of france, before the united states joined the united nations, any such thing. so america's economic story is a very different story from that of empire and yet, and this is where we all get stuck, we say, yes, but, the u.s. is the primary guarantor of world security. why do we get involved? why are we involved in all these other countries? by the way, the japanese call this more or less the yoshita doctrine, which translates more or less into "let america do it." this came out of world war ii. and in fact, one of the interesting parts of this story is that there wasn't one country other than the united states that was willing to sign a peace treaty with japan at the end of world war ii because of its behavior in that war. you think nazi germany was bad, and it was horrific, but because of the treatment of prisoners of war, nobody was willing to sign a peace treaty so it wasn't until 1951 that australia became the second country after the u.s. to sign a peace treaty. why? because this all took place in the same week, a foggy week in san francisco -- this is wher

a democrat has not been elected to the united states senate from kansas since 9 32. we are a republican state, we are a conservative state, and the trend is that way. here's what's happened is that the democrats seeing that their candidate probably wasn't going to win -- i should say wasn't going to win -- encouraged him to get off the ballot. and then the hope is that an independent -- so-called independent can win a general election. the independent was the democrat was a democrat candidate against senator roberts in 2008. the independent -- so-called independent -- is a contributor to president obama financially. a contributor to harry reid. so i think -- the word independent has some appeal to people. we all like people who are "independent skt but the reality is this is not an independent, this is someone pretending to be an independent to overcome the problems that a democrat would have running for the united states senate. >> but looking for everything else and where governor brownback is at the moment how tough of a race is this for your colleague? >> i think

strategic air command jet tankers refueled the fighters en route from the united states to iran. turkey was the first stop for the battle group on their global track. the troops remained during their stay -- state alert by top conditioning exercises. of course, like soldiers everywhere, time was found for that moment of relaxation. a chance to nourish the inner man. in iran, elements of the royal guard assisted by their united states military advisers stage a warm-up. the reigning fight cruise in airborne officers -- iranian flight crews and airborne officers went over the plan. and skill ofe these men testified to their qualifications as paratroopers and reflected the excellent training given them. on d-day, the airborne brigade flew through the narrow corridor between turkey and northwest iran. did --ntacted -- they they then conducted a powerful airborne assault. and then in amphibious assault in the persian gulf. they were supported by jet fighters. exercise delawar's nerve center. , the the first to land joint task force staff. communications equipment and personnel also arri

so the united states has international treaties. the state department usually sends a delegation is usually sent to defend the united states performance on treaty. -- on treaties. these are usually multilateral many's -- that many countries are signatories to. in february, the u.s. was being evaluated by the u.n. human rights committee on its covenant on political and civil rights. the panel asked me to attend. the delegation asked me to attend. i attended and you can imagine what this is like. there is a panel of experts from around the world that are critically questioning the united states delegation, and there is a delegation of american officials that have to take a beating, in some respects. and they asked questions about the death penalty, guantanamo, homelessness, and all sorts of other issues. there is a wide range of federal government officials there. one of the committee members started pressing me on what if the united states just apologized to the tribes and be done with it? that was sort of the attitude, and i said you

at that time ohio was northwest of the new united states. this is land over the appalacian allegheny mountain chain. britain had made settlement there illegal proclamation of 1763 to remain indian country. in 1801, president jefferson aptly described the new settler states and tensions for horizontal and vertical continental expansion stating however present interest may restrain us we have our own limits. it is impossible not to look forward too distant -- distant times when our rapid multiplication will expand itself beyond those limits and cover the whole northern if not the southern continent with people speaking the same language governed in a similar form by similar laws. this vision of manifest destiny found form a few years later in the monroe doctrine signaling the intention of dominating former spanish colonial territory in the americas and the pacific which will be put into practice during the rest of the century. we are now in some of that territory in spain and was annexed. oh i forgot, it won their freedom. narratives from the p

the final objective, united states troop aircraft assemble for the long trip back to the united states to the united states armed forces. despite the dust the giant , planes airlift men and equipment back to united states safely and on schedule. it is important to realize that for the first time in our history, an entire army airborne brigade with all of its heavy equipment was transported 12,000 miles on an ally's call for assistance to help stem the tide of aggression in their country. united states military officials have devoted considerable effort to the evaluation of exercise delawar and the contributions to the defense of the free world. they believe the success of the exercise has given a strong boost to the central treaty organization. united states and iranian fighting men have gained invaluable experience, both in staff and command function and combined operations in the field. this effort helps prove the differences in language and customs need not be a barrier to allies working and fighting together for a common cause. the exercise demonstrated that joint operating procedu

