mr. isaac's group is looking at. they need a bridge to move people back and forth because that's a struggle right now. i recognize mr. long for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you all for being here, not only that but for what you do on a daily basis. i for one really appreciate it. dr. gold, you said -- let me ask you something before that. dr. mar ttin salia wa taken to yoto -- was taken to your location, is that correct? >> yes. >> i turned on the news and saw there was a doctor very critical my first thought and i probably had the first thought many people had that said he was very critical and he heater deceased a few days later. i apologize i had to step out of the room a few minutes i normally don't do. i'm usually here for the duration of these hearings. was there a reason he was delayed coming to this country for assistance for help? do we know? that seems strange he would be that far gone, so to speak, before they would think about flying him out? >> it's unclear to us what the logistics a

mr. isaacs, your group and other groups like you'res are doing difficult but critical work. you deserve support. we are in a better position to address cases of ebola that appear in the united states than we were a few months ago. i appreciate dr. frieden, dr. lucniac for joining us to share lessons learned and tell us how we can move forward. i'm looking forward to hearing about the supplemental ebola request. it's critical congress support the appropriation request. it would support domestic preparedness, help treatment centers. it would support treatment and vaccine and it would support us a d and the military in their effort to eliminate ebola in west africa. mr. chairman, i suspect in the year to come we will have our share of discussions about the budget. we support the goals of the president's ebola outbreak plan to combat it. i hope we can move quickly to provide the requested appropriations. thank you. i yield back. >> now recognize the vice-chair, ms. blackman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the hearing. i want to say welcome to all of our witnesses. we a

mr. isaacs. >> thank you, chairman and teemed members of the council and guests of the committee and are letting me testify. it's a privilege to be before you in regards to the ebola outbreak in west africa. since ebola entered in march through its explosion on to the international spotlight in july and even now when it appears the disease has crested in liberia, but i want to stress today that we have discovered that there are many important questions we simply do not know the answer to and need to know the answer to them. i want to run through them quickly. i will say that going last means you have to reshuffle everything you're going to say because it's all been said before. but i think that a good question to know the answer to is how are the doctors become infected. some of those doctors have been our staff, some of those doctors have been our co-workers that were treated at nebraska. and even recently the gentleman in new york, they were all wearing level four gear. how did they get infec

mr. isaacs. >> thank you, chairman and teemed members of the council and guests of the committee and are letting me testify. it's a privilege to be before you in regards to the ebola outbreak in west africa. since ebola entered in march through its explosion on to the international spotlight in july and even now when it appears the disease has crested in liberia, but i want to stress today that we have discovered that there are many important questions we simply do not know the answer to and need to know the answer to them. i want to run through them quickly. i will say that going last means you have to reshuffle everything you're going to say because it's all been said before. but i think that a good question to know the answer to is how are the doctors become infected. some of those doctors have been our staff, some of those doctors have been our co-workers that were treated at nebraska. and even recently the gentleman in new york, they were all wearing level four gear. how did they get infec

. >> mr isaac zida has been named prime minister. >> reporter: isaac zida took over as head of state at the end of last month when the former leader blaise compaore was forced out of office by protesters. he was under pressure from the international community to step down and hand over to a civilian. he d the man who brs he did. -- he did. the man who replaced him was part of the army. >> translation: when the army slipped into the transition charter, that the prime minister can be from military or civilian, we knew it was an open door for isaac zida to come in. it was a way for him to stay in power. we wanted peace, we agreed. we are watching and are ready to go back to the street. >> reporter: army people are telling people it's political parties, electoral groups and others who unanimously agreed to make him prime minister. >> some say isaac zida is a figure head, a face of the international community. isaac zida may be the man running the country, but the army effectively is in charge. many people wanted the one year transition period to be led by civilians. some feel betrayed. t

mr. isaac, samaritans purse has been on the ground since march and understands the environment there. i want to talk to you about the ngo perspective on continuing needs and efficient use of resources. what are the main priorities on the ground in west africa? and what resources are needed to accomplish those efforts? >> so if i may just add something to what you said, we're been there for 11 years. the disease broke out in march. so we have a large footprint. we have 350 staff, about 20 ex-patriots, we have a lot of capacity in the country. and when the drz broke out, we 100% focused on fights it. what we are seeing today that we think that other resources are needed for, this is very practical, but you know what, logistics are everything. there's a lot of discoordination and confusion right now between the u.n. players, unhos and the dod about gaining access to air lift. there are no protocols in place about moving blood samples. so if cdc goes to an area and there's 12 people that test posit

mr. isaacs, have you been to africa? you've been to africa? >> yes, sir. >> the cdc has guidelines for health monitoring and movement for health care workers in treating ebola patients in africa. now they classify as some risk those professionals who have had some contact with a person sick with ebola while wearing personal protective equipment. you have cited that some people wearing personal protective equipment have still contracted ebola. >> it's an obvious fact, yes. >> so these some risk individuals have no mandatory restrictions on public activities. in fact there's no requirement for returning health care workers to self-isolate or avoid public transportation like subways, bowling alleys, et cetera. i want to add, we have done a survey of members on this side and every single member who asked hospitals in their district has returned comments saying all those hospitals said for the first 21 days, those health care workers are not going near a patient. they will be furloughed, they are to stay home, taking temperature multiple times a da

