good monday morning. to you. right now on "first look," full-court press. president obama will be unleashing a media blitz to promote his syria agenda with half the undecided house to convince. a diary from robert f. kennedy jr., does it reveal his sexploits over the past many years. football fans rejoice as the first full sunday of the season brings plenty of highs and lows. plus, even a pesky win wind couldn't blow serena from her fifth open. mickey hart taps into his brain. what to do with your smartphone. intense diplomacy amid the international call for action in syria.

secretary of state john kerry holding a press conference right now but british foreign secretary william hague, it comes on the heels on a weekend spent lobbying european and arab partners. we're looking at live pictures right now. only france has publicly called for air strikes and while kerry says saudi arabia backs them, the saudis have stopped short of saying so publicly. israel has reinforced their iron dome missile defense system. the u.s. would notify israel, quote, hours before a u.s. strike. the country fears damascus could fire missiles at them in retaliation. pope francis made an impassioned plea before 100,000 during a global day of prayer and feasting for peace. we have team coverage with jim maceda in turkey. tracie potts is in washington. let's start with jim. jim, good morning. what was secretary kerry able to accomplish? we just saw him speaking moments ago there in london. >> reporter: hi, veronica.

well, there are lots of diplomatic moving parts with meetings in vilnius, paris, and paris but secretary kerry said he did make progress drumming up support among arab nations. saudi arabia and qatar main suppliers of weapons and financing to the rebels blamed assad's regime for the alleged sarin gas attack outside damascus and both supported a strong response. but like the europeans, they fell short of specifically calling for military action against syria. they are believed -- there are believed now to be a dozen nations or so supporting limited air strikes but only france, as you say, but just yesterday to add to france, turkey where we are said a little less publicly but said -- still said they are now in favor of joining the fight, meanwhile, tensions are across the middle east because assad once again threatened retaliation if attacked.

thousands of troops and tanks lining up along the turkish border, as well as the iraqis border, jordan is on a heightened state of alert. the sense here is that the middle east is once again bracing for war. veronica, back to you. >> jim, we appreciate the update, thank you. moving now to washington, and the obama administration's hard sell of military intervention in syria. president obama is gearing up for the sixth network interviews he's taping this afternoon. it is all part of his full-court press strategy and ahead of a nationwide address tomorrow night. but a new moveon.org commercial is urging congress to reject the proposal. and it's apparently how congress is leaning right now as it returns from a five-week recess. in the house, 227 are against military action or leeing towards a no vote and 25 are for military action. 181 are undecided. in the senate, 27 are against it. or leaning no. 23 in favor with 50 undecided. nbc's priceline live for us

in washington with details on that. good morning. lawmakers there facing a momentous vote in washington. >> reporter: right, very ron kachlt they're facing a key question as they come back today. what is the most vulnerable position? helping out al qaeda or iran or promising action and then doing nothing? >> the village is being bombed. >> reporter: with protests an the country against military action in syria, president obama's pushing for it. alt a din weather republicans last night, in network interviews today and a direct appeal to the nation tomorrow. >> he's got to show first of all that this is in our national security interests. >> reporter: in the house they seem reluctant to antagonize bashar al assad. the white house using these videos not confirmed by nbc as proof the assad regime used

chemical weapons. >> nobody is rebutting the intelligence. >> but i would say the evidence is not as strong as the public statements that the president and his administration have been making. >> reporter: assad says there's no evidence. the white house responds, it doesn't surprise us that someone who would kill hundreds of children with poison gas would also lie about it. lawmakers are concerned limited strikes could turn into more. >> once we hit, this is an act of war. little wars start big wars and we have to remember that. >> reporter: the senate could vote this week. tracie, thank you. former secretary of state hillary clinton expected to talk about syria at the white house today. a clinton aide tells the ap she plans to reiterate her support of the president's efforts to pass the syria resolution. well, medical teams rushed to a connecticut stair fair sunday after a swing ride lost power injuring 12 children. a mechanical failure in the ride

caused the 12 kids and one adult on board to crash into each other and crash to the ground. and from one accident to another, for the second time in a month, a fan has died after falling at a professional sports stadium. it happened outside san francisco's candlestick park just before kickoff between the 49ers and packers. the victim believed to be in his 30s was walking on an elevated pedestrian walkway when he fell under the sidewalk below. on site medical staff and police performed first aid but he was declared dead at the scene. witnesses say he appeared to be intoxicated. switching gears now, "the new york post" says it has its hand on a piece of kennedy gossip. it deals with robert f. kennedy jr., the son of the late senator and nephew of the former president. this morning the post says it obtained a lot of kennedy's numerous extramarital affairs.