it was never the first priorities of the united states. the biggest area of our failure was helping to develop rule of law and governance. afghanistan during the period of the war against the soviets and the civil war produced a class of warlords and group of people who were so horrible to the population they often welcomed the taliban in their place. when we went in, we adopted some of toes people. we kept some of those warlords around, we used them because it was cheaper, and it was a big mistake. a lot of those people are here. when the taliban come in and say we're going to be tough on people, but we're not going to be as bad as those other people that the united states supported, sometimes they get purchase with the local people. throughout our time in afghanistan, we spent way too much time focused on military issues and not enough time focused on political governance and rule of law issues. >> right now, by an estimate from the united nations office of drugs and crime more than 90% of the entire world's supply of opium comes from po

just as the constitution defines the governmental relationship between the united states and each stateeaties define the relationship between the united states and each of the tribes. like federal constitutional rights, which are known to have a penumbra, they exude a broader meaning than just the words on the page. tribal laws also have greater meaning. they are known as the trust responsibility. this penumbra extends beyond treaties and beyond tribes with treaties to all of the tribes. one is tempted to think that treaties are unimportant, today. their role is the back own of the relationship, the trust responsibility, that continues their importance. that is one of their continued reason for being. one only needs to read the essays in this book to see the importance of treaties. especially in modern times for protecting the rights of indians. it's an inspirational story. i do a lot of thinking about treaties, not just in my current job. into every, i was testifying on behalf of the united states -- in february, i was testifying on behalf of the united states in treaty defense. a dele

to operate like the united states senate. don't leave that hanging. don't walk away from this. lets invest in these candidates and see if we can't -- i think we will have success if we have the necessary resources. this is not an appeal for funding of candidates. it is the challenge we face. as republicans, we are not raising the money that the democrats and their organizations are raising and spending and races. >> before the election, a lot can happen. with the republicans lynn -- when a narrow majority? what you predicting? >> i wish i knew the answer to the question you just asked. -- what i canense say about that is that the polls are moving in our direction. becomingmore races are the gap in which the republican is ahead of the democrat. the gap is increasing. the number of races in which the gap is increasing is increasing. the polls show the enthusiasm is on the republican side. our voters are much more interested in the election then democrat voters. i would say the issues that are now servicing -- had we done this p

bangor, maine for refuelling. >>> in dallas, the condition of the first patient diagnosed in the united statesmas eric duncan has been downgraded from serious to critical. >>> in delaware, a child from liberia has been placed in an isolation unit. he was past the incubation period for ebola. the likelihood for infection is extremely low. cnn's elizabeth cohen

it was, i don't understand why anyone would possibly want to attack the united states. we are such a peaceful nation. all we want to do is go about living our lives with freedom and liberty, yet people seem to really hate us and it's impossible to understand why. the question that was asked of the mirkin people was -- of the american people was the famous "why do they hate us" question, and the u.s. government needed to provide an answer because people wanted to know why they were attacked. the answer was, they hate us for our freedom. what's remarkable about that, that was understandable because muslims and their grievances have been basically excluded completely from public discourse. the reason americans did not know that is because they were not subjected to it. they were never exposed to it. 11 years later, here we are, after the united states has full-scaleo invasions and invasions of predominantly muslim countries, has bombed many others, has created a worldwide torture regime, has created a lawless prison in the middle of the ocean that has brought thousands of

the republicans potentially could take the majority in the united states senate. s from three key battleground states, that would be iowa, colorado and virginia, do not, repeat not want the president of the united states who is a democrat campaigning for them. our chief political analyst gloria borger is with us right now. these are states that the president carried, i believe, both in 2008 and in 2012. yet these democratic candidates who have problems getting elected are reluctant to let the president come in and campaign with them. >> don't forget, iowa was the place that first gave birth to the barack obama we now know that was a crucial win for him in the caucuses when he first ran for the presidency. if you look at his approval ratings in all three of these states, the disapproval is over 50%. that's a real problem. i think what we're seeing now is that candidates are saying, you know what? i can no longer run on that obama brand that was so dependable that brought out younger voters, that brought out minorities, that brought out women particularly young singl

