Infeshz disease special, Michael Osterholm. If we do these protocols properly, the widespread of ebola in this country are very, very low. Our sunday panel weighs in. Then its just 16 days till the Midterm Election with control of the senate still up for grabs. Well have a debate between the chairs of both parties in their first joint appearance of 2014. Its a Fox News Sunday exclusive. Our power player of the week, the man who keeps america on time. All right now on Fox News Sunday. Hello again from fox news in washington. Under fire from republicans and some democrats, president obama is now scrambling to restore confidence in how his administration is handling the ebola threat. Today we want to take a look at it from all angles. Well talk with the governments point man on Infectious Disease, dr. Anthony fauci and hear from two critics, congressman tim murphy and Health Expert dr dr. Osterholm. We begin with john from atlanta. Chris, good morning to you. This is the day the quarantine is scheduled to be lifted on family members of thomas eric duncan. Hes the first person to die from ebola virus disease in this country. Today marks 21 days since he was first admitted to the hospital. That hospital, texas presbyterian is admitting more mistakes today. In an open letter it apologized its training and Education Programs for employees had not been fully employed before duncan walked into that hospital. They are pushing back for more information in the duncan medical records saying there were lapses. That is when nurses nina pham and amber vinson are believed to have been fin ekted, both being treated at emory and nih. Judge clay jenkins worries more of the Health Care Workers currently being monitored will be at risk. Were prayerful we wont have more but i have my team making contingencies to cover double digit mnumbers. Hes saying 50 Health Care Workers may be infected. Cdc raising the standards for personal protective equipment in new guidelines it will release. Its believed theyll have headtotoe covering. Many people are concerned Public Health officials were woefully unprepared and making it up as they go along. The lab worker who was out on Carnival Cruise landed in galveston. Public Health Officials say she poses no threat. Now, lets bring in one of the governments top Public Health officials leading the fight against ebola. Dr. Anthony fauci, director of National Infectious diseases. Welcome to Fox News Sunday. Good to be with you. Lets start with nina pham who was flown from dallas to nih after getting the ebola virus. She was listed in fair condition on friday. How is she now . Shes fine. Shes fair. Very stable. Comfortable. When you get ebola, it really knocks you out, chris. Obviously, theres a lot of fatigue and weakness, but shes doing quite well. Had a long conversation with her last night. Shes in good spirits. You optimistic shes going to make it . You know, you always predict when you have a very serious disease like this, but im feeling good about the fact that shes progressing very well. Now, there is a report that she she was one of the first people to treat thomas eric duncan, patient zero, in dallas, and the report is she was not wearing protective gear originally. One, is that true . Two, does she think does she have an idea as to how she got the virus . Well, the answer is that the protocol that was originally recommended was a protocol thats a w. H. O. Protocol that is best fitted for out in the field. It doesnt cover every single aspect of your skin. And that worked in the field. Whats very clear now, when youre in an intensive care setting, doing things you would never do in the bush in africa, very invasive type procedures, that is not the optimal way. We dont know for sure, but it is likely she got infected because not completely covered. President obama has named a lawyer, ron klain, to be the ebola czar. As head of Infectious Disease at nih, how will you coordinate with the new ebola czar . Well, we have coordination from the white house now with lisa monaco and susan rice. So, we have multiple agencies involved. One of them is hhs. Right now what were going to have with ron is well have somebody whose fulltime job is doing that. We welcome that, because as we know, susan and lisa have very important day jobs they need to deal with. Were looking forward to work with him as a coordinator on what we do. One of the criticisms of the government response so far is that officials, top officials, have said things that turned out afterwards not to be true. Take a look at these. I have no doubt that well stop this in its tracks in the u. S. Every hospital in the country has the capability to isolate a patient. I shook hands with, hugged and kissed, not the doctors but a couple of the nurses, and i felt perfectly safe doing so. Doctor, how do you explain all of these misstatements or overstatements from top government officials . Well, im not so sure, chris, theyre misstatements and overstatements. When dr. Frieden said, we can stop this in its tracks, he was talking about an outbreak. And what was applied to that was the fact well, three people. Two more people got it. No, two more people. Two more people were infected in a situation in which they were at risk. What