among those cdc director thomas frieden. ten testimony was given saying we are deeply sorry for failing to diagnose thomas eric duncan with ebola. house speaker john boehner says there needs to be considered a travel ban to west africa countries. along with representative schuster and representative marino. the west africa travel ban is not on the table at this point. >>> four major airports will begin ebola screening today. chicago and knee arc and dunewa hartsfield-jackson will take these measures today. >>> and asian stocks ended the day lower. tokyo down 2%. european shares mixed. a brutal three days in stocks. yesterday, the dow plunged 460 points and bounced back. it ended down 173 points. that's 1%. a lot of things going on. stalling global growth and stocks climbed over 1,000 days without a correction. the s&p has come down 700 points. it looks like it is in the process of a correction. they are healthy for the market and in this case, long, long overdue. for 1,000 days, stocking have gone straight up. >> it was crazy

among those under the microscope is thomas frieden and official from the texas health presbyterian hospital written testimony saying we are deeply sorry for failing to diagnose thomas eric duncan with ebola. >>> congressional republicans demanding further action against ebola. house majority leader john boehner says the white house needs to consider a ban on travel from west african countries where ebola is prevalent. bill schuster and tom marino joining his call. marino is demanding the resignation of tom frieden. a west africa travel ban is not on the table at this point. >>> four airports will begin enhanced screening for ebola. newark and o'hare and hartsfield-jackson along with dulles will begin screening. passenger s arriving from the ebola-stricken countries will go through the increased scereenin and answer questions. >>> stocks sold with a vengeance. futures in the u.s. pointing lower and the market meltdown. the dow fell 460 points before bouncing back and closing down 170 points. the ten-year treasury year fell below 2% for the first time since last year. europe economy has stall

it was just last week that thomas frieden was on "the kelly files" defending the workers when a nurse became infected. >> it said you don't have to cover your head gewith head gea and you don't have to cover your feet. wouldn't you admit that is insufficient? >> no. we know how ebola spreads. it spreads by direct contact, and sometimes more isn't better. you put on more layers, you put on more things, they're harder to get on, they're harder to take off. >> really? you would go into an ebola-infected patient's room, you would go in without covering your head and not being fully covered. you would do that? >> absolutely. >> we later showed pictures of thomas frieden visiting an ebola patient covered in head to toe. the new cdc guidelines, all people should be wearing double gloves, waterproof boot covers, fluid resistant gown, respirators, full face shield and surgical hoods. we had nurses complaining their neck was fully exposed while dealing with these patients. some of the nurses on the front line say that is not what they have been getting. joining us now is deborah burger, co-pres

thomas frieden declaring we will stop ebola in its tracks. >> there are real signs of progress, not only in dallas, but also around the world. we know how to stop ebola. >> mean tieshlgs an ebola-stricken liberia man fighting for his life this morning in a dallas hospital. and we're finding out more about his prognosis. here's senior medical dornt elizabeth cohen. >> john and christine, thomas eric duncan is still in critical condition here at texas health presbyterian hospital. and we have some more details about how he's doing. he is on kidney dialysis.

on his left is thomas frieden. s it turned out earlier in the day the white house press secretary josh earnest said that frieden for the most part is responsible for the problems we've had. >> we've seen this with other stories. we messed up, somebody dropped the ball, we fumbled and the person is not held accountable. who is responsible for these shortcomings? >> you've seen in a couple of instances dr. frieden take responsibility for the c.d.c. not performing up to expectations. at the same time the c.d.c. has been focused on the situation since march. >> maybe that is why the president yesterday said he's considering putting someone in charge, an ebola czar. the president has canceled more appearances, is focusing on this single-handedly. it is a very unique thing to see him change gears, not since the texas oil disaster in the gulf of mexico. >> that was going on inside the white house. outside the white house there were protesters. look at that guy in the ebola containment suit. "stop the flights." what's curio