if you look at the five wars that the united states conducted since 1945, we achieved the stated objective in only one. which is the first gulf war. it was sort of a draw and that we withdrew from. each of them started like this one now with great enthusiasm, great public support, and at some point, the only key debate was how do you get out of its? and it was the only strategy accepted as a general consensus. what i would say to the president and security adviser, what i would say to you is tell me how it is going to end, and tell me -- let's get a plan. i think it was correct, in -- americans are murdered on television with improvement of intimidating regions and ourselves, i think it is right for us. we also need a strategy of how it will end and what we're trying to achieve and i would tell him that it does not risk public speeches here, should be the most important thing that he can do. >> could you stand up? you will project better. >> back in the 60s, the u.s. supported the removal of lack of american governments and establishment of governments in the region, dictatorships that we

it energized the united states.what our enemies think today, they think if they blow up the world trade center, we're going to be cowards and we'll back down and a muslim caliphate will go up and america will be overwhelmed. they don't understand the american character. the american character has a real streak of don't tread on me. and this energized america. >> i have a second question. have you looked into the covert operations that the british were undertaking in america at the same time to get us into the war? i mean, they weren't exactly, you know, hands off. they put a massive propaganda and covert operation activity into getting us into the war. >> from what i have been able to discover, britain was very active in world war ii, before the united states was in the war. rockefeller center, they set up the british security coordination units. and that was really a propaganda operation and a spy operation. they ran british spies here in the united states. many of them with the knowledge of j. edgar hoover and peo

a anger, whatever it is against the united states? >> it would be better to ask someone younger than myself. sometimes i don't understand. i can tell you -- this is true. basing that -- after september 11th, the secrecy of the unaided states was not so high as it was after september, real solidarity and sentiment of the support of the american people and very important and sometimes i ask myself how much in that period the changes, sometimes is point, don't understand the other side. some time some the impression among young people is the americans want to be supermen to teach everybody and young generations they don't like and have to explain not to impose something. there's style of life and understanding and the curious situations many young people are in and all so they are thinking of their interests -- many of them now in the united states and other places in china or some other places because maybe it is the wrong perception about the american style of life. because we don't have enough exchanges, enough work and this is also t

where he said in part, how could i come and representative of the government of the united states of america, be intolerant of a government that prevents any experimentation with legalization of marijuana? if two of the 50 states of the united states of america have chosen to walk down that road. so i think that's the end of an answer of the profound impact of the changes, changes in the united states already having on the debate. so a couple other housekeeping issues. you are welcome to join this conversation on twitter, #bimj, and without further ado, wells. >> john, let me begin by expressing my gratitude to be a part of this panel. i'm really glad to see all of you be taking part in the discussion. weekly, i just wanted to essentially say two things. one, set out some of the international legal contexts as it applies to the united states. involving experiment with marijuana, including the united states argument as to why it is in compliance with the international drug policy. and just for ever briefly under we'll get into this in the discussion in the q&a, talk about the upside an

legally the united states has a right to control who enters the country. there are no direct flights out of the hottest ebola zone to the united states. most travelers through other airports or countries so any band would have to include massive numbers or fliers at over the globe at weeks at time. disrupting global trade and more. >> closing off is not only tech nickly difficu , technically difficult but also stops the flow of commerce and who we were as a society. >> question, two, would the ban work. if a chain of infection became established from someone in the hot zone to someone outside of it, the disease could easily migrate to america around the band. once more the administration is concerned that a ban could make people hide their true travel history. >> then less likely to get treated properly, as a consequence we could end up having more cases than less. >> could a small measure such as denying people in the hardest hit, maybe but many others are working in the hot zone but hold passes from other places. >> there's going to be exceptions to whic

if you look at the five wars that the united states conducted since 1945, we have achieved our statedobjective in only one. the first gulf war. the korean war was sort of a draw. and the other three war's we withdrew from. but each of them started like this one now is, with great enthusiasm, great public support, and then at some point the only key debate was, how do you get out of it? and withdrawal became the only strategy accepted as a general consensus. so, what i would say to the president, as security adviser, and what i would say to him, would say to you, is tell me how it's going to end? and tell me how -- get a plan -- i think it was correct that when americans are murdered on television, for the purpose of intimidating regions and ourselves, i think it is right for us to respond. but we also need a strategy of how it will end and what we're trying to achieve. and i would tell him, internally, not with the public speech here -- should be the most important thing that he can do. >> halfway back. yes. >> could you stand up? project better. >> back in the '60s, the u.s. supporte