dr. Frieden was talking about was an outbreak in the public. Now, we certainly are not happy at all those two nurses were in danger and actually got infected. But that is strictly not an outbreak. October 3rd lisa monaco says, every hospital in the country can isolate a patient. I mean, look, without relitigating each statement, clearly there was a sense of certainty that was conveyed which has not been lived up to. Right, right, exactly. Thats unfortunate. What we need to do right now is make sure when we talk about things, that we talk about them there arent absolutes. You want to have a delicate balance between assuring the American People but not scaring them with the fact that there may be a risk. So, what we do right now is nothing is completely riskfree. Thats what people need to understand. The relative risk of things, people need to understand, is very, very small. Never zero, chris. Never zero, but very small. When you were here just two weeks ago, you flatly opposed a travel ban from the three west african countries, the hot zone up there on the map, but now more than two dozen african countries have restricted travel from those countries. So, have a number of european airlines. Are we here in the u. S. Being just politically correct at allowing people to travel in . I dont think so, chris. I think when you talk about the idea of a travel we listen to and respect the opinions of people who feel that could be the that should be the case, because their argument, its an argument from people who are of good intention. They want to do the best for the American People. There are some downsides to that. Whats the strongest argument against a travel ban . The strongest argument against it, when people are coming into the country, you know exactly, you can track them. If you say, nobody comes from sierra leone, liberia or guinea, there are so many other ways to get into the country. Can you go from one of the other countries and then get back in. So, when they come in from a place you can track them, you know. Just briefly. I mean, theyre going to have a passport from that country. Theyre going to have a stamp from that country. Right. Couldnt you still screen them . I mean, you know, and i hear this talk about, well, well disrupt the democracy, the xhis of this country. Were talking about 100 to 150 people each day. Is that going to cause that much disruption to do what a lot of countries in africa are now doing . But, take it from the other side, chris. If you look at the august and september, 36,000 people came to an airport in one of those three countries to get out. By the screening there, 77 were not allowed to get on the plane for health reasons. Of those 77, none had ebola. So, there is not a big influx of people trying to get into the country. So, you got to look at what the possible downsides of just trying to completely not let anybody out when there is, not only not a large number, zero of the 77 actually stopped had ebola. Most had ma layer ra. Thank you for coming in away from your busy schedule. Good to be with you. So, has the government done enough to stop the spread of ebola . Joining us republican congressman tim murphy, chair of the Oversight Panel that held a hearing that criticized the obama administration. And dr. Osterholm from university of minnesota. Congressman murphy, your initial reaction to ron klain as the ebola czar was, quote, it was shocking and tone deaf. Have you heard anything since then to change your mind, snir. No. The American People are looking for someone with some knowledge and expertise. He has none in these fields. And i and throughout this whole thing, given the number of missteps and promises and reassurances the cdc has given from we have plenty of hospitals, the gowning was fine the way it was initially fever can identify someone, you only use 100. 4. So many of those reassurances have not been accurate. What the people want is as much facts as possible. Dont overpromise. Dont be certain when youre not certain. But the key is to protect and defend the people of the United States. The way the cdc is coming out now and saying things like, well, you know, so far no one has come in, well, this is like dealing with terrorism. We have to be right 100 of the time and ebola only has to get in once. Thats whats happened so far. I dont think these false assurances are working. My background is not medicine. Its psychology. I know what creates panic. What creates panic is when people are given given information that proves false. We need to stop these overcertainties from medical folks and im not sure a czar with no background can help with that. Mr. Osterholm, you heard my conversation with dr. Fauci. You say, one of the problems is weve been too confident, too certain in what weve been telling what the government has been telling the American People. Well, first of all, we do know a lot about ebola. And i agree wholeheartedly. We will not have a communitywide outbreak in this country. We didnt get it right in dallas, as we could have and should have. Frankly, if it happened in a lot of other communities we probably wouldnt have gotten it right either. Weve learned a lot in the past two weeks. We need to focus on and keep our eye on