. >> earlier today, cdc director thomas frieden admitted officials did not do all they should have to keep ebola from spreading from thomas duncan to the texas presbyterian nurse who cared for him. frieden promised to put a team of ebola experts on the ground anywhere after a diagnosis in the country. >> you know, i thought often about it i wish we had put a team like this on the ground the day the first patient was diagnosed. that might have prevented this infection. >> the infected nurse herself nina pham doing better this morning with an upgrade in her condition, thankfully. cnn's victor blackwell is in dallas for us, with more on that. >> reporter: well, certainly an optimistic update. good morning john and christine. of the nina pham has been upgraded from stable to good condition. and we received that news on the same day that the hospital released a statement from pham herself. he says, i'm doing well and want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers. i'm blessed by the support of family and friends and i'm blessed to be cared for by the best team of doctors and nurs

ramps up ebola guidelines to keep healthcare workers safe, we get an update from director thomas frieden. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead this tuesday, we go inside the heated georgia senate race that's dividing a once-red state >> woodruff: plus, start-ups vie for success in silicon valley, but what happens to the ones that can't make it? >> kind of like zombies, that's actually what they're called here, startup zombies, a company that's not succeeding or failing, it's just burning investors' money by staying alive. >> ifill: those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from electronics systems to intelligence analysis and cyber- operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. that's bae systems. that's inspired work. >> and the william and flora hewlet

we heard from the hospital monday pointing out the statement made by thomas frieden. when he on montaukday talked ab something the day before. he said there was obviously a breach of protocol that led to the infection. on monday, some people took that as blaming the nurse or hospital. that was not his intention. immediately after that, the hospital sent out a quote highlights that frieden said that ebola is the enemy here. not a hospital, not a person, not a country, the virus is the enemy. eventually saying that no one should blame us. at least not yet. the investigation is continuing here in dallas. john. >>> we have breaking news this morning. we just learned that a sudanese worker died in germany from ebola. stay tuned to cnn for more on this developing story this morning. a lot going on with ebola. including the national nurses union saying health care workers are not getting the training or equipment they need. zanai cortez tells cnn's jake tapper, without the proper protocols, ebola is a disaster waiting to happen. >> we do no have the proper protective equipme

thomas frieden, the director of the cdc is going to be speaking to a house committee.ma had planned to travel to rhode island and new york. he canceled those trips citing the ebola response. we expect to learn more about the president's agenda on ebola later this morning. >>> a lot of talk today about that issue and we'll continue to follow it for you. >>> we want to do this. that is wish a happy birthday to actor tim robbins who turns 56 today. actress suzanne somers, you remember her. >> ageless. >> she looks just as great. what was that show? "three's company." >> are you kidding me? >> i was a huge fan. >> you're not convincing anyone. >> i was. mr. roper. see? there you go. and murder she wrote actress angela lansbury is 89 today. happy birthday to all of you. keep it right here for news, weather, sports. i'm betty nguyen. it's 4:30. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to today. it's thursday morning. hi, christina. >> the weekend is upon us. just about. just about. good morning to you. we have really interesting weather changes to go over a

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thomas frieden said earlier today. they are clearly on the hot seat today.the fact that this is uncharted territory and things are confusing within the cdc but the uncharted territory is the most concerning thing about it because the cdc are the ones that are supposed to be charting the future and charting that territory to keep us all safe. john. >> robert ray thanks very much. >>> tonight, iraqi officials are saying, i.s.i.l. are gathering just 25 mice west of baghdad, iraq's anbar province and the syrian town of kobani. president obama says strikes against i.s.i.l. will keep focusing on those areas but warns it will be a belong term campaign. talking about the difficulty of forming a unified mission in syria. >> it is a holistic approach, not just building the additional forces that will go into the free syrian army they need to pild anbuild and create a from structure where they will have a role to play in the outcome. >> general allen says the coalition is working with many syrian troops but the focus remains on iraq. how the group has been able to adva

earlier director thomas frieden admitted that health officials did not do all they should have to prevent ebola from spreading from thomas eric duncan to the texas presbyterian health nurse who cared for them. now this breaking news that there's a second health care worker in dallas who has tested positive for ebola. frieden agreed to put a team on the ground hours after being announced anywhere in the country. >>> violence erupting overnight in hong kong as pro-democracy protesters try to take a major road encircling police. officers pushed proest iters back with pepper spray. they arrested dozens. meanwhile, police promising to investigate six officers captured on video by a local tv station taking a prodemocracy protester to kick him during a street demonstration. manisha tank is thrive therlive. what you can tell us? >> reporter: we saw the clashes, what the police are trying to do is retake the areas, an eight-lane highway full of traffic and it's caused severe congestion box the roads are off limit. the police have had the increment step-by-step approach in the past few days. apart

