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ron klain, ron klain, i'm trying to figure out why ron klain. and it sounds absurd, but what if it was a republican president, and they brought in someone like ron klain -- it's not a knock against karl rove, that's the type of person on the left that they brought in to handle an ebola crisis. it's tone deaf. >> and you would have preferred somebody with some type of medical back ground and experience. >> if this were taking place during the bush years, i would like to see karl rove taking care of it. it's not handing, it's a question of organizing big government. >> it's the ebola czar. >> maybe they named him the president of the universe, but why are you so prized, it requires some political hack two weeks before the election. >> i never heard of this guy, i think america maybe would have liked to have heard who this person is. for that matter, maybe rove would have been better. >> by the way, where's our surgeon general. >> when the doctors come to ron klain and say we need these assets here, he would understand do they need it, do they need
ron klain, ron klain, i'm trying to figure out why ron klain. and it sounds absurd, but what if it was a republican president, and they brought in someone like ron klain -- it's not a knock against karl rove, that's the type of person on the left that they brought in to handle an ebola crisis. it's tone deaf. >> and you would have preferred somebody with some type of medical back ground and experience. >> if this were taking place during the bush years, i would like to see karl rove...
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this is character assassination against ron klain. what is your problem with ron klain? >> ron klain was responsible for the character assassination of clarence thomas. >> what -- how is he -- >> ron klain is, really, the only person who's responsible for how thomas was treated in i mean, how -- >> ron klain being -- >> the coach of message coaches, al gore. >> i don't understand where you're getting this information that a ron klain is like this nefarious person. >> he's a hack. >> it's character assassination. >> he's a political hack. go ahead, harris. >> you were asking me about leadership styles, and i do find it interesting that after all of the medical speak that we have heard, and some would say untruths that we've heard from the lectern where the cdc has stood at times and told us different ways that this was contagious and then given us other ways, told us that this would not spread to health care workers and that it did, out of all of that, what we've been calling for is a point person who could talk to us like human beings. i would say and, judge, i know you
this is character assassination against ron klain. what is your problem with ron klain? >> ron klain was responsible for the character assassination of clarence thomas. >> what -- how is he -- >> ron klain is, really, the only person who's responsible for how thomas was treated in i mean, how -- >> ron klain being -- >> the coach of message coaches, al gore. >> i don't understand where you're getting this information that a ron klain is like this nefarious...
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. >> what does ron klain know about ebola? >> what we weren't looking for was not an ebola expert, but an implementation expert, than's what ron klain is. >> it is, ron klain by all accounts is a well connected staffer u he knowles a lot of people in washington, he also ran the president's stimulus package, which i don't know if that was anything i would write home got. i also think that the response that josh ernest gave today, know that that would be an instinct to say what he said, but this was not the day. >> what would you have said? >> first of all president bush would have called me and -- calm nerves and show people that you are on top of things and you are putting the best possible person in place, and you're not trying to look political. instead it was the opposite. the other thing this appointment could have done is show a little gravitas. i don't expect anybody to be an expert in ebola. i do accept their recommendation that he is a good implementer, if they anticipate the concern as a lack of information flow from
. >> what does ron klain know about ebola? >> what we weren't looking for was not an ebola expert, but an implementation expert, than's what ron klain is. >> it is, ron klain by all accounts is a well connected staffer u he knowles a lot of people in washington, he also ran the president's stimulus package, which i don't know if that was anything i would write home got. i also think that the response that josh ernest gave today, know that that would be an instinct to say what...
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ron can klain will be named the ebola czar. the president had been resisting calls for someone specific individual to head up the response, the white house talking about how they were comfortable with the management structure they had in place. the president's top homeland security advisor lisa monaco, also dr. freeden and also the secretary of health and human services burwell, all of them had been working on the ebola response but last night president obama signalled an openness to appoint someone who would be the one individual just focused on ebola. individuals at the cdc have many issues they talk about including the flu and other viruss in this country so ron klain will be appointed by president obama. we're breaking that news right here on cnn. ana? >> any idea when there will be an official announcement, jake? >> my understanding is that it will be either today or tomorrow. the fact that i'm breaking this probably expedites the matter a little bit. they weren't planning on announcing it this morning but my understanding
ron can klain will be named the ebola czar. the president had been resisting calls for someone specific individual to head up the response, the white house talking about how they were comfortable with the management structure they had in place. the president's top homeland security advisor lisa monaco, also dr. freeden and also the secretary of health and human services burwell, all of them had been working on the ebola response but last night president obama signalled an openness to appoint...
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that will be ron klain, he served as chief of staff to vice president bidens and gore. we're keeping an eye on the white house briefing room now where we should be getting more details any minute. over at the state department, secretary of state john kerry said this morning that more help is needed. >> no one country, no individual group of nations is going to resolve this problem by themselves. this is going to take a collective global response, all hands on deck. >> nina pham, the first nurse at texas presbyterian hospital to contract ebola left dallas last night amidst cheers from supporters. just before pham taped this video message with hospital staff. >> she's now at the national institutes of health in bethesda, maryland, one of the top facilities for this kind of treatment in the country. dr. anthony fauci, one of the major officials at the nih is optimistic. >> she's in fair condition, which implies she does still have some symptoms. she is in good spirits, she's a highly intelligent, aware person. who knows exactly what's going on and she's a really terrific p
that will be ron klain, he served as chief of staff to vice president bidens and gore. we're keeping an eye on the white house briefing room now where we should be getting more details any minute. over at the state department, secretary of state john kerry said this morning that more help is needed. >> no one country, no individual group of nations is going to resolve this problem by themselves. this is going to take a collective global response, all hands on deck. >> nina pham, the...
