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Announced it would immediately deploy a team of specialists when a hospital confirmed an ebola case. The change comes amid criticism over how when the hospital confirmed the case. The situation how it is handled the situation in dallas. I got it. I wish we are had put a team like this on the ground the day the patient, the first patient was diagnosed. That might have prevented this infection. But we will do that from today onward with any case anywhere in the u. S. Meanwhile, nina pham is listed in Good Condition a. Union on behalf of several nurses is criticizing the facility after the virus was spread there. National nurses united claims there was no system if place to treat ebola patients and nurses did not have protective gear. The hospital, however, says it has numerous Safety Measures in place and will respond to employee concerns. Meanwhile, there is a grim warning from the World Health Organization which says there could be 10,000 new cases of ebola per week. Within two months, a few poll shows more than twothirds of americans say they support restricting travel from the ebolainfected countries in africa. Before we get an update from democracy, joe, why dont you jump in right there . I talked about this weeks ago, raised questions about whether the cdc was doing everything they can do. What the World Health Organization has done, remember in april, rot though, it was the organization telling us about 10,000 cases a week by december if this isnt contained. Six months ago, it was saying it was much ado about nothing. Weeks ago, you had the cdc accusing the head doctor if Doctors Without Borders of trying to panic, of being too panicked and too pessimistic. It seems to me, mica, as this is spread, any time anybody has raised any questions, daring to question medical authorities that, somehow that equals stirring panic. It doesnt equal stirring panic. 67 of americans have a reason to ask why we havent had tougher travel restrictions from the start from these countries as if you are somehow zena phobic if you decide to do the same thing on a larger scale to protect americans as that businessman did if sierraly own kept his district completely free of this disease. We are going to have to be able to ask tough questions without mindless chatterers on cable fuse and broadcast fuse and mindless editorial writers saying you are causing panic. As i said, sometimes fear is the appropriate response. I wish george w. Bush had more fears before 911 about the reports from the cia. I wish barak obama would have been more fearful before taking our troops out of iraq him we have to ask tough questions. Now the democracy hospital admitted they crew screwed up. The cdc admitted they screwed up. The World Health Organization said they have screwed up. We cant just sit back and say you know what, lets just trust the authorities. I never heard so many authorities say, hey, lets just trust the authorities and not ask tough questions. We keep hearing, we got it. Oh, the we had. Lets go live to mark poter if democracy. What do we know about this patient. How much concern is there that we got more on the way . Reporter hi, my car, we have a lot of concernle although, Officials Say they would not be surprised if they have another case. Coming in more than an hour ago. State health Officials Say another Healthcare Worker here at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital has tested positive for ebola. Those test results coming at midnight from a lab in austin, texas. They will take those tests to the cdc for confirmation. This is an Unidentified Health Care worker. We do not know if it was a man or a woman that cared for Thomas Eric Duncan the first ebola patient that died a week ago toda today. The patient late eest patient presented himself or herself complaining of a fever. Now we have these results. The patient was interviewed upon possible contacts. They will be monitored depending on their circumstance. We know about nina pham the first nurse who presented symptoms on friday. Her test results came up midnight or late sea. She is now being treated. She is said to be in Good Condition. There are 76 patients they are looking at now who had contact with duncan being monitored. I guess the question is, willie, of the ones that should be in isolation, there may be more that need to be put into isolation and watched. And the way they treated ebola in the hospital, it was completely on the fly, they were adding layers. The people at the top of the cdc were saying, our system can handle this. I dont know, would you expect every hospital large or small in the United States be ready for ebola . Perhaps no. We hope they will get to the strike teams that can reson quickly. For the, if you have ever been to an e. Rchl, most of us have, you know the chaos and the heroics that happen in there. Im not surprised. But we are certainly learning the hard way. In just a few hours, president obama will meet by Video Conference with european leaders amid growing questions about the United States strategy to defeat Islamic State militants. President obama sat down with top defense officials yesterday as american officials encyst the military maigs mission is working. But turkey is complicateing matters by bombing kurdish rebels inside its own country while resisting pressure to attack isis. Ignacious writes in the Washington Post president obama is facing growing pressure to expand military operations before isis makes additional gains. Ignacious says secretary kerry says president obama faces a quote fundamental question of how to carry out his pledge of degrading and destroying isis and the brand few nbc wall street journal poll shows more than 40 pshs of americans both support the use of airstrikes and american combat troops a. Reversal from just one month ago. Joe. If you look at davidic nacious column, this president is getting pressured from all sides to step it up. Actually send more ground troops, send the ground troops. Do many other things, he just doesnt want to do right now. I think for good reason after a decade of sending american men and women to combat. A lot of us are concerned about that. Right now, hes engaged if tough war. The first problem is these seed issues, you have turkey, of course, bombing the people that can be boots oak. The worst allie. I cant imagine turkey to be worse of an allie than they have been right now. Then of course, you have assad also conducting bombing operations, using this inside of syria as an opportunity to kill some of his resistance. It is a terrible situation. You also have a dire warning from the front page of the New York Times. A warning not from the times but a warning from history, arming rebel troops and hoping it will turn out well rarely turns out well. When you have the secretary of state, you have a man very isolated and alone. And more of that coming up in papers. Lets get to politics. A new poll of caucus voters shows the gop is flux, while the democrats seemingly sold. Mitt romney leaves the potential field. Chris christie and jeb bush barely register. For the democrats, Hillary Clinton is way out front. The next closest is Elizabeth Warren who is 43 points back. Earlier this week, enron told the New York Times not only are mitt and i done, but the kids are done, done, done, done. Four times also, day later she seems a little less adamant. You have seen this sometimes. How is the Washington Post . Honestly, we have no plans, i dont imagine circumstances changing. As for jeb bushs wife the former Florida Governor says she is close to florida for a possible run. How important are the spouses chiming in . Well, have you two Different Things happening, jeb bush is going around, hearing from a lot of people that they cant support him if his family is not all in. Jeb, of course, is not going to run if his family is not all in. Jeb bush is somebody that has hated politics from the second he got into politics is certainly a signal that jeb bush may be getting closer to running in this race. I think what was so stunning, though, is if you look at the polls, willie geist, look at those polls and in the top tier, even on our top screen, you dont have jeb bush, or Chris Christie and other polls that have been out this week, jeb bush trailing far behind where even mitt romney is. I think right now mitt rom fi, willie, is the candidate at least from the establishment when of the Party Winning in iowa, winning in New Hampshire easily, winning nationally. Pretty stunning. Jeb bush at 4 in iowa. It is. Michael steel, you have to go far down that list that people inside the bellway are talking about, people like jeb bush, people like Chris Christie. I think thats why mitt romneys kaim name comes up. You think at least there would be one or two front runners. But will is still a lot of uncertainty, a year or so away from when the campaign is. Thats not to be surprised. You have a lot of people still sitling on the side lines, even the today, you know, infamous ones like Chris Christie and rand paul havent officially put together the formation, except rand palm has organization and the various states. The reality is this is beginning now to shape itself out. Come november 5th, the day after the election, this thing is on him then you will begin to see stomachtist gel around a particular candidate him up to this point, the kind of makes sense to me it is where it is the polls are showing where they are showing, mitt romney is in the lead because no one else is there to fill that gap. Except you have jeb bush, a guy 100 of voters see sitting at 4 . I think for jeb bush and Chris Christie, 5 points behind dr. Ben cashson, a guy who like compares america to nazi germany. Obamas america, i guess, i should say. Right. The establishment not doing very well right now and i think 4 for jeb bush is new. What i think also, joe, if i could real quick. I think what you will see get played out. You talked about the i talked about this, the conservatives in the party really do want a conservative. There is that internal battle that will get worked out. Whether or not this time they nom night the right conservative. Can i take a contaxpayerian point of view, it would be this this poll and other polls ranking candidates strength at this particular point in time are meaningless him people are worried about ebola. They were worried about a war in the middle east. Theyre worried about the fact that they havent had an increase in takehome pay in three or four or if years. You rank let me add on to that maybe those, right now were staring at two ridiculously scary things, isis and ebola. Twothirds of americans say the country is going in the wrong direction. There is a psychological reason to go to mitt rom fiand that is wow. Amen. We get to do a doover. He was right about syria, he was right about a lot of things. Oh, things can be okay if i just get a doover. Hey, donny. I think there is a big cycle i late to say this, donny, i hate to say this, donny, you are dead right. There is a rev. Why mitt romney has come out of nowhere. These are bright times for Young Millennials right now about to go to slope after playing xbox all night and streaming music on spotify, you may not remember, but we only elected a certain kind of leader when the soviets existed and we had to elect somebody with their finger on the bomb. You know who those type of people were . They were like mitt romney. We didnt giveadamn whether somebody was excited. We didnt giveadamn whether they talked about hope or change, whether they could play saxophone on arsinio hall. We didnt care. Donny, you are really on to something. There is a reason why a guy who seems dull and boring and stiff and cant be glib on the campaign trail suddenly is popping up in the polls. We need somebody like romney who has actually run something before and isnt going to be marketed like a pepsi or like some spark food, mica. This may actually ironic enough like Ronald Reagans time a guy seen as a joke up until the night he won in a historic landslide. Things are very frightening right now. We need competence. Think about what Michael Dukakis said, thats what we need in 2014. Americans want competency. Mitt romney is competent. This is a water shed moment, its never uttered, 6 00 am