downloading ios 8 if you are pinched for time and you want to shave and you like any of your social applications, because i am still working on getting them back. and hopefully, by the end of the show, i'll have them all back and we'll be able to talk on twitter. all right, let's begin with the nfl. we have a new update about a new story because yet another player is facing charges for domestic violence. police say jonathan dwyer, a backup running back for the arizona cardinals, is suspected of committing aggravated assault against his wife and 1-year-old son. dwyer was arrested before practice at the cardinals training facility. he was deactivated from the team just hours later. nine days ago, via twitter, a tweet was sent to dwyer asking why players were not criticizing ray rice. dwyer responded that players were not allowed to talk like that but that all players were opposed to domestic violence. meanwhile, the minnesota vikings are admitting it was wrong to initially let adrian peterson rejoin the team amid child abuse charges. the owner spoke out hours after

putting him on the league's exempt list. >> we made a mistake. and we needed to get this right. we embrace our role in the community and the responsibilities that go with it. it is important to always listen to our fans, the community and our sponsors. >> but some teammates are disagreeing with the vikings and defending adrian peterson. take a look. >> people blowing it out of proportion, and you know, and all this and all that. but at the end of the day, man, we came here to win football games, and i think football right now for adrian is the best thing for him to do is to play football, you know, let out some frustration and, you know, be himself. all these allegations of this and that, he ain't been convicted of nothing. in crimes and stuff, you're innocent until you're convicted guilty. and i don't think he's guilty of

nothing yet, and i think he should be able to play football. >> so, peterson's mother is also standing by her son. in an interview with "the houston chronicle," she says in part, "i don't care what anybody says, most of us disciplined our kids a little more than we meant sometimes, but we were only trying to prepare them for the real world. when you whip those you love, it's not about abuse, it's about love. you want to make them understand that they did wrong." now, nike announced it is suspending its contract with peterson, saying it does not condone child abuse or domestic violence of any kind. and carolina panthers defensive end greg hardy, who is also facing domestic violence charges, has joined peterson on the league's exempt list. the panthers say that hardy requested a voluntary leave as the legal process is playing out. he will no longer take part in team activities but will still be paid. all right, on a different note today, in just a few hours, senators are expected to vote on a key part of president obama's plans to defeat islamic state

militants in iraq and syria. they will follow the house, which in a rare show of bipartisanship voted 273-156 in favor of training and arming moderate members of the syrian opposition. 159 republicans and 114 democrats voted yes, while 71 republicans and 85 democrats voted no. secretary of state john kerry laid out the obama administration's strategy to the senate foreign relations committee yesterday, and it led to a heated exchange with the ranking republican member, senator bob corker. >> you're not going to ask for buy-in by the united states senate or house of representatives on behalf of the american people in a conflict that you say is going to be multiyear, some people say a decade, taking us into another country with a different enemy is exercising the worst judgment possible. what arab sunni country is going to be putting boots on the ground in syria against this now

claimed army by your -- >> at this moment, no country has been asked to put boots on the ground or no country is talking of it, and we don't think it's a good idea right now, so there's no discussion of that at this moment. now, with respect to the judgment about asking congress to do it, i'm asking. do it. pass it. >> you're asking us to do it, but you're not giving any details because you don't have them. >> that's not true, senator. >> well, then share them. >> senator, i am not going to share them in public here today. many -- >> you're in a classified setting. >> i'm confident there will be so many classified briefings that you'll be tired of them. >> so, is the tense back-and-forth that outraged democratic senator barbara boxer. >> i think it is shocking and a sad state of affairs that we heard just now such angry comments aimed at you, mr. secretary, and through you at our president instead of at

