Good morning. Im Martha Raddatz and breaking right now, it has apparently happened again. A third american murdered by isis in a disturbing and graphic tape released just hours ago. The terror group claims it beheaded 26yearold peter kassig, a former army ranger from indiana captured while working with an aid group in syria. Chief investigative correspondent brian ross joins us now with the latest. Good morning, brian. Well, good morning, martha. U. S. Intelligence officials are working at this hour to formally awe trent indicate that video but the gruesome images posted by isis leave little doubt about what happened. A former u. S. Soldier in iraq, kassig went back to the mideast to syria as an aid worker featured two years ago by cnn. We each get one life and thats it. You get one shot at this. Reporter during captivity kassig converted to islam and changed his name from peter to abdulrahman. From their home in indiana, his parents, paula and ed kassig, launched a campaign pleading for their son to be set free. We implore those who are holding you to show mercy and use their power to let you go. Reporter islamic groups around the world joined in and even al qaeda called for the release of kassig. But with this mornings video, it was clear there would be no mercy. The 16minute propaganda production first showed the mass beheadings of 16 syrian soldiers, the isis fighters actually appearing unmasked and then in the last two minutes, the same masked man with a british accent seen in previous execution videos appears with kassigs severed head at his feet. He claims he is in the syrian city of dabiq and addressed president obama saying we are burying the First American crusader in dabiq eagerly waiting for the remainder of your airplanes to arrive. Kassig was captured in october of last year. In a letter smuggled out by a fellow prisoner, kassig wrote this to his parents, if i do die, i figure that at least you and i can seek refuge and comfort in knowing that i went out as a result of trying to alleviate suffering and helping those in need. Kassigs parents only learned of the video in the last few hours and told us this morning they are waiting for government confirmation before they say anything. The white house says if confirmed, we are appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent american. Martha. As we all are. Thanks, brian. Lets bring in matt olson who was the director of the National Counterterrorism center until just this past september. What stands out in this tape to you . It does seem different in several ways. The biggest difference, martha, is that we dont have what appears to be peter kassig speaking on the tape and hes not shown alive as the other hostages who were executed. And what does that tell you . Its hard to say right now. Its possible, of course, that he wouldnt cooperate and speak on the video, but, you know, again at this point right now whats happening inside the government is that analysts in the Intelligence Community are looking very closely at this tape to determine whether its authentic and examine every detail. It seems like there is more detail. Where the executioner is standing in a city and that you could tell more from this tape but its also bolder, its very much in your face about that. Yeah, a couple of things, first, we dont know when the tape was made and, again, thats one thing analysts will be looking at. Certainly looking at right now as we speak and through the day. There are details that can be reviewed. In terms of the bowlness of the tape, martha, it does have threats, again, threats to our personnel, american soldiers in iraq as well as in fact, it says we will slaughter your soldiers and then begin to slaughter your people on the streets. Are they capable of coming to the homeland. Weve seen this before a couple of times from isis in retaliation for what were doing, take this to the west and slaughter your people as it said in the tape on your streets. Short answer to your question is, no, not on any sort of significant scale. We do have concerns that theyre capable of smallscale attacks . Or inspiring people to carry it out who already live here. Exactly, inspiring people through this type of propaganda, perhaps people who are mentally ill or deranged finding this to be somehow an attractive quickly, matt, it does appear to be the same british executioner. Do we know who he is and does this put more pressure on the u. S. And others identifying him so he becomes an International Fugitive . Well, he does have that british accent, does seem to be the same person and, you know, obviously inside the government working very hard to exactly identify him and anything we can learn about him. Okay, thanks very much for joining us, matt. Sure. Now the impact of these new very muches on the battle against the Jihadist Army plus president obamas top military adviser has just visited baghdad. Abcs Alex Marquardt is tracking it all from the region. