Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. President obama is calling in a specialist to deal with ebola, but ron klain is not a medical doctor. Hes a doctor of law, and his specialty is not diseases. The white house says, its management as chief of staff to the Vice President in 2009, he helped run the economic stimulus program. The president named klain today to run the federal Ebola Response. We have a series of reports on ebola tonight, beginning with Major Garrett at the white house. What we were looking for is not an ebola expert, but rather an implementation expert. Reporter ron klains appointment was so abrupt, he doesnt have White House Security clearance yet and no official start date. But sometime next week, he will become an important behindthe scenes troubleshooting voice to calm an administration criticized for an uneven response to the ebola crisis. Klain will brief the president daily and coordinate numerous bureaucracies dealing with ebola here and in west africa. Klain was chief of staff for Vice President s biden and gore, and was gores top lawyer in the 2000 president ial recount showdown with george w. Bush. Actor kevin spacey played klain in the hbo movie recount. How hard is it to punch a paper ballot . Reporter an open admission the official Ebola Response so far has fallen short. Republican congressman tim murphy, who led this ebola oversight hearing thursday with top medical experts, said in a Statement Today reporter klain cannot overrule cabinet secretaries and is subordinate to numerous white house officials, but, scott, those closest to the president tell us klain will have all the clout he needs because hes coming in to solve a problem as big and potentially damaging to this white house as the botched roll out of the obamacare web site. Pelley Major Garrett at the white house tonight. Major, thank you. The first person to catch ebola in this country, a dallas nurse, is being treated tonight at a National Institutes of Health Clinic in suburban washington. Manuel bojorquez reports she was transferred last night. Reporter this video, released by texas health presbyterian, shows nina pham saying goodbye and wiping away tears before being transferred from the hospital. Anthony fauci of the n. I. H. Said pham is in fair condition. Shes getting optimum intensive care; if needed, therapy. But its also being done with the optimal protection of our Health Care Workers. Reporter from the beginning, the failure to protect pham and another dallas nurse, amber vinson, has alarmed health officials. C. D. C. Director tom frieden initially said at some point, there was a breach in protocol, and that breach in protocol resulted in this infection. Reporter texas Hospital Executive daniel varga defended his staff in video testimony before a congressional hearing yesterday. We know that they are both ttremely skilled nurses and were using full protective measures under the c. D. C. Protocols, so we dont yet know precisely how or when they were infected. Reporter the hospital has claimed it followed c. D. C. Iostruction from the start. When the nurses protective gear left skin on their neck exposed, the hospital said the c. D. C. Recommended pinching and taping the neck. Tuesday, the c. D. C. Changed that recommending standard body suits that cover the neck. The hospital also did not have a buddy system to put on or take d. F the gear. Tuesday, the c. D. C. Told the hospital a site manager should always be present. Texas governor rick perry we must admit, along the way, we have seen ample opportunity for improvement, from the c. D. C. All the way to the hospital. Reporter scott, today, the states Infectious Disease task force recommended setting up Ebola Treatment Centers in texas with specialized equipment and Trained Health care workers. Pelley manuel bojorquez, covering for us in dallas. Manuel, thank you. A cruise ship is headed back to galveston, texas, after mexico refused to allow it to stop in cozumel. One of the passengers aboard the carnival magic is a Health Care Worker who handled a lab specimen from ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan 19 days ago. Health Officials Say the woman has no symptoms and poses no risk, but she is quarantined on the ship. Our chief medical correspondent dr. Jon lapook is joining us right now from washington. And, jon, i spoke to some hospital administrators today who said that, if they had a critically ill ebola patient, they might withhold heroic life saving measures in order to protect their own staff. Reporter right. Well, remember, mr. Duncan got a full court press in dallas where, at the end, he had dialysis. He had a breathing tube inserted. And these are procedures where theres ample opportunity for infection of Health Care Workers. So biomedical ethicists are now thinking what price glory . I mean, how much do you do . Do you do dialysis . Theyre having discussions with