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ron klain's job is going to be more about coordinating among the agencies. it's more of a behind-the-scenes job. we need the government to educate about ebola and help understand how the government is responding. we don't have somebody right now and vivek murthy was nominated last year. >> there is no acting surgeon control because the nra doesn't support that and his nomination has been held up in the senate now for almost a year. we haven't heard at all from the acting surgeon general. surgeon general of the united states is supposed to be the nation's doctor and that part of the government has been silent. >> is missing. and for that matter, hhs, you know, if in the second instance where has the secretary of hhs been? i think you saw a couple -- i think it was last sunday they put out a picture of the president phoning the hhs secretary to talk about ebola. but there hasn't been someone out front and there needs to be. i think you're right. i don't think that's klain. i don't think you'll see daily briefings from him but i think he'll make sure the messag
ron klain's job is going to be more about coordinating among the agencies. it's more of a behind-the-scenes job. we need the government to educate about ebola and help understand how the government is responding. we don't have somebody right now and vivek murthy was nominated last year. >> there is no acting surgeon control because the nra doesn't support that and his nomination has been held up in the senate now for almost a year. we haven't heard at all from the acting surgeon general....
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. >> the president's choice to be the point man on running the ebola response, ron klain, is coming under criticism from republicans on capitol hill. >> that's a shocking development. shocking. what did it take, three weeks before election day and republicans are seeking to score political points? stop the presses. >> i guess you think that they're scoring political points, as opposed to there being any legitimate questions whether it might be smart to have someone with some element of medical or pebble health expertise as opposed to a government insider to be running this kind of operation. >> i think you're asking a good question. which is, what kind of person is appropriate to fill this role. the fact of the matter is this is much broader than just a medical response. the response that you've seen from the administration is a whole government response. to insure we're leveraging the necessary resources to protect the american public. so as i mentioned earlier. everyone said and the department of defense, in addition to the cdc have been involved in responding to the outbreak in west af
. >> the president's choice to be the point man on running the ebola response, ron klain, is coming under criticism from republicans on capitol hill. >> that's a shocking development. shocking. what did it take, three weeks before election day and republicans are seeking to score political points? stop the presses. >> i guess you think that they're scoring political points, as opposed to there being any legitimate questions whether it might be smart to have someone with some...
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and that's what ron klain's there to do. >> i mean, is it a little on the nose? we've seen the administration go full political before in response to a crisis. but maybe there'd be a little window dressing? maybe he'd at least have an m.d., maybe did a stint at the cdc or some place. this is so obvious that this is a political choice. >> but wait, it's the same in many ways as with what's gone on with the islamist militants in iran and syria. which was, we've got this under control, you people are overreacting, overreacting. until the political pressure becomes too great and you say, what can we do to shut them up? what can we do to keep the critics quiet? how do we respond to this in a way that is going to be okay? because in this case they believe what they're saying. what they believe is look, things didn't work out so great. somebody with ebola did come into the country. and the containment occurred and people got on cruise ships, for goodness sakes. >> right. >> but they still think it's going to be okay. what they want to do is create contain on control for
and that's what ron klain's there to do. >> i mean, is it a little on the nose? we've seen the administration go full political before in response to a crisis. but maybe there'd be a little window dressing? maybe he'd at least have an m.d., maybe did a stint at the cdc or some place. this is so obvious that this is a political choice. >> but wait, it's the same in many ways as with what's gone on with the islamist militants in iran and syria. which was, we've got this under control,...
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official title, "ebola response coordinator," his name is ron klain. he's a lawyer, democratic party veteran, former chief of staff to al gore and joe biden. he's got his work cut out for him as the government makes a push to restore calm. we begin our reporting once again tonight with our national correspondent, kate snow, in dallas. >> reporter: the announcement at the white house was unexpected. ron klain will be the administration's ebola czar, a former chief of staff for two vice presidents, but not a medical expert. >> what we were looking for is not an ebola expert but rather an implementation expert. and that's exactly what ron klain is. >> reporter: texas governor rick perry cut a trip to europe short. today he called on the president to enact a ban on air travel to the u.s. for countries infected by the ebola outbreak. >> air travel is, in fact, how this disease crosses borders. and it's certainly how it got to texas in the first place. >> reporter: the 75 health care workers who treated duncan are being asked to sign an agreement that they w
official title, "ebola response coordinator," his name is ron klain. he's a lawyer, democratic party veteran, former chief of staff to al gore and joe biden. he's got his work cut out for him as the government makes a push to restore calm. we begin our reporting once again tonight with our national correspondent, kate snow, in dallas. >> reporter: the announcement at the white house was unexpected. ron klain will be the administration's ebola czar, a former chief of staff for...
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it's this guy, ron klain. but now the big question is, is he the right guy? joining me is dr. alexander garza of the st. louis university college of public health and social justice. he's the chief medical officer in the department of homeland security. doctor, of what level of concern is the fact that ron klain doesn't have a medical background? are you worried about that? >> i don't know if i'm so much worried about it. it's certainly an interesting choice, michael. and so he brings to the table a wealth of policy and political know-how. i think he knows how to work the bureaucratic challenges. the challenge that he has is that public health is an interaction with the federal government and state government and if he's going to be working on the mission in west africa as well, it's going to bring in the international component as well. you have to be comfortable operating in all of those spaces and have to have some degree of credibility in a lot of those spaces and you have to be able to build coalitions and coordinate those issues between all of those different moving func
it's this guy, ron klain. but now the big question is, is he the right guy? joining me is dr. alexander garza of the st. louis university college of public health and social justice. he's the chief medical officer in the department of homeland security. doctor, of what level of concern is the fact that ron klain doesn't have a medical background? are you worried about that? >> i don't know if i'm so much worried about it. it's certainly an interesting choice, michael. and so he brings to...
