Continues for those missing and survivors of the storm speak out about what happened on the mountain. And those signature shades. Bono has been wearing his for more than two decades. Why you never see him without them. The medical reason behind that choice, today, saturday october 18th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im Peter Alexander alongside sheinelle jones. You see dylan is in bermuda this morning. Keeping an eye on hurricane gonzalo. It is not the only storm we are watching this morning. On the other end of the planet in hawaii, honolulu, Hallie Jackson is there. And that is the indication why the weather is the top story. We begin with the powerful hurricane gonzalo which made landfall overnight on bermuda. Residents stayed inside while the eye of the hurricane came over the island. This morning, they are seeing the damage that gonzalo left behind. We have dylan dreyer there with the latest. Dylan. Reporter we saw a wild night last night. It was incredible as the eye moved through and the storm followed. It was mostly overnight. We have yet to see the damage, but most of the island is without power. So far from what we have seen here from our hotel. Reporter hurricane gonzalo slammed into bermuda last night. A direct hit with winds whipping 110 miles per hour. The swirl swallowed the island as it made landfall after dark. Rain and wind battered bermuda quickly and 80 of the island lost power. Once the wind did its damage ripping into homes and buildings, the main concern was the storm surge and power of the gigantic waves. I have been keeping an eye on the radar. The eyewall is making its way onshore right now. That is where we see the strongest wind and heavy rain. We will see what happens when the eye crosses over bermuda. Tourists who chose to ride out the storm started with confiden confidence, but the winds picked up. I dont think we thought it would be this bad approaching well, what are you going to do . Reporter rob johnson and dana belkey plan to get married today. They waited out with the Wedding Party in the hotel basement. I looked at my bridetobe. She said we came to get married. Reporter the destruction from gonzalo could rival hurricane fabian which struck 11 years ago which had enough force to cause 11 million in damage. Today, rebuilding begins for the world famous vacation spot. And now hurricane gonzalo is racing away. We are actually seeing clear skies here. The surf is churned up. We have a bit of a breeze. The storm itself is racing away. It is about 230 miles away from bermuda now. It is still a category two hurricane with winds at 105 miles per hour. It is not going to effect anymore land masses. The east coast is now going to feel the effects of the dangerous rip currents all weekend long. Although the storm did not hit the eastern seaboard, the waves will and the rip currents are a threat. Guys. It looks gorgeous behind you. Dylan, thank you. In hawaii, residents preparing for hurricane ana. That is not expected to make landfall on the island, but effects to be felt in the next 36 hours. Hallie jackson is in honolulu with us this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. This is what you might call the calm before the storm. Ana is to the south of us right now to the south of the big island. Over the next 36 hours, you will see rain and wind and surf pick up. Along the shores of the waikiki beach, the storm swells of up to 12 feet which will create rip currents and dangerous waves and tempting for surfers, but people should stay out of the water because it is just so dangerous. Five evacuation shelters opening on oahu later on today as People Get Ready for the storm. We have seen one airline. Island air suspend flights today and suspend all flights tomorrow on sunday. At this point, you are looking out for flash flooding and the possibility of mudslides if the rain is sustained. The wind is picking up. You see it swaying through the palm trees. This is deja vu for hawaii after Tropical Storm iselle a couple of months ago. Very unusual for hawaii to have two named storms threaten the state in such a short period of time. The government declared a state of emergency which could open up money in case the damage is particularly bad. There is a sense from a lot of people that it is cautious optimism. Folks are hoping for the best, but ready for the worst in case it is worse than expected. Erica. Thank you, hallie. We want to bring back in dylan to get a look at how bad ana may be for the islands. It was first looking like ana would pass as a Tropical Storm closer to the islands. Now it is a hurricane and the good news is it will stay to the south. It has winds at 85 miles per hour. You can see where the Hawaiian Island s are. Tropical storm conditions are expected on the islands. That is why there is a Tropical Storm watch right now and we will see conditions improve with the rough surf and rip currents into the start of the workweek. Thank you, dylan. Turning to ebola. President obama will send white house personnel to coordinate efforts. That news is coming a day after the announcement of an ebola czar to help deal with the crisis in the country. There is still a number of Unanswered Questions about just what can be done to stop the spread of ebola. Janet shamlian is in dallas this morning. Reporter erica, good morning. The cdc is wrapping up details on the new guidelines. We could get an announcement later today. It is a direct result of the nurses here at Presbyterian Hospital being infected with the ebola virus. The cdc says it will issue new stricter guidelines to protect Health Care Workers and disposal of medical waste. It is after two nurses infected at texas health Presbyterian Hospital where staff rallied last night in support of the hospital. Which is now acknowledges to nbc news missteps in the early days of the crisis. The diagnosing of the ebola piece was where we fell short of our expectations. Reporter this morning, the officials 21dam21daymonitorin period is coming to a close. It is an ebola drill simulated