do not resuscitate and endof life issues. Pelley you told me earlier today you have some concern about the quality and quantity of information coming out of the dallas hospital. Reporter right. Everybody makes mistakes, and certainly mistakes happened here, but theres a tradition in medicine when mistakes are made in hospitals, theres a conference thats held. No finger pointing allowed, and everybody says exactly what went wrong so people can avoid doing the same mistakes in the future. Now, i dont see that kind of utter transparency here. I am a physician. I have not received nittygritty details about what happened with specific patients, those who did well and those who havent done well, and i think we need to see that in the future. We need to address patient privacy issues, perhaps. But heres the bottom line unless theres utter transparency, doctors around the world are not going to be able to know how best to diagnose and treat ebola. Pelley dr. Jon lapook in. Ashington tonight. Jon, thanks. Ebola was discovered in the 1970s, so we were wondering, why is there no vaccine . Juliana goldman has been looking beto this. Reporter the National Institutes of health began working on an ebola vaccine after 9 11, when bioweapons were a big concern. But getting from test tubes to humans is expensive and complicated, especially for an exotic disease that, until now, was popping up in small numbers and contained to another continent. Why dont we have an ebola vaccine now . Up until the outbreak of ebola in west africa, it was not a very high priority. Reporter dr. Myron levin is an Infectious Disease specialist at the university of Maryland School of medicine. Hes been working on vaccines, including one for ebola, for 44 years. With limited resources to test vaccines, et cetera, one always has to pick and choose what are the highest priorities. Reporter and when stacked against everyday threats like cancer and the flu, there wasnt a financial incentive for pharmaceutical companies to put money into ebola research. Dr. Anthony fauci is the head of iofectious diseases at n. I. H. You have a company that says, lets see, maybe i can make a pill that everybody takes every day, whatever it is a lipid lowering agent, another kind of viagra, what have you they put a lot of money into get that product. That wasnt the case with ebola. Reporter so the bulk of the research was left to government funding. Earlier this week, n. I. H. Director Francis Collins said, wed likely have a vaccine already if not for a decade of budget cuts. Since 2003, the n. I. H. Budget has roughly stayed the same, around 29 billion, but it has not kept pace with inflation. So, in real dollars, its actually decreased 21 . There are constraints on resources, and when you have constraints on resources, you cant pull in your optimal effort. Reporter one potential vaccine was developed here at n. I. H. , with Pharmaceutical Company glaxosmithkline. Human trials began last month. But, scott, even if theyre successful, the head of research at the company says a vaccine wouldnt be ready until 2016. Pelley juliana, thanks very much. Another big story tonight bermuda is in the crosshairs of hurricane gonzalo. It is a powerful category three. From space, it almost looks beautiful, but on the ground, its going to be an ugly picture. Eric fisher, our chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station wbz, is following this for us. Eric. Reporter scott, the worst of hurricane gonzalo is impacting bermuda right now. Northern eye wall is moving across the island, a category three storm, sustained winds at 115 Miles Per Hour. But wind has been gusting over 120 Miles Per Hour so far this evening. You see the circulation. The eye wall just starting to move in across the island, and waves up to 30 feet have been crashing ashore. Those winds as well have knocked out power to more than half of the customers on bermuda so far this evening. So a destructive storm. It will be gone by the morning. Well have time to clean up the damage and take a look at what gonzalo has left behind. But, scott, a very rare storm for a very small island nation. Pelley eric fisher of wbz. Eric, thank you very much. And then there is hurricane ana, which is threatening hawaii tonight. It has winds as high as 75 miles an hour. Right now, the eye is about 230 miles south of hilo. Ana wont make a direct hit on the islands, but it will drench them with rain. There are concerns tonight about a new threat from the Islamic Terrorist Group known as isis. Tslondonbased Human Rights Group says the militants now want to be a force in the air. It claims that isis fighters are being trained to fly at two captured syrian air bases. Inlly williams is in the northern iraqi city of erbil tonight. And, holly, how credible are these reports . Reporter well, scott, isis has captured Syrian Military air bases and military aircraft. Thats certain. But this