navy and united states marine corp are so closely joined with this great nation our founder in shined the relationship in the constitution our decision requires congress to provide and maintain a navy then as now our navy and our marine corp uniquely provide presence around the world we - their joined by tens of thousands of our sailors in the worlds oceans they're there far from home far from families standing to watch doing everything gnat operations special operations living the humanitarian assistance and their performing magnificently if you ever become concerned about america do talk to a young sailor or marine you'll not be concerned anymore (clapping) something i'm reminded of that was reinforced in me everyday i serve as secretary is that although our technology gives us an edge the heart of our navy and marine corp and accident thing that gives us the greatest advantage is the skills and also faithful united states sailors the united states marines today as i look around in this crowding crowd you'll see did veterans that have served our nation in far places from the

the resolution was vetoed by the united states. typically is a double veto. the resolution is not implemented, and the event is vetoed from history, so you have to look hard to find the record, but it is there. that has set the pattern that has continued since. the most recent u.s. veto was in february, 2011, president obama, when his administration vetoed a resolution calling for implementation of official u.s. policy opposition to expansion of settlements and it is worth bearing in mind that expansion of settlements is not really the issue. settlements, unquestionably legal along with the infrastructure projects supporting them. for a long time there has been an overwhelming international consensus in support of a settlement along these general lines. the pattern that was set in january, 1976, continues to the present. israel rejects a settlement of these terms, and for many years, has been devoting extensive resources to ensuring it will not be implemented with the unremitting and decisive support of the united states -- military, economic, diplomatic, and

to call on the united states army and the united states army must maintain capableties across an entire range of military operationings and keep ourselves in a high state of readiness. >>> so the first message, we don't know what the future holds. the second one, because we don't know, we have to be prepared for lots of different possibilities and we have to maintain ourselves in a high state of readiness. how do we do that? analyzed and did an review of veet nap. and they determined that the united states military, you know, we lost the war in veet nap and one of the reasons that we lost was the will of the people was broken. we know that war is an act of violent means. and by engaging in the act of war, you are determining one person's will or one group of people's will over another group of people's will. it's a political contest. in the vietnam war, it was assessed that our will broke. and he said what can i do? he said what i'll do is redesign the force so that the united states army can never again be committed to a ground combat situation, a ground war, without bringing along the

he said because there are more of her in the united states than dr. king's. his vision of american democracy is found when ms. hamer gets respects, credit and access she deserved. what is is interesting for us is before becoming a black power icon and this image and symbol of political revolution. before he is with castro and others, stokely carmichael is pursuing radical freedom in the deep south. that is what he is doing. and one of the most interesting parts for me was the relationship between dr. king and carmichael. they were friends. they met at 1963 at howard. stokely was his body guard during freedom fest. they march together during selma and that relationship really comes to the fore once stokely is chairman of the committee in 1966. the march from june 7-june 26 is the march that transforms stokely carmichael's life and the civil riots movement. that is when the student is shot on campus and they march to prove a black man with march through mississippi without here but he is shot and injured and carmichael, dr. king, and the civil rights leaders ar

details. >>> the cdc laying out new extensive ebola testing standards for passengers arriving in the united states. what hundreds, maybe thousands of passengers will now have to do not to mention the state officials who will be following them. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. christine romans is on assignment today. it is thursday, october 23rd. 5:00 a.m. in the east. welcome to you here in the united states and around the world. there is breaking news overnight on the shootings wednesday by a man that canada's prime minister is calling a terrorist. a gunman killed a soldier at the national war memorial in ottawa and injured others and ran into the building on parliament hill with hundreds of leaders in that building. he was shot and killed by security officers there. we now know more about the suspect. apparently a man who converted to islam. a man with a criminal past. a man whose passport had been frozen recently by authorities over fear of dubious travel. he had been to the united states, apparently, as recently as 2013. we now know more about the victim. a man in his 2

