Were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the nation now has an official Ebola Response coordinator. He was named today in a bid to corral any spread of the virus and ease mounting public anxiety. Woodruff the appointment of ron klain came in a paper statement this morning and the explanation came this afternoon, from white house spokesman josh earnest. What we were looking for was not an ebola expert, but rather an implementation expert. And thats exactly what ron klain is. Woodruff klain has no Major Public Health background, but hes been chief of staff to Vice President s gore and biden. For the next five to six months, hell oversee the federal response to ebola. For now though, the white house is still ruling out a ban on travelers from west africa. This was president obama last night. A travel ban is less effective than the measures that we are currently instituting that involve screening passengers who are coming from west africa. Woodruff the president did not address ebola in any detail today, at a washington appearance. But governors in several states did, including maryland. And florida, with briefings to talk up their preparations. In ohio, officials said theyre monitoring 16 people who had close contact with amber vinson, a dallas nurse who flew there last weekend, and turned out to be infected. Meanwhile, a vinson coworker is now quarantined on a cruise ship, off belize, in the caribbean. She handled specimens from the liberian patient who died at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital, but has shown no symptoms herself. And nina pham, the first nurse who contracted the disease in dallas, was transferred to the National Institutes of health in bethesda, maryland last night. Today, dr. Tony fauci said shes in fair and stable condition. We fully intend to have this patient walk out of this hospital, and will do everything we possibly can to make that happen. On the international front, the World Health Organization faced new questions. An internal document obtained by the Associated Press says the agency has botched the an internal document, obtained by the Associated Press, said the agency has botched the effort. Dr. Peter piot is one of the people who first discovered the ebola virus and once worked at the agency. W. H. O. Is organized in a very decentralized way. And its the Regional Office for africa that is the frontline and that is really handling you and they didnt do anything. And that office is really not competent. Woodruff all of this, as the w. H. O. Raised the official death toll to 4,546 people, out of more than 9,000 cases in guinea, liberia and sierra leone. Woodruff well take a closer look at what ron klain may be expected to do, as Ebola Response coordinator, right after the news summary. Wall street wound up a wild week with a positive finish, thanks to strong corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 263 points to close at 16,380. The nasdaq rose 41 points to close at 4,258. And the sandp 500 added 24, to 1886. For the week, the dow and sand p still lost 1 . The nasdaq fell about. 5 . Government forces in iraq have launched new operations against Islamic State fighters. The troops, aided by Coalition Air strikes, aim to retake areas around tikrit and beiji, home to the countrys largest oil refinery. And shiite Prime MinisterHaider Alabadi met today with sunni tribal leaders urging them to defend ramadi, in the west. In washington, the head of u. S. Central command, general lloyd austin, said the meeting is an encouraging sign. Im hopeful that theyll continue to establish some confidence and build upon that going forward. This is what has to happen and i think the leaders understand that. Woodruff later, a string of car bombs in baghdad killed at least two dozen people. More than 170 have died in attacks since last weekend. Woodruff in hong kong, new clashes flared in the standoff between authorities and protesters demanding elections free of beijings control. It started early today when police raided and cleared one of the protest sites. Hours later, a large crowd tried to return, and police used pepper spray and batons to beat back protesters and make arrests. The Prime Minister of nepal pledged today to set up an Early Warning system, after a blizzard this week killed at least 29 people taking treks through the himalayas. Rebecca barry, of independent television news, reports on the ongoing rescue effort. Safety, but still clearly in shock. Others were not so lucky, their bodies transferred to hospitals in katmandu. The days rescuers have been struggling to reach hikers trapped along this popular himalayan route, following a violent storm, many still to be recovered from the snow. We spoke to a sheriff seen on the right. This photo was taken earlier in his trip to nepal days before the blizzards hit. The winds whipped up again. Reporter some survivors say their guides were properly equipped. I think ive bodiwas worried. We thought some were going to day, maybe we were going to day. Reporter october is the biggest month for tracking here because the weather is usually clear and sunny. Now it could be the month of nepals worth mountaineering tragedy. Bermuda braced today for a different kind of storm, hurricane gonzalo. The center of the system was passing the british island territory this evening, with winds of 130 miles an hour. As the day went on, wind gusts grew stronger and high waves whipped the shore. Officials warned of significant flooding from the