october 13th, joe said, donny, you are right. Like i said, these are dangerous times. Yes, they are. You are lucky you are not sit riekt here. I think too team needs you. Let me get this next story, they are pulling funding away from allison griernlgs instead the campaign is putting millions into battle grounds, georgia, south dakota. Grimes had a rough week after avoiding questions of what she voted for if previous elections. Did you vote for president obama in 282012 . You know, this election isnt about the president. Its about making sure we put kentuckians back to work. Why are you reluctant to give an answer on whether or not you voted for president obama . Bill, there is for the reluctancy. This is a matter of principle. Our constitution grants here in kentucky the constitutional right for privacy at the ballot box. No way. Heres what she said in a documentary set to air on pond. Look. Tell me about the first time you voted, who did you vote for and what issues were most important to you . Well, i turned 18 if 1996. Unfortunately, it was after president clintons election. I hope to be able to vote for him. I got a chance, though, to vote for secretary clinton in 28. The issues then in 1996 that were at the core of the campaign are the same issues that were fighting for today, how to make sure that we can put hard working kentuckians back to work and grow the middle class. I think the constitutional right only works when she likes it. Im confused, though, i didnt think clinton was on the ballot. The simple answer, yes, of course i voted for him but i disagree with a lot of things hes done. Heres what i believe. She had two chances. That to me dump. You cant fix that. It says something about your core. It just says a lack of constitution, whereas, basically, its okay to say, hey, i voted with him. By the way, so did most of the country. By the way, a big mistake, a, b, c, d, e, there, there was no medal. Joe, real quick. I want to say, were starting to see a few things happening politically. I have been pushing back on republicans saying this may be a big republican 84 for the past months. Right now, though, when you wake up this morning and we were going over it at 1 00 this morning, a lot of bad news for democrats, whether its in kentucky, Mary Landreau fired her manager in louisiana. You have democrats saying theyre trying to avoid a historic defeat in the house of representatives. We said last week pat robertson, polls are showing him close or ahead by a few points. I think, you know, we always talked about, mica, how Foreign Policy doesnt rule today. The fact is that Foreign Policy has mattered this fall when president obama said Foreign Policy, whether its golfing right after beheadings, are now seemingly lost if figuring out how to respond to isis. That has been a drag on democrats. Their numbers went up after they announced we are going to degrade and destroy isis. He was showing a burden thats there, the democrats, right now, its barak obama goes on Foreign Policy the democrats seem to be going in the polls and that can all change attorney general of course. Right now, democrats in retreat. Okay. Still ahead, there may not have been weapons of mass destruction, how u. S. Still came in contact with some piles of chemical weapons, their explosive investigation ahead. How much money do you need to be one of the wealthiest people in the world, in that half of the people . The amount will surprise you when its a bad sign for all of us. Are you ready for hillary . This tenyearold really s. Look at that. Its like one direct just showed up. You are watching morning joe. Well be right back. Ring ring . Progresso its ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. Its our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. Apology accepted. Im watching you soup people. Make it progresso or make it yourself when laquinta. Com sends him a ready for you alert the second his room is ready, ya know what salesman alan ames becomes . I think the numbers speak for themselves. Im sold a selling machine ready for you alert, only at lq. Com. Its time now to take a look at the front paper. Lets do it. An incredible investigation, a sweeping piece on what it calls secret casualties of iraqs abandoned chemical weapons. Americans and iraqi troops came across thousands of warheads, shells and bombs left over from saddam husseins regime. In several case, soldiers were wound. They include pus tard agents and nerve agents destroyed while exploding them. Heres one control explosion back in 2008. Wow look at that. Oh, its mustard gas. According to times the American Public withheld word from military doctors and the troops being sent in the field. The troops were told not to tell anyone else not to tell anyone else in the first gulf war. Incredible story. The wall street journal, a new story says Global Wealth grew by 8. 3 percent last year t. U. S. Added more millionaires than any other country in the world. The report suggests if have you 03 3,650, including the value of your home, you are among the wealthiest half of the people in the world. Think of that. A tiny sliver at the top of rich people. Doctors if san diego treated an enlisted soldier for an Internet Addiction brought on, in part, by using google grass. The pan says he was using the device for 18 hours a day, only removing it to sleep and shower. He reported feeling irritable when he could not use it and would even try to turn on the dallas when he was not wearing it. Researchers say after a month, his symptoms of withdrawal began to subside, still, scientists warns it is a constant stream of stimuli, which takes a toll on the brain him im beginning to put mine down. I got a system. Do you . A couple hours at a time. Its real. Because we work so much and preparing, everyone is trying to contact us. So whats your secret . I have to have a little slip phone for my kids and put this down. Good for you. I dont know how to, i dont know. Its a test. There are only so many hours in a day. You can see im recoverying. The Washington Post, we all get a little star stressed at times. Check out tenyearold macy the girls fame there after coming facetoface with Hillary Clinton. It happened while clinton was campaigning for incumbent senator mark udall in the state of colorado. After that, there was no way mrs. Clinton could say no to a selfie. Macy and Hillary Clinton. Thats neat. All right. 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Obama 93 of the time. Lacks mark begich has gone with him 97 of the time. They think they will somehow emerge as giants of principles independence. Is there a point there . There is a point john meacham is a point thats not just for barak obama. You know, bill clinton experienced this in both of his midterm elections in 94 to 98. One democrat saying antiair force, antiair weapons, bush had it in 2006 and isnt it funny, every president , john, seems to carry a whiff of descension. But more like a smoke cloud. A dust storm of condescension for everyone that preceded them and in walk, that this happens to even the best of president s. It does. It does happen again and again. At this point in the second term of Ronald Reagan you had the. He said he was going to be a torn in obamas ass. Lovely. He did say that. And then he voted with him over 97 of the time. Mark udall in colorado said he was going to, you know, be on his back and be a pain and his side as well. He votes with him 95, 96, 97 of the time. Which again doesnt it go to politicians thinking theyre so much smarter than their own constituents than those who cant read the newspaper actually where they vote . It is pretty condescending. All they have to do is go online and fievent i find out how their senators vote. But particularly have the moment we showed Allison Lundergan grimes whether or not she voted for president obama and still will not show why she did that. It shows, i hate to use the term, it would be a bit weiseley. Maybe shed be a good senator for the state of kentucky. Next has a piece, meek you have nexts piece on the New York Times. I do. You write a sudden cash advantage for two republican cads, one thom tillis running for the senate in north carolina, raced 3. 4 million a. Spokesman said that is by far the best quarter for mr. Tillis. Representative cory gardner also has good news to report. He collected 4. 4 million, outraising senator mark udall who took in about 4 million. Does any of this money raising have anything to do with the afor mentioned drag on president obama as a local candidate . I think republicans have been calling out for months, leaders have been saying, guys, were getting out raised, please send money. You have been hearing this over and over again. You heard it from the head of the campaign committee. Republicans are finally saying, wait a second, could this thing we thought was a sure thing slip out of our grasp at the last second because there wasnt enough money . You see it with american crossroads. Theyve had their best september or midterms and theyre come income with tens of millions of dollars at the last second. The question, when you get the money late the ads have been sold. The polices for remaining ads are high. Early money is better. What we will see is is this late money going to help them get over the edge. All right. Michael steel, off that would you be surprised, we asked the question yesterday, if the republicans did not gain control of the senate . No, i wouldnt, actually, for a lot of the reasons that have been discussed over the last few weeks, i think there is still support that some have not surgeoned as strongly as the party thought it would for a lot of reasons and money is the least of those reasons, by the way. But the fact of the matter is the voters are now beginning to focus in more clearly. That has both parties worried, as a matter of fact. All right. Next. Thank you. A great piece. John meacham stay with us if you can. Up next, the company oh, yeah, you came all way up here . Charity. All right. Companies making it easier than ever before for women to delay having kids. Some are. And their reasons why are ahead. And then weve had a lot of tough stories about sports laitd lately. 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It could also be a game changeer. Reporter done at a young enough age, egg freezing can dramatically improve the chances of getting pregnant later in life. If you come in at 42, 43, we haveics frozen when you are 35, its like were sending the clock back seven or eight years. Its a huge advantage. Reporter she got an email from a patient that says sums up the mood around the office. Omg, Just Announced facebook and apple coveringic freezing costs. The majority of patients that come in, there are more and more each day, cant affordic freezing. What facebook did, what apple has done will be huge for women. It allows them the opportunity to do something they may never have been able do before. All right, joining us now, editor for bloomberg, if april, emma wrote freeze your eggs, freeze your career. What did you think when you heard this . I would take it you have looked at the upsides and downsides now people are seeing this is a draw for women. I wasnt surprised at all. I had heard there are rumblings that cover this. Theyre not coming out with it. Theyre being very private about it. Because of the controversy it may cause. What is the problem or the conundrum these companies are addressing by putting out a policy like this. The conundrum theyre addressing by putting it out is they might seem like they have a macmachivelian control. They dont want to seem like theyre trying to control the lives of tear female employees. I think theyre providing another hope. Its interesting you said that. This is the first im hearing this story, on the other hand, the tremendous upside. But it did hit that nerve with me as something, it was an employer, employed a lot of people hey, dont go home and have a baby until 33, stick around until 45. There is a little orwellian thing about it. Especially that sector, they are also trying to attract female employees. Of course. Thats one of the things. That itself the whole point. Its clearly, we want you. We want you to work longer. Obviously, its well intentioned. It is there, but it is literally as you spoke to just now, a