the journal from 2001 details daily activities, but the nearly 400 pages also includes names of some 37 mistresses. next to those names are numbers reportedly course ponding to sexual acts. when "the post" reached him he denied any such book existed. now here is your "first look" at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. ahead of the naacp, stepping down, ben jealous says he wants more time with his family. six first responders are seeking compensation. nearly 100 people have applied for payment from a multibillion dollar government fund. it is the same program used by workers from the world trade center site. new yorkers go to the polls tomorrow in the mayoral primary. anthony weiner has tumbled in the polls but in an exclusive interview with the idea today" show the former congressman is

still expecting victory. >> before we do postmortems on what happens if i lose let's have the campaign and let's see if i win and then we can move forward from there and after i serve two terms perhaps we can have that conversation. >> anthony weiner will appear in a live intersue with savannah on "today." michael bloomberg speaking out on the race to replace him. no endorsement yet, but in an interview with "new york" magazine he says bill de blasio is running a, quote, racist campaign. he thinks de blasio is exploiting his family. tough language for the supreme court. saying it was nothing more than a right wing panel serving the interests of corporate america. and some good news for washington state congresswoman jamie ha rare butler. doctors say her baby borscht in july could be the first ever to

survive potter's syndrome. the prenatal condition affects lung development. little abigail is now 5 months old and after some experimental treatment the prognosis is good. thank goodness. that's going to do it for your morning dish of scrambled politics. so dozens of homes in northern california now, they've been threatened by a new brush fire only 15% contained. about 200 firefighters are fighting it that is continuing to grow. the town of clayton under evacuation orders as 50 to 7 aaholms there are threatened. with a look at the weather here's bill karins. all right, so what's going on there? >> there's about 15 miles outside san francisco. about 1 p.m. the winds picked up and went up steep terrain and firefighters are doing the best they can. but the terrain is difficult. not a lot of houses in the way of that one so i think they'll get a handle and grip on it. not a big huge blaze like the rim fire. hot conditions continue in the middle of the country. new england, cold and chilly but

the middle continues to bake. 101 in little rock yesterday. 100 in kansas city and we're talking with people would love to open the windows and turn the ac off. not to going to happen in the first couple days of this week. minneapolis today could be 98. much cooler air invades the northern half at the end of the week. the other thing to note nothing happening in the tropics. tomorrow is the peak of the hurricane season and there is not even a remote chance of a threat anywhere land areas as we go throughout the week. pretty incredible where we stand and we're loving it. as far as the forecast goes, i mean this week, just crickets again. >> yeah. >> whew. hurricane season over. >> no, no. don't say over. we got till the end of october. san day was late october. >> all right. >> near halloween. >> i won't jinx it. >> doing good so far. >> thanks, bill. dennis rodman's revelation about north korea's female progeny. plus good or bad, to 14 predicts

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good morning and welcome back. some stories making news on this monday morning now. the fallout from edward snowden's nsa whistle-blowing continues with new revelations about the government agency spying on major companies. according to "new week" documents, the nsa tapped into the computer networks of google and brazilian oil company petoba. matthew cordle the ohio man used youtube to confess to killing someone of drunk driving may face either years in prison. today a county prosecutor will reportedly indict him on a charge of vehicular home side. a felony that carries a prison sentence of two to eight years. fresh off his latest visit to north korea, dennis rodman broke the news that kim jong-un has a baby daughter. the former basketball star said kim is, quote, a good dad and

has a beautiful family. and mickey hart has been working with a california neu neuroscientist to discover the relationship between the brain and music. he believes music can even have healing powers. >> when i played a drum for my grandmother who had alzheimer's, she spoke my name. she hadn't spoken it in a year. that was power. >> and the special brain-monitoring cap he wears has even been used to direct light movements at his concerts. cool. now for your "first look" at business, we turn to kayla. >> hey, good morning to you. time warner and ibm plan to move thousands of retired workers from company health plans to insurance exchanges and put money in special accounts which retires can use their own coverage with. stock futures are higher as wall street comes off a positive week, the dow snapping a four-week losing streak. and president obama is reportedly considering nominating top treasury official

brainerd to a seat on the federal reserve. it amides criticism that there are a lack of women. a survey by the nabe predicts in 2014 the u.s. economy will grow by 3%. low inflation will continue and we will see improving employment. gas prices are up three cents from last week with a gallon of gasoline average iing $3.59 a gallon which is 25 cents lower than a year ago. the average price of a new car or truck is up about a grand from last year. part of the reason comes from a jump in sales of expensive pickup trucks. okay. are you ready for some football? the nfl's first sunday of action. plus serena takes her fifth u.s. open. sports with betty nguyen is up next. how can i be a more fun mom? hmmm. can you dance? ♪ bum ba bum ba bum ♪ bum ba bum ba bum no. no? can you make campbell's chicken noodle soup?

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now let's get the latest in sports from my colleague betty nguyen. good morning to you, betty. >> good monday morning. let's try this again. are you ready for some football? as a die-hard football fan, i was loving sunday night. on the first play, giants quarterback eli manning was good on the screen pass. romo connected with jason witten for two touchdowns and manning hit victor cruz for three tds against the cowboys' defense. but dallas -- check this out -- intercepted manning on another screen pass. there it goes, and that was big blue's sixth turnover. the cowboys pull out the opener 36-31.