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does ron klain know about ebola? >> what we're looking for is not an ebola expert but rather an implementation expert. >> reporter: republicans were quick to pounce. >> i'm not sure what pointing someone that has no experience in health care or public health administration is going to do to help stem the tide of ebola in west africa and protect the public health of americans here at home. >> reporter: aides say klain is no all powerful czar, according to susan rise and counterterrorism advisers lisa monaco who answer to the president. earlier this week, the white house insisted monaco could handle the task of being the ebola points person. >> she's a highly capable individual who could fulfill her responsibilities. >> reporter: one day later, the president changed course. >> it may be appropriate for me to appoint an additional person. >> reporter: and more shifts could come. pressure is building on the administration to reconsider a travel ban on flights from west africa. >> i believe it is the right policy to ban a
does ron klain know about ebola? >> what we're looking for is not an ebola expert but rather an implementation expert. >> reporter: republicans were quick to pounce. >> i'm not sure what pointing someone that has no experience in health care or public health administration is going to do to help stem the tide of ebola in west africa and protect the public health of americans here at home. >> reporter: aides say klain is no all powerful czar, according to susan rise and...
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ron klain does debate prep. he's done debate prep for many presidential and vice presidential candidates for years and years and years and i don't mean communications in a pr sense but getting the message right, making it consistent and making sure american people, sanjay, bhaunsunderstand what's on and what needs to happen. >> no question, john. in some ways that's been a criticism of the way the messaging has come out so far and i think justified criticism. some of it is because the information has been changing. i don't think americans are panicking about this but you don't want people to lose faith in the system and that would be a real problem. so somebody who -- first of all, just the act of appointing this czar, the person at that level i think is a very important act but now to be able to get the messaging really, really right and make sure it quells down some of the panic. the science around this has not changed. we know how this is transmitted. people who are watching right now are not likely to get in
ron klain does debate prep. he's done debate prep for many presidential and vice presidential candidates for years and years and years and i don't mean communications in a pr sense but getting the message right, making it consistent and making sure american people, sanjay, bhaunsunderstand what's on and what needs to happen. >> no question, john. in some ways that's been a criticism of the way the messaging has come out so far and i think justified criticism. some of it is because the...
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and that's what ron klain is. >> chuck todd, thanks on this friday night. we look forward to seeing you sunday morning. much more on this topic on "meet the press". >>> bears repeating one more time, there have only been three confirmed cases of ebola in this country, one fatality. we've heard every day for weeks that only direct contact is the way to get ebola, and yet as the world health organization remarked just this week panic is spreading faster than this virus itself. that report tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: with ebola dominating the headlines, fear has at times bordered on hysteria. >> i've been exposed to an ebola pilot. >> reporter: in ft. worth a 911 caller with no symptoms wanted an ambulance at a restaurant after he overheard an offduty pilot's conversation. >> i'm sitting next to him having dinner. and he just revealed that he's been in the european countries, including west africa. >> reporter: at the pentagon today a bus carrying passengers to a military ceremony was quarantined, a hazmat unit called in after a woman who say
and that's what ron klain is. >> chuck todd, thanks on this friday night. we look forward to seeing you sunday morning. much more on this topic on "meet the press". >>> bears repeating one more time, there have only been three confirmed cases of ebola in this country, one fatality. we've heard every day for weeks that only direct contact is the way to get ebola, and yet as the world health organization remarked just this week panic is spreading faster than this virus...
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mary ann, do you know ron klain? >> ron klain is a long- time democratic operative and served behind the scones and usually who prepares them for the presidential debates and he is a knows how to get things done and a savvy commuter. >> he is a political hack so to and he can not a medical expert. does it make sense to put someone like that in the role? >> there are two ways to look at it. a fellow who will have to cordinate things beyond the medical response as well. but it is done in a way to placate concerns. we have and i think the problem with the ebola response the failure of the administrative state of so many people involved and adding someone else on the layers, and then it is an opportunity for the president to send a message of seriousness and in a crisis dynamic like rudolph gulianni who conveyed to the people. >> that is a terrific idea and show bipartisan work on this front. mary ann, what about the politicalization of the cvc state and freeden talked about not wanting to harm the growing democracy on t
mary ann, do you know ron klain? >> ron klain is a long- time democratic operative and served behind the scones and usually who prepares them for the presidential debates and he is a knows how to get things done and a savvy commuter. >> he is a political hack so to and he can not a medical expert. does it make sense to put someone like that in the role? >> there are two ways to look at it. a fellow who will have to cordinate things beyond the medical response as well. but it...
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there's a second issue with ron klain who is widely respected among political operatives. he is not a health care professional. so that has been a lot of the criticism of this. i am somebody who we were talking about this before, ebola is being talked about among voters in certain places. there are not such evidence that it's as deadly as say the flu yet. right? or a number of other things. >> not even close. >> right. so i think the appointment of ron klain goes to the fact that once again you have a white house responding to a p.r. issue as much as anything else. that's what it tells you. >> the question is, malika henderson, the president is doing this, trusted insider, if he picks up a phone, the cabinet secretary on the other end hears from ron klain, they hear it's the president, do something. in terms of moving the wheels of government, effective. the problem is in the country. the fear is being stoked, i spent a lot of time listening to talk radio driving across the heartland, wow. is the president out of touch with the people when he has a washington answer? >> in
there's a second issue with ron klain who is widely respected among political operatives. he is not a health care professional. so that has been a lot of the criticism of this. i am somebody who we were talking about this before, ebola is being talked about among voters in certain places. there are not such evidence that it's as deadly as say the flu yet. right? or a number of other things. >> not even close. >> right. so i think the appointment of ron klain goes to the fact that...