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, martha. In an unannounced visit to iraq this weekend, a top u. S. General Martin Dempsey said the tide is starting to turn in the fight against isis but said it will still take several years. Dempsey said that the threemonth u. S. Led air campaign has shown that isis is not an unstoppable tenfoottall force but rather what he called a bunch of midgets running around with a really radical ideology but dempseys visit came as the u. S. Is looking to double the number of its forces on the ground in iraq to more than 3,000. The more than 900 u. S. Led air strikes have had some success in helping slow the advance of isis but have not diminished the vast territory they control in iraq and syria. Isis attacks have continued unabated and nowhere has that been more plain to see than in the northern syrian city of kobani which has been besieged by isis for two months amid almost daily u. S. Led air strikes. The president has said repeatedly the goal of the u. S. Led coalition is degrade and destroy isis but were a long way from that becoming a reality. Martha. Thanks, alex. More on this now from our contributor steve ganyard, former marine corps couple and state Department Official and general Daniel Bulger who served in both iraq and afghanistan. Hes just written a new book called why we lost. General bowlinge bolger. I want to start with you. You say i am a United States army general and i lost the global war on terrorism. Yeah, tough words but true words and, martha, all i would say is what were seeing with isis, the death of peter kassig at their hands, its a reminder we didnt do this first phase right in iraq from 03 to 11 and afghanistan today. We got to get this next phase right. How do you do that . What lessons have you learned from your Prior Service . The biggest lesson is this fight against insurgents has to be carried by the loam people with our help. We cant do it for them. Out putting 100,000 americans in those countries doesnt work, results in casualties and emboldens them. You heard isis say we want your soldiers to come here. We shouldnt give them that. What we should do, let the iraqis carry the fight and we help them. How do the iraqis carry the fight if they havent done it already . Steve. Thats the difficulty. We spent hundreds of millions of dollars to teach them how to do it and what were doing is a bandaid fix. Going back to lessons learned, someone said its lessons indicated and how well we institutionize these. Isis is a totally different animal. Its not al qaeda, its not the taliban. It is something very, very different so its the judgment of the past 13 years of war that will guide us now. I want to go back to things you said in the past. Isis didnt want territory or the homeland and yet now they say they do. Well, its easy to scare the American People in an attempt to try to keep us away from the places that they want to take over, so if we look again at isis as something very, very different, something that wants to create a caliphate, something that has the ability to do the operational small unit tactics, its a very, very different threat and its something that we have to address in a different way. And general bolger, today were hearing some including some in uniform for a more robust ground force. You say only another surge can win the fight against this dire threat. Really . If insanity is defined as doing something over and over and expecting different results, i think were there. Absolutely not a u. S. Troop surge. Help them with air power, help the iraqis with intelligence, you know, steves exactly right. It takes a long time to build an effective military. The iraqis arent going to be there next week or next year and president obama, general dempsey are warning us that. This is a multiyear effort and were going to have to stick with it but keep it limited. General bolger, you say you didnt speak up during your time in afghanistan. What advice would you give to military officer, Senior Officers who may not agree with this strategy who may not agree with whats happening . Better Say Something now before we lose a bunch more lives and fail in another mission. And, steve, just some final thoughts. One of the things is the military surveillance action oriented and want to solve a problem. What should we be doing now . Staying back . Is there time to just sit back . The military, the people who serve in the military are goal oriented. Theyre always going to tell you we can find a way to do this but if war is a continuation of politics by other means its up to the commander in chief to set the strategy. As general dempsey is in iraq, hell come home and give the president his personal, professional advice and have the hill for the First Time Since 9 11 debating the laws that govern the war on terror so we got to get away from these Bumper Sticker strategies of war on terror, no boots on the ground and the president has a bipartisan opportunity here to reassess that strategy. Thanks very much to both of you. Really interesting comments. Now to that new video in the ferguson investigation, a tape showing officer Darren Wilson just hours after the shooting of unarmed teen michael brown. Its release coming days before the grand jury is set to decide if wilson will face charges. Abcs senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas now on the tape and the critical questions this case has sparked. Reporter for the first time we see officer wilson in the moments not long after he shot michael brown. Surveillance video obtained by the st. Louis postdispatch shows wist en route to the hospital and radio dispatch is provided to the newspaper chronicles some of that fateful day. We hear wilson, unit 21 offering to help with a call. 21 to 25 or 22, you guys need me . Reporter then we hear officers at the scene of the shooting where brown lay dead in the street. Get us several more units over here. Theres going to be a problem. Reporter those words prophetic as weeks of unrest unfolded reigniting longstanding tensions over race and policing. Its a recurring theme. An officer smashing through a car window tasing a father as his children record the video from the backseat. A South Carolina man shot after reaching for his wallet at the instruction of the Police Officer who pulled him over. Why did you why did you shoot me . Reporter allegations of excessive force. Disturbing images that help explain why ferguson dont shoot. Reporter has sparked so much frustration among many africanamericans. They ask why did seemingly routine encounters escalate so dramatically but on the other side of the spectrum there are some uncomfortable