here is director thomas frieden on september 30th. >> we are stopping it in its tracks in this countrywe can do that because of two things: strong healthcare infection control that stops the spread of ebola and strong core public health functions. >> robert ray is in atlanta with the latest tonight. robert? >> reporter: john, good evening. indeed, as you reported, the latest patient, the 29-year-old nurse, was flown here from dallas this evening. she is in an isolation unit behind me at emory university hospital where they are monitoring her health. we should find out more about her condition tomorrow morning at, at latest, tomorrow afternoon. now, on to the mishap in cleveland where the nurse was allowed to board the flight that was going from cleveland back to dallas. when i spoke with the federal official inside the cdc earlier, this evening, that federal official said they have remorse over this decision, that the decision to allow her to fly should not have occurred and that there is some confusion with inside the cdc. now, the cdc is telling those folks that were on frontier airl

elizabeth cohen, what do you make of what thomas frieden said in that press conference? >> reporter: you know, i think people have criticized dr. frieden for being so reassuring and we could see other health care workers becoming infected with ebola. if there was a problem with this woman's protective gear, there could be a problem with another person's protective gear. you highlighted that he apologized. i think people took what he said yesterday that she made a mistake. i've been saying this for 24 hours, she didn't make a mistake. she's a worker at this hospital. she does as she's instructed. she follows the protocols that she's given. so one has to look, how did the hospital coach her? how did they supervise her? did she have a buddy as these workers do in other situations and hospitals. they have a buddy that watches them put the gear on, do a procedure, and take the gear off. the guidelines from cdc, are they specific as they should be? this is not about the nurse. she's incredibly brave for treating an ebola patient. >> dr. amesh adalja, listening to dr. frieden i

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thomas frieden.lls for his resignation over how the feds have handled this ebola threat including the decision not to impose travel bans. brit hume is our senior political analyst. what did you thing? >> you asked the right questions, megyn, and dr. frieden seems like a very nice man and probably a very fine doctor struggled with the fact that some of the things he was saying to you that the information was clear and it was correct and all that was manifestly not true based on what he himself ultimately conceded during the course of the interview. and iz explanation like previous ones that have been given for the reasons for not imposing a travel ban to keep people from infected areas out of this country for the time being i thought makes no sense. you would not have to have an actual ban on flights. you can do it through the visa system where you will not allow people with visas from those countries to come here for now. flights would come and go. it wouldn't keep anybody from going there. the expla

thomas frieden.ank you so much for being here. >> good morning. >> let's talk about what we have been talking about thus far, are you considering enhanced screenings at u.s. airports for people travel income from ebola stricken countries? >> we are looking at all options to protect all americans. that's our first priority. the first is to implement control measures in africa. every person that leaves has their temperature monitored. the patient in dallas had a temperature of 97.3. when he left. he didn't become ill for four days after he arrived. he had over 40,000 visitors from west africa, people returning, americans and others over the past six months. we will look hard at every opportunity and see what we can do to further increase the safety of americans. >> as you point out, the screening in his country did not work for mr. duncan. it failed. >> le failed to identify basht infectious ebola. he developed that four days after he landed in the u.s. one of the things we are doing is making shoo you

thomas frieden was asked about this today. joining us now, the author of those comments, house foreign committee chairman. congressman ed royce. mr. chairman, good to have you with us. an extraordinary hearing, an extraordinary situation. the response from this administration. they've known what was coming presumably since march when frieden raised the alarm. your response to the administration's response to this. >> for example, it seems to me pretty clear-cut that when you have a pandemic like this, the first thing you would dd would be to put a hole. do you temporarily suspend the issuance of visas from people from these three countries into the united states? it is not an inherent right for people to travel or to have tourism to the united states in a case where you have a pandemic. in the past in 2009 we had a pandemic, for example, h1n1 flu and as a consequence they suspended the issuance of visas in certain concentrate leconcentrate let ul the situation was under control. (?) i don't understand why that is not deployed

thomas frieden at the centers for disease control and prevention.is comments follow the quarantine of a dallas healthcare worker who has now been diagnosed with the virus. >> really there are two different steps. the first is diagnosis, and every hospital in this country needs to think about the possibility in ebola in anyone with a fever or other symptoms who has traveled to liberia, sierra leone, and guinea in the previous 21 days. second is the issue of care of ebola once the diagnosis has been made. and we're now working very closely with the hospital to make that care simpler, and easier, with hands on training, hands on oversight and monitoring. >> reporter: in dallas the centers for disease control says it is increasing its monitoring and tracing of hospital workers who cared for the now deceased thomas eric duncan. >> very tough day the last several of days for the hospital staff. we knew there was possible that one of the workers may become infected, but it's still disappointing. >> reporter: the cdc says a breach of protocol caused the wor

