American people would be, elect people who are going to work with, cooperate with the president of the United States. That does not mean agree on every issue. We are a separate and coequal branch of the government of the United States. We need to reflect thoughtful consideration of the president s proposals and propose to the president. We are the Article One Branch of government that poses policy. He executive carries out policy. That is the context in which we ought to operate. Having said that, i think the American People made it clear they think the obstructionism is largely the responsibility of the republican party. Thomas mann and norm ornstein, along with the brookings institution, American Enterprise institute wrote a book. Essentially the theme of the book was there is gridlock on the confrontation, refusal to compromise, and while they say they have come together to criticize in the past, at this point in time there theyre only conclusion is the responsibility of the republi
Joining us in the phone is josh, join following the story from the white House Advantage point. Thank you for being with us. Let me ask you about the white house response. Is the administration staying ahead of this story . They are and their big concern is trying to reassure the public that this is not the time to panic. There has been a lot of discussion across the United States and elsewhere about the ebola issue, which is a legitimate concern. Situation we had in africa at this point. There is only one diagnosed case and the white house is trying to delay concerns that this is something people need to have we are going to leave this conversation and take you live to atlanta. Will hear from three speakers and we will take questions. Our first speaker is cdc director dr. Tom friedman. Hello, everyone. Exactly one week since the first patient with ebola in this country was diagnosed in dallas texas. It is a good time to look back on what is happening that week and see where we are lik
Also in texas, Health Officials now say ten people who came in contact with mr. Duncan are at high risk for developing ebola. That is down from possibly 100. And the apartment where he stayed with his girlfriend has been decontaminated. She, her son and two nephews have been moved to a new home. A county judge who personally drove her and the family to their new place tried to reassure the public at a press conference last night. Im a married man with a little girl who will have her ninth birthday next week. Im wearing the same shirt i was when i was in the car with that family. If there are any risks, i would not expose myself or my family to that risk. But there is zero risk. These people are asymptomatic. Zero risk of that. Health officials from the federal government also say the National Response to ebola is under control. Nbcs mark potter is in dallas for us. Mark, with a good day to you, what do we expect to hear from this News Conference . Reporter well, were hopeful that we ca
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