joining me is congresswoman sheila jackson lee. president is getting a lot of criticisms from republicans and a few democrats on his new ebola coordinator or czar, whatever you want to call him, ron klain, because he doesn't have any medical experience. do you think that was a good appointment? >> i do. and what our republican friends do not realize, ron is part of a very large team. you just heard from the head of usaid, dr. shah, who has done an excellent job and came back from the infected areas. ron's job is to make sure that we're doing everything we can with the leaders of ncih, cdc, and homeland security. what is good about ron, he was there during a crisis a few years ago and that, of course, was the economic crisis and handled the distribution of money. he knows how to get people to do the job. we need a manager and we have one. we've got to fix our communication and our education and support and protection of our health professionals in the case of an ebola case that comes up. >> you won't be surprised that texan senator

. >>> i want to bring in democratic congresswoman sheila jackson-lee from texas. a senior member of the house land security committee. she questioned julia piereson. thank you for being here. i want to start with this. you asked julia piereson why omar gonzalez was able to make it as far as he did and the fact that agents interviewed him in relation to two prior incidents. i want to share a little bit in part of her response. >> we're looking into why mr. gone zzales was not stopped whee came over the fence. i stated it publicly and i'll continue to work with my work force to understand why he was allowed to make access to the mansion and why he wasn't detained earlier as soon as he jumped the fence. i need to understand why he was not recognized earlier in the day and further surveillance put on him and further analysis why he was there and returned to the white house. i cannot explain those questions today. >> so, congresswoman, what did you take from her response to your question, director piereson's response there? >> richard, let me start by saying i am outra

first, when it comes to hospital preparedness, representative out of houston sheila jackson lee brought up a disturbing is your way in which 80% of nurses across the country said their hospitals have not communicated to them procedures about admitting potential ebola patients. obviously that is of concern to the c.d.c. the second point they brought up is that these airport screenings that will begin starting tomorrow in five airports across the country, they say that's not enough. it doesn't cover the place where we are right now, dull less fort worth international where duncan landed. committee members say these screenings should be more widespread. >> talking about duncan and the fever and the fact that he was turned away, what are you hearing now from the hospital on this and any changes that could be in place. it seems shocking that a fever could be that high, that he would -- and tell them he was from liberia. >> they are saying changes have been taking place, exactly, for someone from west africa, the hole zone. the hospital released another statement saying they have made some ch

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undocumented minors in were blackty, there residents that were fit to be tied that called out sheila jackson lee on it. and that was on youtube. i'm not sure why -- other than playing politics, and this is the problem with this whole issue, is you're playing than -- rather >> let me say this. i think that there is a lot of education that needs to go on. again, the president has done a great job of bringing everybody together. particularlys, because texas is a border state, people oftentimes think of this a latino issue. but guess what? if you go to new york city, the people living in new york city undocumented, many of them look like me. haveome of these kids that been coming over from central america, from honduras and thems like that, many of are black. some of them are black. people arein, once educated on the issue and see how this is a global issue, that regiont just about one of the world, i think that many of the people that have tried to racial issue, a they've only centered on mexico and central america, but this is global issue that is affecting many people around the country. and many

. >>> joining me now sheila jackson lee representing texas's 18th district and member of the house homelandmmittee. thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> a lot of people heard the director of the cdc say in this stunning development that in a sense the cdc did not have all hands on deck. they a mended their strategy since these cases in dallas. but i think, congresswoman, in our minds, we figured the cdc had practice runs here. if a case sprouted up in the united states it would have already had a plan not one that was a work in progress. do you have confidence in the cdc director and the cdc at this point now we have three cases in dallas where there were clearly some huge questions that have not been >>. >> first of all, i want to offer my expression of concern. we're in a crisis. the cd cdc is vital order. and the head of it has been a good leadere. what i'm frustrated we didn't take the initial encounter in dallas at the level that it should have been. the county officials have been excellent, but the fractu infrastructure, and understanding what was happening to mr. d

the gentlelady from texas, miss sheila jackson lee. >> mr.chairman, thank you very much for your courtesy, and the ranking member, mr. cummings. thank you for acknowledging that homeland security and this committee have worked together on a number of issues. before i start i want to put into the record by reading it the words expressed by mr. obama, our president, just last as, madam director, you made it very clear that the general assembly you protected not only the president, but 140 heads of state. and the president said, the secret service does a great job. i'm grateful for all of the sacrifices they make on my behalf and all my family's behalf. i wanted to just add that, because the president has confidence. i also want to it knowledge that your storied history equates to thethe storied history of secret service starting in 1865. that it has continued in that service. our hope with this hearing, as my colleagues have said, between the publicans and democrats, that we would alter this headline that i hold up that says "the secret service

with me now congresswoman stheel sheila jackson lee. ee. thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> fighting ebola seems to be a bipartisan affair. what are the main concerns lawmakers discussed yesterday and did anything concrete come out of that meeting? >> may i first say i think what was important is that the very beginning, everalmost everyone offered their condolences to mr. do duncan's family. he is a tragic example of the devastation in sierra leone or beg guinea. so people are dying in the streets. and that was made clear. so we know we're very torn n fortunate to have a health care infrastructure. i think one of the bipartisan consensus was, first of all, debunk myths and of course one of those is that ebola is not airborne. and i personally on the record thanked president obama for the enormous capacity of the centers for disease control, resources going into the country and how we can do things better. i believe we should have a surgeon general because the surgeon general is an important mouth fepiece for health

chairman.you, thank you, ranking member, sheila jackson lee and all the today. here i thank you for this opportunity to discuss our efforts here in spread ofprevent the ebola. i want to start by saying i know the people in dallas and the and i know state, also in the rest of the nation, are scared. disease a frightening consequences.lth is it unknown? something we've diagnosed here within our borders before. and the specter of the heartbreaking outbreak in west reminds us how serious this situation woul could be. also ately, ebola is disease we can fight. measures we have in the united states and have long experience with. measures that we have had success in, that we can depend effectiveness. regretfully, as you know, mr. duncan lost his fight with ebola on wednesday. my condolences really go out to right now. it is hard to imagine what he and his family have endured in the last two weeks. and the struggle for mr. duncan's family is not over yet. our goal, however, is to minimize the possibility that be exposed toill ebola and thus reduce the possibility of ano

undocumented minors in were blackty, there residents that were fit to be tied that called out sheila jackson lee on it. and that was on youtube. i'm not sure why -- other than playing politics, and this is the problem with this whole issue, is you're playing than -- rather >> let me say this. i think that there is a lot of education that needs to go on. again, the president has done a great job of bringing everybody together. particularlys, because texas is a border state, people oftentimes think of this a latino issue. but guess what? if you go to new york city, the people living in new york city undocumented, many of them look like me. haveome of these kids that been coming over from central america, from honduras and thems like that, many of are black. some of them are black. people arein, once educated on the issue and see how this is a global issue, that regiont just about one of the world, i think that many of the people that have tried to racial issue, a they've only centered on mexico and central america, but this is global issue that is affecting many people around the country. and many