boxer wrote thomas frieden, head of centers for disease control and prevention. house speaker boehner said the president should absolutely consider an absolute travel ban in the grip of the ebola even dommic. michael burgess, a medical doctor, questioned why visas are still being issued to people in the ebola hot zone. >> it should be stopped. i don't know how long but allow our medical personnel here a chance to catch up. >> questions about a travel ban and the possible appointment of a white house czar to oversee the federal ebola response are likely to be raised where top officials will testify. the white house has ruled out a travel ban and say it has a, quote, completely manageable structure already in place. charlie? >> garrett, thanks. dr. jon lapook is with us. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> they gave the patient the okay to fly even though she had a fever. a lot of questions are being raised this morning about the cdc. >> this is an agency that has had a great track record for decades but mistakes were made here and there's nothing wrong with

but the cdc director, thomas frieden, having none of it.laiming that a travel ban is not the right answer, it's simply not feasible to build a wall. virtual or real around a community or city or country. it would essentially quarantined more than 22 million people who make up the combined population of liberia, sierra leone and guinea, those are the three most devastated by the ebola virus. but he doesn't mention the 314 million americans that he works for. our next guest says that travel restrictions may be exactly what is needed. joining us tonight is congressman pete sessions, chairman of the house rules committee and a member of the republican study committee. it's good have you with us, congressman. >> thank you very much. lou: thomas frieden is making some actually are judgments and statements here. and none of us is a medical keenness, but it is an take one understand that this is necessary when confronted with this awful disease. >> i think you can look at the responses that come out of the cdc, in particular, probably the administr

the director of the cdc, thomas frieden, is standing by. we'll talk to him and our other guests. cnn's victor blackwell is on the ground in dallas. what is are you hearing from there? >> reporter: tom frieden, director of the cdc, said that the agency did not respond aggressively enough once thomas eric duncan tested positive. they are beefing up that response now. also, they are monitoring more than 70 health care workers who also had contact with duncan. the centers for disease control says it's working with health officials to determine who could have been exposed to ebola with nina pham before she was diagnosed on sunday. those contacts will be monitored. >> before he was hospitalized, had exposures or potential exposures to 48 people. second, once he was hospitalized, there were at least 76 people who might have come into contact with him or his blood and who are being monitored now. >> many of those at risk up until now had been self-monitoring. now they will be tested twice daily for fever and a change in conditions. pham received a blood transfusion today. she received it

but cdc director thomas frieden insist they're doing everything possible to help healthcare workers. >> we're working closely with the hospital. there are intensive efforts to train, retrain and supervise staff to get consistent. which are assured 24/7 there will be a site manager who will monitor how personal equipment is put on, taken off and what's done. >> there are no complaints from nurses in nebraska where the nbc cameraman is being treated because the nebraska unit has been developing protocols for nine years. the lead nurse says that the practice has pulled them through. >> thank you. >>> politics taking a backseat to ebola. president obama canceling a fundraising trip today in order to talk about the virus. the president was supposed to speak at democratic events in new jersey and connecticut. instead, he will meet with senior staff from agencies coordinating the government's response to the ebola infections. lisa stark joins us now from washington. good is to see you. what do we know about this meeting and the president's change of plans here? 7. >> well, tony, the meeting

thomas frieden said they will work to identify anyone that is in contact with the patient. >>> once the contacts are identified they are monitored 21 days after exposure to see if they get a fever. >>reporter:with good care they can survive. as we saw with three americans infected in west africa. and treated in the u.s. dr. frieden is confident it will not happen here. >> it's possible that if someone had contact with the individual could develop ebola in the coming weeks. there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here. >>reporter:ali gorman, "channel~6 action news,." >>> the united states has a robust system of treating patients. the situation is dire in west africa. the epidemic killed 3,000 people there. ebola sickened 6500. the hardest hit are guinea and sierra leone. the doctors are containing the outbreak. they will set up a combat field hospital, two mobile testing labs. they plan to set clinics and train for workers. the coverage of the ebola outbreak continues on our website. it's the first ebola case diagnosed in the united states. >>> please stay with us as abc's rich