game clanger to change your career path for women. You are 34, 35 years of age. You work for a large financial institution, apple, google, whatever, you are confronted with the dilemma. I want to have a child, but your career path. Bomb. Right. But now. And the reporting i did. Also the women i spoke to, it wasnt they were putting it off because they wanted to work until midnight. They put it off because they didnt find a right partner. Societal trends are being addressed as well. I have pushed the traditional, have your kids young and try and muscle through it. But i have to say, from research i have done for books, the does have the potential to help women lift up their families. A lot of women have babies, younger earlier in their careers, willie and really face that as young mothers, should i stay . I cant do this. I dont make enough. I cant physical out how to do this, so im just going to stop. Ten they stop. They, you know, a lot of them dont come back. I have a lot of friends in that situation. If you are able make this choice, you might be able to provide. The choice is still going to be. Im sorry. No, go ahead. Its still going to have to be a choice at some point, though. Thats right. At 42, leaveing the work force in a certain way can be more challenging than at 34. So it still does not alleviate. What are you smiling about . Let me ask you, whats the likelihood . Google and apple have a lot of money to throw around. Lets be honest. Whats the likelihood of other Companies Taking this up . Is this something we will see more of . I think big firms that find it more important to attract women. Its the start of women coming in. I do think so. I think again i think more companies are doing it that we know. Maybe some will come out and say we do. The thing about egg freezing, its so expensive, even if someone would want to, even if they had a great job at facebook, they wont be able to afford it. How much does it cost . It costs for the, one round, it doesnt mean it will be ripe, it will cost about 10,000. Thats all out of pocket. In order to store theic, its another 1,000 a year. Emma rosenblum, thank you so much for coming in. Coming up, Kevin Durants speech about growing up as a gifted athlete, but a homeless athlete, caught the attention of the country. We had the honor of speaking with is mom about it on the show. We have very humble beginnings, of course, but it was our lives. And i decide i was going to make the best of it. The way that i had to help my boys to stay away from the ills that were in our area is that i was always involved in their lives. I made it my business to sacrifice my personal desires and wants and sometimes my needs for their goals and dreams. 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Kevin durants mvp acceptance speech talking about his mom. Joining us, he writes the cover story of this weeks issue. In part, he writes, most often we hear these wrenching stories after an atmosphere leth like durant has reaped millions as a pro. But what about the current Young Players who bounce from couch to couch or use the team locker cool as a place to bathe, or sleep under the bleachers. John, its good to see you. Tell us you the piece was born. When did you start looking into this . We didnt rehearse this. That kevin durant speech was the trigger for the story. It was this incredibly poignant speech. You sort of said to yourself, great hes made it. Who are the kids today and what we found is this is a huge, huge number of kids who are almost athletes in the present. Houch how many are we talking about . We are talking more than 100,000. There are 1. 2 million homeless kids in the u. S. We extrapolate, how many homeless kids play sports. Conservatively over 100,000 kid today play sports. Do the coaches know it or are the kid hiding it . It varies, obviously, i think in a lot of places the coach plays an essential role. Some of it is i am bringing a Peanut Butter and jelly sandwich. You realize, hey, the player may not be concentrating so well. Its not because hes a knucklehead. Its because hes hungry. I would imagine a separate sidebar to this story would be the role that so many coaches or teachers who are aware of these young people who are homeless, who are performing sometimes ordinary athletic feats, to the role that they play in that Young Persons life. Yeah, no question we talked to a player again the sessions are different. I knew nothing going into this story. Homelessness is probably defined as not having a permanent place to sleep at night. So its not all park benches and bridges. It shows the kids are going from couch to couch. You talked about kevin durant. There is another name, lo lo jones, i dont think people know her background, the u. S. Olympian, is similar in sleeping in the basement of salvation armies and finding her way daytoday. She had an interesting point. She said, sports gave me structure. It was forall the flux in my life and changing schools and everything that comes with being homeless, sports were one constant. I think that was one thing we came across. Its not a symmetrical relationship. Homelessness can upset a sports career but sports were a force of good in these kids lives across the board. The other aspect of the story that has to be truly interesting, you get a High School Junior or senior coming out of a motel where they are living in a motel, motel to motel, they go to school. They go on the athletic field. That becomes their identity. Its so important what they do. Absolutely. We spoke about the cover image, isaiah lamb outside of battle more, his family put the car behind the laundromat mat. He would do his homework. Thats where the family would bathe. At night theyd go into their car in the parking lot. Those few hours when he played sports served so many different roles. Some pragmatic. It was exercise the teams structure. Your identity gets wrapped up when so much in your life is bleak. Sports are also a way to keep the kids in school and they are absolutely excited. We are have been on the show. We talked about all sorts of issues, donald sterling, ray rice. Its easy to get a cynical coverage. We will be looking for the new issue of Sports Illustrated. Thank you so much. Thank you. Joe, you want to jump in . Just really quickly, willie geist last night, Mike Barnacle last night this is the royal, 7 and 0. Since they gathered the playoffs. This is an incredible story, willie. They havent lost a playoff game since the world series in 1885. Granted. They havent been in the playoffs since 1885. It is an awesome story. This is a franchise and an organization, mike, that has been in the wilder inside for three decades. You never even thought about the kansas city royals. Now theyre up 30 on the orioles. They get a chance to go to the home series a. Lot more losses tan wins. Its truly a great story. Its an incredibly impressive story. They play in kansas city. You done hear much about them. They have an absolute killer shut down bull pen. Its an amazing squad. It is amazing. What is so amazing is tear backs were against the wall. It doesnt look like they were going to make it into the playoffs. They stackerred in. They had the one game playoff for the as on the monday the day after the season ends. It was a 163rd game and nobody would have seen this coming. And they were down 1773 73. A second worker has tested positive for ebola. We will go live to dallas for the very latest. There is a live fuse conference coming up as well. More good news for mitt romney, this time in iowa. 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For over 19 Million People. [ alex ] transamerica helped provide a lifetime of retirement income. So i can focus on what matters most. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. Transamerica. Welcome back to morning joe. Its the top of the hour. Mike barnacle. Bobby deutsche, me, joe, willie, joining us now, nbc political director and moderator of meet the press chuck todd the star of the latest campaign commercial. Awesome. Thats always fun when that happens. It gives you that sick feeling. Exactly. No part of this . Im done. Health officials confirm the sec Health Care Worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan tested positive for ebola. The latest patient reported a fever and was immediately isolated. Officials say they identified potential contablths who were currently being monitored. I take it this person was not in isolation then. Just yesterday, the cdc announced it would deploy a team of specialists when a hospital confirmed an ebola case. The change comes amid criticism over how it handled the situation in dallas. I thought often about it. I wish we had put a team like this on the ground the day the patient the first patient was diagnosed. That might have prevented this infection. But we will do that from today onward with any case anywhere in the u. S. 9 11 i meanwhile, nina pham, the nurse that tested positive is in Good Condition. But a union speaking on behalf of several nurses is criticizing the facility after the virus was spread there. National nurses united claims there was to system in place to treat ebola patients and nurses did not have proper protective gear. The hospital, however, says it has numerous Safety Measures in place and will respond to any employee concerns. Meanwhile tlrk is a grim warning from the World Health Organization which says there could be 10,000 new cases of ebola per week within two months. That is staggering, joe. It is staggering, my california we have soon it before. We have seen it over the past six months. Health organizations have been caught off guard, off balance from the very beginning. The World Health Organization shamefully said this was nothing to do in april. But the end of july when it was already exploding, they accused people of being pessimist about growing want. About this being an international threat. With rehearing 10,000 cases by december if its not stopped. You know what, journalists have also failed, i think not only people in america but across the world. Because the response over the past couple months has been a chief response from the simpsons, nothing to see here, move along, move along. If you have tough questions you are accused of trying to invoke panic. No, were just trying to Keep Health Care officials honest and on their feet and for some reason, my car, they keep underestimating this threat. Theyve done everything but call it the jc team of epidemics. They failed us. They cant afford to fails anymore. Mica, that poll that shows the overwhelming majority of americans want to restrict travel. That number is going to keep growing ifle there is a health official that comes out and tunnelly gives a reasonable response as to why limiting movement doesnt make sense and nobody has. All right. They have been doyleing back every step of the way here on the top levels of the hospital and even at the cdc. What we will do is monitor this because there is a fuse conference that is potentially going to be under way during this show in dallas. We will drop into that. Lets go to politics now. A new nbc wall street journal poll shows Republican Voters are taking a much greater interest, in states with key senate races, there is a preference for a democratic held congress, 47 to 42 . 