the ball is not this country. While im concerned about what happens in this country, what im really concerned about is what happens in africa. As long as that Infectious Disease forest firs keeps burning, those embers will continue around the world whether we close borders are not on. I want to talk about the threats from the hot zone to this country. One of the big issues is this idea of the travel ban. I want to talk to congressman murphy about it. The idea of a travel ban from those three countries to the United States. Congressman murphy, this is what president obama said this week. Trying to seal off an entire region of the world, if that were even possible, can actually make the situation worse. Congressman murphy, why is the president wrong . Well, look, first of all, the president has sealed off israel in the past. Weve sealed off other areas temporarily. We can have travel restrictions until we get the rest right. And the rest is not right. The assumptions they have, for example, that it will lead to some collapse of this economy in africa, i dont agree with. The idea we cant get in supplies. Thats totally false. We shipped tons of thousands, hundreds of supplies into germany during the berlin air lift. The fact people wont travel is absurd. People are moving and migrating all over africa now for jobs and temporary work. They do that now. We can trace passports, we can look at things. This idea of only using fever scans and asking people to be honest, we know those are two more assumptions the cdc has that are not true. And if youre going to restore faith in the American People and stop panic, youve got to be more accurate here. Well, let me bring in mr mr. Osterholm. As i discussed with dr. Fauci, the fact is that a number i think two dozen african nations have restricted travel from the socalled hot zone, which raises the question, should we . Well, first of all, lets be clear. Just because somebody takes an action doesnt mean its right. I believe congressman murphy is wellintentioned in his assessment. But weve looked at this issue quite closely over the years. Youve led this program by saying im critical of our response. I have been. I would have no problem saying that the thing to do is close the border if we could really protect this country from whats happening over there. Thats just not the case. This is not a partisan issue. It shouldnt be a partisan issue. Just this past week, former secretary mike leavitt of hhs under the bush administration, somebody i very much respect and admire himself came out and said from his own experience having been at hhs and viewing all the information but why is a travel been a bad idea . Well, the travel ban is a bad idea, in part, because of the fact we really dont effectively stop people from getting into this country. And for what . I mean, what im talking about here is weve had one single case so far in the big picture of what the situation is. Maybe we stop another one, two more. But we do know that travel bans will seriously impact our ability to get people in and out of that area. Congressman, with all due respect, i agree with you on the berlin air lift, but that was all military. If youre prepared today to give us hundreds of military planes that will fly in and out at will when we need them to move not only material but also people, when we move them around, then ill say, well, maybe we ought to reconsider this. I dont see anybody in congress telling us today well get hundreds of military planes. Congressman murphy . Well, ive already asked dr. Frieden and sent a letter to president obama saying, tell us whatever Congress Needs to authorize. Were sending thousands of troops over there through ships, through also planes. We could do a lot here. The ability of the u. S. Military to move goods and supplies is pretty massive. We all want to stop ebola in africa, but we also dont want it to come here. If people talk about, you know, one more case. It means a lot to the family of someone who dies in the United States and means something to the safe and security of americans. Lets concentrate on stopping it in africa and also make sure were protecting americas borders from it coming here, foo. Finally, mr. Osterholm, you say this is a mayor than, not a sprint. Were barely at the one mile mark in our fight against ebola. You understand that in africa. But you also say its going to get a lot worse before it gets better. Are you saying that about the u. S. , too . Well, as long as this forest fire is burning in africa potentially spreads eastward into some of the larger, other cities in africa, yeah, well see skid marks flying off. Do i believe well handle it right in the United States . Well protect Health Care Workers, yes, i do. What i think were not talking about is the devastation this is causing in africa. Not just in human lives but actually from a security standpoint. If this moves eastward as we believe it now might, just by people walking on foot, not being checked at borders or not getting on airplanes, the potential that this has to destabilize all of africa is huge. Ask anyone in the Intelligence Community what that means in potential safe havens for terrorists, et cetera. We need to do more. Congress marngs i would love to have you look at, why are we not seeing more troops on the ground . Why are our supplies not arriving in these countries . Why is the rest of the world not responding . Thats what we need to keep our eye on. And we need a vaccine. Congressman, i hope youll help us get that vaccine because thats the only magic bullet and that rests largely in the hands of United States. Thank you both for coming in today and shedding more light on this subject. Thank you. Thank you. 