cdc director thomas frieden will be at today's hearing. some tough questioning you think from lawmakers? >> absolutely. it comes in the context of we're in the political campaign season too. you can expect that any time politics also gets injected into a thing like this, a health crisis, that that even gets ratcheted up even more. but i think it's important to know that we haven't seen any calls for the head of the cdc from the administration to step down. as we saw with the secret service scandal and other stories, it's usually not the first or second misstep that gets you into trouble, it's that third and fourth one. right now, there is some lee way that the cdc has. again, if there are any other examples of screwups or delayed guidelines, i think that's when there will be a problem. >> if you count them up, hasn't there been more than just one? you would consider the call by the nurse to the cdc to find out if it's okay to fly with a 99 degree temperature, wouldn't that be added to the list? >> we have seen this blame game. there is cri

thomas frieden declared we will stop ebola in its tracks. >> there are real signs of progress, not onlyn dallas, but also around the world. we know how to stop ebola. >> this morning, thomas eric duncan is battling ebola, fighting for his life in a dallas hospital. and we're finding out more this morning about his prognosis. let's check in with senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. >> john and christine, thomas eric duncan is still in critical condition here at texas presbyterian hospital. we have more details about how he's doing. he's on kid nah dialysis. he's also on a ventilator to help him breathe. and he's as under medical sedation which means his family can't speak with him. in a press conference on tuesday, his family did say there are signs of optimism. for example, his blood pressure is back up. that's a good thing. dangerously blood pressure say problem for ebola patients. also they said his liver function is looking better and that his temperature has returned to normal. now, we think about this disease spreading within the city of dallas there's really good news. so

and where's thomas frieden? we have a better chance of seeing bowe bergdahl than thomas frieden.e&gyq÷ to quickly make l fauci over the weekend explaining a few things. i have so much credit to the governor of florida, the governor of new jersey and the governor of new york. >> the governor of new jersey and the governor of new york pulled back. >> no, they're making them have house quarantine as opposed to hospital quarantine. >> okay. we, tucker, we're quarantining our military for 21 days in italy. this nurse -- i understand she's upset. we'll talk about it more later. but seriously? çijt you're in c patien patients, you need to be quarantined. >> that's bigoted. ebola's from africa. >> no, no, this is really simple. it's a handy rule of thumb. if you're in disagreement on a policy level with thÒb6c administration, you're bigoted. ask chief policy advise al sharpton. it's simple. >> let's go to the 2016 election for a minute. obama it was a big deal you didn't blow that. hillary clinton made a similar statement, businesses and corporations don't make jobs. listen to this stupi

thomas frieden at the centers for disease control and prevention. his comments today follow the quarantine of a dallas hospital worker who was wearing protective gear and has now been diagnosed with the virus. >> really there are two different steps. the first is diagnosis. and every hospital in this country needs to think about the possibility of ebola in anyone with a fever, or other symptoms that might be consistent with ebola, who's traveled oany of the three countries, liberia, sierra leone and guinea in the last 21 days. second is care of the virus once the diagnosis has been made. and we're working with the hospital to make that care simpler and easier with hands on training, hands on monitoring. >> the centers for disease control says it's increasing its monitoring and contact tracing for hospital workers who cared for the now deceased thomas eric duncan. >> very tough day for the hospital staff and we knew it was a possibility that one of the health care workers would become infected but still very disappointing. >> a breach of protocol cau

but i caught a moment in the hearing where thomas frieden said we're open to ideas that. does not instill confidence when the disease expert you're looking at for hope is looking at politicians and saying we're open to ideas. that's like asking me for advice on being tall. you're not going to get it. there's a real parallel between ebola and isis. the more aloof or dismissive the leadership is the worse things get. as long as you think a threat is j.v., it's always going to graduate to varsity. because your priorities are always elsewhere. >> the problem of credibility worsens last night when it was revealed that the cdc was called by the second nurse and before she flew and she said she had a fever. it was at 99.5. and their standard said 100.4. 99.5 she was told she was allowed to fly. now frieden is saying she should have been told not to fly. listen to this part. >> a second nurse affected by ebola took a flight to cleveland after she registered a fever. we have a report that says she contacted the cdc and was told she could fly. did she in fact call the cdc and ask f