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. >> what does ron klain know about ebola? >> what we were looking for is not an ebola expert, but implementation expert. that's exactly what ron is. >> i don't know. might be kind of helpful, come in handy. but nevertheless, this is the man they chose, dana. >> it is. ron kla us n by all accounts is a well-liked guy, well-connected staffer. he knows a lot of people in washington, even the chief of staff to two vice presidents a d he also ran the president'sgton stimulus package, which i don't know ifran that was anything i would write home about. i also think the response that josh earnest gave today, i know that would be an instinct that p would have maybe wanted to say a similar thing, but i think today was not the day. >> what would you have said? >> first of all, president bush would have called me up and bees very angry at me if i had said something like that if on a day like today you were trying to calm nerves and show people that you are on top of things and you are putting the best possible person this place and that
. >> what does ron klain know about ebola? >> what we were looking for is not an ebola expert, but implementation expert. that's exactly what ron is. >> i don't know. might be kind of helpful, come in handy. but nevertheless, this is the man they chose, dana. >> it is. ron kla us n by all accounts is a well-liked guy, well-connected staffer. he knows a lot of people in washington, even the chief of staff to two vice presidents a d he also ran the president'sgton stimulus...
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and yet you called the appointment of ron klain tone deaf. why? >> because when i had a hearing yesterday, three hours of some great experts in the areas of health care, disease management, et cetera, not one of them said, could you please appoint a campaign worker and a political operative to govern this issue. i think this is a time where america's looking to build confidence in having a medical crisis. and it would have been helpful to have someone who knows something about infectious disease, a disease management quarantines, all those issues, to help here. america needs to have confidence. and i would love it if the white house could be working towards that. love it if the h.h.s. secretary would speak up about it. we don't need another expert in politics. this is not a political issue, but a medical issue. >> i hear you. but to play devil's advocate here, ron klain handled the stimulus dollars. he is well-regarded in the administration for knowing a lot of people in government, knowing a lot of people on capitol hill. and the white house says
and yet you called the appointment of ron klain tone deaf. why? >> because when i had a hearing yesterday, three hours of some great experts in the areas of health care, disease management, et cetera, not one of them said, could you please appoint a campaign worker and a political operative to govern this issue. i think this is a time where america's looking to build confidence in having a medical crisis. and it would have been helpful to have someone who knows something about infectious...
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. >> president obama has named a lawyer, ron klain, to be the ebola czar. as head of infectious disease at nih, how will you coordinate with the new ebola czar? >> well, we have coordination from the white house now with lisa monaco and susan rice. so, we have multiple agencies involved. one of them is hhs. right now what we're going to have with ron is we'll have somebody whose full-time job is doing that. we welcome that, because as we know, susan and lisa have very important day jobs they need to deal with. we're looking forward to work with him as a coordinator on what we do. >> one of the criticisms of the government response so far is that officials, top officials, have said things that turned out afterwards not to be true. take a look at these. >> i have no doubt that we'll stop this in its tracks in the u.s. >> every hospital in the country has the capability to isolate a patient. >> i shook hands with, hugged and kissed, not the doctors but a couple of the nurses, and i felt perfectly safe doing so. >> doctor, how do you explain all of these missta
. >> president obama has named a lawyer, ron klain, to be the ebola czar. as head of infectious disease at nih, how will you coordinate with the new ebola czar? >> well, we have coordination from the white house now with lisa monaco and susan rice. so, we have multiple agencies involved. one of them is hhs. right now what we're going to have with ron is we'll have somebody whose full-time job is doing that. we welcome that, because as we know, susan and lisa have very important day...
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that man is ron klain. let's get to nbc chris jansing. the announcement came down a few minutes ago. we heard from the president late yesterday evening quick response some might say in finding ron klain. it seems perhaps the administration had him in mind last night even when the president was speaking. >> yeah. it's hard to believe they got it together in a matter of hours. it was less than 24 hours ago that the spokesman for the white house saying there was no plan for an ebola czar. here you have it. ron klain a well-known here in washington. long time democratic insider. served as chief of staff to two vice presidents, both al gore and most recently to joe biden. there was talk he was gng to replace rahm emanuel then he went on to work for aol steve case in the investment. part is health care. that's not his main area of expertise. he's going to be somebody who is going to take all of these different differententies, look at who is involved in dadealing with the crisis. the centers for disease control and prevention and department of
that man is ron klain. let's get to nbc chris jansing. the announcement came down a few minutes ago. we heard from the president late yesterday evening quick response some might say in finding ron klain. it seems perhaps the administration had him in mind last night even when the president was speaking. >> yeah. it's hard to believe they got it together in a matter of hours. it was less than 24 hours ago that the spokesman for the white house saying there was no plan for an ebola czar....