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Nows the time to get in the loop. Just look for our fall tv picks with xfinity on demand. Huh. Quickly find the seasons hottest shows, huh. Quickly find the seasons hottest shows, with a handpicked collection all in one place. Only from xfinity. Fighting this skis will take time. Before its over we may see isolated cases here in america. But we know how to wage this fight. President obama on saturday trying to reassure americans who may not be all that confident in the governments response to the ebola threat. And its time now for our sunday group. Brit hume, vera tandon, syndicated columnist george will and fox news political analyst juan williams. I want to start with the lead story in the New York Times on saturday. Put this headline up, if you will. The headline, amid assurances on ebola, obama is said to seethe. I havent seen the word seethe this a headline in a long time. It goes on to say the president is just as upset with the administrations response as all of us. Do you buy it . No. The story i felt bad for the administration and i felt worse for the New York Times when i read the story. I diplomat buy dnt buy it at a. This is the president s aides, most anonymous, as portraying him as having seething. Seething. No, i didnt believe it. And i think the appointment of ron klain shows you the administration thinks this is more of a political and Public Relations problem than it is a Public Health problem. It is clearly both. The key to the whole thing, chris, in my view, klain was not given the kind of authority, in other words, reporting directly to the president , and taking overall charge of this effort as someone who is a true czar would. Hes still reporting to people that have been managing this problem already. I want to go bigger than ron klain. As head of a think tank with close ties to the white house, how do you explain all of the screwups in the government response to the ebola situation here in the u. S. So far . Well, look, i think its clear that cdc was gave, you know, some inaccurate protocol information right at the beginning of this. They even said so on thursday in the New York Times, that the protocol should have been closer to doctors without borders. I do think the administration is taking the right steps, the cdc s. W. A. T. Team going in wherever there is a patient immediately. Thats an important step. The steps they are taking now are really critical. I think not to relitigate, but we played this for dr. Fauci, frieden saying, we can stop this in its tracks. Lisa monaco saying, every hospital in the country knows how to isolate. President obama talking about, im hugging nurses. I mean, there was a statement of there was an overstatement, an overcertainty that just really, i think, has hurt the governments credibility. Look, i think actually dr dr. Fauci answered these things very well. Its important dr. Fauci is out because these are Public Health issues. The challenge, as he said very clearly, look, we have three cases so far. 300 million people. Three cases. We dont want to institute panic in the country. We now see instances of some overreaction in the public. We want to get to these cases. There should have been cdc s. W. A. T. Teams every single location. Would you have felt good if you were on that plane with the woman told by the cdc to fly when it turned out she had ebola . I wouldnt feel great about it, but on the other hand i dont think its right right now for the media to instill a level of panic in the country that can lead to counterproductive results. We want people who are sick to come forward. This is a Public Health issue. It shouldnt be a political crisis. It is a Public Health issue. Fair enough. George, we spoke yesterday and you said you wanted to focus on some comments that tom frieden, the head of cdc, made. This was about a video president obama sent to the hot zone in which he said, you can get on a bus and you dont have to worry about catching ebola. Frieden was asked about that. Heres what he had to say. If youre a member of the traveling public and are healthy, should you be worried you might have gotten it by sitting next to someone . The answer is, no. Second, if you are sick and you may have ebola, should you get on a bus . The answer to that is also no. You might become ill. You might have a problem that exposes someone around you. George, you say thats the sflob. Well, that is the problem. Dont if you if youre now Feeling Health y youre going to go on Feeling Healthy because you cant get ebola sitting next to someone. But if you have flulike symptoms or ebolalike symptoms, dont get on the bus because you might expose someone. You cant square that circle. The problem is the original assumption was, said