thomas frieden is botching the situation big time. we've already pounded dr. on his inexplicable opposition to suspending visa and passports from west africa, and yesterday the man could not even explain how ebola should be handled in public transportation. >>. you're a member of the traveling public and are healthy shouldn't you be worried that you might have gotten it by sitting next to someone and the answer is no. second, if you are sick and you may have ebola, should you get on a bus and the answer to that is also no. you might become ill. you might have a problem that exposes someone around you. >> but if you can't get ebola by traveling on a bus, how can an ebola victim expose you? >> once again, dr. frieden is confused so talking points will help him out. if you are sitting on a bus and someone next to you has ebola actively and sneezes on you, you can get it. are you understanding that, dr. frieden? therefore -- therefore well, the federal government has to keep ebola victims out of public arena. that means, and i'm speaking slowly for the doctor, no p

now, i want to clarify, you heard thomas frieden, the cdc director talking about that 48, the number of individuals who were exposed to the original ebola patient, thomas eric duncan who passed away here on wends, becoming the first person to die of ebola in the united states. this nurse who is hospitalized with ebola is not among those 48. in fact, they have not identified exactly how many others who cared for mr. duncan may be in danger. >> what perhaps corrective measures are they saying they have taken to kind of limit this thing? well, they say they are looking at those protocols although they have said many times previous to this that these protocols were unbreachable. they are saying two perhaps critical things in the care of mr. duncan that may have exposed workers. one is possible when he had deliver dialysis, and, also, because also when they were removing masks from these healthcare workers, they say the process of taking off this protective gear, that process, itself, may be dangerous to workers. >> heidi zhou cast row there. thank you so much. the international monetary f

thomas frieden giving updates on the second case of ebola in the u.s. it involves a healthcare worker at presbyterian hospital where thomas duncan was treated. done by the cdc to find out how the virus from mr. duncan to this healthcare worker under isolation. there is one other person monitored as well. for more on the situation, heidi castro from dallas we are wondering from texas health officials there. heidi more has more information. the nurse -- pardon me, the healthcare worker controlled it. >> the hospital laid out a timeline. she may have ebola. she was self monitoring, as directed by the hospital there was a plan in place for scenario. this worker called into the hospital, informed them she were on her way and that she apparently came to this hospital in her own personal vehicle. and within 90 minutes of discovering her fever, she was already in isolation. now, of course, you heard from the cdc's director that this must have resulted from a breach of protocol but no one has the answer yet. >> that's of the greatest concern here because until t

thomas frieden, and chief of staff. we're expecting comments from the president any moment to try once again to calm the public, after yet another day where there were more questions raised about whether the government really has a handle on this. while cdc director thomas frieden was in the hot seat on capitol hill, he left the door open to more health care workers infected with ebola. >> we hope no more will, but we know that's a possibility, since two individuals became infected. >> reporter: president obama was also taking fire, for a slow response to the crisis. even from a democratic congressman, campaigning for the u.s. senate, who just appeared with first lady michelle obama last friday. >> i'm greatly concerned that the administration did not act fast enough in responding in texas. we need to look at all the options available to keep our families safe and move quickly and responsibly to make any necessary changes. >> reporter: the president continues to reject such a travel ban that a growing number of democrat

the cdc director thomas frieden is set to testify before congress today at hearing on what u.s. officials are doing to contain the spread of the ebola virus. the head of texas health presbyterian, the dallas hospital where the two nurses were infected and thomas eric duncan died, is also expected to testify and issue an apology. meanwhile in west africa, nearly 5000 people have died as authorities struggle to contain the outbreak. in sierra leone's capital, police fired tear gas on people who took to the streets to complain the body of a woman who died from ebola was left on the street for two days. more of the ebola crisis after the headlines. the pentagon says hundreds of islamic state fighters have been killed in intensifying u.s.-led air strikes on the syrian town of kobani. rear admiral john kirby made the claim on wednesday. >> one of the reasons why you're seeing more strikes is there is more isil. we believe, and it is hard to give an exact number, but we believe we have killed several hundred isil fighters in and around kobani. >> the u.s.-led coalition has been hitting

thomas frieden to resign because he has been misleading thejilñ folks.elling us the full story about how ebola is spreading. about how it can be contained. the biggest fabrication the doctor is putting out there is that stopping west africans from coming to the u.s.a. would somehow diminish the world's ability to fight ebola in africa. as we said last night that'súj flat out false. can you read that talking points memo on bill o'reilly.com. tonight, a brand new abc news, "the washington post" poll tells the story. question: in dealing with ebola outbreak would you support or oppose restricting entry to the united states by people who have been in affected areas? a whopping 67% support. 29% oppose. 4% are clueless. also, do you think the u.s.a. is doing all it reasonably can to try to prevent further cases of ebola in the united states or do you think ita. should do more? '3% doing all it can. 64% should do more. that scientific poll mirrors our bill o'reilly.com poll. do you believe the federal government is doing enough to protect americans from ebola?