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so it tapped this man, ron klain. he's not a doctor, he's a lawyer. he doesn't work at the centers for disease control or the national institute of health or department of health. he doesn't know infectious diseases and is described as "an american lawyer and political operative best known as serving for chief of staff for two democratic vice presidents, al gore and joe biden." here is the white house defending the president's pick. >> what does ron klain know about ebola? >> well, the thing that's -- let's talk about -- let me restate why this person -- why the president believes it was important to add this person to his team. what we were looking for is not an ebola expert but rather an implementation expert. >> joining me now, chris stirewalt. as you would say, chris, it's complicated. >> well, that will just make you feel real good, wouldn't it? let me restate your question to one i can answer is basically was the response from josh earnest there. and we've heard this decision described as bizarre. we've heard it described as all kinds of things.
so it tapped this man, ron klain. he's not a doctor, he's a lawyer. he doesn't work at the centers for disease control or the national institute of health or department of health. he doesn't know infectious diseases and is described as "an american lawyer and political operative best known as serving for chief of staff for two democratic vice presidents, al gore and joe biden." here is the white house defending the president's pick. >> what does ron klain know about ebola?...
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the idea behind ron klain, or whoever it may be -- >> jeff, you know ron klain. what is his background and what will he represent through this process? >> well, we were law school classmates a long time ago in the class of 1986 and he went on to clerk at the supreme court of the united states for byron white. he spent almost the entire amount of his career in the federal government. he worked with the janet reno in the justice department and later for president clinton and for president obama. the most obvious thing to say about ron klain is he is not a doctor. he's not a medical personnel. >> he's someone who knows how washington works. that's why he's been hired in this job. he's probably best known for al gore. he is someone who is being hired to make washington work. he is not being hired to look through a meek crmicroscope. >> talk to me about that, doctor. at this point, in his role, does that matter? >> i don't think so, actually. if you think of what a terribly good physician or research scientist tom frieden is, that hasn't been hugely helpful. doctors a
the idea behind ron klain, or whoever it may be -- >> jeff, you know ron klain. what is his background and what will he represent through this process? >> well, we were law school classmates a long time ago in the class of 1986 and he went on to clerk at the supreme court of the united states for byron white. he spent almost the entire amount of his career in the federal government. he worked with the janet reno in the justice department and later for president clinton and for...
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what do you think of ron klain? >> let's see, where do we begin? in some ways, there's in the much of a choice here in the administration, they knew they needed a point person who wasn't affiliated with the cdc. they wanted someone what -- when republicans say they didn't pick someone who was nonpart san, they picked a pretty partisan person, they were looking for someone who could the two things, somebody that was part of the bureaucracy, and somebody that the administration could trust, somebody they didn't have to worry about things getting leaked and stuff. at the end of the day is going to be is this issue contained and how many more cases are we going to see and how many other cases we're going too see pop-up in other states in the country. >> lisa monaco was running it from a white house point of view, you have the hhs secretary birdwell, and you have nicole laurie who was an expert on infectious diseases. >> i don't have a problem with bringing somebody in with the idea of trying to make that process more efficient, somebody who is known to
what do you think of ron klain? >> let's see, where do we begin? in some ways, there's in the much of a choice here in the administration, they knew they needed a point person who wasn't affiliated with the cdc. they wanted someone what -- when republicans say they didn't pick someone who was nonpart san, they picked a pretty partisan person, they were looking for someone who could the two things, somebody that was part of the bureaucracy, and somebody that the administration could trust,...
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adalja, what does ron klain need to do, do you believe? >> he needs to coordinate a response. we have multiple agencies that have responsibilities now. the c.d.c., f.d.a., department of defense. we have an integrated response where everyone is talking to everyone and there's one plan executed to stop the outbreak in west africa and keep americans safe in the united states. >> woodruff: miss cipriano, what would you add to that from your perspective? >> i think that's a very good description. i think in addition to reaching out across state organizations and communities because that's often where the information gets disseminated to the healthcare organizations. >> woodruff: miss cipriano, let me start with you, there's some criticism of mr. klain. we're already hearing some from republicans and others saying who the president should have appointed was someone who's a physician or someone with a public health background. how much do you think that's going to matter in this role? >> i believe there's already many experts throughout the c.d.c. and n.i.h. who can provide that expe
adalja, what does ron klain need to do, do you believe? >> he needs to coordinate a response. we have multiple agencies that have responsibilities now. the c.d.c., f.d.a., department of defense. we have an integrated response where everyone is talking to everyone and there's one plan executed to stop the outbreak in west africa and keep americans safe in the united states. >> woodruff: miss cipriano, what would you add to that from your perspective? >> i think that's a very...
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that is who ron klain is. he has extensive experience in the federal government and extensive management experience when it comes to the private sector. >> the white house is also fending off growing calls from both sides of the aisle to ban travel from infected countries in west africa. >> air travel is how this disease crosses borders and certainly how it got to texas in the first place. based on recent and ongoing developments, i belief it is the right policy to ban air travel from countries that be hit hardest by the ebola outbreak. >> and now secretary of state john kerry is saying that this could become a much bigger global disaster if other countries don't do more. he is trying to shift the blame to other countries for having even weaker responses. >> aaron, thank you so much. >> the first dallas nurse to be diagnosed with ebola is undergoing treatment at the national institutes of health in maryland. and cnn's athena jones is there. what is the latest on nina pham. >> hi victor. well doctors told us we
that is who ron klain is. he has extensive experience in the federal government and extensive management experience when it comes to the private sector. >> the white house is also fending off growing calls from both sides of the aisle to ban travel from infected countries in west africa. >> air travel is how this disease crosses borders and certainly how it got to texas in the first place. based on recent and ongoing developments, i belief it is the right policy to ban air travel...