facts that may be influencing how some Police Respond to blacks. Without question, africanamerican males are disproportionately represented in crime both as assailants and as victims. More than 4300 blacks were arrested for homicide last year compared to nearly 3800 whites even though blacks are the minority. You listen to radio call after radio call, description of offender after description of offender and you hear it over and over and over again. Reporter black male. But that doesnt mean that every black male, every young black male is engaged in criminal activity. In fact, the vast majority are not. Reporter Charles Ramsey says Crime Statistics are no excuse for police bias against minorities. We have to enforce law fairly and objectively and not have preformed opinions. Reporter is it about trustee end of the day. It is but trust on both sides. Reporter but in places like ferguson where police pull over blacks in disproportionate levels to white trust has been hard to come by. Pierre joins us now along with st. Louis Alderman Antonio french. We first met alderman french when we covered the ferguson protests back in august. Thanks so much for joining us. Lease pick up where pierres piece ended. Bad relationships between the police and the Community Cause incidents like this in the first place. Yeah, and its dangerous because, you know, obviously in our neighborhoods where we do have a lot of violent crime, we need that level of trust between police and the community in order for the police to be effective and when thats broken, it really makes it difficult for everybody. Pierre, youve heard him talk about racial profiling leading to less safe neighborhoods. Is that what you have found . You know, i spent a lot of time with police in this country and they have to make splitsecond decisions often dealing with young africanamerican males and what chief ramsey was saying over and over again, its about trust, its about training and knowing how to deescalate situations rather than take them to the next level. Pierre, you and i have talked about this, a little at work this weekend and i was fascinated and i want you both to talk about this. I think a lot of people say, but, wait a minute, look at the statistics, how do you not say, well, he might fit the description more than the guy next to him who isnt black . How do you get beyond that and still not racially profile but do good police work. Well, i think thats what it comes down to, doing good police work. You cant paint with broad brushes and have no understand there may be some people like any American Group that engage in criminal activity but cant paint a picture that puts everybody in the same group and theres a consequence to when you do that and i think what were seeing in ferguson is that you have a large group of people now who feel like the system does not work for them and actually works against them. Pierre. Something ramsey said over and over, do your job. When you encounter someone, look at what theyre doing and dont come in with preconceived notions. Lets talk, alderman, about Going Forward and what you expect to happen in ferguson. When this grand jury decision comes down yeah, so i have not given up hope that there will be an indictment. I think the evidence warrants at least a trial and i think ultimately thats what the Community Needs in order to heal the longterm wounds. But if it doesnt go that way i think we will see large protests in the street and what weve asked police to do is, again, if there are individual cases of individuals who break the law to deal with them and do not tear gas entire crowds or punish the entire group. You said when we were there last you thought a lot of outside instigators came in to ferguson. They werent actually locals. Is that one of the biggest problems here. I do worry thats going to happen again. After some of the press conferences weve seen from government officials, i worry that were getting back into this mindset of them versus us and it becomes a rallying cries from groups all over to come in to ferguson and st. Louis and so thats an element well have to deal with but, again, we dont want to punish the entire group of protesters because of the actions of a few. What are you expecting . What you hearing . Are they ready in ferguson. There will be a large police presence, the Justice Department is monitoring this very closely. Remember, theres a Justice Department investigation of officer wilson, as well. Also theyre investigating the police department, so the final word will not be whatever the grand jury does. Thanks very much to both of you. Up next, the showdown over the Keystone Pipeline. Will it really create thousands of american jobs and lower the price you pay at the pump . Plus, bill clinton speaking out. The move he says president obama made that hurt democrats in the midterms. Announcer this week with George Stephanopoulos brought to you by Charles Schwab. Kid hey dad, who was that man . Dad hes our broker. He helps looks after all our money. Kid do you pay him . Dad of course. Kid how much . Dad i dont know exactly. Kid what if youre not happy . Does he have to pay you back . Dad nope. Kid why not . Dad it doesnt work that way. Kid why not . 