michael weiss, clint van zandt and nbc's pete williams. i want to bring in clint. how does this strike you as a pro who goes to bed and thinks about it. how does this strike the canadian capital, this placid picture postcard little place that i would love to be and visit. all of a sudden now has to lock down and start bringing all the big tiger teeth and doors in your face and official ways and metal detectors and everything else that just changes the quality of our democracy and has already done it to us. >> yeah, it's going to change. it's got to change here. i mean, once it happens one time, you can't get fooled again. you've got to prepare. you know, chris, the government tells us -- our government tells us, you know, plus or minus 100 people that the fbi is keeping track of. now, some of these people are those that have gone to the middle east to try to hook up in syria with isis. those who have gone and come back. and those who have gone and been rejected and they can't get out any other way. so, we've got these kind of hanging out there. and then you've got

>> let me go to michael weiss, editor of the interpreter. we are looking at a different kind of war. we have our own police, fbi, all kinds of constabulary. tens of thousands of police officers in new york, for example. we're up against people who are living a zealotry. i want to read you something from seven pillars of wisdom that lawrence of arabia wrote years ago. i thought it was romantic but now i know. all that dream at night in the dusty recesses wake to find it was vandal. the dreamers of the day are dangerous men for they may act their dream. with open eyes to make it possible. and i just wonder, these people that decide they'll be terrorists become terrorists. nothing stops it. between wanting to and doing it. if you're willing to die. >> absolutely. there are a lot of psychological motivations here. we can't pretend. there are plenty who see this as the great struggle of our time. you mentioned lawrence of arain. i can't this is orientalism turned on its head. they think the way to hem arab civilization or arab societies is to joi

joining me is michael weiss and steve clemons for atlantic magazine. that's what he gets, the vice president, for speaking at harvard, to those harvard students, where clearly someone gave him truth serum before he stood up there. >> i think joe biden sometimes forgets the camera is on. i know there are differences of opinion about this. but joe biden is a deeply informed person. has dealt not only with top leaders of the world today but layers of them. so when he makes a comment like this that opens up, you know, well, you debate it's right or wrong, and people want to call it a gaff, he nonetheless has an understanding of the tectonics of these issues, and there is great truth in much of my view to what he has said. >> let's listen to josh earnest about this. >> the fact that he called the leaders to apologize is an indication that he himself wishes that he had said it a little bit differently, but the fact of the matter is, we are pleased with the degree of coordination, cooperation that we're getting with countries around the globe, including count

. >> michael weiss, thank you for joining us. >> it's here. and this is "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. one of the world's most terrifying diseases has reached u.s. shores. the cdc has confirmed the first ever case of ebola diagnosed here in the united states. i've got some questions i'd like answered tonight, especially after the president said this just two weeks ago. >> i want the american people to know that our experts here at the cdc and across our government agree that the chances of an ebola outbreak here in the united states are extremely low. in the unlikely event that someone with ebola does reach our shores, we've taken new measures so that we're prepared here at home. >> we've reached that unlikely event as of today. here's what we know. an individual traveling from liberia to the united states was tested positive for the disease. they're currently in strict isolation at a hospital in dallas. the patient, an adult male, arrived in the u.s. on september 20th. a week ago he began developing symptoms.

. >> michael weiss, thank you for joining us. >> it's here.his is "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. one of the world's most terrifying diseases has reached u.s. shores. the cdc has confirmed the first ever case of ebola diagnosed here in the united states. i've got some questions i'd like answered tonight, especially after the president said this just two weeks ago. >> i want the american people to know that our experts here at the cdc and across our government agree that the chances of an ebola outbreak

. >> michael weiss, thank you for joining us. >> chris hayes is up next.held accountable. >> a would-be intruder could not be intercepted by a dog or a person, perhaps more lethal force is necessary. >> the first ebola case diagnosed in the u.s. plus, the attorney for a man shot by a south carolina trooper joins me exclusively. how much do you drink? surprising numbers on just how much alcohol america consumes. all in starts right now. >> thanks. i needed that. >> good evening from new york. we are following breaking news out of texas tonight where

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