomorrow. that does tom down to leadership and seems like the administration could have made this easier than it has been. >> well, look, i don't think there's any question that the cdc made some mistakes allowing this nurse to fly was a mistake. the hospital clearly made some mistakes, but i think while people can get concerne

you heard josh earnest say lisa monaco, the momentland security adviser to president obama is coordinating response, but is not in charge. the publication just reported yesterday there is someone who has this job. she is an assistant secretary at the health and human services department. her name is dr. nicole lowery and assistant for preparedness and response for public health emergencies. she's nowhere to be found and at the same time president obama we know has the attention of the world right now. he can comment and say congress is preventing the confirmation of dr. murthy, but he's not doing it it because there are democrats running in states. >> politics. >> the public will blame him no matter what. even. if he gets rid of the cdc director, dr. frieden, the public will blame the administration for the ebola response. >> let me stay with you, a.b., on the issue of politics. we know there are conservatives that are calling for the chief of the cdc, dr. tom frieden to resign and when you look at what's happened with veterans affairs and secret service, do resignations really ever solve

president obama has been briefed on the situation by homeland security adviser lisa monaco. a white house official says there has been no change in security at the white house although norad has gone on a high alert posture just in case. by the way, the toronto maple leafs are also in lockdown. there is word that tonight's game may be postponed as a result. this incident follows another one two days ago when a convert to islam killed one canadian soldier and injured another in a hit-and-run. that assailant was killed by police. nbc news has been reporting that officials in canada had been concerned about the potential knife and gun attacks in canada and the united states. the royal canadian police have stated that they were watching 90 known isis sympathizers. there is, however, no indication right now that this incident has any connection to isis. sue, as you probably know art cashin put a note out that the latest one is what really took the wind out of the sails of the stock market. >> everybody here is glued to that story. thank you for the update. we will continue to upd

less than 48 hours ago they were saying that counterterrorism adviser, lisa monaco, could do that job and be the ebola point person. aides say he decided that was too much on her plate. make no mistake, the political pressure was building. that combined with the mistakes made over at the cdc, i think all of that appears to have forced the president's hand. >> and in terms of this guy's exact responsibilities, what are the white house officials saying about him? >> they're saying because there are so many different agencies and departments involved in this ebola effort, ron clain's job is to make sure all the different government entities are working together and trains are running on time and that the right hand know what is the left hand is doing. that has not always been the case over here. but keep in mind he is not going to be the all-powerful czar, he still has to answer, and as the white house reiterated today the buck stops with him. >> all right, jim acosta, some say what the new coordinate will be up against is daunting, not surprising, i talked briefly about it, with the sup

he will report to lisa monaco and susan rice.he white house expects him to fill the role for five to six months. klain has a long political resume serving in the obama white house and as former chief of staff to joe biden but does not have a medical background but is he a good manager? that's the question. as the united states steps up efforts to fight ebola in its borders. the world health organization admitted to botching their attempts to stop it in west africa. an internal document says nearly everyone involved failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall. the document notes the region's border issues and poor health care system made traditional containme containme containment methods ineffective. one of the doctors said that it was not competent. he questioned why it took the agency five months to declare the outbreak an international health emergency. in a speech to diplomats this morning, secretary of state john kerry reiterated the need for an international response to the ebola crisis. >> no one country, no indivi

those of you who don't know, lisa monaco who does a lot of my counterterrorism work, as well as nationalurity work has been working with our secretary of health and human services. en and tom frieden at the cdc. it may be necessary to appoint a third person. it's not not that they haven't been doing an outstanding job really working hard on this issue. but they also are responsible for a whole bunch of other stuff. so i think also dealing with susan is with isis. and we're going into flu season, which means people should be looking to get their flu shots. we know every year tens of thousands of people die from the flu. and hundreds many go to the emergency rooms. that's something that tom is responsible for. it may make sense for us to have one person in part so that after this initial surge of activity we can have a more regular process just to make sure that we're crossing all the ts and dotting all the is going guard. okay? if i appoint somebody, i'll let you know, all right. thank you so much, everybody. thank you, guys. appreciate you. >> have a good evening. >> that was president o