Washington, d. C. Train station, but this time, people take notice. Plus, in california, an impossible choice for the families of patients on life support with little chance for recovery. I really believe that if my wife could answer, do you want to stay alive, or do you want to die . I believe that she would say that she wants to stay alive. I believe that. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. 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It is certainly possible that someone who had contact with this individual farnlgly member or other individual, could develop ebola in the coming weeks, but there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here. Woodruff u. S. Hospitals have treated several other patients who contracted ebola in west africa but were diagnosed before returning home. There has been another breech of president ial security, this time in atlanta. The Washington Post reports a security guard, with a gun, got on an elevator with president obama during his visit two week ago. It turned out the man also had three convictions for assault and battery. A supervisor fired him on the spot, and thats when agents discovered he was armed. Woodruff lawmakers from both parties went after the head of the secret service today, over Security Breaches at the white house. Julia pierson was grilled for three and a half hours, and said she takes full responsibility. Woodruff pierson had hardly settled into her seat before House OversightCommittee Chair darrell issa bore in. This failure has once again tested the trust of the American People in the secret service, a trust we clearly depend on to protect the president. The failure in question came when iraq war veteran Omar Gonzalez jumped the white house fence on september 19th and made it well inside the mansion. Today, pierson, a 30year secret service veteran, issued a mea culpa. It is clear that our security plan was not executed properly. This is unacceptable. And i take full responsibility, what happened is unacceptable and it will never happen again. Woodruff whats publicly known about what happened has changed dramatically in the eleven days since the intrusion. The secret service initially said gonzalez sprinted across the front lawn and past a guard booth and dogs, but was stopped just after entering the north portico door. Its now known that in fact, he continued to run through the central hall and into the ornate east room before he was tackled by an offduty secret service agent, who, it turns out, just happened to be there. The secret service has said agents showed tremendous restraint and discipline in apprehending gonzalez. But republican Jason Chaffetz of utah argued today thats nothing to be proud of. I want it to be crystal clear. You make a run or a dash at the white house, were going to take you down. I want overwhleming force. Would you disagree with me . I do want all our officers to use appropriate force for someone trying to breach the white house woodruff there were also questions about why agents failed to take action after Virginia Police found guns and a map with the white house circled in gonzalez car, in july. Massachusetts Democrat John tierney you didnt take any action. You didnt have him arrested. You didnt have him continue to be under observation, did you . Mr. Gonzalez at the time denied any interest or any intent to harm anyone. He indicated that his information relative to the map in his car was given to him by another individual who had recommended places in washington, dc, to sight see. Woodruff pierson was also asked to explain revelations in the Washington Post that it took the secret service four days to realize a gunman hit the white house seven times back in 2011. Woodruff maryland democrat Elijah Cummings cited one of several agents who decided against contradicting their bosses view that the shots were not directed at the white house. She did not challenge her supervisor for fear of being criticized. She later told investigators. Now, director pierson, as a former agent and now director pierson, as a former field agent, and as the head of the agency that has to concern you tremendously, is that right . Yes, sir. It does. Its unacceptable. But another massachusetts democrat Stephen Lynch charged piersons overall responses were simply evasive. I wish to god you protected the white house like youre protecting your reputation here let me be clear, the United States secret service does not take this lightly. With all due respect thats my point. As a casual observer to what has happened here, i dont think the secret service is taking their duty to protect the american president and his family at the white house. I dont think youre taking it seriously. Woodruff still, the white house said again today the president is confident the secret serice will implement any reforms needed. The accused fencejumper, Omar Gonzalez, was indicted today on federal and state charges. Woodruff president obama hosted indias new Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in a bid to repair strains in relations between their nations. The two leaders focused heavily on resolving trade disputes and improving economic ties. And the president praised modis policies. Ive been impressed with the Prime Ministers interest in not only addressing the needs of the poorest of the poor in india and revitalizing the economy there, but also its determination to make sure that india is serving as a major power that can help bring about peace and security for the entire world. Woodruff modi was once barred from entering the u. S. After hindus killed more than 1,000 muslims in the state where he was governor. Across central iraq, car bombings and other attacks killed at least 47 people today, most of them shiites. While to the west, iraqi and syrian kurds drove Islamic State militants from a key Border Crossing into syria, with help from sunni fighters. In syria, kurdish fighters and their allies battled to hold kobani, near the turkish border. The conflict has sparked an exodus, as the United Nations heard today. Over the past two weeks isil forces have advanced in Northern Aleppo and over 160,000 people, mostly women and children, fled into turkey in just a few days. Their fear was so great that many people crossed heavily mined fields to seek refuge. Woodruff also today, british jets launched their first attacks against Islamic State targets in iraq. They joined the latest round of strikes by u. S. Jets. The world has lost half its wildlife population since 1970. That stark finding today, from the World Wildlife fund. It reported a 52 decline, centered in several thousands of species, and it said humans are largely to blame, through fishing, hunting and pollution. Most of the new wildlife losses were in latin america. California will impose the first statewide ban of singleuse plastic bags. Governor jerry brown signed the legislation today. Its designed to cut down on bags getting into waterways. The ban applies to Large Grocery stores next year, and expands to Smaller Stores later. More than 100 American Cities already have such bans. A decision today by the federal Communications Commission will be welcome news for many sports fans. The f. C. C. Voted to drop a decadesold rule that bans showing hometown games on t. V, if theyre not sellouts. It was meant to protect ticket sales, especially of n. F. L. Games, but the f. C. C. Found the rule is outdated. On wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average lost 28 points