43 say tear midterm vote wont signal age at all about the commander in chief. Chuckle. What does that say . You know, this is an interesting poll in the respect that you can look at it in different columns and i can support a teary, i can tech off all of the reasons for the republican way and i can simultaneously show you why this is going to be a bizarre election that has as much impact on both parties as we think a wave election might have just on the democrats. It is. I heard joe talk about this earlier this morning. Structurally, it should be a big republicanier. There is something that clearly is not kaveng on for them. I think the independent voters are showing no interest. In wave elections, they move to the party thats about to have the big election. Thats not happening here. Theyre not engaging and that tells you that i think were going to see some weird things. Turnout will matter. Go ahead, joe. You talk about strange things. In 2006, independent voters went for democrats plus 16. Right. In 2010, independent voters went republican plus 16. The fact that independent voters are disengaged now the fact that barak obamas Approval Ratings are low. The fact that republican Approval Ratings are lower leaves us three weeks out guessing. There seems to be trim lines, i think anybody suggesting a wave elect as of today with the Washington Post 95 certainty, i theyre looking at numbers that neither you nor i are looking at. To me, kansas and soet dakota stories, people want to say, thats cookie, crazy stuff happening. For six years, there has been an antitwoparty movement building. Right, frustration with both parties, sort of frustration with the gridlock. Kansas and soet dakota have a vehicle. Those sooex dont consist in 48 other states. They exist there they gravitated quickly. We see more senators with anything we had before, which is one sign of a protest in the two parties. I think we could see one or both independents. I think the reason to chucks point, its so confuseing is your last point is that i think people are so fed up with both parties, im just going to vote for the person i like better. People have taken off their uniforms. I think thats why you are seeing this kind of mosaic out there. I think you will see something down the middle. I dont think party lines at this state, at this moment in time matters. Be i the way, if we have a status quo, that means weird stuff would have happened. Somewhere between the wave and status quo. Which would feel like it. Status quo would be considered a huge loss. Not president of the New York Times editorial page or the catering left wing classes, some conservative talk shows we talked ability. Republican leaders have told me if they do not win the senate, if they dont at least peck up one purple state to blue state into 2016, they are in big trouble and there is going to be a massive crisis within the ranks of republican leadership. According to split core its not whether House Democrats will suffer in the midterms, but rather by how much, cluck. House democrats are carrying out a painful retreat. The article says the party is now focusing on propping up teetering incumbents who instead of pouring cash into new recruits, its a strategy to mitigate losses amid a wave of republican money. Let me jump to michael steel. Does that match what you are seeing . Chuck then chime in. It does. I think that this wave of money thats coming in at the end is really, we talked about it before, you know, late money, its not going after the that bigesque. Its really budgeting the kafrgs for the tv stations. At the end of the day, i think the voters are beginning to settle. The question i have for chuck is with respect to those independent voters does your poll find while they are not moving towards republicans because they are concerned about republicans governing the country . Do we get more of the same only in spade, now they have the senate and the house. Or are there some other reasons that arent reflective yet in those voters . Let me give you one poll result that tells you the difference. Do you want your member of congress to stick to their positions or compromise . And a majority in 2010, it was, no, give the president some heck. The time a majority want their member to compromise. That right there and you dont see, that is what hax this cycle difference. All the democrating resources are going to senate race. Heres water ominous for republicans going into 2016. The grandfather have out raised them 130 million to 90 million. In the most recent polls. If you cant raise money, twothird of the country continent saying we are going in the wrong direction, when are they going to be able to raise money . The reason its that way. People go, oh, geeze, republicans are the party of wall street. Both parties are the party of wall street. People are not going to give passive amounts to republicans because they want access. They can get access other ways. People that really, people believe so they wrote big checks. They were invested. If you are giving money to the republican party. Who are you invested in . Saying no to barak obama . I dont need to write a check for that. I know i will have the house already. So what compelling reason is there to way check to the republicans . What do they stand for other than being against barak obama . Im saying this about my own party and ill be dammed if i can answer that question, what is the big thing theyre going to accomplish in the next two years if i write massive checks to a for . All right. Stopping barak obama is just not enough anymore. I couldnt agree more. Most of these guys will be there four years longer than he leaves. With an order five sentences long, thestream supreme court allowed abortion clinics, they blocked a number of a majority of clinics, all but eight to shut down. It follows a long legal fight over a 2013 law requiring upgrades at the facilities, many of which could not comply, justices samuel alito and Clarence Thomas said they would have ruled in favor of the law. The democrats, candidate for, yep, joe, did you chime in . I just want to say, really quickly, i think this is pretty stunning, a lot of people wont be paying attention to it. Roberts courts, look what they have done over the past week the two most pressing social issues for the conservative base. They basically waved off challenges to bans on samesex marriage and threat samesex marriages go on in the lower courts by denying certain. Then in this case, they have actually actively overruled at least in the short run what the fifth cirque has done, in effect, allowing a lot of abortion clinics if texas to reopen. The conservative base is waking up this morning, im sure on certainly issues an feeling like a quote Republican Supreme Court betrayed them once again. I to the it was a pretty extraordinary ruling. The democrats governor for texas is defending her campaigns controversial ad targeting her opponent we talked about this on monday. Wendy davis at the 32nd spot against republican greg abbott, which highlights his use of a wheelchair is fair game an not a personal attack. It accuse abbott for hypocrisy for not supporting other advocates. Do you think the grabbing showing the empty wheelchair focusing on his being wheelchair bound crossed the line . Andrea, this ad really is about one thing an one thing only. It is the fact that greg abbott was at the receiving end of a tragic accident and he was able to refuse jobs for himself when he sued a homeowner and a tree company after a tree fell on him. He received millions of dollars in the settlement and since then, in his entire Public Service career, he has been working to kick that ladder down denied that same opportunity for justice to other people. So she doubles down on the ad in terms of the issues, which i think is fair game and le get mat point and counterpoint issue, but, donny, was eight good ad . No, a mistake the left brain or right brain. At the end of the day. It looks like she is going after the well care. The ad made me cringe because it was a bad ad. It wasnt a smart political move to do that ad. It was very misunderstood. Which is why you dont do that ad. You got to be clear. Do you watch an ad. Bad choice is there that was one of those ads that they want you to sound off, it was really not something that would make you. That, whoa. Take away a single thought. Go after the debate. She had his record. She is. This is the race that had gone to sleep. One thing she did do, talking about the race again. I have been very, very, quite frankly forthcoming abouttying that shes kind of an amazing story. But in terms of the branding and messaging. What works. All right. Chuck todd, thank you very much. In a moment, we will go live to indicate snow in dallas where a second Health Care Worker has been diamondback nosed with the ebola virus. We will be speaking with the director of the National Institute of health. The president of the university of kentucky gives his staff a big raise and the way hes paying for it got a lot of attention, plus, president obama says his strategy against isis is sound. Now he has to convince the rest of the world about that. We will go live to the pentagon. You are watching morning joe. Music. The getaway vehicle for all the confidence you need. Td ameritrade. You got this. Every now and then i get a little bit hungry and theres nothing good around turn around, barry i finally found the right snack [ female announcer ] fiber one. 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The first lady of oregon cylvia hayes, she par first pated in a dell to buy lands in a remote area of Washington State to grow marijuana if 1997. The revelation comes after a Real Estate Agent claims to have found proof of marijuana growing on the property. He cla imse the project to the grow weed never materialized and she was in an abusive relationship and making poor decisions. There was recent revelations that she married a u. S. Immigrant to obtain u. S. Residency in the tune of 5,000. I dont think the woed hurts her. Thats a plus. The courier journal the president of a Kentucky State University is giving up 90,000 of his salary to give the lowest paid people on campus a raise. Raymond burkes is his name. He says a raise to pay 24 employees from 7. 25. He was brought on to help them climb out of a 7 million budget hole and bring leadership to the struggling university. Could we please have him on the show. Get him on. Can we book him . Is that a yes . Okay. We got that down. I got a sure. We want him. You want to serve him in the walk times. Bikeer gangs have been cleared to fight against the kurds if northern iraq. Prosecutors in the netherlands say the bikers will not face prosecution because they are not on dutch soil. There are roughly about 70,000 kurds living in the netherlands who are refugees who fled from the middle east looking for work t. Heaviest fighting between the kurds and isis is krurn currently centered around the city of kobani. Isis forces have entered the city. They have reports that u. S. Airstrikes have slowed the advance. President obama is trying to build his coalition to stop the spread of isis. Lets bring in jim miklazewski with that. Jim. Reporter mica, you know, just yesterday, the president met with 21 of the coalition members. Not the political element of those coalition forces, but the military leaders. It was not to sit around the table and put together a cohesive effective longterm strategy but to size everybody up at that table to make sure that everybody was on board and its clear that while theyre signed up for the coalition, there are so many competing differences among all these allies, that this meeting really did reveal the underlying challenge and that is to keep the coalition together, mica. Mica, its willie. Nobody is more dialled into the pentagon that than you are. Let me ask you about how this military operation is going a few weeks in . Obviously, they have critics, it doesnt go far enough. How does the pittsburgh think the antimilitary operation is going . Reporter you know, these military leaders here in the pittsburgh that i have talked to, theyll tell you that, look, our strategy is working. What we intended to do, we are doing. We are hitting the targets. We are aiming at. We are selecting the targets that we think need to be hit. But the problem is, there are serious questions being raised, if, in fact, in the long term, this will be effective. And again back to this idea that there are so many competing motives for these allies. Take turkey, for example and the situation around kobani. This will tell you how complicated this is. Because over the past couple of days, the u. S. Military has launched dozens of airstrikes around the kobani area in an attempt to protect those kurdish rebels inside kobani. Turkey, meanwhile, is sitting on the sidelines just across the border just watching this happen, and, in fact the very pkk kurds that the u. S. Is trying to protect turkey attacked them in southeast turkey the day before yesterday now you cant get any any more unbelievably complicated than that. Now you got ebola and isis. Lets go to dallas, National Correspondent kate snow is there. Good morning. I know the cdc is sending in a rapid Response Team to help handle this latest case of ebola. Reporter right. Actually, they say theyre already here oak. They have been deployed over the past couple of weeks. Just over the week, 16 more people arrived to help this hospital deal with any more potential cases. Then this morning, we find just before 4 00 a. M. Local time, one of the 76 health care work, they have been monitoring who came into contact with that first patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, one of them is now sick. The hospital now says the Health Care Worker reported a fever tuesday and was immediately isolated. Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify contacts or potential exposures. This new case comes as there are complaints about the hospital. A labor group headquartered in california held a Conference Call from reporters saying they heard from several nurses that worked at Presbyterian Hospital and had some on the line. The nurses are not in any union. The groups speaking on tear behalf wouldnt give details on what nurses they were representing or what roles they held at the hospital. They said the nurses wanted to remain anonymous. Union officials read statements to reporters, which they said were from the anonymous workers describing what happened when Thomas Eric Duncan arrived by ambulance. Mr. Duncan was left for hours not in isolation in an area where other patients were present. Subsequently, a Nurse Supervisors arrived and demanded that he be moved to an isolation unit. Yet, faced resistance from other hospital authorities. Reporter before he was isolated, they said, duncan came into contact with up to seven other patients for at least three days, they said, nurses did not wear full protective gear but flimsy generic gowns that exposed their necksing. According to anonymous nurses, as to have moved in and out without being decon tam fated. Nurses had optional training. Were the protocols breach ed . The hospital did not respond to specific allegations, in a statement said, in part, patient and employee safety is our greatest priority. We take compliance very seriously. We have fume russ measures in place to provide a safe working environment, including mandatory annual training at a 24 7 hot line and other mechanisms that allow for anonymous reporting. It all came after a stark admission tuesday. The head of the centers for Disease Control said nurse pham might not have gotten sick if the cdc sent a rapid Response Team as soon as eric duncan tested positive 15 days ago. I wish we had put a team like this on the ground the day the patient, the first patient was diamondback foesed. That might have prevented this infection. Reporter in a statement, pham said she is doing well, and defended the hospital saying she blessed to be cared for by the best team of doctors and nurses in the world. Meantime, this morning the cdc said it is investigating this hospital, looking at everything from personal protective gear to the decon tam nation and on. We know there is a rapid Response Team here already from the cdc. We are hearing just now, willie, that there are fire and Police Authorities from dallas who are at a local apartment complex near here about five minutes away and theyre handing out flyers to residents there. Thats where this newest patient lived. That i are trying to calm people and assure them they have things under control. Kate snow in dallas. Thanks so much. Joining us from bethesda, maryland, dr. Anthony fauci. Thank you for being on. We are monitoring a News Conference due in dlaechls let me ask you, as we look at all the different pieces of information coming in, as to how Thomas Eric Duncan was dealt with, his exposure to other patients, perhaps 46 of getting him in ice lakes, was the overall message from the top down not Strong Enough about how much we should be worried and fear and deal with across the country potential cases of ebola coming into local hospitals . Well, i dont know exactly what happened there. The cdc is there right now, as you mentioned, with their top team doing two things, trying to find out what went wrong and to make sure with very aggressive proactive training that there and elsewhere, this does not happen again, but what happened there, regardless of the reason is not acceptable. It is not acceptable that two nurses takeing care of a person because of their exposure there were infected. That should not have happened and what the cdc is trying very aggressively to do right now to find out how and what happened and to make sure it doesnt happen again. Mike. Doctor. Where are we in terms of national protocols, a national set of protocols for hospitals big and small and equipment of available to hospitals big and small to handle potential ebola cases . Well, there is being much more as i just mentioned a proactive training in general instead of there being passive training, go look at our website or here is a piece of paper, its going to be very active. Seminars, web farce, visits and the next time and i hope there is no next time that there is a hospital that has for the take care of an ebola patient the cdc team has inkwurd from dr. Frieden will proactively go there right from the get go and make sure things are done properly at the level of the local hospital that happens to have gotten that patient. So rather than just seeing how they do, it is going to be very proactive. You will see as was described as a press conference and at put forth by the cdc, a much more involved role. All right. Dr. Fauci. Thank you very much. Tom brokaw joins us next for an exclusive sitdown interview with two former secretarys of state. Also ahead, one of hollywoods best storytellers, now, he is telling the story of his life. Producer, writer, norman lear joins us this hour. Well be right back. Joining us now, a man, a legend. A person that needs no introduction. No, he does not. Thus he will get none. Because there isnt one. You are here because you have another fascinating trip in your fascinating life to germany with Henry Kissinger and jim baker. We have known each other 102 years the idea that you are introducing really. Its right here. This morning we are talking about ebola, the stockmarket not doing well, what is missing from this picture . I was with jim baker, two formering iss secretarys of state. We had a long conversation, including putin and what he is up to. Right now he has cover. We are preoccupied with ebola and i sat the two down. We talked about missed opportunities and water ahead. Heres some of what they had to say. What i think is really regrettable is that for 15 years after the implosion of the soviet union after the fall of the wall, the end of the cold war in 1991 you had a russia that leaned towards the west and in the initial statements of putins presidency that he was leaning towards the west. Thats gone now. The behavior we have seen on the part of russia recently is totally inconsistent with any concept of a stable world order. We simply cannot accept it. I dont think we will accept it. I was encouraged, frankly to see how european allies come along on economic sanctions. Putin is in this. Putinties it was a tragedy that the soviet unions have indicated. But its a rising allegiance like asia and hitler. So he fell into wanting him, he found himself in a better relations. If he does it, we should be opened to it. If he doesnt, there will be a Major Political conflict of the cold war which will end like the last cold war because russia doesnt have to reach to challenge. You served your country not just as a diplomat also as a political figure in the white house, a couple white houses, what about the political will of the country and the congress and the senate of the United States to try to find Common Ground . We now live in an era of social media. Its gotten quite ugly in washington. Its sort of the zero sum game and thats really unfortunate and very regrettable in terms of the interests of the country. I dont know how we get back to where we were, the center, which used to be the place where we make our decisions about govern fans has to some extent disappeared. Dr. Kissinger and jim baker talking about the reality of dealing with the soviet union right now. Ween the two of them, there are a little more optimistic than a one of time friends of mine, dr. Legled bo, one of our russian scholars. He was in russia for a month this sum early. He said its somewhat worse tan what they characterize it because he was on the ground. He said at whatever the people he talked to would say the same thing. You are trying to remove putin and thats an attack on our state and in effect putin has become a state of warfare at this point. There is for the easy way to see where that gets eased in the next couple of years. So you got to put that on the agenda as well. My friend said we are already in a cold war with them. Its like the cold war we had with eastern. Its not a shooting cold war, but there is no communication going on, no common goals that are going to be achieved. Are you surprised in the coverage of everything going on in the middle east the march of isis, the collapse of sir why and iraq, russias role is a pivotal allie of syria is not receiveling more attention than the American Media . I am surprised. Its always complex, not just for those of us journalists, but especially for our audiences and the readership, wait a minute, russia and syria get together. What is our relationship with israeli and putin is playing this candidly at the moment. He is moving troops across the border, at the same time, he is keeping his pivotal player. He is a guy that went when the berlin wall came down. He thought it was a great tragedy that the soviet union had lost communist rule i have been looking and i have almost to see the smile. He is one tough kgb guy. He has a track he wants to follow now. Thank you. Speaking of 25 years ago, you were in berlin when the wall came down. How do you think looking back hows that world developed . Has it surprised you . I tell awe surprised me immediately, everybody said, thank god, lets move on with our business. Nato drifted apart, lost its spirit if you will. I think that was a missed opportunity. If you go to berlin now, a few generation is much more interested in what happened. They cant believetary parents were divided by that wall, in effect, they were on one half, the other half, they were free and prosperous. So there is a kind of a renewed interest in what happened at that time. My own judgment is we didnt do enough to keep nato intact, politically, culturally and economically. Because these problems will be coming. How you stitch it back together is tricky. You see that whole list of people and countries lined up what are they given . A name on a billboard, when theyre not putting troops on the ground, germany is more concerned about hamburg has been a hotbed of islamic rage. Boots on the ground, not going to go there. When you say the United States wont accept it or will accept it, i think americans are fair to wonder what does that mean . Is it diplomatic, military . What is that response . He is saying, we are sort of addressing this, maybe we should think about putting troops in poland, you know, the nato or the United States unilaterally. I think what he means is that i dont want to speak for him. Were not engaged. We dont have the kind of open lines we used to haved in the old days. In the worst days of the war, people knew how to get there or kennone, who could give you the view of whats going on. We are so preoccupied with isis and ebola and the american political system doesnt help. They talked about that. The president s for it. There is for the gathering of the wise people at the end of the day saying this is a problem. Its a big, big issue. On the other hand, as kissinger said, you cannot just isolate russia that stretched to 11 time zones, all the Natural Resources in the world do you make it worse for us or them . So there has to be more. During the debate, tom brokaw, thank you so much. Thank you for being on. Still ahead, challenging the conventional notions, of what it means to be black. The director and writer of the very provocative people. They will be our guests. Well be right back. Want to know how hard it can be. To breathe with copd . It can feel like this. Copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Spiriva is a oncedaily inhaled. Copd maintenance treatment. That helps open my airways for a full 24 hours. You know, spiriva helps me breathe easier. Spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace rescue inhalers for sudden symptoms. Tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. These may worsen with spiriva. 