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Key questions this morning, how many jobs would the project really create and would you see lower gas prices . Well take that on with the ceo developing the pipeline after chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl. Reporter the Keystone Pipeline played a starring role in many of the years biggest races. Congressman cory gardner supports building the Keystone Pipeline. The Keystone Pipeline. Keystone pipeline. Reporter red state democrats vowed to fight for it too. But too Many Democrats play politics by dragging their feet on the Keystone Pipeline. Reporter the pipeline would send oil from alberta, canada to nebraska where it would hook up with existing pipeline to go to refineries on the gulf coast and would create jobs and help bring Energy Prices down. Critics say the environmental costs are just too high. For nearly six years, president obama has delayed making a decision on whether or not to approve it. Nobody is pushing harter for the Keystone Pipeline than democrat mary landrieu, desperate to b n burnish her drill, baby, drill image as she facing a tough Runoff Election on the 6th. I believe it is time to act. Reporter in an effort to throw landrieu a lifeline harry reid is finally allowing ketone to come up for a vote. Liberals are livid. As for republicans, they think landrieu is going down anyway and see a long awaited goal finally in reach. Asked about it friday president obama was critical of the bill but never uttered the word veto. Soon he will finally have to say exactly where he stands. For this week, jonathan karl, abc news, washington. And joining us now, rust gerling from transcanada, the company developing the Keystone Pipeline. Thanks for joining us. If this passes and the president vetoes it, can you really wait any longer . What are the chances this ever gets built after six years . I think theres a very high probability this pipeline gets built. Since we started the project demand has continued to increase and production in the u. S. Up by 2 Million Barrels a day and in canada up by a Million Barrels a day. The need for transportation continues to grow and the place where these producers want to put those barrels is into the gulf coast of the United States, so our shippers have not wavered one bit over the last six years. They still want this to happen and as long as theyre there well continue to push to make it happen. I want to bring up mitt romneys former Energy Adviser of Continental Resources said both the u. S. And International Oil markets are awash in oil which has driven the prices down sharply so if we have an oil oversupply, do we really need more canadian oil here . Oh, i think, yeah, definitely. The United States still consumes about 15 Million Barrels a day and even with the production increases only pro he ducis about 10 of its own, 9 of its own so still needs to import 6 or 7 Million Barrels a day and i would say the best place to get that is from canada so as i said the need for this pipeline continues to grow and i guess its exactly what i just said is because youve got more oil being produced you need to transport it and unfortunately whats happened at the current time is that oil is being transported by rail which is far less safe and more environme environmentally intrusive than the pipeline so it makes even more sense today to mr. Girling, i want your reaction to what president obama said on friday. Listen to this. Understand what this project is, it is providing the ability of canada to pump their oil, send it through our land down to the gulf where it will be sold everywhere else and it doesnt have an impact on u. S. Gas prices. Your reaction to that, sir. Well, i think that the state department is quite clear on that after, you know, six years and, you know, some thousands and thousands of pages. It comes to the conclusion that all of this oil will be used in the gulf coast 100 of our shippers continue to say that the oil will come out of canada and be delivered to the gulf coast. It will create 9,000 jobs, i know that its going to hire those people to actually construct the pipeline and the department of states own report says that itll create 42,000 jobs, 3. 5 billion of gdp increase in the u. S. Economy, 2 billion in wages. I think its hard to say there are others who say the jobs will not be so great going as low as 4,000 jobs and that the jobs will only be here for a couple of years. The state department, you mentioned the state Department Says that once the proposed project enters service, operations would require approximately 50 total employees in the u. S. Yeah, the state Department Report details every type of job and, yes, the actual operating jobs are about 50, but that doesnt include all the other jobs that come with it, as i said the state Department Report concludes 42,000 jobs including awe the direct and indirect years. For about two years. No, the 42,000 jobs is an ongoing enduring jobs and think about things like property tax, for example, it will pay probably in the neighborhood of 50 million in property tax in those communities across which we traverse, about 29 counties we traverse, property taxes in total will increase about 10 . At 00 million a year will go to creating jobs i think theres a lot of debate to come on this. We really appreciate you joining us this morning. Up next, could an immigration showdown spark a Government Shutdown . Plus new details on hillarys 2016 decision. Why it could come in january. And the new hint she dropped this weekend. Back in two minutes. T period to choose your medicare coverage. 