john pistol announced that he's stepping down.whoever takes his place is going to have some pretty big shoes to take off. [ laughter ] of course everyone is worried about ebola and president obama appointed someone named ron klain as the new ebola czar. to oversee the government's response to the crisis. the ebola czar. you know that's going to be a a tough job, but not as tough as introducing yourself as the ebola czar. [ laughter ] how you doing, you don't want to shake my hand? i'm the ebola king! mr. ebola, how you doing! [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: [ sneezing ] >> jimmy: this is a pretty big deal. in an effort to compete with hbo, cbs is offering an internet streaming service that will let people watch the channel on their smartphones and computers. [ cheers and applause ] or as cbs viewers call those, a a what, and a huh? [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: [ rotary phone noises ] [ phone ringing ] [ laughter ] hello, cbs. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what is a smartphone? [ laughter ] listen to this you guys, mattel annou

you probably hear him at the airport, hello, this is john pistol.thetas' longer serving administrator, served as deputy director of the fbi before being nominated for the tsa in 2010. in total he worked 31 years for the government. good grief. a source says he has already sainted a possession in education that will start next year. hopefully he won't leave the airports. it's comforting hearing him. hi, john, glad you're hear. >>> another change for the obama administration, the second highest ranking official in the justice department announced he, too, is stepping down. deputy attorney general james cole is a veteran of law enforcement. cole will leave as soon as the end of the years. this is actually the third recent change for he justice department. just last month the attorney general, eric holder, announced he will formally step down next year. while the third highest ranking justice official, tony west, left earlier this month to become general counsel of pepsic. a political debate good at off to -- got off to a strange start. thank you, flori

john pistole announced today he would retire effective december 31st. he served more than four years atop the agency created in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in 2001. it screens travelers and luggage at airports. johnson said because of pistole's efforts, our country's transportation systems are more safe and secure. he's expected to be named to a position in academia in 2015. >>> well n a moment we'll bring you lye coverage of a pentagon briefing on the military's response to ebola. we expect that to start in just a moment as reporters are being given some last minute information before it gets under way. we're just learning from cnn, by the way, that nina pham will be move today the national institutes of health facility in maryland. that from two sources again can, cnn reporting that today. also from the associated press, passengers arriving from west africa at four more u.s. airports will have their temperature taken today. the screenings began saturday at kennedy airport in new york. it's part of an effort to cope travelers with -- to keep

secretary, jay johnson, who is announcing the retirement of transportation security administrator john pistole, who has been on the job really since 2010. he is the guy really behind a lot of the issues we're dealing with in airports as far as the tsa. including the tsa pre, which is a relatively new thing that up to 5 million passengers in the u.s. use every day when they use the nation's airport. but to be clear he is retiring after being in that position since june of 2010. and now, let's talk about something else. and we're going to bring it a lot closer here to south florida. this. governor, florida governor rick scott. our incumbent governor and the republican, we have been told that governor scott will not be participating in this debate. now, let me explain what this is all about. ladies and gentlemen -- ladies and gentlemen. >> this is great. this is -- welcome to south florida. welcome to florida, never a dull moment here in the sunshine state. charlie crist, taking center stage last night before the real debate between crist and scott even began, scott apparently accusing to take th

. >> woodruff: the head of the transportation security administration, john pistole, announced his retirement today, effective at the end of the year. pistole has led the agency since 2010. he's drawn fire for the use of full-body scans and pat downs, but the trusted traveler program has won praise for speeding low-risk passengers through screening. >> ifill: wall street managed to stave off another big slide. the dow jones industrial average was down 200 at one point, but ended with a loss of just 24 points, to close at 16,117; the nasdaq rose two points to close at 4,217; and the s&p 500 gained a fraction, to 1,862. >> woodruff: in syria, fresh reports from the besieged town of kobani said kurdish fighters have gone on the offensive against islamic state militants. the turnabout came as coalition planes carried out a new wave of air strikes in the town near the turkish border. kurdish officials also appealed again for bigger and better arms. >> some weaponry which are more effective against the heavy weaponry of isis: tanks, cannons, mortars, armoured vehicles and humvee. we need this weapo