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Liking a man, why should that have anything to do whether a man is a black, a jew or a puerto rican, thats discrimination. No it aint. Its just being particular. They have created the all in the family, the hit maker norman lear joins us next. This is really exciting for all of us. The man behind all in the family, maude, good times, and the jeffersons. And mary and the new book, even this i get to experience. Norman lear. It is great to have you here. Its great being here. One of us was calling last night because you just had this experience. With whoopi goldberg, doing a talk with you. I couldnt be there because i get up way too early. But you had a good time, right . We had a wonderful time. This title, even this, i get to experience. What are we going to find out . Even this, look at it. Got up early. Look at all these pleasant faces. Im here. Even as i get is it a celebrate of your life, is that what you mean by the title . Its certainly a celebration of my life, but isnt at all what i intended. What i intended was, its amazing how many fabulous this is occur to us over the course of time. I mean, i have a great time with any meal i enjoy. To pause and think about that meal. To pause and think about the relief when that meal is jetisent did he just say that . The man said that. These are lifetime highlights. I got to ask you, i grew up on all in the family. I dont think kids today can appreciate how breakthrough it was. To the point where you couldnt air some of the stuff today you were airing. How did you get that through cbs at the time . These were the days of perry como and how did you get that on the air . It wasnt easy. It sounds so big now. Like i fought wars. There was simple little battles over simple little lines. In the very first show, archie walks in, sees the kids going upstairs on a sunday morning to make love obviously and says, 11 15 on a sunday morning. They wanted that line out. Why . Because it was specific. It was clear what he was referring to. Well, theyre a married couple. They were going upstairs. They had the house alone. Why not . That was simple. I had to win that. Because if i didnt win that, i was about to lose Everything Else that followed. So they were simple little comments. Given the scope and range of your life, brooklyn to hartford connecticut, to where you are today. With all of your achievements. All of the honors you receive. I imagine out in this country, there are people who could do a similar thing today. But the degree of difficulty, do you think it would be really much more difficult today to do what you did then . Well, look, a number of the guys who run shows today whom im very friendly tell me they dont think all in the family could get on the air today. Why that is, i cant imagine, given how brave television is and dramatic shows. There isnt nothing that cant be done, it would seem. Are there shows you watch today that you admire, that you think are really hitting the vein are you watching any television . There are numbers of them. I mean, i cant keep up with the shows that good sensible friends i admire tell me, are you kidding, youre missing this, that or the other. Theres a brandnew show thats just knocked me out altogether, transparent. Have you seen transparent . Oxygen. May be one of the most brilliant performances ever. Jeffrey tambore. Michael steele is on location. He has a question for you. Yes, given your impact on television, but even more broadly on society, do you think that in your story, youve made the difference you wanted to make, that you were able to capture not just the political moment but sort of set it as a benchmark for future generations . The only thing i can be sure of, because i have all the letters, years and years of them to prove it, is that when numbers of these episodes were over, families talked. First of all, families sat down be an watched them together. That was really interesting. And they talked. And anything that engenders talk in our country today in a in a society in a democracy that depends on an informed citizenry, talking is good. Just looking at the scene we bumped in with, when the family is sitting down for dinner. Any time a family sits down for dinner these days is a miracle. Especially if theyre sitting at dinner without doing this. Exactly. We have a rule in our family. Its still hard. We have teenagers. Norman lear, thank you. I have teenagers too. Do you . Yes, i do. 19. Both in college in the east. Oh, fantastic. Congratulations for that. Still working, paying the tuition. Yeah, you might want to sell some books there. Even this, well get to experience. Well sell this for you. Norman lear, thank you so much. Thank you, all. Coming up, how did a second Health Care Worker test positive for ebola in dallas . We hope officials may have some answers, and also what the plans are ahead. Well go to that live. And hes been compared to he j legendary director spike lee. The provocative film dear white people, much more ahead. This is jim. A man who doesnt stand still. But jim has afib, Atrial Fibrillation an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. That puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. For years, jims medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. But now, with onceaday xarelto®, jims on the move. Jims doctor recommended xarelto®. Like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce afibrelated stroke risk. But xarelto® is the first and only onceaday prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesnt require regular blood monitoring. So jims not tied to that monitoring routine. Gps proceed to the designated route. Not today. 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Before starting xarelto®, tell your doctor about any conditions such as kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. Jim changed his routine. Ask your doctor about xarelto®. Onceaday xarelto® means no regular blood monitoring, no known dietary restrictions. For information and savings options, download the xarelto® Patient Center app, call 1888xarelto, or visit goxarelto. Com. Welcome back to morning joe. Were follow breaking news here. Nbc news senior White House Correspondent chris janising ha just rushed in. Breaking news this morning. We should go to dallas. Where at any moment, city Health Officials are expected to hold a News Conference after a second Health Care Worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for ebola. The latest patient reported a fever yesterday, was immediately isolated. Officials say they identified potential contacts who are currently being monitored as well. Just yesterday, the cdc announced it would immediately deploy a team of specialists when a hospital confirmed an ebola case. The change comes amid criticism over how it has handled the situation in dallas. Nbcs kate snow has the latest on the new case from dallas. Reporter the hospital says the Health Care Worker reported a fever tuesday and was isolated at the hospital. Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures and those people will be monitored. This new case comes as there are complaints about the hospital. Late last night, a labor group that represents nurses, headquartered in california, held a Conference Call with reporters say they have heard from several nurses who work at presbyterian and had some of them on the line. The nurses at this hospital are not in any union. The group speaking on their behalf wouldnt give detail, about how many nurses they were representing or what roles they held at the hospital. They said the nurses wanted to remain anonymous for fear they might lose their jobs. Union officials read statements to reporters which they said were from the anonymous nurses, describing what happened when Thomas Eric Duncan arrived by ambulance. Mr. Duncan was left for several hours not in isolation in an area where other patients were present. Subsequently, a Nurse Supervisor arrived and demanded that he be moved to an isolation unit. Yet faced resistance from other hospital authorities. Reporter before he was isolated, they said, duncan came into contact with up to seven other patients, for at least three days, they said, nurses did not wear full protective gear but flimsy generic gowns that exposed their necks. From the Dallas County commissioners office, this is the official addressing the situation there. Lets jump in. And we hope that and we prayer that, like nina, she will get on a good track. As you know, nina has moved from stable to good and the doctor may have some information on her health when he speaks this morning. So the fight against ebola in dallas is a twofront fight now. We have 48 disease contacts that we focused on in the community that were contacts with eric duncan. The good news about those 48 people is they are asymptomatic and have no fever and were at the tail end of their monitoring period. Sunday will mark the end of that monitoring period and the chance of those people becoming symptomatic at this point is extremely remote. However, at the hospital, we have a situation involving 77 people. Two of which have tested positive for ebola. We are preparing contingencies for more and that is a very real possibility. You can imagine the anxiety of the families of these 77 people. You can imagine the gut shot this is to the family that is Presbyterian Hospital that has done a great job of taking care of this community for many, many years. I hope this community will rally around the human beings that are suffering and worrying now, even as they go about their calling of serving others. With me today, dr. Var ga, the executive Vice President , Texas Health Presbyterian, who will speak next. Mayor mike raulings will speak after dr. Var ga and well take some very limited questions after that time. Were giving you the very limited information we have. Were continuing to get information and will be updating you throughout the day in a variety of ways. And we have some very important work that i need to get to, that the mayor and i need to get to at the conclusion of this. So, dr. Var ga. Thank you. Good morning. Im the chief clinical officer for texas health resources. I want to thank the mayor, the judge, cdc, state Health Officials and the Dallas County Health Department for their continued partnership as we manage this unpress tented crisis. As others have said this morning, todays development is continued evidence our Monitoring Program is working. Currently, as judge jenkins says, we continue to monitor 75 Health Care Workers in con jurngs with the state. While i cannot discuss patient specifics, i can tell you this new patient was involved in the care of mr. Duncan. The original patient whose passing we still mourn. Our interest at this time first and foremost is making certain that both our current patients receive the care they need. That will remain our focus. The health and safety of our patients and employees remains our highest priority. We will continue to coordinate with officials at all level gs meet the challenge. A lot is being said about what may or may not have occurred to cause some of our colleague, to contract this disease. But its clear there was an exposure somewhere some time in their treatment of mr. Duncan. Lets be clear. For a hospital that serves this community incredibly well. And we have for nearly half a century. Were a hospital that may have done some things different with the benefit of what we know today but make no mistake, no one wants to get this right more than our hospital, the first to diagnose and treat this insidious disease thats now attacked two of our own. After several weeks of great emotion and great effort, our teams spirit is tried and tested. And the support of so many is really helping everyone to rise to meet this challenge. Thank you. Good morning. Another long evening and morning for many, many people. We rallied together and we decided that we needed to move quickly like we did sunday