can great certitude if not certainty, was that you need to have direct characters meaning with bodily fluids from someone, because its not airborne. There a saying, were not sure it cant be in some senses transmitted by airborne. Im not sure thats true. Where are you getting the doctors who are saying its not airborne . Weve had cdc, weve had the world health organization, doctors have been treating this for 40 years. Its not just like ebola just started. Where are the doctor you had dr. Osterhohm here, too, critical of some elements of this but hes also saying, there are brafk facts around this. Among the basic facts are those who said its not air boerngs you must however, understand they said that the fluids can be infectious for up to a number of days. Yes, but have you to have interaction with the fluid. On a dry surface, hence they said, well, when you get on an airplane, perhaps you should clean the armrest next to you and the tray. Doctors are saying in a sneeze, a cough, some of the airborne particles can be infectious. Im sorry, who are the doctors saying i mean, this is what i think is really important. That facts about this disease do not lead to panic. So far, every expert that ive seen have said that every expert that youve seen. Here we go again well here we go again. Cdc. Everyone agrees i do want to say this in the interest that there is no indication so far that it is airborne. That, yes, if theres fluid and youre a couple of feet away, it can have an impact. But it isnt that you can just breathe the air. But isnt that airborne sdm. Well, no. Its contact with a fluid. Its different than the flu. Its different than the flu. Yes. We do want to stay with what we know and we dont know anything to contradict that. Let me quickly go to you in the time we have remaining, juan, because we asked you questions for the panel and we got a number like this from clay dalton who writes, a lawyer with zero medical experience hes reacting to ron klain as usual have i no confidence in the government. Juan, how do you answer clay . What about this argument that this is not the the appointment of ron klain does not instill more Public Confidence when our public Health Experts have said a lot of things that have turned out not to be true . I dont think theres any question with networks are running around with chicken little its all our fault . Czink the media has been terrible. Let me go beyond that saying congress had hearings. The political curtain has gone up on this theater. And i think ron klain is part of it. I think its a political response. Did not please me. I thought we needed somebody with more expertise on the specific issue. But the whois said this is management, he needs to coordinate, implement, make sure everybody has the right splice, not only in the United States, but africa, the military. Thats important to me. Now youre seeing politics and bringing it to the forefront. Theyre using it to undercut the president. Republicans are saying hes incompetent. To me its all politics. Its disconcerting when you say its a human situation. Theres going to be human error. Were trying to deal with it. Honestly, america is the only country doing anything. The europeans, the africans arent doing anything and yet people are like, chicken little, sky is falling. Its craziness. Its sad. All right. Panel, we have to take a break here. Well see you a little later in the program. When we come back, were now entering the home stretch in the Midterm Election quam pacampaig. The chairs of the republican and democratic parties join us for their first joint interview. Its a Fox News Sunday exclusive. 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There are now just 16 days till this years Midterm Election where we could see a big shift in the balance of power here in washington. Joining us now for their first joint appearance of 2014, the chair of the Republican National committee, lance prebuis and Debbie Wasserman schultz. Lets talk about the big question. Will republicans take the senate . As you know, a bunch of these election labs out there. Nate silvers fivethirtyeight website says the gop has a 62 chance of taking the senate. The New York Times upshot says a 70 chance. The Washington Post election lab says its a 93 likelihood. Chairman, will your party take the senate . Absolutely. We feel really good about our chances of taking the senate. Its partly because, number one, the president s taking the country in the wrong direction. The lieutenants have followed the president off the plank. Theres a malaise across the country that people are not confident in the job the democrats have done. Well win on the issues and were also winning on the ground. The democratic advantage in iowa is all but evaporating. No other senate state on the ground are we losing. Were doing what we need to do to win. But its more important we get our country turned around again. Congresswoman, are you going to lose the senate . No, were going to hold the senate. Over the next couple weeks and leading up to even today, the one question that voters are going to ask themselves, chris, is who has my back . And on issue after issue, democrats have stood up for jobs, for the economy, for investing in education