thomas frieden is here with me.e testified before congress today about the ebola spread, the outbreak. chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is joining us from atlanta. sanjay, you have a question so go ahead. >> let me ask you you just off top, i was curious about we say that the patients don't start to become infectious spreading the virus till they are sick. we see that and ot website and everywhere. i wanted to get a little bit more detail on that. i mean we know what sick means. how sick are we talking about? we know you can't be a carrier of ebola, but could you be sick spreading the virus and still be able to move around, get on a plane, these sorts of things? >> what we really know is that when you begin to get sick and when have you fever, that's when you begin to shed the virus. and it's only by exchange of body fluids that we will see spread of ebola. that's why health care workers are at such risk. if you see the situation of the patient who went to liberia, he got sick on the plane. so far we don

the issue has become president obama sat down for an interview with "new york times" columnist thomas frieden, and here is what he had to say about syria and arming the rebels. rebels. >> with respect to see it's always been a fantasy this idea that we could provide some light orange or even more sophisticated arms to what was essentially an opposition made up of former doctors, farmers, pharmacists and so forth, if you're going to be up to battle not only a well armed state but also a well armed state backed by russia, backed by iran, a battle hardened hezbollah. that was never in the cards. >> president obama in his interview with tom friedman of "the new york times" responded to criticism of city. want to get your take on what hillary clinton had to say about president obama's approach to foreign policy. phone lines on the screen. republicans (202) 585-3881, democrats (202) 585-3880, and independents all others (202) (202) 585-3882. clinton obama and corrected his what he writes. clinton speaks as a treatment kennedy democrat. he's obviously much, much more multilateral than republicans bu

thomas frieden.ng three of the countries hardest hit by the virus. >> this is an absolute emergency. we've never seen anything on this scale of ebola before. and unfortunately, it's going to get worse before it gets better. we have not yet turned the tide. the outbreak is a federal response and the critical block now is getting treatment units up around the country as rapidly as possible, but ensuring safety at all steps. >> public health officials can be quite measured in their statements about risks. that was not measured. that was a warning. the numbers, of course, frightening, according to the world health organization, 1,427 people have died from ebola. 2,216 has been affected since march. the government has removed its response team after an american worker contracted ebola. and a british nurse exposed to that virus while working with patients in west africa is being treated with the experimental drug zmapp. >>> a program to compensate victims of crashes linked to a faulty ignition switch in gm

states, thomas frieden, the head of the centers for disease control and prevention, told congress he has activated the agency's highest level of response. >> it is unprecedented in 5 different ways. first, it is the largest ever.ak in fact, at the current trend, within another few weeks there will have been more cases in this outbreak than in all previous recognized outbreaks of ebola put together. >> secretary of state john kerry is in afghanistan today for a second round of talks in the country's disputed presidential election. kerry is asking both candidates to accept a monitors or candidate can be in place before an upcoming nato meeting next month. the obama administration resumed talks with iran thursday over iran's disputed nuclear program. state department spokesperson marie harf called the discussions constructive and said that meetings on the issue would continue. newly leaked documents show a german spying company that provides technology to governments around the world helped bahrain spy on its citizens during a crackdown on pro-democracy protests. analyzing documents rel

president obama sat down with thomas frieden of "th of "the nk times" on friday and he responded to this criticism of him over this issue of arming city. is what he had to say. skip with respect to say it's always been a fantasy, this idea that we could provide some light arms or even more sophisticated arms to what was essentially an opposition made up of former doctors, farmers, pharmacists and so forth. and that they would be able to battle not only a well armed state, but also a well armed state backed by russia, backed by iran. a battle hardened hezbollah. that was never in the cards. >> host: that was president obama when he sat down in an interview with the new york times on friday responding to this criticism. here's what hillary clinton had to say in her interview with jeffrey goldberg. also in this also in this article she talked about president obama's doctrine, if you will, and she said about when you intervene in countries, and she was quoted as saying that great nations need organizing principle, and don't do stupid stuff is not an organizing principle, referring to what pr

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thomas frieden says you guys know how to stop the infection from moving around west africa.ow is that? >> since this virus is only transmitted person to person, the way to stop the outbreak is to interrupt these chains of transfer mission from one person to the next. >> involves identifying cases, getting them into isolation and treat. >> this right here shows where ebola is affecting here in west africa. >> easier said than done. the cdc compares this to a mayor ton with unprecedented obstacles and its work has only just gun. >> there is reports over there of citizens not going in to hospitals because they think it's unsafe. they feel like some of them feel like they are being lied to. some are leaving bodies on the streets. how do you guys change that? >> so one of the real challenges here is this health communication, health education component of this to get people to trust the messaging and to comply with what our recommendations are. we understand that it's not just developme developing the message but finding that trusted person, whether it's a village elder, a religi

thomas frieden is a witness from the centers of disease control. he's accompanied by mr. joseph henderson, deputy director of the office of security and emergency preparedness at the centers for disease control. dr. gierdick is the associate director. dr. nancy kingsbury is the managing director of applied research and methods at the u.s. government accounting office. did you want to introduce someone from your district? >> mr. chairman, thank you very much for giving me the opportunity. i know this witness is on the second panel and it will be a little while before we will be hearing from the second panel, but it is an honor and pleasure to introduce also the second panel, shawn kauffman. mr. kauffman is president and founding partner of a company called behavioral solutions. his background is long-term employment with the cdc before forming his own company in my district, the 11th congressional district of georgia in woodstock, georgia. and i would encourage all of the members on both sides of the aisle, if you haven't had a chance, i know we try to read all of the test

thomas frieden, the director of the cdc.ople have died so far from the virus across west africa. and in liberia, the hardest hit nation, an entire neighborhood in the capital is quarantined. the world health organization announced today that an unprecedented number of health care worker, 120 have died in the outbreak so far. twice that number have been infected. i spoke to dr. sanjay gupta earlier. this is an unprecedented number of health care workers who have become ill with this virus. do we know why so many? is it the scope of the outbreak? >> i think a lot is the scope. what is interesting is the health care workers are always the first people to get sick. >> right. >> because they don't know at the time that they're dealing with ebola. so at the beginning of an outbreak, you always have a lot of health care workers. but think about this. several simultaneous outbreaks. you have somebody appearing in nyjah. the first people that cared for him, they didn't suspect he had ebola. i think five, maybe seven health care worke