Corporations. What can we do for you . Tradition, history, culture, discover the best memories of your life. And now, bbc world news america. Is bbc world news america cases of ebola in west africa are doubling every month and the u. N. Warns that hundreds of Health Care Workers are dying. Libya is being torn apart by rival factions threeyear after colonel qaddafi was removed. Catching a wave, whether it was pictures or paintings, John Stephenson helped to bring culture to life with images that still captivate. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Today, the welp organization announced that more than 9000 people have been infected with ebola in west africa and more than four and a half thousand have died. This comes as leading Health Officials appeared before congress to testify about the u. S. Response. We will have more about that in a moment. First, the bbc medical correspondent has this report. In guinea, the grim battle against an invisible enemy continues. The concern is seems like this could spread the on the three countries currently to perhaps more. Those fighting ebola are paying a heavy price. So far, 427 Health Care Workers have been infected with ebola and 236 have died. Our data shows that the cases are doubling every four weeks. In the first days after infection, before a patient exhibit symptoms, there is no chance they can pass it on. It is not an airborne infection like flu. Sitting next to someone on a plane or a train should not be a risk. It is the second phase when patients become seriously ill that the dangers ramp up. It takes direct contact with bodily fluids to pass it on. That is why Health Workers need such elaborate protection. In the advanced stages and after death, the viral mode is at its highest which is why some traditional burial practices in africa, the custom of touching the body is being strongly discouraged. Before more sporadic cases are expected in cases, it is west africa that continues to bear the brunt of this devastating epidemic. Today, president obama callout of the reserves and National Guard troops to address the outbreak in west africa. Top Health Officials were called before the u. S. Congress to testify about their response to two nurses being treated for ebola that they contracted in texas. The last time Amber Vincent walked onto a plane, there were 132 passengers on board. This was the plane she took from. Hio to dallas she had a High Temperature but not a seizure. The center for Disease Control approved her travel but this shouldnt have. Ive lease all of my luggage, wash all of my closed, and cap everybody away from my house. Schools have been closed in ohio and dallas after students had been on the flight had been sent home. The risk of infection is low but they took precautions. This is Amber Vincents house, a noticeably more quicker cleanup. Cdc head came under fire. The hospital was trying to implement her calls. The nurses are saying they across the country that they have not been involved and that trained properly. He said this should be on the outbreak in west africa. Theres a lot of fear of ebola and i will tell you as a director of cdc, one of the things that i hear about ebola is that it could spread more widely in africa. Could become a threat to our health care system. There will be more cases of ebola. Tens of thousands people come to the state fair where an action disinfectant has been given. The state fair of texas has been running for three weeks. When the first case was reported, people were concerned but they certainly werent panicking. That it has shaking peoples confidence in the way the authorities have responded. I cannot believe they allow that woman to get on a plane. That is unforgivable. I am skeptical of what they say. There is a lot of skepticism and misinformation in the media. This is where ebola in america started. Alert, more suitable hospitals will take on the treatment. The bbc is in dallas tonight and she joined me from outside. F the hospital what more can you tell us about the nurse . The family will be treated at the National Institute of health. The cdc official asked today, was she being moved because her condition is deteriorating . No, absolutely not, she is being stateoftheart facility. Because so many of the medical professionals that would be starting the intensive care unit behind me are now being sidelined for Continuous Monitoring because they were in contact with the original ebola patient. It is really in the best interest of nina to go somewhere so the focus can be on what comes next. The hospital has apologized for not diagnosing correctly the symptoms of ebola when mr. Duncan first came in. Nina says that she is extremely proud of the hospital. One nurse said that she could not defend the actions. How concerned are people in the dallas region . A well, theres definitely pervasive and palpable sense of anxiety. They know that ebola can only be contracted through ingesting the bodily fluids of someone who is ingested. Nonetheless, three schools were closed because two were on a flight from cleveland to here in dallas with a second nurse