new report comes from a syrian Human Rights Group, and it quotes anonymous eyewitnesses who say that they saw warplanes taking off from military airports that had been seized by isis, and that clearly suggests that isis has actually learned to fly the aircraft that its captured. But we cannot independently verify this report, and the u. S. Central command, which operates Surveillance Drones over syria, says it is not aware of any isis flight operations. Pelley some isis fighters come from the syrian and iraqi army as well. How sophisticated are the weapons that isis now possesses . Reporter well, scott, isis has captured armored personnel carriers and artillery from the iraqi military. A lot of that was originally supplied by the u. S. 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Reporter in 1986, mccallum and another teen, willy stukey, were sentenced to 25 years to life for the kidnapping and murder of a 20yearold man. And then what happened after that . Reporter the only evidence linking them to the crime was their videotaped confessions, which the boys claimed were fed to them by police. I falsely confessed to a crime that i didnt commit because i thought, at that time, my life was in danger. Reporter for nearly 30 years, mccallum insisted he was innocent. On wednesday, a judge agreed. applause his friend, willy stukey, died in prison in 2001. Not having stukey walk out the courtroom with me was clearly a bittersweet moment. Reporter brooklyn District Attorney ken thompson supported the release. We concluded that there was no physical evidence, no d. N. A. Evidence, no testimonial evidence. Reporter that conclusion came from thompsons conviction review unit, which was created this year to look at past cases. Out of the 30 theyve examined, ten convictions have been overturned. The good thing is we kept all the records. Reporter harvard law professor ron sullivan runs the brooklyn unit, but there arent many like it. There are more than 2,300 District Attorneys offices nationwide, but only 16 have conviction review boards. Its well worth their while to take a look at innocence claims to find those cases where mistakes were made and to do justice. Reporter how were you able to maintain a sense of hope, even at such an early age . Its hard to kind of hold on to hope, but hope is a very powerful word. applause reporter mccallums story may not be the last. The brooklyn d. A. s conviction review unit plans to reopen at least 100 more cases. Jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. Pelley the battle over e books coming up next. N and energy. But the energy bp produces up here creates Something Else as well jobs all over america. Engineering and innovation jobs. Advanced Safety Systems technology. 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Reporter deep in the woods of round pond, maine, best selling author doug preston is carefully crafting his latest work. Well, its very stressful. I mean, id much rather be writing a book. Reporter but instead of his next thriller, hes writing a letter to the biggest book seller on the planet, amazon. Theres no place in a Civilized Society that one of the Worlds Largest corporations attacks a group of authors who have nothing to do with this dispute and harms their livelihoods. Reporter the dispute is between amazon and prestons publisher, hachette, over the pricing of ebooks. To pressure hachette, amazon is targeting their stable of 3,000 authors, delaying delivery of their books, if not making them completely unavailable. Are you thinking about this dispute now all the time . Preston says his sales on amazon are down 50 to 90 . All that we are asking amazon is, look, you and hachette continue your negotiations, but please dont drag us into it. Reporter nearly 1,100 authors have signed his letter asking amazon to keep the authors out of the fight while the dispute is settled. Some of the biggest names in the literary world have joined him. Dont use us as bargaining chips. Reporter . Like stephen king. Youre not a hachette author. Im not. Reporter so why stick your head out . Because fair is fair. Reporter kings publisher, simon schuster, owned by cbs, is not involved in this battle, but king says he can afford to speak out while most of the authors targeted by amazon cannot. For amazon to strangle the royalties that hachette writers do get it may not be illegal but its not moral. Reporter amazon made several offers to cover the writers losses until the suit is settled. Hachette has rejected them saying a settlement must come first. Preston is sticking with his publisher. Amazon is really treating books as if theyre toasters or widescreen television sets, but theyre not. Reporter a business that is centuries old is confronting a new and very modern problem. Jim axelrod, cbs news, round pond, maine. Pelley a top secret space plan known as the x37b landed today at Vandenburg Air force base in california