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For advice, retirement, and life insurance, connect with axa. Now to the first showdown between president obama and the new republican congress. Just days after that democrat drubbing in the midterms, the president is vowing to press ahead with executive action on immigration reform. Abcs jim avila traveling with the president at the g20 summit on what could be in store when he returns home. Reporter the president s pivot to asia filled with photoops and hugs but never far away, domestic politics and the looming go it alone decision to reform immigration by president ial fiat. In 2013 you said im not the emperor of the United States, my job is to execute laws that are passed. Mr. President , what has changed since then. My position hasnt changed much there had a very simple solution to this perception that somehow im exercising too much executive authority. Pass a bill i can sign on this issue. Reporter the timing and final plans, say Senior Administration officials, will be sealed this week. White house sources tell abc norman 5 million undocumented workers living in the United States illegally for more than five years will come out of the shadows and receive legal status. The executive action will not affect any of the thousands of immigrants who flooded the texas border this year. The president s announcement may come as soon as this friday, but most here believe obama will wait until after Congress Goes home in early december. Republicans are set to erupt with political fury if congress is bypassed. Were going to fight the president tooth and nail if he continues down this path. This is the wrong way to govern. Reporter some republicans have suggested they may block spending proposals in protest sparking fears of yet another Government Shutdown but democrats point out that two republican president s, Ronald Reagan and bush 41 both took executive actions granting legal status to the undocumented. In thats going to happen before the end of the year. Reporter perhaps this week for sure before the end of the year. For this week, jim avila, abc news, brisbane, australia. Our thanks to jim. Joining us now congress maman execu and, gentlemen, let me start with you. Congressman, why move on this executive action now . Because why not have some good will with the new congress, wait six months. I think its excellent question. Number one, we said to the republican party, we want to work with you and the president has attempted to work with them. We passed a senate bill. When the republicans said, cant include gay people, it was hard for us but we said okay. When they said there couldnt be citizenship for everyone right away, we said okay. When they said, hey, we have to do it in bits and pieces, we said okay. Each and every time we said okay, they refused to act on the issue and why must the president act now, because millions of American Families are depending on the president fixing a broken immigration system because i and i know that my colleagues are tired of seeing u. S. Servicemen being called to be deployed in defense of our nation and at the same time when they receive that deployment notice receiving a notice that their wife should be deported because there are 4 million american sit tens. Congressman cole, i think hes putting it rye to you and the Senate Passed immigration reformer than 500 days ago, been sitting in the house. Why shouldnt the president just say, ive had enough. Well, first of all the president i think here is being political and cynical. He had plenty of opportunities to do things when he had complete democratic control, promised to have a bill within 100 day, didnt do any of those things, said he would act this year, then put it off after the elections for political reasons, so its been a political weapon rather than a problem to be solved in my view from the president s standpoint. Second, you know, that bill that passed the senate, two out of every three republicans in the senate voted against it. So the idea it was going to pass a Republican House was just never in the cards. And, frankly, the threat was always that this bill will be used as a political football going back and forward. I think the president would be much better advised to wait until congress is at least sworn in. Its not as if he cant do this down the road, hes trying to pick a fight. Were talking about a couple of months here and good will. A couple of things. Look, they wanted more Border Patrol agents, 30,000 more of them. They were included in the senate bill. We just came from an election cycle in which not only that they say the border wasnt secure, but that isis was coming through and ebola was coming through. They mixed all of this together and then they say that were poisoning the well. All i am saying is this, there are 4 million american citizen children, you just heard the speaker say that this is a fight that hes going to have with the president. Hes wrong. Hes going to have this fight with millions of americans. Its not over immigration. His fight is with the process that the president is using, a process the president himself said was unconstitutional a couple of years ago. Should Government Shutdown be on the table . Absolutely not. Its an inappropriate weapon, inappropriate tool. What ought to be done, frankly, is number one, if we think hes gone beyond legal limits, go to the court. Impeachment someone put on the table. Charles krauthammer put it on the table. We can fix this right away. Any decision the president makes, it will take three, four, maybe five months before anybody can apply for benefit under the president s executive youre going to have the house and senate. Act. Put your bill up. I assure you i say this sincerely, i stood with paul ryan in chicago, i stood with carter in san antonio, i stood with i stood is this convincing you i will stand with you. I actually dont doubt my friend, but i think the president wants a fight. I think hes actually trying to bait us into doing so of these extreme things that have been suggested. I dont think we will. But i think what you will see is the immigration thing probably broken into pieces. If it was up to me and its not i would start with a big Border Security bill and i would move it through the house and the senate, its bipartisan, well see what the president does. Look, in the meantime, in the meantime, lets say to american citizens who are married who this broken immigration system is destroying their marriages to american citizen children were going to put you in a safe place in abeyance while the congressman and i and others work on a final solution. But youre going to have to continue on the hill. But thank you very much for joining us this morning. Thank you. Up next, the countdown to hillarys 2016 decision and the uproar over those surprising obamacare comments from a key proponent of the law. Will they spark a congressional investigation . But first as the roundtable gets seated, our powerhouse puzzler. This week we saw president obama mingling with World Leaders but more importantly, koalas at the g20 summit in australia. Even Vladimir Putin got in on it and that inspired our question, name the closest animal relative of the koala. Back in two minutes with the answer. I know what youre thinking. 