isis! this is just a sad opening of a hearing. i've never seen it, and i've gone through some tough ones. >> meanwhile, one day after joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey suggested boots on the ground was a possibility in the fight against isis, president obama once again vowed that would not be the case. >> i want to be clear, the american forces that had been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. they will support iraqi forces on the ground as they fight for their own country against these terrorists. as your commander in chief, i will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting another ground war in iraq. >> but president obama's former defense secretary, robert gates, is warning boots on the ground will be needed to be successful. he also says al qaeda shows it may be unrealistic to say the

goal is to destroy isis. well, it is a decision day in scotland, where voters are casting ballots right now on a historic referendum. now, the question, should scotland become independent as a country and leave the uk after more than 300 years? there are more than 2,600 polling places across the country, and strong turnout is expected with more than 4.2 million people registered to vote. polls over last week shows growing support for scotland to become independent, but the issue is still considered just too close to call. today's "the new york times" features an op ed from scottish actor alan cumming, who has campaigned in favor of independence. and in the op ed, he writes "it is time for scotland to take control of its own destiny." president obama is opposed to scottish independence and says he hopes the uk remains strong and remains united. or tall right, we're going to london and cnbc's steve sedgwick. this is a big day for the uk and british prime minister david

cameron's legacy. let's talk about this, the polls just too close to call, but there is a tipping point, so to speak. >> reporter: yeah. i mean, look, for cameron himself, this is extraordinary. you mentioned the active union over 300 years ago, 1707. if he's the man who loses the union, the ramifications from this could be enormous, not only for the country but for him personally as well, because he's the man who actually agreed to have this referendum back in the autumn of 2012. he agreed with the scottish nationalists we would have a vote, but he also agreed on the terms of it as well. there could have been a third option in here as well, which was to give the scots more power within the united kingdom, and he wanted a straight yes or no. he thought he would definitely win that on that basis, i.e., scots would vote no because of the uncertainty economically if they went forward as well. so, he took out the third option, and that is where many people say he may have made his biggest mistake as well. but even if the conservatives and the rest of the british political establishment down south of the border get what they want and the scots say no, that still leaves about 48% of the scots, a minimum, who

actually are saying we want to be some form of independent. that could cause all kinds of disruptions for cameron domestically in the united ki kingd kingdom, in england. he has a bi-election coming up next month and the united kingdom independence party want outside of europe, and there's a very good chance they will take a seat from the conservatives, which mr. cameron is part of, and create all kinds of problems for him, even if this scottish referendum is a no-vote. so, cameron has enormous pressure on him personally on the back of this, and indeed, the bid from many to pull out of europe from the british. >> it's been amazing to look at this as scotland separates in generational opinions about this as well. i want to get your take, steve, quickly as well. the banner day, another record day, wall street, the dow. the fed now talking about what investors really wanted to hear once again. look, green arrows across the board. so, another strong, strong day. >> reporter: yeah, it was a good day for the market, but i mean, what is interesting is janet yellen is walking a tight rope. this is the chair of the fed, of

course, who said we will keep rates where they are for a considerable time. that soothed some concerns. but then they put out projections from the fed for future rate hikes and they think the fed has been too relaxed about the rate of hikes going forward. now there are projections going out to 2017, which could say u.s. interest rates, the fed funds, which is virtually zero now, could go up to as much as 3%, 3.75%, and that's got some people spooked. what it did was led a lot of people to buy the dollar. so, the dollar had a very strong rally on this, and other currencies around the world sold off as well. one more story for you, in corporate news. amazon, seven new devices ranging from 79 bucks up to $379 for kindle devices, mainly. the flagship is the kindle fire hdx. it's like me, thinner and faster, it's got 339 pixels per inch and the audio is two times as loud as an ipad. i am two times as loud as an ipad as well. >> thinner, faster, better than ever. steven sedgewick, thank you. we appreciate it. toronto mayor rob ford has

