bit of luck we'll have a shiny new set. remember if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." good morning. right now on "first look," an ak-47 recovered as massive police hunt for alleged cop cover expands. the search for the missing university of virginia student heats up as a police chief offers a passionate plea. >> i believe jesse matthew was the last person she was seen with before she vanished off the face of the earth. >> plus the white house is reeling over major security concerns after a man hops the fence and makes it inside. a new car made almost completely of plastic and week three of the nfl and the action on the field didn't disappoint. good monday morning. nice to be with you. i'm frances rivera. investigators in pennsylvania

believe they are close to finding suspected cop kill eric frein. one picture shows an ak-47 that investigators believe he was carrying while on the run. another shows ammunition. police say it's just a matter of time until frein is found. >> we're pushing him hard. he's no longer safe and i'm confident that he will be apprehended. >> frein is accused of ambushing two state troopers more than a week ago. new this morning a possible clue in finding a missing uva student is made public. >> in fact, i believe that jesse matthew was the last person she was seen with before she vanished off the face of the earth. >> matthew is now a person of interest in hannah graham's disappearance. there's now an arrest warrant for him. graham vanished september 13th by a mall. security cameras caught her last

moments. her father made this plea. >> did you see hannah? who saw hannah. somebody did. >> this weekend more than 1,200 volunteers combed charlottesville for clues. a man accused of sneaking in to the white house with a knife is expected to face a judge this morning. omar gonzalez an iraq war veteran was arrested on friday after scaling a fence and making it inside. right now he's behind bars. he could face ten years in prison. the secret service is coming under fire following the stunt. officials are considering screening tourists at checkpoint as few blocks away from the white house. they have stepped up patrols and increased surveillance. this week could prove to be pivotal in the fight against isis. president obama will be meeting with united nations security council leaders in an effort to turn talk into action. the u.s. is seeking a new resolution demanding countries tighten laws on those who travel

abroad to join terrorist organizations. tracie potts joins us this morning. >> reporter: frances expect a lot the president will spend a lot of time this week in the u.n. starting with meetings tomorrow. wednesday this big push to get other countries to back the u.s. in this fight against isis. president obama stands before the united nations wednesday. he's expected to address everything from ebola to the fight against the islamic state. >> i agree with president obama's goal they must be defeated. i'm just not seeing the strategy that it will work. >> reporter: u.n. ambassador samantha power says 40 nations are backing the u.s. against isis and if the president goes ahead with air strikes in syria. >> we're not having problems getting countries to commit. >> reporter: president obama has been briefed on the military's

plan but hasn't signed off yet. >> they aren't as committed as the united states. >> reporter: the president promised no u.s. ground troops but military experts doubt that's impossible. >> there's frustration on the military side saying please don't limit us. >> reporter: in new york this week president obama's chairing the u.n. security council, pushing a measure that would impose a global travel ban and freeze assets on groups like isis that bring in fighters from abroad. so, to recap, a busy week. we got tuesday the climate change meetings that's tomorrow. wednesday the president addresses the general assembly in the morning, in the afternoon he chairs that security council meeting where he'll try to push the u.s. resolution. on thursday he's got meetings with ebola. the white house says he has bilateral meetings with individual countries planned. >> a lot at stake. tracie potts for us in washington, d.c. three afghan soldiers in the u.s. for training are missing.

the trio, a major and two captains were reported missing saturday. they were staying at a military base in cape cod since september 11th. the men were last seen at a mall in hyannis. the men are not considered dangerous. the exercise they were part of ends wednesday. there's some big news from nasa. >> all i can say at this point is we're in orbit at mars, guys. >> sounds cool to say. the maven spacecraft arrived at the red planet on sunday. its journey started almost a year ago. its first mission probe the upper atmosphere. find out why mars went from warm to wet to cold and dry. pope francis has a message for isis. during a speech the pope blasted extremists who use religion to justify their evil saying, let

no one consider themselves to be the armor of god while planning and carrying out acts of violence. it was the second him his holiness targeted isis. security was unusually tight during the mainly muslim country. the steelers and panthers on sunday night football. cam newton took a pounding, sacked three times. the steelers dominated this game. antonio brown with 90 yards and two touchdowns and crushing 37-19 win over the panthers. the game that lived up to the hype, denver broncos trying to avenge their super bowl tlooshing. lynch in the end zone for a safety and that gets the momentum going. a pass to julius thomas. 24 seconds to go. looking.