after 674 days in orbit. The mission was classified. The military will only say that the robotic plane which looks like a miniature Space Shuttle was conducting experiments up there. Many singers have told us two hearts a are better than one. Steve hartman will prove it. On the road is next. Plan to find people who are infected but arent showing symptoms. Next weather talent appears at wx center with generic pinpoint filling monitor the take specialalalalalalalalal pelley finally tonight pelley finally tonight, doctors can give you a new heart, but who puts the love in . Turns out, its already there, waiting to be discovered. Heres Steve Hartman on the road. Reporter in rochester, new york, at the university of rochester strong memorial hospital, two heart transplant patients are shedding new life on the healing process. After they got their new hearts, 68yearold esther fitz randolph, and 68yearold danny pszczolkowski both suffered from complications and depression. Theyd all but given up. Oh i. I didnt want to do anything. I would just sit around. I kind of refused the exercises and all that at times. Reporter but a few months ago, simultaneously, both these patients started really improving. Sounds great. Reporter cardiologist dr. Leway chen and the rest of the staff here were pleasantly confounded. We talked and said yeah, shes doing better now. I wonder why. And, yeah, hes been more active and involved in his care. I wonder why. Reporter you knew why you were Getting Better . Yes. Reporter you were on something. Yes. Reporter the same thing she was on. I wanted to do more things. I wanted to walk. I wanted to ride a bike. Reporter so what was this miracle drug . What had they found that so dramatically accelerated their recoveries . Just each other. After their surgeries, danny and esther kept running into each other at followup appointments. And although she was twice divorced and not looking for another man, and he was a committed lifelong bachelor, they started dating and healing. When your mind is in a better place and your heart, then youre going to heal better. Reporter dr. Chen says thats true. You know, were not talking about science anymore. Not science that we can put our finger on. Reporter he says there have been plenty of studies linking love and support to health and heart. This is just further proof. And as for the happy couple, theyre now enjoying life on carefree lane. Seriously, they moved in together on carefree lane. The lifelong bachelor now has flowered coffee mugs. This is even worst. Reporter living with a woman will clearly take some getting ined to. Honey, its worse, its not worst. Reporter but, of course, every medicine has their side effect and they say its well worth it. I recommend it to anybody. Reporter to survive, danny and esther both needed new hearts, but to truly live they needed sweethearts, too. Steve hartman, on the road, in rochester, new york. Pelley heres hoping youre carefree. Thats the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world, im scott pelley. Ill see you sunday on 60 minutes. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org more now at 6 00 the backup is already bad on most days. Now these steel plates are slowing down drivers even more and it will last a while. Good evening, im ken bastida. Im veronica de la cruz. Kpix 5s mark sayre joins us live at the bay bridge toll plaza where the bulk of the traffic is stacking up. Reporter if you were caught up in the extra bay bridge traffic this morning the bad news its going to last a little longer because caltrans is doing some work that requires placements of big steel plates and that is slowing down drivers. As head west on the bay bridge the sign tells the story. Caution ahead. Steel plates near harrison street. Right now, the plates cross the three left lanes in two separate sections. Drivers are forced to slow down. How was the traffic on the bay bridge . Stopped right now. Reporter why do you think that is . Because of the steel plates. Whats that all about . Reporter did you see the plates . Yes. Reporter how did you handle them . Pretty good. They have like sandpaper on them. Reporter caltrans is fixing expansion joints. These are flexible portion of the bridge deck which allow some movement with changing conditions such as winds or heavy loads on the bridge. Not real accurate but i like to say these are like big steel bandaids. Reporter the caltrans Spokesman Says motorist have been perhaps too cautious in the two mornings since the plates were first installed. Its always when the plates go in at first, you start to see the backups. But then when people become accustomed to their presence, then the traffic picks up a bit. Reporter and this project is not going to be over anytime soon. Over the next two months, crews will be working overnight on six different expansion joints on the western span of the bridge. The steel plates will