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Lets see those white boards. Ana. Because you know hes so warm and fuzzy. There we go. I said a bear. I dont know. Youre not into this. Clearly. Come on. Its a marsupial. Its the kangaroo, of course. Thats a pretty id hes not right but thats give me some i think its close. The answer is the woman bat. Not sure i knew what that was. Never met one in louisiana. For retirement. But when we start worrying about tomorrow, we miss out on what matters today. At axa, we offer advice and help you break down your retirement goals into small, manageable steps. Because when you plan for tomorrow, it helps you live for today. Can we help you take a small step . For advice, retirement, and life insurance, connect with axa. For advice, retirement, and life insurance, its time to get to work are finally over, fixing our longterm National Debt to help build a stronger economy. With a solid fiscal foundation, we can create more jobs, invest more in innovation and infrastructure, and make america more competitive, giving our kids a better future. A bipartisan solution to our longterm debt means more growth today, more opportunity tomorrow. And the time to start is now. Twhat do i do . You need to catch the 4 10 huh . The Equipment Tracking system will get you to the loading dock. There should be a truck leaving now. I got it. Now jump off the bridge. What . In 3. 2. 1. Are you kidding me . Go. Right on time. Right now, over 20,000 trains are running reliably. We call that predictable. Thrillingly predictable. Back now with our politics buzz board. Topping it off a president ial war of the hash tags. Check out bill clinton tweeting a thank you to george w. Bush for a copy of his latest book, 41 with the howareyoustillnotontwitter. Bushs response, thanks. How are you still not on instagram. Theyre famous for their bromance with you 43s feelings on 42 change in jeb and hillary try for 45 . Still like him when jeb beats hillary. You betting on that . If jeb runs i think look, i dont know if hes going to run. I really dont. I hope he does because hed be a great president. Also buzzing a Clinton Administration reunion in arkansas. Clinton friend Terry Mcauliffe says hillary will decide about 2016 in 60 days. Could this be a hint . The fact that we have a granddaughter means that we are even more focused on these issues and thinking about what the world that she will grow up in will be like. Back now. Republican strategist ana navarro and democratic strategist Donna Brazile and jonathan karl. Welcome to all of you. Let me start with you, donna. We heard that 60day guess. Even if she announces in 60 days, shes got a tough road even if shes the clear frontrunner. You know, ive told some of my friends who i know, advise, secretary clinton that theres no benchmark that she should set between now and, say, east of passover. There are no democratic benchmarks this. Is a race for delegates. I think she needs to take time to prepare herself for a grueling two years, the republicans have already put out their talking points about her candidacy. This is not about nostalgia or being inevitable. This is about the future, having concrete plans that the American People want to hear in terms of the future of the country, not the past. You know, someone should look at all her speeches and there are any verbs in past tense they should just remove them and get her focused on the future. Ana, you sound a little bit like former obama strategist David Axelrod who says she needs to get out of her cocoon and compete. True. I think so too. If i was a democrat and supporting Hillary Clinton id be praying for a primary challenge because i think what we saw, the book rollout and saw during the campaign in many so of her speeches is that she is a very rusty candidate. Lets think about it. This candidate has not, you know, Hillary Clinton has not had a debate since 2008. Secretary of state is as apolitical a position you can get in an administration so shed be well served to have a little practice and some real competition going on. If not, all the air is going to get sucked in the room by whats going on on the republican side. But jon karl, lets stay with Hillary Clinton for a moment. She doesnt seem to have any clear challengers coming at her. I want to talk about senator elizabeth warren, people had talked about possibly she would get in there. So they have named her, i love this title, Strategic Policy adviser to the democrat policy and communications committee. What does that mean . Well, shes not part of the establishment clearly, martha. But if you look at this i think that the election results, one thing they did on the democratic side is they made the case for a progressive challenge to Hillary Clinton one of the arguments you hear over and over again democrats ran scared. They didnt run truly as progressives, it was republicans, you know, im not obama, democrats, were not obama either so i think there is more space for a progressive challenge but who it is is the question. I think it is notable that warren who at one point was saying