>> san francisco's colin kaepernick was 27 of 39 for 412 yards for 27 for 39 for 412 yards and 3 touchdowns, you can believe it? anquan boldin was kaepernick's prime target catching 13 passes for 208 yards and 1 touchdown. san fran took a 34-28 victory over green bay. new orleans welcomed back coach sean payton with a strong performance against atlanta. saints quarterback drew brees passed for two touchdowns as they knocked off the falcons 23-17. >> on the nfl scoreboard, a big upset for the new york jets on a field goal with just two seconds left for an 18-17 squeaker over tampa bay. also, the tennessee titans went to pittsburgh and stunned the lifeless steelers 16-9. let's get you college football rankings because they are out. alabama is till numero uno. now, my texas longhorns and usc dropped out after bad losses unfortunately.

oregon number two, and clemson moved up to number three. they're followed by ohio state, stanford, and texas a&m. and louisville, lsu, georgia and florida state round out the top ten. at the u.s. open, former president bill clinton was watching the women's final game. there he is waving as the wind gave top seed serena williams some problems. williams actually -- you're going to see that right here -- threw her racket in frustration. she won her third set and marks her fifth u.s. open championship and her 17th major singles title. only five other women have done it in tennis history. >> whoo-hoo. >> she won 3.6 million bucks. men's final, novak dzhokhar battles rafael nadal. listen to this. pouring in 51 points here on

fire. that is a new wnba record. the woman's got game. >> all about the ladies this morning. >> thanks, betty. a big day ahead for president obama as he works toward his syria agenda. joining me now by phone. david nakamura. good morning to you, david. >> reporter: hi. >> so, david, the president will do six tv interviews with all the networks followed by an address to the nation tuesday night. what can you say now that he hasn't said already to sway support his way? >> reporter: well, i don't know that it's something different but emphasize more clearly that he'll have a bigger audience this time and i think you'll hear two messages, one stressing the humanitarian part here. he talked a lot about those killed but especially the children. he'll really be clear about that the video the white house showed senators of the afterth math.

what he's been saying if it is unpopular, the costs are high and the u.s. has to establish this, otherwise, these chemical weapons could be used again in the future and could jeopardize the u.s. security in other countries, as well. >> david, we need your opinion right here. what are the odds the president acts to bomb syria even if the congress is against him? >> reporter: i think those odds are slim and going down. there's some sense that if one house goes forward and the house does not would he take that as acceptable? i don't think so. this president has been particular who voted against the iraq war, i think he he understands that that would be a risky proposition to act alone. he doesn't have a lot of international support already to act without domestic support from the congress would be against the point of doing this to begin with. i think the advisers are keeping that open just in case but i don't think it's going to happen. >> david knanakamura with "the washington post." coming up, bill karins and

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welcome back to "first look." we're doing "first buzz." >> oops. >> if "first buzz" on "first look." >> it's all about the controversy this strategic arms reduction treatying with bill is this a new campaign in washington, d.c. a different type of campaign. this one being done by the oneida nation. if you're down in the d.c. air what football season is kicking off with the redskins in action and that name, redskins, is causing more buzz. the united nation will have radio ad, multithousand dollar ad campaign saying they think it's offensive and want to stand

up to bigotry with the slur of the team's name and we deserve to be treat what had we are, americans. the league responded saying they respect them and their differing views. the controversy continues and the question is will they ever change the name. >> this has been going on for quite some time. >> yeah. >> speaking of controversy, betty. >> you guys are parents. how about having your kids build a crystal meth lab. sound fun? well, unfortunately there's a game out there, believe it or not. ee used to play with legos. now they can build these play kits inspired by brat breaking bad" and lets them re-create the crystal meth lab. this has nothing to do with lego. >> perfect gift under the christmas tree. >> yeah. >> for so many kids. >> comes with drug paraphernalia. it's out there. >> all right. so last but not least i saw this over the weekend, the first time

i saw a viral video, 2 million views. now 8 million. this is kate lynn heller. >> oh, my goodness. >> a move so hot that she unfortunately fell. she's twerking. she made this video for her boyfriend, my goodness. i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "first look." >> her boyfriend. >> "way too early" starts right now. >> play action and a screen pass that is almost intercepted. ware is there and he gets it. he does pick it off. >> the giants, on the ground -- >> taken down by hayden and it's church going to the end zone. it goes and it's intercepted off scott's hand. carr running the gap. touchdown, dallas. >> in a wild and somewhat strange unless you're a giants fan entertaining game, the

giants prevail. >> the giants give one away to cap off a wild first sunday in the nfl. we'll have the high and low light as head in sports. good gossip is expensive and it's about to get more so for one particular publication. for me there's no difference. i get it all in the dentist's waiting room. but on a more serious note as all hands on deck for president obama as he tries to sell the importance of a strike on syria to the american public. this is "way too early." good morning, everything. brian shactman, monday, september the 9th and speaking of a little bit of gossip, plenty in the cooler. who stole posh spice's bicycle and miley cyrus has more bad news this from the magnus. we'll begin with syria as a skeptical country and congress in need of convincing mea