Obama holds rare Saturday night meeting on Ebola

President Obama held a rare Saturday night meeting with top advisers at the White House, convening national security staffers and public health officials to discuss the threat of Ebola.

The White House provided only a brief summary of the 75-minute meeting, saying White House advisers updated him on the “contact tracing” process used to identify and monitor people who may have come into contact with the Dallas health care workers who contracted Ebola.

Ron Klain, the newly announced White House Ebola “czar,” was spotted entering the White House at about 5:30 p.m., but did not attend the meeting because he hasn’t officially started, White House Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri said. He is still completing paperwork and hopes to start in the next week, she said.