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i don't know ron klain's emergency response experience. maybe the bush-gore recount qualified in that. and i think talking to constituents so many people have said we didn't want somebody to give a spin. we want somebody to give us the facts. and that is what they were hopeful for >> schieffer: let me ask you this: republicans people in congress have been critical of the president, and, yet, the congress can't break the gridlock long enough to confirm a surgeon general which is supposed to be the top health office in the country. i know that's what the confirmation process takes place in the senate. you are a member of the house. but give me your thoughts on that? >> you know, i think what you have in the house is bipartisan frustration with harry reid and the senate. we have 387 house passed bills and 98% bipartisan, 298 of those bills veto-proof and they are sitting on harry reid's desk and we find it frustrating because the senate has not been able to get the work done. we wish they would come back and do that it would help the country
i don't know ron klain's emergency response experience. maybe the bush-gore recount qualified in that. and i think talking to constituents so many people have said we didn't want somebody to give a spin. we want somebody to give us the facts. and that is what they were hopeful for >> schieffer: let me ask you this: republicans people in congress have been critical of the president, and, yet, the congress can't break the gridlock long enough to confirm a surgeon general which is supposed...
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what does ron klain know about ebola? >> what we were looking for is not an ebola expert but rather an implementation expert. >> reporter: republicans were quick to pounce. >> i'm not sure what appointing someone that has no experience in health care or public health administration is going to do to help stem the tide of ebola in west africa and protect the public health of americans here at home. >> reporter: aides say klain is no all-powerful czar, he'll report to susan rice and counterterrorism adviser lisa monaco who answer to the president. earlier this week, the white house insisted monaco could handle the task of being the ebola point person. he could do that and ebola? >> he is a highly capable individual who can fulfill her responsibilities. >> reporter: one day later, the president changed course. >> it may be appropriate for me to appoint an additional person. >> reporter: and more shifts could come. pressure is building on the administration to reconsider a travel ban on flights from west africa. >> i believe
what does ron klain know about ebola? >> what we were looking for is not an ebola expert but rather an implementation expert. >> reporter: republicans were quick to pounce. >> i'm not sure what appointing someone that has no experience in health care or public health administration is going to do to help stem the tide of ebola in west africa and protect the public health of americans here at home. >> reporter: aides say klain is no all-powerful czar, he'll report to...
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that's what ron klain is. has extensive experience in the federal government. he's somebody who has extensive management experience when it comes to the private sector. >> earnest also says ron klain will be on the job very soon but he hasn't started yet and we know that because yesterday the president had a big meeting with some of his advisers and aides about the ebola outbreak. the white house gave us a list of everybody at that meeting, 21 people, ron klain, not one of them. >> thank you of so, live from the white house today. >>> well, this is a story we've been following very closely. the dog one of the infected nurses, nina pham, getting some much needed love and attention while he remains in kwaquaranti. this is bentley. he will be monitored to make sure he did not contract the deadly virus. officials are not sure whether pets carry or can control ebola but are following the same protocols the cdc is suggesting for humans. we promise to keep you posted. >>> coming up, a comet is speeding towards mars. what nasa is doing to get a front row seat. and a we
that's what ron klain is. has extensive experience in the federal government. he's somebody who has extensive management experience when it comes to the private sector. >> earnest also says ron klain will be on the job very soon but he hasn't started yet and we know that because yesterday the president had a big meeting with some of his advisers and aides about the ebola outbreak. the white house gave us a list of everybody at that meeting, 21 people, ron klain, not one of them. >>...
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>> ron klain was chief of staff when he told people not to fly during the swine flu outbreak. >> he did? >> hopefully he'll give the president better advice than he did the vice president. >> isn't it interesting, ron klain has no medical or military experience. the only thing i could think of was, if you can get susan rice to go on the sunday shows -- >> right. >> and you have someone that can really be confident, it's important to have your back covered. >> that's exactly right. they keep saying we don't need a doctor in this role. we need someone with administrative experience. guess what else he doesn't have? administrative experience but he does have experience doing whatever will help the democrats, as i say, he tried to exclude military ballots. >> he was a former community organizer. i broke that tonight. did you know that? doctor, last word. you know, for the nurses, for people out there, you know, let's not scare anybody. i mean, there is right now a certain protection that people can be confident it's not wildly spreading. correct? >> it's not spreading right now. the real ri
>> ron klain was chief of staff when he told people not to fly during the swine flu outbreak. >> he did? >> hopefully he'll give the president better advice than he did the vice president. >> isn't it interesting, ron klain has no medical or military experience. the only thing i could think of was, if you can get susan rice to go on the sunday shows -- >> right. >> and you have someone that can really be confident, it's important to have your back covered....
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. >>> president obama has appointed ron klain as the ebola czar. as director, how will you coordinate with the new czar? >> we have coordination from the white house now with lisa monaco and susan rice. we have multiple agencies involved. one of them is hss. with ron we'll have somebody whose full time job will be doing that. we welcome that. as we know. lisa and susan have other very important day jobs. we're looking forward to working with him as ka coordinator of what we do. >>> one of the criticisms of government so far is top officials said things that turned out not to be true. take a look at these. >> i have no doubt we'll stop this in its tracks in the u.s. >> every hospital in this country has the capability to isolate a patient. >> i shook hands with, hugged and kissed not the doctors, but a couple of the nurses, and i felt perfectly safe doing so. >> doctor, how do you explain all of these misstatements or overstatements from top government officials? >> i'm not so sure, chris, that they're misstatements and overstatements. when dr. free
. >>> president obama has appointed ron klain as the ebola czar. as director, how will you coordinate with the new czar? >> we have coordination from the white house now with lisa monaco and susan rice. we have multiple agencies involved. one of them is hss. with ron we'll have somebody whose full time job will be doing that. we welcome that. as we know. lisa and susan have other very important day jobs. we're looking forward to working with him as ka coordinator of what we do....