mr. isaacs, your group and other groups like you'res are doing difficult but critical work. you deserve support. we are in a better position to address cases of ebola that appear in the united states than we were a few months ago. i appreciate dr. frieden, dr. lucniac for joining us to share lessons learned and tell us how we can move forward. i'm looking forward to hearing about the supplemental ebola request. it's critical congress support the appropriation request. it would support domestic preparedness, help treatment centers. it would support treatment and vaccine and it would support us a d and the military in their effort to eliminate ebola in west africa. mr. chairman, i suspect in the year to come we will have our share of discussions about the budget. we support the goals of the president's ebola outbreak plan to combat it. i hope we can move quickly to provide the requested appropriations. thank you. i yield back. >> now recognize the vice-chair, ms. blackman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the hearing. i want to say welcome to all of our witnesses. we a

mr. ken isaacs is the vice president of program and government relations for samaritans purse. also dr. david is the commissioner of the texas department of state health services, but is here today testifying on behalf of the association for state and territorial health officials. and mr. terry, if you'd like to introduced the other panelists. >> i would be honored to introduce the chancellor of university of nebraska medical center in nebraska medicine. he is recent to nebraska, but certainly making a huge impact, especially with the biomedical containment center where they have hosted three ebola patients and they are setting the standards for how to treat the ebola patients and setting the standards for the employees that come in contact and work with those. unmc is a great facility. they are very forward thinking. there are probably ranked very high in a lot of areas of care, but it's probably the research that is making them known internationally so i'm proud to introduce dr. jeffrey gold. >> thank you. when doing so has the practice of taking testimony under oath. do any of you ha

. >> mr. isaac, i want some numbers. on the dollar, on revenue for regulation? $.15 gekko do you have a good working number for smaller banks what mr. kaplan was talking about? >> i don't have a percentage, but i know it is a big number. >> i talked to a small bank this year in louisiana said it had 10 staff and was forced to hire 24 compliance. two fourher compliance. >> i believe that. that said ife bank it was not for that they would not so be in business. >> because you are the former chairman of the fdic, the former regulator, what you need to see to satisfy -- to be satisfied that mergers like these won't bolster the -- that they will be ok? >> the acquiring bank is going to have to be very solid from -- from the capital standpoint and earning standpoint and compliance standpoint. merger oft had any any consequence since 2008. >> when mel, bank of america, all of that happened. >> right. the things wee of have learned is that the smaller banks -- >> and one of the things we learned is that the smaller banks have a much better rate of sticking around. the s

mr. gresess? >> i have a few differences with eye sac. i thinsac -- isaac.s broad support for that in the political system and chinese and other governments know that. >> on that note could a republican controlled senate strengthen the president's hands when it comes to trade? >> i think the senate would be fairly supportive of the president on tpp either way. it's yet to be seen what the new republican senators are going to come in thinking, what are their priorities going to be, how do they feel about trade. but i think in general there's pretty good bipartisan support for the president on this and if he brings home a deal that opens markets and preserves the global internet, raises labor standards i think that will be well received. >> what are the biggest obstacles that the u.s. face in the tpp besides gaining support? >> i think the biggest obstacle about the tpp is most people don't know what tpp is. it is not a big issue for people in america. as an editor in a magd magazinen we get a piece on tpp, it is hard to get someone interested in reading it. t

isaac pike. sherlock holmes. we met briefly at the police station last night. mr. holmes. do i need a lawyer?o, you won't want her here for this. you see, you and i both know that you are the mind behind the murder of edwin borstein, just as we both know that, as long as your student holds fast to her story, i will never be able to prove your guilt. that's a problem. but not an insurmountable one. you have a younger brother-- joshua. he hasn't quite reached the heights that you have. in fact, he's had some struggles, hasn't he? drugs, alcohol... what's your point? he's been convicted of two drug-related felonies. and since he's made the mistake of living in jersey city, one more conviction makes him eligible for a sentence of 25 years to life under the state's horrific three strikes law. my associate took some photographs of him buying a rather large amount of heroin, just this morning. (quietly): oh... (wry laugh) you want me to confess... and, if i do, you'll-you'll-you'll get rid of this folder full of blackmail. i imagine you care quite deeply about your brother, or you wouldn't have paid

isaac brothers. >> host: eric in seattle, you are on with cornel west. >> caller: thank you. pleasure speaking to you, mr. west. i feel like the biggest problem in the african-american community in the united states is we look to other people to be our leaders. and the united states senate, in this past election what actually happened was you had democrats trying instead of speaking up for the rights of the people who put them in office. this is going on in ferguson. governor nixon actually to speak up but he cannot win elections and these are senators like chuck schumer speaking about drones but nothing about stop and frisk. what i would like to add, isn't it time -- we only have black congressional members of congress, no whites. basically what we have is the symptoms like you said, legalized these, nothing for the blacks. the unemployment rate is 11%. what can we do to focus on our own community. >> host: we got your question. cornel west? >> guest: appreciate your spirit as well as your question. no doubt we live in a country where the public conversation has moved so far to the right that we end up