first major hurricane to hit bermuda since 2003. And in the pacific, the storm ana grew into a hurricane, heading toward the main hawaiian islands. Woodruff still to come on the newshour the challenges ahead for the nations first ebola czar; nigeria agrees to a ceasefire with terrorist group boko haram; tracking asteroids before they get too close to earth; Supreme CourtJustice Sonia sotomayors rise to the nations highest court; and mark shields and Michael Gerson analyze the weeks news. Woodruff the appointment of an ebola czar was greeted with a mix of support and real skepticism over the president s choice for the job. We look at his possible role, as questions keep escalating about just how prepared our Health System is. Two voices from the world of Public Health tonight Pamela Cipriano is president of the American Nurses association, a professional organization representing the nations 3. 1 million registered nurses. Dr. Amesh adalja is an Infectious Disease physician and a representative of the Infectious Diseases society of america, whose members include doctors, scientists and other health care professions. We well come you we welcome you both to the newshour. To you first, dr. 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 theres 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 thats a very good description. I think in addition to reaching out across state organizations and communities because thats often where the information gets disseminated to the Healthcare Organizations. Woodruff miss cipriano, let me start with you, theres some criticism of mr. Klain. Were already hearing some from republicans and others saying who the president should have appointed was someone whos a physician or someone with a Public Health background. How much do you think thats going to matter in this role . I believe theres already many experts throughout the c. D. C. And n. I. H. Who can provide that expertise. Again, what i think were looking for is someone to manage the response, provide the coordination thats required. This is much like any other emergency situation. When you have an incident command center, the person in charge is not necessarily the content expert for that particular condition, it is someone whos very accustomed to managing overall communications, planning, followup, Data Collection and execution throughout the organization or the geographic area. So i think these skills are more important and can tap the experts on the ground or, again, nationally or internationally who can provide the medical expertise. Woodruff dr. Adalja, in your view, should it have been someone with Public Health experience . It doesnt necessarily have to be someone with Public Health experience. It needs to be somebody who has the ear of the president , that can understand the science and the medicine behind what the interventions are, but we really need somebody that is the lead on not just ebola but also emergent Infectious Diseases and biosecurity, thats what we need. Because after this outbreak ends, there are others. So we really need somebody thats there all the time serving at the pleasure of the president that can coordinate these responses because when you have what happened the missteps that happened in dollars, it illustrates the fact you need to have a coordinated response. Woodruff we learned today the centers for Disease Control says theyre going to be issuing new stricter guidelines for healthcare workers to follow. How serious were the lapses leading up to whats happened today . Are they understandable haps . How do you see that . The American Nurses association along with many other nurses was part of a Conference Call yesterday with more an 6,000r. N. S that talked with c. D. C. Officials. This is something we have been asking for to provide the clarity about, particularly the personal protective equipment and the education associated with the correct procedures to put them on and take them off. And we know thats one of the primary ways that we can safeguard healthcare workers. So we think this is a big step in the right direction. We expect these revised guidelines will be out momentarily. However, the other important thing is to use the Lessons Learned from the texas hospital to be able to inform those. Again, the admission guidelines at c. D. C. Issue have been around for a long time relative to normal protective conditions. They also have instructions for ease cay latter escalating precautionary measurers for highly contagious infeshes diseases and again the combination of what is the right equipment and the right techniques is critically important and i think we recognize that if theres any lapse on the part of the users or anywhere in the Healthcare Organization, that that creates a threat thats really not something that we can sustain. Woodruff doctor, we know there are only four hospitals in the country with socalled established containment procedures for patients with ebola. At this point, is it still the correct move for the c. D. C. To be making to have patients transferred to those centers, as long as there are only a few . At what i dont do other hospitals need to be to get up to speed . Well, there is two parts to my answer. All hospitals have to be prepared to initially recognize, isolate and get the ball rolling if they get an ebola patient because travelers can present anywhere. However, after the events in dallas, its clear not every hospital can take care of an ebola patient safely. Where we have