around ebola. We did not do that. I would say a big learning is you should. Reporter the president who has been criticized for the administrations response has appointed an attorney with no medical expertise, the nations ebola czar. We did not want an expert, but implementation expert. That is what ron klain is. Reporter and Texas Governor rick perry is calling on the ban for air travel. Air travel is how this disease crosses borders. Reporter concerns of a remote chance of ebola is rippling through international waters. A passenger on board handled an ebola lab specimen and it will not cross through the waters. It is due back in galveston tomorrow morning. The two nurses with ebola continue to receive treatment. Amber vinson in atlanta and nina pham at the National Institute of health in maryland. She is in good spirits. Highly intelligent and aware person. Reporter new phofophotos of bentley in isolation, but not alo alone. That pup is a rallying point. A source of happiness in all of this. Take a look at the cards and gifts delivered to the king charles spaniel. Hopefully he will be reunited with nina pham soon. Thank you, janet. Pressure on president obama to name an ebola czar and pressure in washington. Kristen welker is live outside the white house with reaction. Reporter peter, good morning. President obama was pressured to name a czar on the one hand because fear has been spreading with the negative headlines emerging daily this past week and a lot of mixed messages afternoon. Ressure was just as great. Democratic sources tell me with the administration getting so heavily criticized for its response, there was a real concern that would further hamper the democrats chances of holding on to the senate with mid terms a month away. Republicans criticized the pick pointing out that klain doesnt have medical background. Josh earnest said the president wasnt looking for an ebola expert, but implementation expert. The white house hoping having public faith and quell a political fire storm. Peter. Thank you. We have a doctor from the university of pennsylvania and he has served as a specialist to the white house under president obama. Dr. Emanuel, good morning. Good morning. We are looking at the guidelines from the cdc. There are well established protocol internationally. How long will it take to implement and why did it take so long . Why it took so long is a mystery. Would you have thought the cdc would have immediately reviewed what it had and made adjustments that they thought were necessary. It required people on the outside pointing out contradictions in what they had on the web site. I think the real important factor is this 14 and 21days of incubation to make sure we dont have another or second case. First case can be an accident or problem. Once you have a second case, it looks more like a systematic problem happening in dallas. Therefore, examination of the advice and training that people had. I think it obviously was a problem and a systematic problem. Some pointed out worries about how they were handling the patient early on. Hopefully this will get things back on track. I think it is very important to have a point person at the white house. When you have a number of agencies in washington dealing with the same problem, the cdc and nih and Homeland Security and Defense Department and u. S. Aid. Only the white house can coordinate that. In terms of the role, you served in a similar role with h1n1. We should point out you are a medical professional, right . Right. We are looking at an attorney. Someone who worked in politics for a long time taking on this role. Do you need to have somebody who understands the management of the situation, but the actual content of the situation as well . Well, i know ron klain. He is a terrific, smart and very, very good manager. Very wise person. Im sure he will bring in people to advise him and to help him that have medical training in ebola and medical training generally. I think that will be really important. Having one person who can organize it well and having a staff that can actually handle it and inform him of the issues, im not 100 sure you need a doctor at the top so much as you need someone to organize and be sure he or she is getting the right advice and ask the right questions and get things done. This is really a management implementation problem. Again, i think they have gone to this mode of putting one person from the outside who they trust and they have experience within charge. It worked with rescuing healthcare. Gov. I want to bring up the situation in texas. How indicative is the situation at texas presbyterian in dallas outside of the four which are equipped to deal with ebola or virus of this magnitude. What about the other hospitals in the country . Are you concerned with the measures there may be a lack of information and effective protocols where this could happen somewhere else . First you need information and you need to educate everyone. You need training and practice. These are not skills that happen that you got at birth. Then you need to actually implement them. That is a long process. The idea of putting people with ebola into specialized units is the right one. We want the hospitals to have the skills and isolate immediately upon suspicion. We saw this at yale new haven. They had more skills than handling for a brief moment returned from west africa, isolated on ususpicion that he might have ebola. There are hospitals that practice this with the skills. We have 5,000 hospitals in the country. We really need to have all of them take this much more seriously than they did before texas Health Episode happened. Good to have you with us. We appreciate your insight. Thank you. I want to get caught up on the rest of the stories. Sheinelle is here with those. Good morning. We have details this morning on the Police Officer who fatally shot an unarmed 18yearold in ferguson, missouri in august. The New York Times reports Darren Wilson was pinned in his car fearing for his life. He fired at brown multiple times. The