lines, that they intend to have activity in the united states. no one thought they would be able to get into baghdad. today mortars are going into western baghdad. and our islamic state cells in baghdad. -- there are our islamic state cells in western baghdad the question is, will baghdad fall? i think when a mad man speaks, you listen. we need to take the threat from the islamic state seriously, i recognize that we could see violent activity here in this nation as well. that is why on every level we need to secure our borders. i am sorry to say -- i don't believe that our government is fully securing our borders today. in fact, i know they aren't. not on the southern border through illegal immigration, but certainly not from legal immigration, when an american citizen who becomes a terrorist, in my mind they did not have a right to come and upset the safety and security of the american people. the american people have the right to feel safe in their homes and safe in your community as, -- communities, and that is what my legislation is doing and

he's president of the united states. and i think there are too many people in this administration and, you know, in government in general who see themselves as kind of citizens of the world and their responsibility is to everybody everywhere, not to the people who are actually put them there and pay their salaries. that's the point of the government is to protect the american people first. >> all right. and tell me about the visa process. it's my understanding that if you're in liberia you can get a visa in no time. >> well, i looked it up on the state department website. you do have to submit the application a couple weeks ahead of time. but in a maximum of two business days you get the visa. the interview is two minutes. one minute, something like that. you interview with the person. so you know, it's not all that big a deal to get the visa. this guy got it. and in fact, from a liberiaen newspaper report, it looks like he got it and then he quit his job intending to come to the united states. so i mean, there should be

that's what is hitting us here in the united states. only had a few people, yet we're starting to hear about the poll that said that people are not going to travel internationally, the calls from congress on a travel ban or visa ban for people coming in from that part of the world, what is the impact likely to be in the united states if we get more ebola cases? >> like you say the economic impact is completely disproportional to the number of cases. so if the health system is able to take care of the cases that are currently in play, and show it is possible to contain these, and i'm optimistic that that is the case, i expect we'll see a pretty quick reversion to regular behavior at least in the u.s. economy. if that's not the case, i would expect the same fear factor to have the same disproportion at it impact here in the u.s. >> dave, thank you for your time. >>> i want to take you to some picture we're bridging in from dallas right now. this is what melissa chen was talking about. we have the first nurse that was infected. nina has be

the rights and privileges of marriage, which are guaranteed to us by the united states constitution are now available to all loving, committed couples in virginia. >> the unexpected non-action by the justices could eventually allow gay and lesbian couples to marry in a total of 30 states. >>> time for an early start on money. european stocks opened lower. the u.s. stocks set to open down after a drop yesterday. the 2008 bailout of aig was designed as a punishment. that is what the former treasury secretary hank paulsen said yesterday. he was testifying in a suit. a suit brought against the u.s. government. the u.s. took an 80% stake in the company when they bailed out aig for $182 billion of your taxpayer dollars. greenberg says this short changed stockholders. paulson is the first in the line of star witnesses to defend the government's actions. all playing out in court. it will get a nice or not so nice replay of the dark days. >> crazy days. >>> 12 minutes after the hour. i want to get an early look at our weather now with chad myers. >> good morning. storms from yesterday are calmin

the united states economy is growing again. as you mentioned, europe is a growing and you are not really back on track. we are in a situation where we are living with diminished expectations about the future. those were underperforming. this is a lesson that applies both to the banff economies and emerging markets. so the emerging markets during the past four years where we've had really unconventional monetary policy and relatively acquiescent periods have not taken full advantage of that window of expansion of monetary policy to implement in their own economies key reforms that greater investment, infrastructure in some cases, financial sector reform, places like india, key impediments in the labor market. those are forms when times are good so you can begin to release the growth process. emerging markets, even though they learn many lessons in the 70s, 80s and early 90s, they themselves need to stick to what i call long order discipline and continues with the policies that allow them to grow. as far as the united states and

we don't have a lot of good people running for office in the united states.hey go. i had the great privilege of a rising to work every morning and then second largest in the world and the young men and women who were part of the foreign service military and part of any one of the four different agencies they were the best and brightest and the brightest and incredible public servants and if i could have bottled up what they did and the work ethic as they brought a very patriotic way it would have blown away the taxpayer in this country than he can complain and it was great working with such people. the governor is a totally different feeling so if you can imagine working in the atmosphere of the embassy is what it was like in china, highly department and they speak a different language literally and figuratively working on many issues americans will never hear about. going from there to an open campaign there anything goes and it's kind of a free-for-all environment of what should begin. you have little control over your soundings. they take the message out a