biospace, thats where they should be transferred. If we get to a situation where we cant take care of any more patients, we need to think about which metropolitan centers are able to to take them. We dont want to repeat the events of dallas again. Woodruff miss cipriano. From the standpoint of nurses, how do you view that . Which are the right hospitals to be treating these patients as these cases arise . Well, what weve seen from the four organizations that have these biocontainment units, they are highlyskilled, very practiced and they have not had any lapses or problems with staff getting infected. So i think there is a great benefit, while the number of patients would be small, to see if they could seek care there once someone is identified and diagnosed. Though i absolutely agree, every Healthcare Organization has to be trained on following the right procedure to screen because we have a mobile society and anyone can cross our threshold. I think it would be important to say that there would be a limited number of facilities initially, again, because the learning curve is so critically important not only for understanding the protective equipment, but the entire organization that has to gear up for handling blood and body fluids, lab specimens, the contaminated waste, everything that requires an organization to muster all of those Services Together and that, even though organizations are prepared, if you have been doing this or you know that you have the specialized resources, it would be easier to care for those patients. So i suspect that we would be seeing a plan that does limit the murm number of facilities. Woodruff finally, dr. Adalja, what should ordinary folks watching this program right now who are worried about ebola, what should they know and look to for reassurance . The general public is getting seized with this panic and its legitimate because theyre getting mixed messages, stories are changing, panics all over the country when someone gets sick and they think its ebola. The key message is ebola is deadly and scary but not very contains. Its something only spread through contact with the blood and bodily fluids of an infected individual, not spread through casual contact. Theres no concern over a generalized outbreak in the United States and we have to be vigilant to identify the patients at the hospitals so the lessons are learned. Woodruff Pamela Cipriano and dr. Amesh adalja, we thank you. Thank you. Woodruff in nigeria, surprising news came today that a ceasefire has been reached between the government and militant group boko haram. Jeffrey brown has more. Brown word of the unexpected truce came from nigerias official news agency. The federal government and boko haram sect have agreed to a ceasefire deal. Brown similar announcements in the past failed to bear fruit. But this time, nigerias defense chief ordered Government Troops to halt all action against the militants. There was no immediate statement from boko haram. It was also unclear whether a truce would mean the release of 219 schoolgirls abducted in april. They were among about 300 girls taken from this boarding school in the northeast town of chibok, and declared slaves. Dozens managed to escape. The fate of the others remains unknown. Chika oduah is a journalist reporting from nigeria. What we know is that boko haram has promised not to attack civilians and nigerian troops are not supposed to shoot at boko haram strongholds. Thats as far as we have right now. As far as the chibok girls, there are no details but we do know that talks are ongoing until at least next week. Brown boko haram has carried out a wave of bombings and suicide attacks over the past five years in a campaign to create an islamic caliphate in northeastern nigeria. Tens of thousands of people have died. That and whats been perceived as the Nigerian Governments ineffective response has fed a deep public skepticism, as newshour special correspondent fred de sam lazaro found on a recent trip. Sheikh abdur rahman is the imam of a prominent islamic charity. How can you move 300 girls, almost 300 girls, you know, in a state, in a region where you have declared a state of emergency . And nobody challenged the movement of the vehicles . Brown dozens of other girls, boys and adults have also been carried away, as Yemisi Ransome Kuti points out. Shes a longtime activist from a prominent nigerian family. Kidnapping is going on almost on a daily basis in the north. Not just girls, but boys being recruited into the boko haram militia system. Brown the Nigerian Military has claimed it killed hundreds of boko haram fighters in recent weeks. And today, neighboring cameroon said its forces killed more than a hundred of the militants in fighting this week. Brown for more on the situation, we turn once again to j. Peter pham, director of the Africa Center at the atlantic council. We have heard versions of this before, right . Does this feel different, something that might hold . Well, not only because im hopeful for the return of the girls and concerned about it, but also i think there are indications that things are different. Things have been moving very quickly behind the scenes in the region. About two weeks ago, the regional leaders met in chad to discuss boko haram and collaboration among their government. Earlier this week, they met again with president goodluck of nigeria. And we saw last weekend a release of a number of hostages taken by boko haram including the wife of the vice Prime Minister and ten <