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because they didn't hire ron klain to be the public face. for instance, you know, so he gets hired immediately, okay, i have him on sunday on "meet the press." and they say no -- >> no, really. >> they directed us to dr. fauci, at the institute of health who has been a regular spokespers on this. so what they're saying, they had a behind the scenes problem. they don't think they have a public communications problem. >> now, ron klain doesn't have a health background. he's a political guy. >> he's a political government operator, pure and simple, how does his appointme play into the political issue heading into the election? >> look, republicans jumped on this and said, hey, he doesn't have a medical background, this is just the president trying to protect himse. i think when you look at his skill set, this is clearly a behind the scenes organizational pick. i get what they were doing. but he was getting political pressure too, the president was. the republicans have been using ebola in the campaign, tapping and there is insecurity out there,
because they didn't hire ron klain to be the public face. for instance, you know, so he gets hired immediately, okay, i have him on sunday on "meet the press." and they say no -- >> no, really. >> they directed us to dr. fauci, at the institute of health who has been a regular spokespers on this. so what they're saying, they had a behind the scenes problem. they don't think they have a public communications problem. >> now, ron klain doesn't have a health background....
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>> why are people around the white house speculating about ron klain's future? shouldn't number one be take the job and worry about ebola? >> it is the number one priority. mr. klain starts tomorrow. mr. podesta continues to focus on the important job he has to do around here. >> he went on to say the stories were off base. the president and the ebola czar here ron klain will be dealing with all of this and they're showing signs of improvement, the crisis is easing a bit, but clearly it's not over yet. that's why there's pressure on klain to get going. >> ed, thank you. as we watched the botched response to this deadly virus, my next guest says we're getting a real lesson in government bureaucracy, a showdown between the federal vision of president reagan versus president obama. watch this. >> government is not the solution to our problem. government is the problem. >> you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate sinister entity that is the root of all our problems. you should reject these voices. what a c
>> why are people around the white house speculating about ron klain's future? shouldn't number one be take the job and worry about ebola? >> it is the number one priority. mr. klain starts tomorrow. mr. podesta continues to focus on the important job he has to do around here. >> he went on to say the stories were off base. the president and the ebola czar here ron klain will be dealing with all of this and they're showing signs of improvement, the crisis is easing a bit, but...
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so today obama appointed a political guy, ron klain, to be his, quote, ebola czar. >> it may make sense for us to have one person in charge so that after this initial surge of activity, we can have a more regular process, just to make sure that we're crossing all the ts and dotting all the is going forward. >> the appointment of mr. klain as -- head of the cdc who has mucked things up big time. but will approximate president obama protect the american people by stopping travelers from the ebola epidemic area. >> i don't have a philosophical objection to a travel ban if that's what's going to keep america safe. the problem is in all the discussions i have had thus far with experts in the field, experts in infectious disease is that a travel ban is less effective than the measures we are currently instituting. >> it doesn't matter, mr. president, you do everything you can to protect americans, this is not a compare ty situation, you do it all. if there is one more ebola case in the usa a travel ban will have to be imposed. that's the memo. criticizing some of the ebola coverage, he's seen
so today obama appointed a political guy, ron klain, to be his, quote, ebola czar. >> it may make sense for us to have one person in charge so that after this initial surge of activity, we can have a more regular process, just to make sure that we're crossing all the ts and dotting all the is going forward. >> the appointment of mr. klain as -- head of the cdc who has mucked things up big time. but will approximate president obama protect the american people by stopping travelers...
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i think the president did fine with appointing ron klain. >> would you want the job? >> i couldn't afford the pay cut, i'm afraid. the only medical background i have is taking prescription drugs and aspirin every now and then. ronald reagan named c. everett coop the surgeon general. he had tremendous background and authority when he spoke. he handled the aids crisis extremely well. liberal democrats like ted kennedy said he was wrong to oppose his nomination. this is the kind of credibility we need right now, not a political hack like ron klain. we need somebody with authority to speak with one voice. we have statements from the cdc and hospital and texas and doctors at nih. who's in charge? we have a secretary of health and human services, haven't heard a thing from the secretary on this. we need a single voice to communicate the truth and we're not getting it right now. >> we don't disagree with a single voice. i agree with cal on that. the issue is can somebody put together a single voice, does it need to be a public health professional or medical doctor? can it be
i think the president did fine with appointing ron klain. >> would you want the job? >> i couldn't afford the pay cut, i'm afraid. the only medical background i have is taking prescription drugs and aspirin every now and then. ronald reagan named c. everett coop the surgeon general. he had tremendous background and authority when he spoke. he handled the aids crisis extremely well. liberal democrats like ted kennedy said he was wrong to oppose his nomination. this is the kind of...