two-point diversion way from tying the game. >> it took the game into overtime. seattle keeps sole position and runs it in for 26-20 victory. deshawn got down on one knee to propose to his girlfriend. she said yes. nfc east redskins late in the game. it looks like an interception and then you see the lineman chris baker take a vicious shot. then what happens next a fight breaks out and that leads to ejection of baker and eagles jason peters. eagles pull it out 37-34 and remain undefeated. sad story to report here. rob bironas was killed in a single car crash late saturday night in nashville. he was less than a mile from his house when the 36-year-old lost control of his suv.

police believe he's speeding. he's survived by rachel bradshaw, the daughter of terry bradshaw. east carolina is ranked for the first time in 2008 coming in at 23. and after breaking a long losing streak lens lsu florida state remains at top after edging out clemson. joey logano wins on sunday. he gets a great trophy. a lobster. >> a lot of claw. >> today is the last day of summer. >> lobster for the last day of summer. margaritas and lobster. let's do it. pretty decent weekend for everyone out there. i don't see a lot of problems as we go throughout inweek.

some flash flooding over the weekend. a lot of rural sections of mexico and areas of west texas have been dealing with heavy rain, potentially one to two inches. still a threat for some flooding today and then that will be over with. as far as the rest of the country goes here's our summer weather pattern. it was relatively cool in the great lakes. no high humidity. now that fall starting we're doing a pattern shift. we're watching the cooler weather shift to the west coast and as we go through this upcoming weekend, first weekend of fall it will be warm. we're going to watch temperatures in the 80s throughout many areas of the upper plains into the end of this week and weekend. today looks like a beautiful day in the great lakes. no problems in the east. humidity levels have dropped significantly as the cold front went through last night and even tuesday. weather along the gulf that's where we could see showers and thunderstorms. it's looking like a very warm end to september. boston, by the way, they are looking at one of their driest

summers ever. >> even more reason to go up to boston and get some lobster. firefighters from florida to alaska have descended on california. plus images of separation as syrians flee into turkey. is this the return to the auto industry, 3-d cars? you're watching "first look" on msnbc. "hello. you can go ahead and put your bag right here." "have a nice flight." ♪ music plays

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time now to get down to business. their family fortune was based on oil, standard oil. now the rockefeller brothers fund are announcing they are abandoning all investment in fossil fuels. a car made almost entirely of carbon fiber blastics punched out from a highly sophisticated printer. it took 44 hours to make the vehicle out of a single piece of plastic. it's stronger than its

counterparts and far lighter. telecommuting or working from home is in many cases very smart. workers feel compelled to go above and beyond to make themselves visible and will compensate by being extra helpful to justify working from home. general motors is recalling over 200,000 cadillacs because brake pads can stay engaged when not need. chrysler is recalling dodge durangos to fix fuel pump problems. millions grabbed the i 6 phone. sales figures will be released later today. some other stories we're following. rainey weather and reinforcements are helping cruise gain ground against that massive king fire in california. 5,000 firefighter from as far as florida and alaska are working to contain it. so far, it has burned 128,000 square miles.

>> fear of isis, thousands of refugees are pouring out of syria. 100,000 people mostly kurds have flood turkey. a rutgers university student is dead and it could be alcohol-related. 19-year-old caitlyn kovacs was at a fraternity gathering. at 3:00 a.m. sunday morning prosecutors say friends noticed she was in distress. they brought her to the hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later. a 24-year-old will likely need surgery after a shark took a bite out of his foot. it happened yesterday. they treated him right there on the shore before he went to the hospital. later on, he described what happened. >> i looked down, and next thing i know, i'm getting pulled by a shark. and it was just kind of dragging me around. and i got free from him. paddled in and came over here to the hospital. and it is being called the largest march ever on global warming. some 300,000 people jammed the streets of new york yesterday to

demand action. it was part of a longer week-long effort in 160 cities across the globe. it packed major star power, leonardo dicaprio, mark ruffalo and al gore were there. it leads to the u.n.'s climate summit tomorrow. >> and the crowd cringes and did bill clinton reveal too much about his soon to be grandchild. what does it took like for vladimir putin? scrambled politics is next. complete the job with listerine®. kill up to 99 percent of germs. and prevent plaque, early gum disease and bad breath. complete the job with listerine®. power to your mouth™. also try listerine® floss. its advanced technology removes more plaque.