morning to make sure two things happen. One, that affective cleaning was done as soon as possible. And two, neighbors and the citizens were communicated. It is no odd thing that we decided to do this at 7 00 in the morning so when folks are getting up, they know what the facts are. It is a concerted effort not only with the county and the state and the city, but individuals out there. This morning, chief brown, chief bright, our city manager, were all working in coordination to accomplish our goals for this morning. Dallas fire and rescue went to the 6,000 block of village bend drive where they began phase one of decontamination of the common areas and the areas outside the apartment. Our patient lived alone and with no pets. State of texas has hired protect environmental for phase two. That inside the apartment and the cleaning of the car and the movement of the same, removing the same. That hopefully will be done early this afternoon. I personally was at the apartment complex this morning and talked to citizens as they were waking up and moving about. Which leads us to the second part of our strategy, communication. We work closely with the apartment managers in creating a strategy that i think is working. Each apartment in their complex was the door was knocked on and we talked to as many people that came to the door as possib possible. Same time the apartment complex will be handing out flyers and information to apartment complexes nearby. So we cast the net a little wider. And then we had reverse 911 calls that went out at 6 15 this morning. Meanwhile, we continue to not only monitor the 48 individuals that came in contact with mr. Duncan but we take care of louise and her family who are still in isolation. They are asymptomatic. And they are doing well. And, as you know, we moved ninas pet yesterday and are making are making sure that that pet is well and taken care of at the same time. I think there are two things that i harken back to this. The only way that we are going to beat this is person by person, moment by moment, detail by detail. We have those protocols in place at the city and county. Working closely with the cdc and the hospital. The second is we want to minimize rumors and maximize facts. We want to deal with facts not fear. And i continue to believe while dallas is anxious about this and with this news this morning, the anxiety level goes up a level. We are not fearful. And im pleased and proud of the citizens that i talk to day in and day out, knowing that the there is hope if we take care and do what is right in these details. It may get worse before it gets better. But it will get better. With that, we will take a few questions, all right. And but there are a lot questions we cant answer because either we dont know or because testimony and discussion is going to take place later this week. But we will try to give it a go and give you as much information as we can. Well start on this side. Go ahead. Well take a couple questions here. Hi, this is for dr. Varga. Kevin sack, New York Times. Can you talk a little bit about the hospitals view of how this is happening now . I mean, obviously were all empathetic with what you guys are going through. One case could be looked at as a possible breach. It seems like a second case might suggest some sort of institutional problem. I dont think we have an institutional problem. I think the biggest challenge we have right now is obviously first and foremost the care of two patients we have and the ongoing screening of folks in the community. Our Emergency Department has continued to have folks come in. Its a tribute to the information thats been out there in the community. And handle folks through that very appropriately. Think the case of this patient here shows the ability to intake those folks, get them into isolation and manage them has been very effective. Our Personal Protective Equipment and Infection Control inside the hospitals. We dont have an answer for this right now. Thank you, right down here. Was this person a nurse . That is private information. It was part of the Health Care Group that helped. It is a woman . She is a woman. Over here. Are you waiting test results on any employees . Because obviously this woman was in the during the other press briefing thats the states decision and ill let them speak to that later today. There will be a discussion there will be a joint Conference Call as normal with the cdc and the state. About this case or another case . About this case. Let me im not sure when what briefing youre referring to. Cdc briefing which was at 1 00 in the afternoon this person coming forward 2 00. 2 00. So there was no test as far as i know that was pending at 2 00 yesterday. The person come forward . Thats i dont have the medical records ive been up all night you must know, dr. Varga. I dont believe there was a blood draw then so we cant speak about any of the details about the persons case because its protected Health Information at this time. So ill have to leave it at that. Doctor right here on the end. The hospital was very transparent with employees, saying two Staff Members were admitted to the hospital and were being checked out a couple of days ago. Is is this one of those two . Pardon me . The hospital told employees there were two Staff Members that had been admitted a couple of days ago and were being checked out. Was this one of those two . No. Thank you. This person had and followup question, three isolation rooms at the hospital from what i understand. Whats going to happen when theres more patients . You want me to take that last part . Sure. Thats something that thats one of the reasons why well be leaving here pretty soon. Thats something that the cdc and the state, Public Health commissioner and are looking at along with the hospital. And the cdc will and the hospital will answer those questions later after the datas looked at. Let me just speak to your capacity question. We have at presbyterian a an emergency room isolation setup. We have an icu isolation setup where weve let folks in the Community Know we can manage up to three patients. Weve opened a new area within the hospital to expand our capacity for e. D. Screening. The biggest focus, in addition to care of patients in the hospital, is trying to keep our arms around the number of folks who come into the emergency department with concerns about whether or not theyve been in contact with folks, et cetera, and then rapidly getting through a screening process for those folks. Youre watching a News Conference live in dallas where political leaders and health r care officials are holding a News Conference. A second Health Care Worker has been diagnosed with ebola. The mayor basically summing it up like this. It may get worse before it gets better, but it will get better. The only way to deal with this is person by person, moment by moment and detail by detail. The mayor went to the Apartment Building where this second patient now lives. And spoke to people personally. Theyre sanitizing the apartment, the car. Theyre trying to deal with anybody this person has been in contact with. Chris jansing joins us at the table. Of course you cover the white house. As to how this hospital handled it, but also how they have sent a message to hospitals across the country as to how to deal with ebola patients. There is a failure here. They think, the white house thinks, and we pushed hard on this at the briefing. They think theyve got this under control. Lets go back a little bit and remember that i think it was october 3rd. You have lisa monaco. Shes the one they have essentially as the point person. She stood at the podium in the Briefing Room and said, were prepared. Weve got this under control. Weve done this before. We will do it again. What were seeing is, this could have been anticipated. None of these is exactly alike. This is not bird flu. This is not aids. Its different. It has to be handled differently. I think if you want to look at the narrative, part of the problem for the white house is they look like theyre playing catch catchup. They look like the new problem has occurred so now were going to send new teams down. Were going to step it up once we see what the problems are instead of giving the message were being proactive. On the africa front of this for certain. Mike barnicle, we were listening to different numbers. There are opportunities for ebola to sort of surface in other people, given the fact they are still waiting until sunday i think for 45 people that they are putting in isolation 48 people. And then theres 75 Health Care Workers. Right, 75 Health Care Workers. Mayor rawlings said a couple of things i think is important, especially to the media industry. He said, weve got to deal with facts, not fear. Which they were trying to do in dallas. To your point, chris, i mean, they are playing catchup nationally. The white house, the department of health. All playing catchup. Because this is so new, on us so quickly, in a scope i dont think anybody imagined five or six weeks ago. I think everyone had said this, were prepared to handle this. There wasnt anticipation it would come to the United States. There really was that belief they could keep it under control. They have been very proactive. The United States has absolutely led the way in west africa. They absolutely weve got the department of defense whos involved in that. The question really becomes, and i think this is the serious question thats being asked now, whos coordinating this, whos in charge, do we really have an infrastructure. Yes, it is absolutely a governmentwide response. But wheres the flow chart and where how could we possibly im saying the opposite of criticism, been prepared . How is every emergency room set up go back six weeks ago, where someone comes in with these symptoms unrealistic expectations. Its impossible. I cant see criticism at this point because its inconceivable that we could be set up to deal with it. Everybody ought to pump the brakes on criticizing this operation. We had dr. Fauci on. He indicated that the scope of this he didnt use the word overwhelming but in terms of hospital preparations, hospitals big and small in this country, equipment, equipment for Health Workers to wear. Theyre just now really getting up to speed on all of that. One of the things you talk about is doing these Regional Centers so you have major hospitals where we know if theres an ebola patient that comes in somewhere else, we can stabilize them, we can get them there. But this is a work in progress. Theres no doubt about that. We have not dealt with this before. We can never be prepared because you dont know the person has ebola. For instance, in Emergency Rooms across the country, even fast forward eight weeks from now, somebody comes walking in with certain flulike symptoms, nobodys showing up at this point initially when a patient walks into a hospital in protective gear. This is also i mean, chris alluded to this a couple of seconds ago. This is not a problem for dallas or the United States. This is a worldwide problem now. And the scope of this problem is such that the United States is now bearing the brunt of care in africa. We have 3,000 members of the American Military in africa. Helping to abate this crisis. Trying to abate this crisis. Theres a story in the wire today about a parisian nurse working in liberia who contracts ebola. It takes them 50 hours to get here from liberia to a clinic in paris. The only way they were able to get her from liberia to the clinic in paris is with an american chartered jet that true from georgia to liberia to pick her up and bring her to paris. Wheres the rest of the world . Thats a question if you talk to white house officials. They will say. In fact, the president said this, they feel like theyre getting more buyin now, more help from other countries. Countries large and small have not stepped up to the plate on this. Its the United States again leading the way. I do think it is worth pointing out. Youve said it on the set before but well say it again. The people on the front lines of this are doing this at personal risk. And theyre americans. A lot of them are americans. This on the news that we reported this morning. That in the next two months, in africa, 10,000 cases a week are a week are expected by september. Which is absolutely frightening. Also in dallas, i think one point to be made, as they look at the second case now of a Health Care Worker being diagnosed with ebola. They expect possibly more. There are a certain number of people being monitored through sunday before their window becomes safer. 