Week In The News: Market Mess, Ebola Alarm, Election Hits The Home Stretch (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Dismay this week over the treatment of Ebola in the United States.  Another nurse, sick in Dallas.  An airline trying to track down potentially exposed passengers.  The CDC chief, grilled on the Hill.  Americans wondering where this goes.  On Wall Street, wild markets.  On the campaign trail, the midterms heat up.  ISIS, within twelve miles of Baghdad.  The Pentagon warns again of the security threat in climate change.  HBO tempts more cable “cord cutting”.  Facebook and Apple will pay to freeze employees’ eggs.  This hour On Point:  Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines. / Tom Ashbrook

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/10/17/stock-market-isis-ebola-midterm-elections