to close below 17,043. The nasdaq fell 12 points to close at 4,493. And the sandp 500 slipped five, to 1972. Woodruff still to come on the newshour protests swell in hong kong, demanding more democracy; afghanistan agrees to keep thousands of american troops in the country; fears of another volcano eruption rattle japan; violin virtuoso joshua bell busks for commuters in washington dc; mississippis senate race divides the Republican Party; and the painful decisions facing families with loved ones on life support. Woodruff protests grew in hong kong, and brought parts of the city to a standstill for a fifth day. And there was no sign the pro democracy studentled demonstrations will stop anytime soon. Lucy watson of independent Television News has this report from hong kong. Reporter there is little that this huge crowd wont endure. The umbrella revolution and the fight for freedom is unrelenting. Its an unprecedented display of defiance, people in every direction taking over a city. There is strength in numbers but also in individuals. Three days ago was an ordinary student, now hes rousing an historic crowd. Everybody put your cell phone lights on. To fulfill our dream well sacrifice everything, they sing. They want their current leader to step down and elect another freely demands they refuse to give up on. Never see the end because this fight is forever. Reporter this is a powerful body of people with a life of its own nobody quite knows what direction it will take next. But the Hong Kong Government wont tolerate this mass civil disobedience for long, its now a test of nerves. And as chinas president prepares for the countrys national day this is a direct challenge to his governance. They were not expecting the opposition to become what is now a popular uprising. Then they worry that people are going to imitate this. Threats the communist party is unlikely to respond well to. But while there is persistence there is hope here. Woodruff for more on what provoked these protesters and how Mainland China is likely to respond, we turn to ian bremmer. Hes the president and founder of eurasia group, a Political Risk research and consulting company. Ian bremmer, welcome to the program. Are these protests unprecedented . Has china ever seen anything like this . And i guess tiananmen comes to mind. Yes. Tiananmens the last time weve seen this sort of thing within china itself. Certainly hong kong there has been nothing like this since the hanover from Great Britain in 1997. Most importantly it is by far the first serious challenge domestically to the president. It really is directly a question of the legitimacy and the support of whats so far been a very popular, very charismatic and very transformative rule. How much of a challenge is it to him and to the regime, the government in beijing . These students have been there for five days. They dont show any signs of backing down. No, in fact, tomorrow, as youve heard, you have the national day. There have been a number of calls for demonstrations in support of the occupied central movement, not just in the United States and in the developed countries, but we also see that theyre likely to happen in macau. Theyre going to happen in taipei and taiwan. And it would not surprise me at all, despite the fact the Chinese Government has really tried the crack down on anyone searching relevant social media terms around the hong kong protests within Mainland China to, see some forms of sympathy there. Thats one of the reasons why i think the president , who has been very willing to engage in policies of Economic Transformation on the mainland, but has had no interest in political reform, this is not a gloucester nos guy, hes very unlikely to show any flexibility whatsoever, as is the hong Congress Government in responding to these protests. Occupy central has now become occupy hong kong. As of tomorrow its likely to become occupy larger than that. And if local police through threat and selective arrests are unable to disperse these demonstrations, were likely to see a very significant violent crackdown. Woodruff what do you mean by that . If these protesters not going away and the Central Government isnt going to bend, what does that mean . Well, the initial step comes from hong kong itself. Weve seen the hong kong leadership completely refusing to even meet with the leaders of the occupy central movement, never mind brook any compromise about what suffrage in selection of a chief executive in hong kong high look like in 2017. I think the next steps clearly involve the police, who have been relatively quiet over the last couple days. They can certainly take steps to try to remove who they see as the ringleaders of that movement. And after theyve done that, they can try to pressure the broader group, give them a couple outs, let them disperse once their lead verse been taken into custody. But again, if we continue to see this type of mobilization among the students that poses a much greater threat to the legitimacy of the chinese enterprise. And to their power, their exertion of power in hong kong, i think the response goes beyond just hong kong police. Then the Peoples Liberation army does indeed come inch they have garrisons in hong kong. I suspect they would be used. Certainly the International Community can complain, but there is no potential of sanctions on punishment being exerted against the Chinese Government for what they do internally in hong kong. This is not like russia versus ukraine. Woodruff very quickly, you mentioned the International Community. Britains Prime Minister cameron protesting today. Of course, they previously held hong kong. Youre saying theres nothing anybody on the outside can do . Oh, i think that cameron and obama will do a great impersonation of ban kimoon. I think they will express a great deal of concern over what happens for hong kong. But if you ask me, are we talking about the potential of sanctioning them, id want to go back to what former secretary of state Hillary Clinton said, which is its generally not a good idea to criticize your banker on human rights. Its going to be very, very difficult for anything more than words in response to whats happening on the ground in hong kong. Woodruff ian bremmer with the eurasia group, thank you. My pleasure. Woodruff the United States and afghanistan signed a bilateral Security Agreement today, which will keep a limited number of american troops in the country. The long term deal will allow u. S. And nato soldiers to carry out Counterterrorism Missions and support afghan forces. Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner has the details. Warner the signing ended months of uncertainty over what happens when the u. S. Led International Mission officially ends, december 31st. U. S. Ambassador James Cunningham the United States values its relationship with afghanistan and the afghan people, we are committed to a Better Future for afghanistan. Our close defense and security warner more than 2,200 american troops have died in the afghan war since 2001. At their peak, u. S. Forces stood at 100,000 in 2011. The new deal will leave 9,800 americans and about 2,000 other n. A. T. O. Forces there, to train and assist afghan units. Newly inaugurated president ashraf ghani said today afghan sovereignty wont be compromised. translated the International Forces are not allowed to enter in our holy sites and our mosques. Integrity of our life and houses will be safe based on our constitutional values. Warner for mon