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This looks really good. I like that reaction. Im taken in already. When can i say it . What is this about . Its called dear white people which is perhaps a bit of a cheeky title. Its about these four black kids that go to a mostly White Ivy League and are kind of navigating the world of selfidentity in a place that doesnt reflect them. Were out this friday and we its been a long journey but were coming to theaters. How much of you is in this film . I think theres certainly some auto bio graphical threads behind the project. The attention is to attack the idea of identity versus self from four different points of views of what it means to be black. As the tag line says, to be a black face in a white place. What are the four different points of view . We have a character named lionel who is gay and black and sort of kind of feeling in the middle, kind of doesnt see a place for himself anywhere within the culture on this campus. We have Samantha White who we saw in this clip who is a revolutionary figure on this campus, championing for black causes in a place that feels like its postracial and beyond racism. We also have Troy Fairbanks living in the shadow of his fathers homes and dreams for him. And cocoa connors who is perhaps kind of modulating her class level up and down depending on what people expect of her. This lines up with a new hit show on abc called blackish. The parents are concerned theyre losing their heritage. So its just kind of open interesting discussion now on kind of the graying of america if you will. Thats the good news here. Also, just sort of what it means to be anything, you know, especially in this country. Are we getting i just wanted to ask when we get to a point when we talk about a show like blackish and we see what youre doing with this great piece of artwork and this film. Thank you. Were getting to a point where there is going to be a generation that believes we are a postracial america. Well, you know, id like to think that but i dont know if its coming any time soon to be honest. What the definitions of what it means to be this or be that are becoming more broad. Were more complicated. Were more complex. Were often portrayed. A lot of times being a part of any marginalized community, youre bobbing and weaving other peoples kind of lazy presumptions about you. What this movie does is sort of say were actually a lot of things. And, you know, being black isnt something that can sort of be put in this little box is it okay to laugh at these things, to find the humor in these qualities . I think thats the only way to talk about it. Forgive the pun. Its not black or white it its sort of a gray area. We can only really have a conversation when its safe. So weve been talking about having this national conversation, National Dialogue on race for, like, 600 years. Weve not had it yet. Whats your thought . What do you think the reaction would be among white members of the audience just to that clip . I loved it. Thanks. There you go, thats the reaction. I loved it. I think also people think were farther along than we really are. Yeah. And i think youre touching on some educational things here through some humor and some really kind of tense awkward moments. I was taken right in. Thank you so much. The other thing the movie tries to do, everyone is sort of taken to task. The black characters are really the focus of the narrative. Theyre also struggling and dealing with ways perhaps theyre not being as authentic as theyd like it to be. Great news for the future, my 7yearold daughter, her best friend in school is a young africanamerican girl. Ive never heard either one of them address it completely color blind, greatest thing in the world. Dear white people is in theaters this friday. Justin simeon, thank you so much. Come back. I will. 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If you want to talk about bending the cost curve on health care, if you want to talk about having money to reinvest back into the country, we cant do it. That process, that trajectory is really unsustainable. Your goal, you know, to get more fresh food, home grown food, into grocery stores, youre from ohio. So if you go inner city cleveland, youre going to see a far less representative sampling of really healthy food than you would 15 miles south of cleveland in the suburbs. How do we fix that . Thats part of the real food revolution. How do we retool the farm bill to have these investments being made in urban centers . So in youngstown, ohio, where i represent, we used to 150,000 people. Were now 70,000. Public investments coming in saying were going to take out dilapidated homes and start a serious urban agricultural urban farming initiative. You get investments in the inner cities. You can create summer jobs for young people. And really year round. Hoop houses. Extend the season. Then you get healthy food in these food deserts. Most people who are poor live in areas where theyre not even within a mile or two of a grocery store. They thing a tomato comes from the grocery store. These investments could not only make us healthy but turn areas and neighborhoods of consumption into areas of production. When we look at the obesity crisis, were talking in the break, the argument is eat less. But its not that simple. When it comes to what is available to people. Right, you cant eat less of bad food and really cure the problem. You know, what strikes me is the biggest food desert is in schools. Who thought putting vending machines in schools, which is just main lining sugar, is a good idea . And yet when you try to confront problem, you come up against School Boards and other parents and youll be called a nanny, im sure, for trying to do it. Do you address that in the book . We definitely talk about it. Think you have to build it out. The problem is the schools lack money. So if the corporation comes in and say, ill build the score board at the football field for you, they take it and let the vending machines come into school. Dont we call this a kick back . Its unfortunately where we are today. I think we need a garden in either schoolyard. We need a kitchen in either school house. We need a salad bar in every school cafeteria. And build out a food system that our young kids learn in school and tie it into the curriculum. That they learn how to plant, grow, cook and eat real good whole food. So theyre ready to go and learn. These kids have fruit rollups, doritos and a pop and then we sit down and say, hey, can you learn algebra. Before 7 30 in the morning. Now can you sit down and learn algebra because were not being competitive in the global economy. What happens to you in youngstown when you talk about this kind of stuff . Youngstown isnt exactly pleasantville. Well, i mean, its an issue. Where i come from, we appreciate our food. We have some of the best italian food in the world. Ill put it up against new york city. But we have an appreciation for food. I talk in the book a lot about my italian grandparents and the life they led. They had a garden. I could tell what we were going to have for dinner by what my grandmother picked out of her garden. That culture is still there. That ethnic culture. So i think we need to reengage that. People in washington think we have this really complicated problem. Its so complex. If we come up with a more complicated solution, we may be able to fix that. This is about getting back to the fundamentals. Getting back to, in esance what our country is about. The book is called the real food revolution. Congressman, thank you. Margaret, i want to point to your article about the race for governor florida. Ill read it. 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Whats your gut . About the freezing of the eggs. I think its a benefit. Its almost a right to be able to have a child. And while youre working, to have your employee provide that benefit. After all, most Insurance Companies provide a viagra benefit so please whoa, whoa, can i yes. Donny, come to work at nbc yeah, what options, or what doors does this open do you thing . Firstly, my sentiment echoes when it was the fertility doctor got an email that said, omg, with tons of exclamation marks. Was my reaction too. I think it opens the door for women to finally have this opportunity. A lot of women in im in magazines, in my profession, may come to the age where they go, well, thats great, but its 15,000 and i dont have that money. And then if it doesnt take the first time, its 30,000. So im so for this. I think every i know this is sort of undercurrent of is this orwellian, is it i dont think in its sentiment, i dont think that necessarily gives women that much credit. So manipulated by my company, im a puppet girl, i think that it give us choice and life is about choice. It does, but i applaud it. But i dont know if its solves the problem because a woman is still going to be forced not maybe at 35 but at 43 with the same question. Do i leave the workforce to have a child . Do i take a few years off. At 43, shes maybe more established. The counterpoint, its harder to get back in at 47 than at 39. Im not punching holes in it, but its a valiant effort, but unfortunately for women, they have that crossroads. I guess i feel like women should feel less forced on the overall. And i feel when you have more options, youre less forced to do anything. I frankly im not about to go and do that but i think that if giving me that option and being im 40 and to be like, wow, maybe i could do that and i could go and be mobile in the world with my career a little longer and when im ready or when i have a partner, i think people are forgetting that too. You put up that survey before. A lot of women dont necessarily put off having a baby because of their career, they often put off a baby because 88 yeah, and this is about paying for it. And it shouldnt be its finance. Elites that have that much money saved up. Yeah, its so expensive and so time consuming. Youre saving all this money because the majority of women dont have that money just kicking around to try twice. And finally some companies are giving them an option. I think its fantastic. I think more will and should do it. Ive actually heard theres companies doing it in a low key fashion. These are very rich Companies Giving fooseball and sushi at lunch. If i get fooseball, i want to freeze my eggs. Viagra is covered, donny. This is world coming into the show. Everybodys were both winning, donny. This is a moment. Dont make it take ten phone calls this time, thank you. Well be right back with much more. 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If its way too early, its time for morning joe. Now, peter alexander. Hes great. Love peter. Another ebola case in texas and new information just moments ago from officials in dallas. We will have the late esst on containment and concerns about how well Health Care Workers are prepared there. Bringing International Leaders together again to figure out who can be done to stop isis in iraq and syria. And the president will hit the trail today. Just 20 days left until the midterm vote. Much more on where he and other alisters are heading in a homestretch to try to help their candidates out. Good morning to you from washington. Im peter alexander. It is wednesday, october 15th, 2014. This is the daily rundown. A wet one in washington today. We begin with breaking news about we are learning more about the second Health Care Worker who tested positive for ebola. Just moments ago, officials there revealed the newest ebola patient is a woman, that she helped treat Thomas Eric Duncan before he died last week. She reported having a fever on tuesday, was quickly isolated. It took about 90 minutes, they say, and questioned about contacts to find out if anyone else needs to be monitored. A lot is being said about what may or may not have occurred to cause some of our colleague, to contract this disease, but its clear there was an exposure somewhere so