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ron klain was a target for darrell issa. he said i wish the ebola czar was sitting in front of us today. >> we know who he is. i don't think the average american voter knows him. it all comes back to the president. if the president is the focus of the campaigns, then that'sed a venn teenage use for republicans. if democrats with can get the the focus to be on individual republican candidates they start to do better. >> if the democrats did a good job in this sort of take two as it were with the new york case. could it say, hey, look, we got the message and we're on top of it. >> i think it's possible. it's possible that republicans could overplay the hand. if the single case in new york is contained and handled competently people like jane shaheen can talk about it. >> a projection right now where are the numbers? plus five to eight for months. more likely than the republicans get the majority. it could be a messy and long drawn out proposition. >> as things change. >> i think the ceiling has come down for republicans. the c
ron klain was a target for darrell issa. he said i wish the ebola czar was sitting in front of us today. >> we know who he is. i don't think the average american voter knows him. it all comes back to the president. if the president is the focus of the campaigns, then that'sed a venn teenage use for republicans. if democrats with can get the the focus to be on individual republican candidates they start to do better. >> if the democrats did a good job in this sort of take two as it...
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ron klain, former chief of staff to biden and gore. best known for his role in the florida recount crisis. in the hbo movie about that event, he was played by kevin spacey. >> the florida house has already voted to award the state to the bush. >> then we just file two lawsuits. one to set standards, the other to halt the legislature. we can do this. >> ron, nobody can fault you -- >> no, mr. vice president, please, listen to me. you cannot concede, not yet, sir. i beg of you, sir, just give me one more shot. >> pretty chilling stuff. anyway, today the president's press secretary explained why klain was chosen. >> what we were looking for is not an ebola expert, but rather an implementation expert, and that's exactly what ron klain is. he's somebody who has extensive experience in the federal government. he's something that has extensive management experience when it comes to the private sector. >> is he a czar? is that his title? what is his title? >> his title, he is the ebola response coordinator. i know there's some republicans and
ron klain, former chief of staff to biden and gore. best known for his role in the florida recount crisis. in the hbo movie about that event, he was played by kevin spacey. >> the florida house has already voted to award the state to the bush. >> then we just file two lawsuits. one to set standards, the other to halt the legislature. we can do this. >> ron, nobody can fault you -- >> no, mr. vice president, please, listen to me. you cannot concede, not yet, sir. i beg of...
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klain's work begins as freelance cameraman th >>> 580 is the first ron klain ebola czar ron klain will head up the american response to ebola. >> an american prisoner in north korea is back home. jeffrey fowle was released from prison yesterday. his family says this is a big surprise. fowle was awaiting trial and he was expected to spend years in prison there. state department is still trying to free two other americans. >> a massive pallet fire spread to a barn in gilroy. this is a live look from the scene. the fire started around 5:30 a.m. cal fire says 10,000 square feet of pallets are burning. flames have spread to the barn. firefighters have 11 engines attacking the fire. >>> and today marks a year since the shooting death of andy lopez. the santa rosa teen was shot by a sonoma county sheriff's deputies, erick gelhaus. the deputies mistook the pellet gun for an assault rifle. erick gelhaus is cleared of any wrongdoing. there will be a memorial this afternoon. >>> the giants are up one game to nothing in the world series heading into game 2 against the royals. madison baumgarner pu
klain's work begins as freelance cameraman th >>> 580 is the first ron klain ebola czar ron klain will head up the american response to ebola. >> an american prisoner in north korea is back home. jeffrey fowle was released from prison yesterday. his family says this is a big surprise. fowle was awaiting trial and he was expected to spend years in prison there. state department is still trying to free two other americans. >> a massive pallet fire spread to a barn in gilroy....
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chuck schumer writing i've known ron klain for over 20 years. she's ma he's smart, level headed, he's an excellent choice. clearly president obama wanted to pick someone who has a strong background in management. there were practical as well as political pressures here, tamron. there is wide spread fear about ebola. so the administration felt it was necessary to have a point person. but the president getting political pressure from democrats. the midterm elections less than a month away. democratic officials telling me they are relieved that president obama appointed someone because they don't want to see another week like the one they just had here in which it felt as though no one was really leading the charge. so now ron klain will take the reigns and take that position. >> thank you so much. >>> and up next fears over ebola. government reassurances, and major cleanups underway have not stopped the worries of some. when does caution become history ya. we'll talk live with a psycho therapist who has been examining all the reaction to this cris
chuck schumer writing i've known ron klain for over 20 years. she's ma he's smart, level headed, he's an excellent choice. clearly president obama wanted to pick someone who has a strong background in management. there were practical as well as political pressures here, tamron. there is wide spread fear about ebola. so the administration felt it was necessary to have a point person. but the president getting political pressure from democrats. the midterm elections less than a month away....
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ron klain is the one. which is to say, the only thing we care about, how does it look? pr at the end of the day, and that's what matters about how the whole ebola effort is coordinateed? >> to scott's point, you got to recognize that things are going to get inside the border. you can't keep sars out and h1n1. issuing the calm expertise and not posing it as a political problem. putting someone whose a political operative is not going to calm people's fears. gerri: dr. scott, what is the next step? you were happy to see we're going to make changes to protocols. you said there are fears we may need to have professionals in every metropolitan city trained to take care of this. >> distribute the cases, a lot of hospitals might get care treating ebola. outbreaks get more frequent. gerrr: how many? >> if the epidemic continues and spreads to other parts of the world, we could be seeing outbreaks that are sizable here. this is two and three months down the road. gerri: what do you mean? >> 50 cases in a city, 100 cases in a city. gerri: really? >> if it spreads to nigeria and i
ron klain is the one. which is to say, the only thing we care about, how does it look? pr at the end of the day, and that's what matters about how the whole ebola effort is coordinateed? >> to scott's point, you got to recognize that things are going to get inside the border. you can't keep sars out and h1n1. issuing the calm expertise and not posing it as a political problem. putting someone whose a political operative is not going to calm people's fears. gerri: dr. scott, what is the...