>> well, john, yesterday i asked thomas frieden, the head of the cdc, is mr.is the dallas patient getting any experimental treatments and he said no. so i called back a federal official today and i said "is that still true?" and the federal official said that is not still true. he said to the best of his knowledge mr. duncan was getting an experimental drug. i talked to a family member of mr. duncan's and he said yes, he's getting an experimental drug that's an anti-viral drug that is still in the experimental stage so i called the company who makes the drug and they said, well, on friday we received permission from the food and drug administration do give this drug to ebola patients and we went to the fda at the request of a treating physician, a physician treating someone with ebola in the united states. we called the folks here at presbyterian and said were these your positions that made -- physicians that made that request, they haven't gotten back to us. >> any sense of how long it would take for mr. duncan to start feeling the effects of this anti-viral

thomas frieden head of the cdc who has mucked things up big time. but, of course the question remains will president obama protect the american people by stopping travelers from the epidemic ebola area. >> i don't have a philosophical objection to a travel ban if that is the thing that is going to keep the american people safe the problem is in all the discussions i have had thus far with experts in the field. experts in infectious disease is that it a travel ban is less effective than the measures that we are currently instituting. >> it doesn't matter, mr. president. you do everything you can to protect americans. this is not a comparative situation you do it all. talking points predicts if there is one more, one more ebola case in the u.s.a., a travel ban will have to be imposed. that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. fox news media reporter howard kurtz criticizing some of the ebola coverage. mr. curetsz joins us now. see him sunday 11:00 a.m. on media buzz. what is your beef, howard? >> my beef is with the breathless, relentless, overh

cdc director thomas frieden has stressed again and again that hospitals around the country should be prepared for ebola. but new facts are echoing those questions. medical experts have begun to suggest, they say, that patients transfer to designated centers with special expertise in treating ebola. there are four around the country. emory, the nhi in maryland, nebraska medical center, and st. patrick hospital in montana. dr. richard carmono was the 17th u.s. surgeon general and he joins us now. there have been some apparent mistakes here in dallas in the handling of this case. what does that tell us about the preparedness of u.s. hospitals for ebola? >> it's good to be with you. thank you for the opportunity to comment. what we know is that over a decade ago we spent a lot of money and time preparing hospitals for any and all hazards to include bioterrorism and events like we have with ebola today. the challenge is, though, in between those times when we have these events when there isn't practice, aren't scenarios being run, where the personnel are not being stressed in these type o

thomas frieden is director of the centers for disease control and prevention. >> the arrival of the firstla patient in the u.s. has really increased attention to what health workers need to do in this country to be alert. >> reporter: now a team of health workers are monitoring nearly 50 people in dallas who may have had contact with the patient. officials emphasize the virus is not spread through the air but only by direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. michelle, they believe nine people had close contact with duncan but say so far none has shown symptoms. >> manuel bojorquez, thank you. the death of a child in new jersey has renewed fears about entero virus, which has spiked around the country the last two months. the symptoms of the disease are similar to other types of illness and as mark albert reports, officials are urging caution. >> continue to be safe. >> reporter: the mayor of hamilton township, new jersey, tried to calm fears after confirmation the highly contagious enterovirus d68 had indeed caused the death of a four-year-old boy here. >> the only thing

thomas frieden who said the u.s. is prepared to stop ebola and prevent an outbreak.s the u.s. prepared? >> i do agree with that. i think we really are misreading the risk as it relates to this virus in this country. we will likely have potential cases coming into this country again. i think as we go forward, we'll see virtually no transmission outside of the official introduction of the case and potential close contacts in those first hours that they're here. that's it. >> you've said that you can't imagine anything more devastating than ebola going airborne. what would make that happen? are there any indications that it has already started to happen? >> well, first of all, let me just put it into context. it was part of a larger piece that i wrote in "the new york times" in which i talked about what we call plan bs. we need to be thinking forward. six months ago, if you ask ebola experts would we be seeing the situation we're seeing now, they would have said no. we know this virus has been transmitted by the airborne route with monkey between monkeys and we don't un