and health care. Those are the issues voters are talking about. And the republicans have engaged in trying to take their health care away. To oppose the minimum wage. I just want to address what rience just said about the ground game. Could anyone have managed two days before election day the republicans would have to invest in south dakota, kansas and georgia. Blood red states that they are now worried they might lose. You guys are losing everywhere. First of all, the president hasnt had anybodys back. He hasnt even had your back. I dont know whose back these democrats have. But its not the American Peoples backs. Let me interrupt for a minute because i want to talk about that. Because i think you would both agree that, perhaps, the republicans best issue is the unpopularity of this president. Look at some interesting numbers here. In these four critical states, with key senate races, mr. Obamas Approval Rating is in the 30s and all four democratic incumbents running for reelection in those states have voted with the president more than 90 of the time. Here is how tom cotton is going after senator pryor in arkansas. Senator pryor has voted with barack obama 93 of the time. He cast deciding vote for obamacare and he rubber stamps Barack ObamasForeign Policy of weakness and retreat. Congresswoman, not to get specifically into arkansas, but isnt the problem isnt the president a real problem for these Democratic Senators . No. And, chris, from that same fox news poll, americans indicated they want democrats to maintain control of congress. Democrats have a higher Approval Rating than republicans do in foxs own poll. But the president s Approval Rating is in the 30s in all those states. The president isnt on the ballot here. Reublicans are desperate to put him on the ballot because theyre trying to run away from their own terrible record. Mitch mcconnell the president. Chris, micconnell is trying o make this about anything other than his own record. He slg to shut down the government. Hes willing to do it again. Thats what we can expect the democrats are trying to walk a very difficult balance. Debbie has a tough job. Whats happening are the democrats running, number one, they dont want to be aligned with the president. Obviously, you cant be with him with his numbers in the tank the way they are. But they also have to defend the fact they supported the president 95 of the time. Smars mitch mcconnell, the democrats have left kentucky. They left Alison Grimes high and dry. Were winning everywhere. Not because things in the country are going well. I know we could debate any one of these issues on and on. One of the democrats best issues is women and what they call the war on women by republicans. Congresswoman, you have hit that issue hard. Lets take a look. Scott walker has given women the back of his hands. And there is no i know that is stark. I know that is direct. But that is reality. You later said that was a bad choice of words. Youre not way from the argument that democrats are helping women and republicans are launching a war on women . Lets take a look at scott walkers record. Lets not this is guy who signed signed the bill i know. But whats the bigger issue . Taking away enforcing equal pay for equal work. Scott walkers record is extremely important. This is the governor of riences own state who said he would create 200,000 jobs. Thats a broken promise. Wisconsin actually lost 4300 jobs. When it comes to issues important to women like increasing women wage, enforcing equal pay for equal work, making sure you can make your own reproductive choices and let me ask you republicans are wrong whether its fair pay or some aspects of obamacare, dont women have legitimate concerns about republican policy . Not if you look at the latest polls. The story out this morning in politico let mhim finish. Barack obama is losing women in battleground states today. If you read the denver post and union leader, the democrats are beclowning themselves on this issue. In fact, when debbie went to wisconsin to say to the world that, you know, scott walker is giving the back of his hands to women, she had to come back and apologize because then the next day the wall street journal took debbie to task for her words and actually defended scott walker. The fact is, this issue is backfiring congresswoman on the democrats and were actually go ahead. Chris, on issue after issue. I remember rience in the autopsy done by hes still alive. He did an autopsy after the 2012 defeat. Exactly. Where he said that it wasnt the principles of the Republican Party that was the problem. It was that they needed to speak more nicely to groups like women and africanamericans and hispanicamericans. Okay. Just one second. A couple weeks ago rience did another speech about republican principles and continued this is like a card trick i want to move on. In race after race we have a minute of time. Third card trick. In race after race, democrats are winning over women in colorado. Guys, ebola has now become a big political issue, as we saw in the debate, in the Iowa Senate Race this week. Here, you can take a look. Republican state senator joni ernst with a slight lead over democratic congressman bruce braley. Heres what they