isnow the united states mobilizing to help. so i commend our men and women in uniform for taking this mission on. i know they will do an creatinge job facilities for health care for the sick. and i want to commend you because you are really on the , how to make sure we control, people coming and you might be bringing this disease to our country. i appreciate what the chairman not earlier about this being a political issue and we have to make sure we avoid making it one. this is an american issue for the safety of the people we represent, and it is an american issue for what we always do so well, and that is help other countries who were not able to do what they need to do for themselves. and i do hope, mr. chairman, as we look at what is needed here we as members of congress will return after the election fully committed to providing the funding that is necessary to provide the resources that are necessary for and for our men and women trying to protect the nation and address this disease. i want to go to a question that ,as co

what about the united states? what is our role in handling someone like mr. duncan? >> well, handling him is what actually happened. there were obviously some missteps, but first when you identify someone who is here and we had said several times that inevitably we were going to have someone who got on a plane without symptoms which would get them through the screening process that this individual got through when he left from liberia and then once here our role is our capability is to be able to identify and isolate the person as quickly as you possibly can, give them appropriate treatment, and importantly, begin the very meticulous process of contact tracing. which is the fundamental mechanism whereby you prevent an outbreak. so from the standpoint of what we would do is exactly what we did. obviously without some of the rough points that occurred during that process. >> yeah. i mean, i guess in some ways maybe i'm asking more of a legal question. i'm just curious because the scenario could be that people will know that they've been exposed, they're not sick yet, b

if you look at the five wars that the united states conducted since 1945, we have achieved our stated objective in only one. the korean war was sort of a draw and the other three was moving through but each of them started like this one now with great enthusiasm, great public support and then at some point the only debate was how do you get out of it? and withdrawal became the only strategy accepted as a general consensus. what i would say would be, what i say to you, tell me how it is going to end and tell me -- let's get a plan. i think it was correct, when americans are murdered on television, for the purpose of intimidating regions, ourselves, it is right for us to respond but we also need a strategy of how to end and what we are trying to achieve. and i will tell him about public speeches, should be easy most important thing that he can do. >> half way back. could you stand up? it would project a better. >> back in the 60s, the removal of some of the lack of american government and establishment of multiple governments in the region and in some countries dictatorships that we wou

-- ebola in the united states and they missed it. the travel history, when you have a patient that says look i'm from liberia, i have a fever, i'm vomiting, i fit the criteria that the cdc has set out for the hospitals, very, very clear and they just missed it. as much as we talk about vaccine trials and experiment with medications and contract tracing, this is 101 stuff and it didn't get done properly here. and as a result, i will point out, there are other people who had contact with him after he was sick. and that has got to be hugely frustrating for him and especially for those people, that did not need to happen. >> it didn't. and to your point, that we know now he was sick and went to the hospital and was sent home with just anti-biotic and pain killer. and so another 48 hours go by before he comes back to the hospital so that is 48 hours where he was having symptoms and others could have been exposed. >> no question. he got an anti-biotic, because they said he had a viral illness and didn't think it was ebola. anti-biotics wou

the united states is an outsider.er between them is extremely difficult. >> there are hard choices ahead. i'm frankly optimistic. i think that we're -- i think that we will be able to handle isis. i think that -- i think we will find a way hopefully that we can relate to russia so that russia becomes once again a part of the community of nations. so i'm optimistic. i think the united states of america has faced far greater challenges in the past than we face today. >> i'm joined now by susan rice, national security adviser to president obama. welcome back to "meet the press." >> good to be with you. >> let me start to get your reaction to something that secretary baker said in the piece, which is he thinks iran needs to be part of this coalition of sorts. he didn't say part of the actual coalition but needs to be part of this fight against isis and he also hinted -- i wouldn't be surprised if they already were providing some help. are they? >> no. we are not -- >> under any circumstance? >> we are not in coordination

they intend to have activity here in the united states. no one thought they would be able to get into baghdad. mortars are going into western badad and the islamic state cells in baghdad and the question is will baghdad fall? i think when a mad man speaks, you listen. we need to take this thread from the islamic state extremely seriously. we could see violent activity here in the nation as well and that's why on every level we need to secure our borders. i am sorry to say i don't believe our government is fully securing our borders today. i know they aren't. not on the southern border through illegal immigration, but certainly not from legal immigration. when an american citizen becomes a terrorist in my mind do not have a right to come and upset the safety and security of the mesh people. they deserve to have the right to feel safe in their homes and safe in their communities. that's what the legislation is doing. it should be fast tracked. i think when we come back and to washington, d.c. the legislation has a companion by ted cruz in the