no, no, no, no to running is now saying, well, im not running. Which is present it answer. Bernie sander hired a former colleague of mine ted devine to look at the possibility of a president ial run. Ive been getting tweets about al franken, senator al franken, again, someone who thinking about it, joe biden has already thought it over, but well see what happens in the next couple of week. Lets check out our facebook sentimeter. Look at this. President obama, 51 are negative. Only 45 positive, compare that to former president bill clinton, 67 of people talking about him on facebook are saying positive things so, donna, does that tell us bill clinton would be an asset to hillary in 2016 and president obama could hurt . Kind of looks like that to me. There is a reason why bill clinton was one of the most requested ones as well as former secretary of state Hillary Clinton because hes not just relevant but he can explain just about any difficult issue, tell you whats going on in washington and talk about the minimum wage, bill clinton is just a good asset not just to the democrats but to the country. Thats why people are positive about him. Jon karl, lets leap to jeb bushment if he runs i dont think well see george w. Bush out there. No, not at all. Thats why there wont be reason for tension with bill clinton and george w. Bush. George w. Bush will be part far away. He doesnt want to remind people that his brother was a president and at the end a particularly n unpopular president but i think the other thing that these midterm elections did was expanded the field. You have now republicans of every stripe see a reason to run, Chris Christie because of the success of the governors, younger candidates like paul ryan and rubio who see this could be the time because not only did republicans win the red states they won in places like florida so i think i think even Carly Fiorina you will see running. Lets stay with jeb bush for a minute. I love this quote, the Financial Times reports that jeb was in london this past week and one columnist described him like this, bush could yet be presented as the political equivalent of dating a lawyer after being burned by an unreliable rock star. Youre not as taken with that quote . You know, it takes me a while to translate british but especially when i read it. But, okay, i think, look, i think for me change is going to mean this time, experience. Somebody with Management Experience and jon is right. He would run as his own man, a very popular governor in a purple state of florida with his own record to run on his own policy record, his own record of what his achievements were during his time as governor. So, of course, hes going to run as his own man because thats what he is if he runs. I want to move to some very controversial comments this week by Jonathan Gruber, architect of obamacare. Listen to this. Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage and basically, you know, call it the stupidity American Voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical to get in the past. Ouch, jon karl. And, you know, this also kills any chance there will be a republicans want to mend, not end obamacare. This plays right into the narrative of how this law was passed. Look, Jonathan Gruber was not the legislative tactician, was not on the white house staff but go a 400,000 contract. By the way, obamacare has been very profitable to Jonathan Gruber. He had contracts for about the same with several other states, another 2 million in contracts on medicare. This is a, you know, this to republicans is about as big a deal as you can get. We pass to the republican i cant even process these statements because just his the elitism, the disdain that he shows towards the American Voters are something that should be really disturbing to every american regardless of whether you are a democrat or republican or, you know, independent. Whether youre for obamacare or against obamacare. I think we should rename this movie collection because now were up to like six videos for me is like a movie video, the stupidity of Jonathan Gruber. This was part of his stump speech saying it over and over. We should talk about the enrollment. The enrollment is back open again and millions of americans have started yesterday. Thank you. Millions of americans bad timing for these videos. Of course, but, you know, we love gap politics and the first rule and i call it the donna rule you never call voters stupid. Second rule is you never call voters stupid with a microphone and a camera and the third rule is if you call voters stupid and you dont respect them then you know what, you should get this kind of treatment on national television. We have so much to be proud of this obamacare despite the problems and cant talk about that, instead he insulted the voters. Okay, thanks to all of you, for these comments, again, more debate on capitol hill and everywhere across the country as we approach 2016 which is still a long way aways. Getting there. Thanks to you all. Up next, u. S. Troops in the ebola hot zone and the new patient now in the u. S. Now to the growing battle against ebola. This weekend another Health Care Worker infected while caring for ebola patients in west africa arrived in the u. S. Dr. Martin salia, a sierra leone native will be treated at a biocontainment unit in nebraska. Meanwhile, the first wave of american troops deployed to the hot zone arrived home thursday part of an american effort to combat an outbreak thats cost over 5,000 lives. Army Major General gary velaski with the 101st airborne that i traveled with in iraq and afghanistan is in charge of the Ebola Response and joins us from liberia. Major general, i heard you recently say this is the first time you felt welcomed and people were really happy to see you on a deployment. What