who contracted ebola from treating mr. Duncan at this hospital. You can feel the anxiety. Quick some of the top Health Officials were questioned, i spoke a brief, go with a member of the oversight committee. Congresswoman, thank you very much for joining me. After todays hearing, how satisfied are you with the way that the cdc has handled things so far . I think the cdc from the beginning of the outbreak and the problem that we had with these gentlemen, mr. Duncan, that died here, has learned a lot of lessons that are making us much more safe at home. The crisis has been overstated in terms of its threat to americans. What we need to do to keep ourselves safe end to eliminate this crisis is to focus on west africa. It has no health infrastructure. Clucks a lot of people were saying that it needs to stay in west africa and there should be a travel ban. Do you agree with that . Does this make the situation better or does it make it worse . The cdc over the last month or so has said that in fact it would make it harder for us to , thatthe victims of ebola it will go underground, that people will go overland to other places. That the casee was made convincingly enough today but i know that we have heard from the children, doctors without borders, that it would be catastrophic. One does have to wonder if we essentially quarantined west africa, the three countries that are most affected, are we going to have a refugee crisis, are people going to be running . It does seem to be a lot of confusion over how the two nurses became infected when an ebola patient arrived in this country. Are you satisfied that the protocols have been put in place . The protocols that have been haven place, many of them been changing and have been made stronger. Have seen more efficient protocols. I flew out of error however in chicago, before i left. I talked to the commissioner of the Chicago PublicHealth System because now we will be screening people, everyone that comes from west africa will be screened. There temperatures will be taken. Be, if they show no symptoms, if they have been in contact with someone that has had ebola, they will have to remain in chicago for 21 days and be monitored carefully. We are seeing all kinds of new protocols being put in place. The question is without robust and expensive Public Health system, how are we going to be enough in the system . How will we get to the equipment and the right places . These are very pressing questions. Thank you for joining me. Libya where there are growing concerns that the country is on the verge of becoming a failed state. Three years after the revolution that toppled colonel qaddafi, bitter fighting between rival factions is rife. This is parking fears that it could drive the country into civil war. The countries official is based in a hotel. Libya, a country that the world helped free from dictatorship, has descended into chaos. Just a few hours, this may be dare not vessel venture far for fear of meeting militants. They are outlaws, extremists, islamic groups and militias. The stretch of coastline is ,ne of the few bits of libya its newly elected Parliament Still controls. Three years after the overthrow of colonel qaddafi, much of the country is in the hands of rebel militias. Some of them linked to al qaeda. The parliament has fled to this remote port. They have been forced to set up shop in a huge 1970s hotel. Many of the mps say they have to be smuggled out of the capital after they and their families were attacked by islamist led militias. Islamist lost the elections and set up a rival government. It says it is defending the revolution. Are ants that its allies i group. Jihad h are two bank forces in benghazi that are working together now. Some are revolutionaries. They are fighting together now. Brooke, they hope that the revolution would bring freedom and opportunity. Are terrified by the growing power of the g hotties of the jihadis. I a worry if they will catch me. Crises depending on the politicians trapped in their hotel. They are depending on the outside world to come to their aid. Plus lets look at the worstcase scenario. What would happen . Libya has the means to whatever, thes or means to deliver distraction to europe. Thatto brooke, they say threat of extremism in libya as as great as that imposed by Islamic State militants. The world is looking the other way. Tim will have more from to tibruk in this weekends edition. Tonight, we hear from one america who recovered and is again looking for help others in need. Blizzards and avalanches have killed a number of people trekking in the mountainous region. Of theppened at a point circuit. More than 200 hikers have been rescued but theres still dozens missing. There has been a steady flow of helicopters coming from the site of the disaster bringing in survivors and the worst condition. Many suffering the aftereffects of hypothermia. Staying in snows up to two meters deep. From what we are told, a large group of people try to make a break from it and then got are high pass on the route. Another group that decided to stay behind to try to weather out the storm