The permanent subcommittee on investigations will come to order. Today the subcommittee continues our bipartisan work investigating conditions in prisons, jails, and Detention Centers across the United States. I think the Ranking Member for his cooperation. In july we released findings of corruption, abuse and misconduct in the federal prison system and questioned the now former director of the federal bureau of prisons. Today after a 10 month bipartisan investigation we can reveal that despite a clear charge from congress to determine who is dying in prisons and jails across the country, where they are dying and why they are dying that abutment of justice is failing to do so. This failure undermines efforts to address the urgent humanitarian crisis ongoing behind bars across the country. Our investigation has revealed that last year alone, according to gao analysis the department of justice failed to identify at least 990 deaths in custody, nearly one thousand uncounted deaths and the
Efforts. The response so far has been unacceptable. Our roundtable on ebola politics, the wins of 2014 and what jeb bushs wife and rand pauls promise tell us about 2016. This is state of the union. Good morning from washington. Im candy crowley. Theres word today that lab tests clear a cruise ship passenger who works at the dallas hospital that treated ebola patients. Though showing no symptoms of ebola, the passenger had been in isolation anyway but has now been allowed to leave the ship in galveston, texas. A bit of relief after a week that saw plenty of medical anxiety and political positioning. Joining me now is senator ted cruz, a republican from texas. Senator, one of the many things that we have learned over the course of the past several weeks is that Public Health is largely in the state and local purview. Looking back over what has occurred in dallas, when you see what the governor what steps hes taken, what steps texas Public Health has taken and what steps the hospital, Tex
Politics, the wins of 2014 and what jeb bushs wife and rand pauls promise tell us about 2016. This is state of the union. Good morning from washington. Im candy crowley. Theres word today that lab tests clear a cruise ship passenger who works at the dallas hospital that treated ebola patients. Though showing no symptoms of ebola, the passenger had been in isolation anyway but has now been allowed to leave the ship in galveston, texas. A bit of relief after a week that saw plenty of medical anxiety and political positioning. Joining me now is senator ted cruz, a republican from texas. Senator, one of the many things that we have learned over the course of the past several weeks is that Public Health is largely in the state and local perview. Looking back over what has occurred in dallas, when you see what the governor what steps hes taken, what steps texas Public Health has taken and what steps the hospital, Texas Health Presbyterian has taken, what do you think went wrong in there . We
Their homes. I want to bring in nn pentagon correspondent, brash are a starr. Shes on the phone now. President obama has said that what are these strike teams designed to do. Well, what were talking about here is the department of health and Human Services as we said to the pentagon, we may need help. The pentagon responded and now has is in the process of assembling. Some are calling it a Quick Strike Team. Some are calling it a Rapid Response team. This is the team for the first time of military medical professionals. It will go to houston, texas, get trained up within the next couple of days, and be ready to deploy the team, 30 people, is going to be made up of 20 and five socalled trainers. People in the military who are very highly trained. A personal protective equipment, how do you compliant with the procedures so it helps workers that are protected in more cases erupt from Health Care Workers getting the virus. They are to be ready to deploy. For the first time now we have peop
Dozens of injuries and arrests. Good morning. Its early start. Im christine romans. It is cold and in the east. 48 people quarantined in dallas have been declared infection free. This is an important milestone. Among the people, duncans fiancee. All cleared to end their differing levels of seclusion after 21 days of quarantine. First, on saturday, duncans loved ones remembered him in North Carolina. At the same time, the cruise ship with the overblown ebola scare disembarked in texas. The lab worker voluntemntarily isolated herself on board and her tests came back negative. The news is better for those with direct contact with duncan. Reporter christine and john, 48 people are breathing a sigh of relief without showing symptoms for 21 days. These are people who had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan before he died on october 8th. They include duncans fiancee. Listen to what a pastor at her church told us. They feel this is a tremendous miracle that has happened. That they have not come do