in this county, we experienced to ebola fatality due in the to testify united states. of fear amongst here butresidents across the state and across america about this. witnessedcounty, we janitors wearing special suits and in our schools. this really hits home. question to dr. leakey, what can you tell us today? what can you tell the people of dallas county and the state of ofas, and the united states america, to alleviate these fears? >> thank you. thing, and i'dst repeat what i've already said, that we know the science, the the science about this virus. somebody is symptomatic, not not contagious, it's spread in the air. we're doing a lot of work right now to make sure we do preventng we can to another texan to be exposed to this virus. safeieve this is a community. i feel safe enough. schools, tothe emergency managers, to the hospitals. individualsty of and systems in dallas and in texas. i toldthe things that the schools, i'm a father. would feel very comfortable with my kids going to these schools right now. not going to get ebola from going to the schools right no

just another day at norfolk southern. >>> here in the united states, critically important midterm electionsittle more than two weeks away. two weeks from tomorrow. early voting has begun in 34 states including washington, d.c. as well. president obama cast his ballot a little while ago in his home state of illinois. last night at a rally at chicago state university, he revealed who he was voting for. >> the first thing i'm going to do tomorrow is cast my vote to re-elect dick durbin and give my friend pat quinn four more years as governor of the great state of illinois. >> he's not shy telling us he's voting for democrats. made candidates in the mid terms distanced themselves from the president. joining us now is gloria borger taking a closer look at this. interesting that he's gone to maryland. he's gone to illinois to campaign. he's not showing up in a lot of those battleground states where democrats are clinging for their political lives. >> right. he's not being asked to go to those battleground states. i was talking to a senior democrat who is very involved with these campaigns. he sai

in the last few weeks in canada and the united states, there has been talk of chatter. concerns. a heightened sense of there might be something going on. >> reporter: in fact, that is what led heightened state of alert here at the u.s. embassy in ottawa. because of that chatter, we believe that is why that happened. however, there seems to be no linkage between that and what happened here this day. at least at this point. that's what we are hearing. >> susan, thank you very much. there was a victim here. friends are remembering that victim in the ottawa shooting as a proud army reservist. corporal nathan cirillo. standing guard at the memorial. this was not supposed to be a risk. cirillo's social media page says he leaves behind a son who started kindergarten this fall and loved rescue dogs and rescued animals. friends remember him as ai carig and funny person who put his life on the line for his country. what a loss. >>> as we talked with susan, before the parliament hill attack, jihadist chatter had heightened official concerns in canada and in the united states. administration

theit doesn't explain why united states got involved, why withnited states jumped, both feet, in 1947, into the today. continue to have and i think that the answer is not just an answer which naturally enough historians will say, world war ii and then the cold war and the soviet union the verge of being western europe, everybody else wouldvastated, who else take this up, and this is true. all that is true. british were on war-time rations until 1955. until 1955, the british were on rations for butter and cheese and meat and other basic foods. in any case, the united states, i think, did this for reasons go beyond simply the historical moment. there's something in our d.n.a. our d.n.a.,thing in and it goes back to this word "umpire." it was a word that our founders used to explain what they were trying to create by creating a of sovereign states that would prevent ultimately these sovereign states from falling out amongst each other. and so in the federalist papers, they explain this, and if you read the federalist papers, quotes.ee such john jay, one of the authors, dispute between th

in the whole structure of power in the world that hasn't been absorbed by either israel or the united states richard falk, thank you for being with us, just completed his term as special rapporteur on palestinian human rights for the united nations human rights . prolific writer, his book "palestine: the legitimacy of hope," has just been released today. richard falk is professor emeritus of international law at princeton university and research professor in the global studies department at uc santa barbara. he presented the edward said memorial lecture last night at columbia university. when we come back, mumia abu-jamal in his own words. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. >> we turn now to pennsylvania, where today republican governor tom corbett is set to sign into law a bill critics say will trample the free speech rights of prisoners. last week lawmakers openly said they passed the bill as a way to target one of the state's most well-known prisoners: journalist and former black panther, mu

