Good evening, thank you very much for joining us. Im sam brock. For the next 30 minutes well take on a number of high profile claims, assertions and vet them for accuracy. Thats what reality check is about, using research and date to to separate the truth from the bunk. Lets go to an issue everybody is talking about. Ebola. Fear of an outbreak is not the only thing spreading across the u. S. Blame and finger pointing have also infected political debate. Does the cdc have enough money to deal with this virus and others . And is one party really to blame for slashing that agencys resources . We dive into the data and bring you the reality of ebola preparedness. The cdc says its discretionary funding has been cut by 585 million by 2010. Cut. Less government. High noon for the political season. Ads like this one produced by the leftleaning agenda project the right cross was the sequestration. Will saturate air waves all over the country. Cut. Cut. Before you make any snap judgments, heres
The train shortly. The trains and buses running on schedule this morning. Some of the earlier issues we saw on the blue line have resolved so certainly good news there. Lets step outside and show you how things are shaping up on the beltway. Sky 9 is in the air showing us how things ever moving. This is the are moving. This is the outer loom. No problems there loop. No problems there. Traffic is moving so far so good. Traveling from frederick toward the beltway, we are free and clear of any problems there as well. If you didnt hear, we actually had a baby born today, a baby boy in fact on 270 near shady grove road. Were told that mom and the baby boy are doing well. So some good news there for your thursday morning. If youre going to be traveling on 9 a making your way up towards the beltway, no problems there. Volume building up on the northbound side of 95 but we are issue free on northbound and southbound side. Looks like all over so far so good. Back to you. A key figure at the dep