been diagnosed with cancer. the mayor's doctor announcing that he has a ma lig intent form of cancer and will under go chemotherapy. he was admitted to the hospital after abdominal pain he had had for three months became unbearable. his physician announced it as rare and difficult and ford announced he would withdraw his candidacy and run for his old council seat. his brother, doug ford-run for mayor in his place. two counties are under a state of emergency this morning in california. governor jerry brown issued a proclamation overnight as a result of the king and the bowls fires, threatening over 2,000 homes in northern california. across the state, more than a dozen fires are raging over 200,000 acres. 6,000 firefighters are trying to battle the blazes, working in areas of extreme drought as well as high temperatures. a new operating system also means a new policy for privacy from apple. the company says it's now

impossible to turn over iphone or ipad data to police if it's running on the new operating system that was released yesterday. it is the ios 8, and apple wrote on its website, "unlike our competitors, apple cannot bypass your passcode, and therefore, cannot access this data, so it's not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants." this policy does not include data stored on the icloud, but users can change their settings to prevent cloud storage, and the change comes five months after the supreme court ruled that police must obtain warrants for most cell phone searches. so, we wanted to find out, what do you think about apple's new privacy policy? tweet your best answers using #waytooearly. we'll have the best ones coming up later in the show, especially after the icloud debacle that they had with hackers being able to get in and access certain very delicate photos of certain people about this new privacy setting. pretty interesting. i have to say, i have struggled with ios 8 this morning. i am not the most tech-savvy, donald, as we all know.

yes. and if you bang the phone on the desk, it doesn't help. still ahead on "way too early," did derek jeter put an end to his hitting stump? we'll put an end to sports. then later, to stache or not to stache, the question for alex trebek. that and more when "way too early" comes right back. don, you're a fan of the stache. yeah, you've got a little something something. ♪ the fbi says patty hearst was picked up today in san francisco. the hearst heiress has been missing for months. first, she was kidnapped. then she announced she had joined ranks with her kidnappers, members of the sudanese liberation army.

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all right, so, time for sports. we begin with major league baseball, and the angels claim the a.l. west title after shutting out the mariners 5-0 and the athletics blew a ninth-inning lead against texas last night. the league-leading angels, who had already clinched their playoff berth on monday, wrap up their first division crown since '09. congratulations. in st. petersburg, yankee captain derek jeter singles up the middle to break an 0 for 28 slump, the second worst slide of his career. jeter went 1 for 4 and scored a run in this is final game at tropicana field. good for him. in the seventh, new york reliever brandon mccarthy gave the mlb its sixth immaculate inning of the season, striking out the side on nine pitches. yankees beat the rays 3-2. then we get this, marlins slugger jean carlo stanton won't return this season after being hit in the face, did you see that? with an 88-mile-per-hour pitch in last thursday's game against

the brewers. stanton suffered facial fractures, dental damage and a concussion. he leads the league in home runs and is a top n.l. mvp candidate. boy! all right. that was tough to watch. here's one reason to bring a glove to the ballpark. want to show you this, because this was a braves fan. ooh, yeah. trying to catch a foul ball using his hat but did not line up properly there, misses, gets him right in the face. let's see it again. oh, poor guy. anyway, the braves beat the nats 3-1. poor guy. all right, we want to get a check on your weather. nbc meteorologist jeannette calle is in for bill. i think bill must be celebrating, because of the yankees having such a good night. >> oh, really? that's why. >> i think. do you think that's why? no? no? >> he's on vacation. >> he deserves some time off. >> oh, he's on vacation. he deserves some time off, absolutely, but i'm sure he's celebrating too.