shooter in the socalled loud music killing has been sentenced to life without parole. Michael dunn was convicted of firstdegree murder for fatally shooting 17yearold jordan davis in 2012. It started with an argument over loud music outside a Convenience Store. Prosecutors decided not to seek the Death Penalty against dunn who fired ten times in an suv with davis. And drama on the high seas off british columbia. The coast guard secured a tow line to the russian ship drifting without power and carrying hundreds of tons of fuel. It is a tense situation with weather playing a huge role. Now to dramatic video of a fire in detroit. Flames shooting several feet in the air on friday engulfed an abandoned apartment building. Firefighters reportedly had a tough time getting a handle on the blaze. Still no word on how it started. And finally, remembering one of our own. An exhibit honoring tim russert, host of meet the press opened in buffalo on friday. The exhibit shows his washington, d. C. Bureau office just as it was left. It includes many of his books, papers and photos. Tim russerts son says there is no better place than his dads hometown to host the exhibit. My father for all of the success he had, the values instilled in him by buffalo. That is how important that place is. Tim russert died in 2008 of a heart attack. He started hosting meet the press in 1991. A special tribute. I still remember the first time i met him. A giant of a man and journalist. Thanks, sheinelle. Dylan is back with a look at some of the rest of the countrys forecast. Good morning again. Good morning. Here in bermuda, things are improving. Elsewhere across the united states, we are actually seeing nice weather. A spotty shower or two across the great lakes. A cooler air that is trying to move in. You will notice temperatures below average especially up around the great lakes into detroit and chicago. We will see temperatures today top out in the 60s up and down the east coast. Spotty showers possible in southern texas and in the middle of the country is nice and sunny. Th good morning. A first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen. As we go into sad, temperatures in the upper 60s but then by sunday well be in the mid 50s. A cooler end to the ek weend. Monday temperatures are still in the upper 50s. And next week were going to see rain and wind in the forecast. Temperatures staying chilly. But as far as your weekend is concerned, sunday much cooler than today will be. Have a great day. And thats your latest forecast. Peter. Dylan, thank you. 25 years ago this weekend, californias bay area was forever changed when an earthquake rocked San Francisco. Now it is not a matter of if another earthquake will hit, but when. Here is lester with more. Reporter the world series tv broadcast turns to static. Were having an earth. Announcing to the world San Francisco is in trouble. Collapsed. Reporter in oakland, a freeway pancakes. Scores are injured or dead. A few miles away, tv engineer don sharp is crossing the bay bridge. I noticed all of a sudden the truck leaped from this lane to that lane. Just leaped . I noticed that the bridge was swinging a little bit. I see all this dust. Reporter as bad as it was, Scientists Say it was not the big one. It was a big quake. 60 miles south of the urban population. Reporter geologists believe every day brings the bay area closer to another major quake. Far bigger than the 6. 0 this past summer in napa. We are much better prepared as a city now than we were in 1989 to respond to a quake. Reporter since 1989, officials here have been racing the clock. Requiring vulnerable buildings to be strengthened and shaming owners not in compliance and reinforcing bridges and building the new span of the bay bridge. Are you confident this bridge can withstand a very large earthquake . Its plan and design and constructed to survive the earthquake. Reporter if napa was a wakeup call, this is one of the many voice mail messages. The ruptured sidewalk atop the hayward fault. The fault hides in plain sight. Cracks and misaligned sidewalks are a frightening tale. We are standing on the most dangerous fault in the bay area. Fault moves 150 to 160 years. The last time in 1868. It will march into those houses over there. Its solid population up and down this side of the bay. I think this is really kind of representative why we consider this such a hazard. Reporter its one of three fault lines scientists are concerned about. Planners tell nbc news they believe a 7. 9 quake here could result in 7,000 dead, 1. 8 million homes without drinkable water and 300,000 people homeless. Officials say a new alert system that gave up to nine seconds warning for the napa quake could save countless lives. It doesnt sound like a lot of time. What could i do with that time . With a few seconds, you can duck and cover. Reporter the way the system works, it picks up on a highspeed sound wave ahead of the earthquake. The farther away from the epicenter, the more warning you get. The group hopes to make this available to the general public in a few years. Erica and peter. Back to you. I grew up in oakland. I remember that day. Our home on the hayward fault. A lot of people looking out for the next one. Every second count for sure. Still to come on the today show. We have more news. We will tell you about u2s bono wearing th in cases of rape,pposes aborin cases of incest,ions. And in cases where the Mothers Health is in danger. No woman should be forced to carry a pregnancy from a rape. Mario scavello sponsored a bill to force women to have unnecessary and invasive ultrasounds. Its horrifying. Women need to know that Mario Scavello wants to stand between them and their doctors in making decisions that arent his to make. Still to come on good morning. Im rose marry conners. Its just a few minutes before 7 clon 30. Before you head out the door, lets get a check on the forecast. A little cool out there yes, a little cool but conditions are really shaping up to be a really nice weekend for us. Today will be milder