actually survived. Later on, as the storm abated, toy found that what happened their fellow trekkers. The reason why so many people are caught up in this is that this is the peak time of the trekking season. Even though trekking is therally safer, these are worlds highest mountains. They are inherently unpredictable. It seems like this large group of people was caught off guard by the weather. Kong, the government is ready for new talks with student protesters. Demonstrations continue to occupy the city. Were turning out to our top story, the outbreak of ebola and west africa and a response to cases here in the u. S. Health care workers are often at the greatest risk. Nancy rightful was among those who was in liberia to help by treating infected patients. After contracting ebola, she was flown back to the u. S. For treatment and recovery. The upton speaking with nancy about the moment that she caught the virus. Dr. Bradley and i both had ebola. When david told me, i realized how serious it was. He reached out to comfort me and i just said, dont. Knowing that it was possible for contaminated. I knew the outcome of ebola. I had seen, we have had 40 patients in the Isolation Unit and only one survived. Ebola patients progressed through the onus and then died. What possibility lay ahead for us. But, there was this overwhelming peace that god gave me. Whether i was going to live or whether i would die but i did have the peace and the assurance. Can you tell me what treatment you received and what you think it was that was responsible for your recovery . I did receive the zmapp. I was very sick when they put me on that airplane, gravely ill. I said goodbye to david and wondered if i would ever see him that i knew i was really ill. Zmape, i think that probably stabilize me to help the disease slowed down. The Supportive Care made a huge difference. What was it like when your wife is in isolation, when you could not actually go and see her . I had to tell her that she had a deadly disease and that is not easy for anybody to do, let alone a husband to look at his wife and realize that we might only have a few short days and to face the prospect of watching her suffer through the ravages of the disease. So, we spent a lot of time talking to each other and expressing our love for each other and expressing the things that need to be said in that time. About theu thought fact that you are trying to help people and now having been through what you have been through, you actually have blood that can help others. It certainly wasnt on the plate when all this was before,g but as i said i am really thankful for the that however god uses this in our lives, whether it is through just being a voice , whether it is being able to a study, i amfor grateful and pray that god will use that in a way that can help in a serum or in the vaccination or even if i am able to be a , i am happy tone be able to do that. Between ebola and conflict around the world, many of us might be looking to get away haveit all and john may the perfect escape. His love of surfing has resulted in photographs and paintings which have brought captioning a wave into popular culture. Catching a wave into popular culture. You are doing this walk and dance and trying to coordinate with the great moving force of nature. I have always been attracted to the beauty of surfing. Seven iever started in 1945 and my dad quit his job and moved us to a little beach town in southern california. I fell in love with the ocean and started surfing. Camera and iough a had always been interested in the images, so i grabbed this paddledhe trashcan and out with my friends and shot pictures. They came out beautifully. Ink i was i studied hard and my professor told me to paint what i love and i happened to be surfing. I created this whole body of surfers. I tried to make it a little bit in attaining and make the music fit a little better. It was very successful. Try to make it a little bit injured tainting and make the music fit a little better. The kids wanted images from the movie, i would make black and white and sell them for a dollar. I thought, i can do better than that. I can do a hundred images in one annual. I did it and it was a smash hit and it was became a quarterly. Off it went, that was surfer magazine in about 1960. Listened to the surfers, we did not tell the surfers how surfing should be, we let the surfers tell us how surfing was and they like that. Well, the images are great but the surfers themselves arent bad either and that brings todays show to a close. Daysan find all of the news at our website. Here, thank you for watching and please tune in tomorrow. Funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newmans own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, kovler foundation, beijing tourism, and union bank. Tradition, history, culture, tradition, history, culture, discover the best memories of your life. Bbc world news was presented by kcet los angeles. Ifill screening for ebola ramps up at u. S. Airports as lawmakers question Health Officials over mistakes made in dallas and what to do to stop