what's going on weatherwise? >> well, there's a lot to talk about, thomas. in the desert southwest, we are still talking about heavy rainfall in sections of southern arizona right up into southern new mexico and heavy downpours across west texas, all associated with what's left of odile. many locations here will be dealing with flooding downpours through at least saturday evening. take a look at how much rainfall is expected. this is on top of what has already fallen, so flash flooding will continue to be a major concern, especially across southern arizona right up into central sections of new mexico. heavy showers and thunderstorms also continuing in sections of texas, also showers and thunderstorms in the forecast today along the gulf coast right up into the florida area. high pressure in control across much of the upper midwest and the northeast. l.a. finally cooling down, temperatures no longer in the 90s today. more so on the seasonable side, in the 80s this afternoon. taking a quick peek at friday, a little bit quiet across the north, but look at that, thomas, it's still active in the south. >> yeah, really is active. and for new england and for all

of us here in the new york area, loving these fall temps. >> yes, yes, yes. >> really, really nice. all right, great seeing you, by the way. >> great being here. coming up on "morning joe," the latest developments in the nfl as yet another player faces domestic abuse charges. plus, joe and mika are live in the motor city this morning. there we go, live shot at detroit! yes! they're going to speak with warren buffett and mike bloomberg about the future of that city. a fantastic city right there. when we come back, we're going to huddle around the water cooler together for dan aykroyd's vision for the future of "ghostbusters." he gets on the record for that. we're going to have much more right after this break. stick around. two medium cappuccinos! let's show 'em what a breakfast with whole grain fiber can do. one coffee with room, one large mocha latte, medium macchiato, a light hot chocolate hold the whip, two espressos. make one a double. she's full and focused.

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♪ welcome back, everybody. it's time for "the cooler," and first up, "the tonight show" team were back at it last night with a lip-synch-off with "the voice" judges gwen stefani and blake shelton battling it out with jimmy fallon, and here are some of the best moments. who do you think did the best? ♪ coat pants with stripes, perfect fits, puttin' on the ritz ♪ ♪ dressing like a million dollar

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chase me, but here's my number, so call me maybe ♪ >> i don't know. i'm torn. i liked them all. >> yeah. >> i liked them all. they all did a great job. dan aykroyd's thinking big when it comes to the "ghostbusters" franchise. the star of the '80s cult classic says he wants it to have a model similar to marvel. there's already a talk about a third movie and possibly an all-female reboot, but aykroyd says "it's beyond just another sequel, a prequel, another tv show. i'm thinking about what the brand means to sony. what does pixar and star wars mean to disney? what does marvel mean to fox? it needs to be rebuilt." he made the comments while promoting his crystal head brand of vodka. many of us are excited when we see celebrities that we don't know how to react. i know i have that problem. but do you ever wonder what went through their minds when they

are approached? "vanity fair" spoke with actors and actresses about the reactions they tend to get when out and about. take a look. >> what do fans say when they recognize you on the street? >> are you okay? >> can i get a picture? who are you again? >> oh, my god, you're so much prettier in person. >> it's demi moore! >> aren't you anne hathaway? and i said, no, and they wouldn't believe me. >> jennifer love hewitt! >> stephen colbert. love you. >> you're my best friend and you don't even know it. >> they say, we don't want to talk to you. we just want to take a picture with you. >> is that al pacino? he says, yeah. says, are you sure that's al pacino? he says, yeah. somebody's got to be. all right, and last but not least, veteran host alex trebek is back for his 31st season on "jeopardy!." can you believe that, 31st? and so is his stache. after going clean shaven since 2001, the mustache is back, but

only if you want it to be. trebek is asking fans on weigh in on whether they approve on the old is the new look. vote with #keepittrebek or #shaveittrebek. we're kind of torn. i like stache 2.0. the old look is back. now for your twitter responses. earlier, we asked your thoughts on apple's new policy preventing it from turning over your personal data to police, even without search warrants. christine delgaudio has some of the best responses. we had some about the stache, which we'll talk about. >> we did. bill says "privacy comes with a price, but business is just that, mine." >> yes. >> then patty says "you know what they say, an apple a day keeps the hackers away." and then kelly weighed in on the mustache and said "i was fine with trebek without the mustache, took too long to get used to that and now it's back. shave it off." >> we will see what the people say, justine, on "jeopardy!" >> yes, we will. >> thank you so much. i appreciate it. we are going to have much more coming up right here and we'll be talking about the day ahead.

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