improvements have you seen so far . You have not been there more than a couple of weeks . Yeah, well, actually today is our first month in liberia and what weve seen is some positive progress. As you know ebola treatment units are being built. Were overseeing 17 of those, were training Health Care Workers to work in those ebola treatment units and were working the sustainment piece. So while theres been positive movement theres still 20 brandnew cases here every day so were going to keep our foot on the accelerator and help the government in liberia and usa get after this problem. These Health Care Workers are you out with the population . I think its a bit confusing. We saw your preparation. We saw your soldiers with the biohazard gear and learning how to use that. So are you actually involved with the population or are you separated . Well, we have the training, our major Training Facilities at the National PoliceTraining Center and we do bring those candidates or those students in. However, the risk is very low for any transmission. I mean, they are all checked before they come up and so we do that training, training lasts about five days, currently weve trained just about 200 Health Care Workers and will continue to expand that all throughout december. As we said its reached the death toll has reached the 5,000 mark. The president of liberia has now lifted the state of emergency in liberia because the rate of infection is declining there. So will all these Ebola Treatment Centers be needed . Do you scale back . Were going to build all of them. My assessment is, you know, youve seen monrovia that had significant outbreak start to become more manageable and so were seeing more incidents out in the rural areas so where these ebola treatment units are being built will really help set that network for an Enduring Community on the liberian government and help us work this outbreak. The 21 days for your soldiers who are returning to monitor or quarantine. Is that really necessary . Well, this is about confidence of our families and communities. Theres nobody more important than our families and the communes we live in and want to make sure they recognize that were going to do Everything Possible to ensure that there is no chance of transmission from a soldier to a Family Member or bring it into the community so, you know, as we go do this and im 100 behind it were going to ensure our families know they can be confident in the health of their soldier as well as the safety to them and the community. Thanks very much for joining us Major General volesky. Thanks very much for joining us Major General volesky. I knowhats possible today . Wifi access in more places then ever before. All your favorites in the cloud and on every device. A home you control with the touch of a finger. News and entertainment that informs and delights in ways you never thought possible. Comcast bringing media and Technology Together for you. Back now with our sunday spotlight shining on a remarkable teenager who turned a family trip into an unlikely and inspiring mission. Heres abcs susan saulny. Reporter the place really just was in shambles. Reporter maha gupta was a child herself visiting india carrying out a Family Tradition of celebrating birthdays by delivering presents to orphans so moved by the squalor she struck upon what would be her young lifes mission. I didnt want to accept these anythings. These were things i wanted to fix. Reporter back home in pennsylvania she made a bold move for a 9yearold selling all her toys to raise money for the orphans. We just put it out on our driveway and people came and bought things and turned out to be really successful. From that one event we raised 700 and i guess from that event i wanted to just keep going. Reporter now an 18yearold college student, neha runs empower orphans a Global Charity that raised 1. 3 million. For that astounding effort, she is now one of the few americans ever nominated for the International Childrens peace prize, awarded by the dutch kids rights foundation. Its such an honor to know that i was nominated for this award. Reporter last year 17yearold Malala Yousafzai won the award before going on to win the nobel peace prize. Neha and malala recently had a chance to meet. Honestly i was about to cry. I was so happy. Reporter nehh has exhausted herself finding ways to help orphans selling homecraft crafts like these wine what weres door to door. Heres to that. Exactly. Reporter or collecting corporate dough nations in her dads suv. Where do you think we should give all of this. Reporter it all added up. In india, nehas charity helped to build libraries, equip computer labs and pay for health exams and supply water. She even bought sewing machines to emmauer women to start their own businesses. This sewing machine i bought for this girl was able to change her life and she went home, she started her own business and she was able to support her entire family. Reporter then theres her own life to think about. I kind of like slice it at the same time. Reporter neha describes herself as an just an ordinary teenager who happens to have found her calling early in life. That bit of serendipity has touched the lives of more than 25,000 needy children so far. People i know and people i didnt even know were willing to help and get involved so that meant so much to me. Reporter for neha gupta imagine whats next. For this week, susan saulny, abc news, yeardley, pennsylvania. Changing the world. And we went with some good news. There were no deaths announced by the pentagon this week in afghanistan or iraq. Thats all for us today. Thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. Check out world news tonight and well see you back here next week. Have a great day. 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