Hes going to deliver remarks on the economy this afternoon. And then later, the president will address the Congressional Hispanic Caucuses 37th annual. That will do it. Morning joe from d. C. Starts right now. How did this intruder get so far into the white house. Dont they have guard dogs. There were officers and they were concerned that the dogs might attack them instead. [ laughter ] sounds strange but makes more sense when you fine occupant a lot of secret Service Agents are cats. [ laughter ] all right. Good morning, everybody. Its thursday, october 2nd and with us on set in washington, d. C. , boy its great to be here. Busy night last night. Jeremy peters is here. Good to have you. Former White House Press secretary for president obama robert gibbs. Abc news political commentator and npr Senior Analyst Cokie Roberts and on capitol hill the host and managing editor of tv ones daily morning show, news now roland martin. We have a lot to talk about. Cokie, i want to start with you.
The head of the cdc said today they could have done a better job than how they have handled cases of ebola. In fact, he admitted the government has made mistakes in its effort to control the virus. Mistakes that may have led to a nurse getting sick. And today the cdc pledged to do better. Mostly through the use of Rapid Response teams dispatched to any hospital within hours where cases of ebola show up. The good news today, the nurse who contracted ebola from a patient who later died is in Good Condition tonight. In fact, its where we begin. Our National Correspondent kate snow remains at the hospital in dallas. Kate, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Starting today anyone who walks into an emergency room in this country with ebola, then a specialized team, as you mentioned, will be deployed by the cdc ready to move that patient if necessary to another hospital. All of this coming too late for the nurse being treated here. A stark admission today. Nurse nina pham might never
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Well begin tonight with a developing story. Late today, the c. D. C. Confirmed that a man in texas has just been diagnosed with ebola. It is the first time the disease that has claimed thousands of lives in west africa has been diagnosed in the United States. Dr. Jon lapook is here with us to tell us more. Jon. Reporter scott, the unidentified man has been kept in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital in dallas since sunday. The c. D. C. Said the patient, who was not a health care worker, flew out of liberia on the 19th and arrived in texas on saturday to visit family on the 20th. On the 24th, symptoms developed. Two days later, he sought medical care and was sent home. On sunday, he went to the hospital and was placed in isolation. Now, scott, we just got off of a Live Press Conference with the head of the c. D. C. , and he made a couple of points. Number one, people who were on
This is a dangerous country, especially for president s. The American People want to know if there is a president safe. Our security plan was not properly executed. You are protecting the most threatened american president in our inaugurations history. Dont let somebody get close to the. The law maker es are drilling the director of the secret service. Stunning lapses in the white house security. The white house intruder 11 days ago. There were five things that should have stopped him. None of them seemed to kick in. Why we cant get straight answers from the head of the secret service. I wish to god you protected the white house like youre protecting your reputation. Were you lying to the american or were you misled . The secret service is conducting an ongoing investigation. Im not sure ms. Pierson has been completely transparent with us. Is her job on the line . 9 director of the secret service said this this is unacceptable. And i take full responsibility. She then went on to defens
Terrorism. Thats moments away. First, president obama facing major backlash after blaming his director of National Intelligence James Clapper for underestimating the threat posed by isis. Watch this. How did they end up where they are in control of so much territory . Was that a complete surprise to you . Well, i think our head of the Intelligence Community jim clapper has acknowledged that i think they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. He didnt just say that we underestimated isil. He said we overestimated the ability and the will of our allies, the iraqi army, to fight. Thats true. Foxs own ed henry is standing by at the white house with the details. Ed, he threw clapper and the Intelligence Community under the bus, but hes the one that said in january theyre the jayvee team. Good evening. Certainly it seems like today what josh earnest was trying to do at the podium behind me was slam the brakes on that bus and say look, were not throwing jim clapper, others in the