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time now for your monday morning helping of scrambled politics. was it too soon? in defense of an and the abortion law rick perry invoked the death of joan rivers. in august a judge blocked a key provision that required abortion clinics to meet hospital standards. he was asked about it and drew a buzz from the crowd. >> when joan rivers and the procedure she had done where she died that was a clinic. and it's a curious thought that if they had that type of regulations in place whether or not that individual would still be alive. >> former president bill clinton may have dropped a hint on his daughter's due date. in an interview he talked about how excited he was for his first grandchild. >> yeah. i can't wait. and we're on watch now.

i hope by the first of october i'll be a grandfather. >> people in france are experiencing deja vu after pledging to quit politics for good former french president nicolas sarkozy is throwing his hat back in the ring. he made the announcement in a primetime interview. he's expected to run for a party leadership position and then maybe again for president in 2017. here's one way to appeal to voters. mary landrieu showed up at a lsu tailgate. the senator is locked in a tight race for re-election. >> finally they say everyone in the world has a look alike. only a matter of time before we found him. no that's not really vladimir putin that's his look a like. he played his official twin in a stage production. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics on this monday. >> there's a whole lot on the late for the president as we get this week started off.

david, thanks for being with us this morning. good morning. >> hi. >> let's talk about this ahead of the president's speech before the united nations the u.s. ambassador samantha power predicted the united states will not act alone if president obama moves forward with authorizing air strikes in syria against isis because plenty of other countries have made big plans combat these insurgents as well. how successful can a coalition be especially with no initiative from any nation to commit any boots on the ground. >> for president obama he's made clear his strategy is use his proxy forces, local forces on the ground after the u.s. air power can sort of make some damage to ti isis defenses. i think there's two different questions. in iraq you have the iraqi forces that the u.s. has spent a long time training and kurdish forces that had success in the past. the biggest question is in syria. it's not clear these moderate syrian rebels that the u.s. is going to try to train and equip,

some of the training being in saudi arabia, if they will be able to be successful or that the u.s. can rely on these fors. that's the big question not only for the united states but the other partners. >> sure especially with that training leading upwards of a year. some saying technically there's got to be boots on the ground already now given what you just saw. is that semantic? >> no. the u.s. has put 1600 u.s. troops there sort of in defense, in intelligence positions and generals are saying if things do not go well maybe they will move them farther up into the front lines maybe not in a combat role but assisting role. the question is whether that will continue to devolve into u.s. maybe sending more troops in the future. >> the hypothetical or inevitable what happens if a plane is shot down. let's talk about the white house security breach, secret service under fire stepped up patrol. i want to know what the talk is amongst you guys. washington insiders about how

this happened twice within 24 hours especially with that guy getting as far as he did with a knife. what's the talk amongst you guys? >> it's really shocking. the secret service says over and over they have protocols in place to stop this kind of thing. if you walk around the white house grounds we have limited access but security is in full combat gear doing patrol. people on the roof, spotters with sharpshooters. this is shocking breach of security for somebody to get all the way there and turned out he did have a smaller pocketknife with him. i think the secret service has talked about stepping up patrols. they may take such actions as screening people outside the gates or moving them further away which is a big change to the way they've done it in the past. >> all right. thank you so much. have a good week. >> still to come a death defying adrenaline junky challenged and

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leading the news in the "huffington post" thousands march in moscow against ukraine fighting. protesters chanted quote, no to war in ukraine and stop the lies putin. the "new york times" from pole to pulpit a club and church does battle. a pastor has been protesting the strip club for nine years trying to get it to close down so last month topless protesting strippers began showing up right inside his church. some of the other stories we're following this morning as spacex rocket shading for the

international space station and carrying the first 3-d printer for astronauts. they want to create spare parts as-needed. the rocket should reach international space station tomorrow. >> free marijuana for vets. the organization aims to help veterans. so now if everyone else jumped off a bridge would you? moms always asked us that. these people said yep we'll do it. 35 daredevils jumped off this bridge to compete in a base bridge jumping challenge. they had five seconds typical press the judges. criminals beware. saturday saw the guinness world record of people dressed as batman. they celebrated by doing the ymca. >> but it's not as good as this. remember this?

watch. ♪ >> boom. pow. >> who knew he could dance. i have great respect for the secret service but this is inexcusable he went over the fence. it takes 35 to 40 seconds to run across the lawn. a dog can be released in four seconds. made to it the white house, entered the front door. >> under review just how did a knife carrying intruder make his way over a nine-foot fence and through the front door of the white house. making a case the administration tries to rally the global community on,000 defeat isis. will a coalition assemble. on a much lighter note who needs the grown ups when these adult dancers take their dprus a 2-year-old and we have the

adorable results for you on a monday morning. this is "way too early." hey, everybody, i'm thomas roberts. it's monday, september 22nd. welcome to "way too early" the show that respects the art of dance at any age and welcome to "way too early." it looks different doesn't it? this is a space age studio we've been moved to. what do you think? >> i love it. >> she loves it. we're over here, temporary movement. there's some renovations going on in our home. so hopefully i'll not slip and slide on this floor. are you all right? almost a little slip and fall accident off the top of the show. yes we're all about safety first. great to have you here. we hope you had a wonderful weekend. we want to start this morning with what's going on at the white house where the