we've been working for many months to ensure that the united states is protected. out our first guidance to state and local officials on july 28 and it's been fold with six additional sets of guidance and the latest was just issued yesterday. in addition, we have enhanced our surveillance and lab other testing capacity in states to make sure that they're able to detect cases. been in regular and repeated contact with state officials and health departments including developing guidance and tools for departments to conduct public health investigations. we're continuing to provide guidance for flight crews, emergency medical service units at airports, and customs and border patrol officers about reporting ill travelers to the cdc. and we're continuing to work with hospitals and health care workers around the country to prepare most effectively both in terms of detecting symptoms and then responding appropriately. as we saw just a few months ago, almost two months ago, in carolina's medical center in 145r l charlotte and at mounts si sina new york, hospitals and health

back to the united states? >> there are no direct flights coming back to the united states from those affected areas. what about from europe? >> there are hundreds of flights coming from europe. >> and people from west africa throughhrough their -- there. and there is 94% screening. >> we would have to get back to numbers, butof huge quantities of supplies are needed. >> if you could get back to me with that number, i would appreciate it. are you aware if nigeria has a travel ban on countries affected by the outbreak? >> they do not. the areas brought up regularly to me when i go home, what should i tell my local hospitals and local doctors that they need to do to address ebola? >> make sure if anyone comes in with fever or other symptoms of , they need to ask where they have been for the last 21 days and whether they in west africa. >> and the training the small local district hospital would receive, is that the same kind of metropolitan hospital would receive? >> there are override the of forms of training. h

because this is the united states of america.of course people whose salaries we're paying are supposed to be protecting americans, not protecting the rest of the world. the way we help is by developing a cure. we don't -- we didn't discover the cure to aids by having scientists hang out at studio 54 to fight it at the source. no. you distribute the cure. you don't send over the 101st airborne to be changing bedpans which is all they can be doing now. >> it's frightening, isn't it? >> yes, it is. you keep saying, why is he doing this? why are they behaving this way? it doesn't contradict the thesis that only hates america and wants to do everything to hurt him. it certainly does not contradict that conspiracy. >> travel ban, doctor? >> i think it's inevitable. there's a lot of things we could have been doing, like front-end screenings earlier, and we didn't do that and that's partly why we got ourselves into this situation. >> and also the nih is spending money on gender reassignment surgery. the cdc is investigating global warmin

because of the ebola outbreak in the united states.sident is gathering members of his cabinet to talk about the government's response. joining us now, cnn's investigative correspondent, kyra philips who just came from the pentagon who had a sit down interview with general martin dempsey. you asked him about ebola. >> we thought our entire interview was going to be about isis but he had even more to say about ebola. he said not only is it just a national security priority but he made it very clear he sees this as a global threat and he's concerned, he's been concerned for a long time. take a listen. are you, general, denvercy, worried about ebola here in the u.s.? >> i've been worried about ebola globally for about 90 days and i have had some on my staff that were probably a little more worried than i was even a few weeks or months before that. >> why? >> i'm worried about it because, because we know so little about it. you'll hear different people describe whether it could become airborne. if you bring two doctors who happen to have th

that takes us back to the united states. today the white house and center for disease control and prevention said that they'll soon implement enhanced screening measures at five of america's busiest airport. the reports say that passengers from the three most-effected countries enter the u.s. through oh those airport every day. it sounds like a strong policy response that they're talking about, but the calls to ban flights outright from africa sounds difficult. we turn to heidi zhou castro. what is next for duncan's body . >> reporter: after postmortem these bodies remain very contagious. that's a high level of exposure in west africa. because of that they will not be doing an autopsy on mr. duncan's body, and the family has decided he will be cremated. >> heidi, when will the cdc airport screenings begin? >> on saturday. saturday, this saturday. as jfk airport when the first screening will take place. why there? that's because 50% just about of air travelers arriving in the u.s. from west africa pass through that airport al

there are no direct flights from west africa to the united states. they go through europe, they go through other places. are we going to bring all global transport to a halt or do the right thing and focus our resources and efforts where the epidemic is most significant? >> let me ask you about the focussing of resource, which in many cases needs to be directed towards a treatment or vaccine. a canadian government announced it would shift 800 vials of a vaccine to the world health organisation in geneva. ebola has been around for decades. it's been around for all of humanity's existence. the nih worked on a vaccine after 9/11. we are 13 years away from that. why do we not have vaccines for this? >> because this is a disease that does not matter to most people, because it affects the poor in africa. we have to look at s.a.r.s., a terrible threat, was - threatened big economies, so we jumped on that. this affects economies that "don't matter", and we have to look at people as people who matter. humanity matters. the reason nothing was moved forward is