talked about in the debate. If that means putting travel bans on and it protects the American People, we need to consider doing that. If it means beefing up travel restrictions, we need to do that. Unfortunately, our administration, including congressman braley, has been very reactive rather than proactive. Chairman preibus, democrats say your party has cut funding for National Institutes of health and research on Infectious Diseases. Actually, funding to cdc has actually gone up over the last several years. The last person to actually infuse the cdc with a lot more cash than this president has have been george w. Bush. So, the fact is ebola a fair political issue . Well, i think that we should try to refrain from making it a political issue. But i think the problem you have is that americans, like so many other issues that the president is touching right now, have lost competence in this president s ability to lead. There is a there is a malaise in this country of how people are feeling that this president is handling big problems. And when you appoint this next individual, klain, who is a lobbyist and a political hack to head up the ebola crisis in this country, it doesnt give americans any confidence in this president. Congresswoman. Shes going to defend it now. Which is going to make it worse for the democrats. When you have republican senators like rand paul, whos a doctor, who should know better, saying you can be three feet from someone who has ebola and actually get it. I mean, thats an example of how republicans are politicizing this. Ron johnson how close wait a minute. Youre politicizing it, too. Youre talking about all the cuts no. Incidentally, the Washington Post gave four pinocchios to, which is the biggest whopper. I have not said that. Have the democrats said that . Im talking about youre chairmanwoman of this party. As a chairwoman of this party, im saying this is an issue that should not be politicized. Do you think there should be a travel ban . There are two cases. Two cases too many. We have a protocol that needed to be tightened, which has been tightened. We have a team of yes or no. Should there be a travel ban . Should there be a travel ban. The president should listen to National PublicHealth Experts. I say there should be. And i say we should not be rattling our sabres. We should be making sure people understand that this is something we have to take seriously but not politicize. By appointing political hacks to head up the ebola crisis in america. By working together to make sure that we dont create hysteria and we address legitimate problems. Both sides have made it a political issue. 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One of the lighter moments in this Heated Campaign today, Kansas Senate debate when independent challenger orman and pat roberts were asked to Say Something nice to each other. Were back with the panel. I want to show the bothered i showed the twoparty chairman. The obama approval, key states the republicans are trying to flip. Obama approval between 32 , 39 . Incumbent voters voting with the president at least 93 of the time. About the r brit, that has to be a big problem. Historically it is. Thats just one of factors that would tell you things are lining up for the republicans. They could win six, eight seats, even more in the senate. However, democrats are doing everything they can to replicate the turnout operation they used to support barack obama in the 2012 election. It was the best ever built, best ever designed. And if they were able to replicate that in turnout you heard Reince Preibus i heard him on that. Maybe hes right. But it took democrats eight years to overtake the republicans who had the best turnout operation back in 04 which contributed mightily to the reelection of george w. Bush. Whether the republicans can catch up in two years, is a good question. If they havent, and if democrats are able to do what they did before, theres a very good chance this election could be at least fought to a draw, which would help the democrats. If youre a voter if one of those states and youre one of twothirds of people, 70 of people who dont like the president and youve got a95 o should you vote to reelect him . Look, mark begich is in alaska talking about being elected six years instead of two years. Democrats have been dealing with this for the last year or so. We have a democrat surging in georgia of all parts of the country, a place that republicans didnt want to invest any money, theyre putting millions on the air to defend a seat in georgia. I dont think the politics is lining up perfectly. Obviously i think the fact that republicans are in this late date looking at a candidate getting almost 50 in georgia is a surprise. I dont think it is going to be a wave one way or the other. These are hard fought races throughout the country and we have governors races, florida, wisconsin, in which republicans are likely to get knocked out. We are tight on time in this segment. I am not going to ask a political question. You wanted round two on the issue of ebola. Now that the congresswoman from florida has raised the issue, the university of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease research on policy has