Ebola, Secret Service security lapses headline Sunday talk shows
WASHINGTON -- Questions about how to contain the deadly Ebola virus will dominate discussions on the network talk-show circuit Sunday.
The first confirmed case on U.S. soil, initially misdiagnosed last month by Dallas health officials, has raised concerns about U.S. hospitals' preparation and travel. But top health officials say the U.S. is equipped to keep the virus from spreading.
Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Saturday the CDC is looking at ways to reduce the risks to U.S. citizens, but part of the mission is fighting the virus in West Africa.
"We're not going to be able to get to zero risk no matter what we do unless we control the outbreak in West Africa," he said, during a news conference.
Other topics this Sunday will include the Secret Service after recent security lapses and the fight against the jihadist Islamic State, also known ISIL.
Here are the Sunday lineups:
CBS' Face the Nation will discuss whether U.S. health officials can stop Ebola from spreading with Anthony Fauci, director of the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will talk about the war on ISIL, nuclear talks with Iran and the aftermath of this summer's conflict between Israel and Hamas, along with his relationship with President Obama. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will discuss midterm elections, the Secret Service and the fight against ISIL while Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, weighs in on the Secret Service. CBS News Elections Director Anthony Salvanto, CBS News congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes, CBS News political director John Dickerson and Jonathan Martin, national political correspondent of The New York Times, will analyze the upcoming midterm elections.
NBC's Meet the Press will include a discussion with White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer about the major issues confronting the Obama administration — the U.S. Ebola response, combating Islamic State and declining confidence in the Secret Service. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, will discuss new unemployment numbers and the GOP message heading into November. Former senator Jim Webb, D-Va., will discuss his possible presidential bid in 2016 and the ISIL terror threat. The program will hold a political panel discussion with David Axelrod, director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and NBC News senior political analyst; Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC's Morning Joe and NBC News senior political analyst; Andrea Mitchell, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent; Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of PBS NewsHour.
ABC's This Week will cover efforts to contain the Ebola virus on U.S. soil with CDC Director Tom Frieden and the state of the economy with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. CNN Crossfire co-host Van Jones, TheWall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan and Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, managing editors of Bloomberg Politics and co-hosts of the new program With All Due Respect, will debate the week's politics. ABC News' Bob Woodruff will speak with actor and veterans' advocate Gary Sinise for the dedication of the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial opening in Washington, D.C., this weekend.
Fox News Sunday will feature Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to discuss growing fears and the U.S. response to the Ebola virus. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, and Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent for President Obama, will discuss the investigation into the Secret Service security lapses. Sunday panelists will include Brit Hume, Fox News senior political analyst; Julie Pace, White House correspondent for the Associated Press; George Will, syndicated columnist and Fox news contributor; and Juan Williams, Fox News political analyst.
CNN's State of the Union will feature CDC Director Tom Frieden and William Frohna, the chair of the Emergency Medicine department at Washington Hospital Center, who will discuss preventing an Ebola outbreak in the U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., both members of the Armed Services Committee, will discuss whether the U.S. missed the growing threat of Islamic State. Also, four former White House chiefs of staff — Bill Daley from the Obama administration, Andrew Card from the Bush administration, Mack McLarty, from the Clinton administration, and Ken Duberstein, from the Reagan administration — will discuss how the Obama administration is dealing with crises, from Ebola and Islamic State to the Secret Service.