issued a report saying, quote, there is scientific and epidemiological evidence that ebola virus has the potential to be transmitted via infectious aer sol particles near and at a distance from infected patients. I just want to say, thats Michael Oster who have, the fellow we talked about the first segment. We asked dr. Fauci about it. He said does it have the potential, but it doesnt do it now. Again, were getting used to people declaring scientific debates closed, over and settled, they rarely are. Back to politics. Juan, what stands out for you about this election at this point two weeks out . Achoo. No. Well played. I think it goes back to what the brilliant mr. Hughes said. I mean, theres no way. Everything is set up for the republicans to do very well here if this game is played in red states, thats why you put up those poll numbers. That wouldnt be true for the entire country, in these states, these are red states. States that the republicans are trying to flip. Im saying, they should be wiping the table. Theyre not. Theres no way. Rather 06, 08, 10, 12. We werent sure there would be a wave election. The 1800s, second term president s do terribly, terribly. The point is talking about george wills overstatement of certitude. We know theres no way at this point three weeks out. Second thing, i am amazed the republicans have no ajend a dont say what they stand for. Third, this election is about women. Can you get blacks, hispanics to turn out, it is the women. You go to a place like colorado, it is all about womens rights. You have 40 seconds to rebut mr. Williams. The first of the president by name refers to signature achievement, the Affordable Care act, the chances are good it is a republican ad, not a democratic ad. In 2010, when the democrats were facing what they thought was a wipe out akin to 1994, the president said dont worry, youve got me. Didnt work in 2010. Let me just say, the Affordable Care act, not an issue. Economy, unemployment, not an issue. Whats going on here. It is a great year for the democrats. Thank you, panel. Up next, power player of the week. The man that keeps americas clock ticking on time. Time is a big deal in television news. This show starts on time and it ends on time. But what does that really mean . Here is our power player of the week. Why wouldnt i say i am obsessed with time. I do think about time all the time. He is talking about his job at the u. S. Naval observatory time Service Department. We provide the official time for department of defense and for gps and via gps it goes to much of the world. So it is not an exaggeration to say you are the time keeper. We are the time keeper. And keeping time, precise time, is important, for the financial system, for the internet, for the pentagon. The department has more than 100 atomic clocks and there are three different types. One measures the oscillation of cesium atoms. How often does a cesium atom os late. Thats the definition of a second. He took us to see another clock called an atomic fountain. We use lasers to freeze atoms to about a millionth of a degree above absolute zero, then launch them. All of that information which varies by nanoseconds is then fed here. This is the nations master clock. All those 100 clocks. This is the National Clock for department of defense. Next door, the time transfer room sends the time out to the nation and the world. Even that phone number you call to get the time. At the time, eastern daylight time, 15 hours, 50 minutes exactly. Hes headed this time Service Department for 16 years, starting in 1997 he is now the chief scientist. And he says the job comes with a certain amount of, well, time pressure. There have been three times in my tenure when the master clock itself has broken. Always when i have been on an airplane. When people leave working for time service, it doesnt take long, maybe a week or two, when they realize that theyre not all this talk about time got me thinking. I got 3 15. What have you got. I dont wear a watch. He explains he doesnt want the measurement of time, especially something as imprecise as a watch, to get confused with time as an objective reality. Its the pursuit of that absolute truth that drives it. Beauty. Theres a tremendous beauty to it. Whats beautiful is an explanation of whats happening, an explanation of whats going on, if beautiful is doing the job right, thats all beautiful. Thats the only way to put it. He says the atomic fountain clocks are so accurate that taken together, they wont lose or gain a full second in 300 million years. But he says theyre working on a new master clock that will be even more accurate. Thats it for today. Have a great week. See you next Fox News Sunday. This week on the journal editorial report. President obama steps up his administration Ebola Response as the diseases spread, faith in the International Agencies in charge of containing the outbreak. Another wild week on wall street. What the stock market swings signal for the fragile u. S. Recovery. And they swept into office on promises of tax cuts and reforms. Why are some gop governors facing difficult battle for reelection this november . Welcome to the journal editorial report. 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