is truly the best new thing in the world today. and it's been a long time since anybody could say that. that does it for us tonight. rachel should be back tomorrow. i'll see you this weekend on my show. i'll see you this weekend on my show "up." up next, "first look." good thursday morning. right now on "first look," parents are removing kids from schools, and the cdc has a ten-person task force investigating ebola in texas as concerns mount. another major health concern, enter row virus, now in 42 states and the district of columbia. leaks coming from the ferguson grand jury in the michael brown case. a couple of bungling beer bandits. a new baby for ashton and mila of. good morning frngs i'm angie goff, ebola emergency, the race to catch anyone who came in

contact with thomas eric duncan, the first patient diagnosed on u.s. soil. an alert from united airlines to people on his flight, this after reports that he fell in after helping a sick liberian woman. a patient in hawaii put in isolation over possible ebola concerns. here is nbc's jay gray. >> reporter: still in it's lags inside this dallas hospital, thomas eric duncan, the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the united states continues to fight for his life. >> we're categorizing his condition as serious but stable. >> reporter: he showed no symptoms when he left west africa on september 19, days later he was sick and made his first visit to texas presbyterian hospital where he told an intake nurse he just traveled from liberia, an obvious red flag. duncan was sent home with a prescription for antibiotics. >> regretfully that information

was not fully communicated throughout the team. as a result the full import of that information wasn't factored in to the clinical decision making. >> potentially putting even more people at risk. a cdc team on the ground in dallas identified 12 to 18 people who may have made contact with duncan while he was sick, including five school-age children. >> these children have been identified and they are being monitored. >> reporter: for a deadly disease that for the first time is threatening americans at home. jay gray, nbc news, dallas. now to another fast moving illness, this one hitting children across the u.s. reports that a fourth patient struck en with into row virus 68 has died. the 10-year-old had a rare bacterial infection. so far 42 states have reported

cases of enterovooi russ. would i be concerned as a parent? absolutely, but not enough to take them out of the classroom. new shakeups within the secret service this morning following a series of major security breaches. joseph clancy who retired from the agency in 2011 was named interim director following julia pearson's resignation. >> mr. clancy is taking a leave of ab sevens from his private sector job to re-enter government service. that's a demonstration he's making principally because of the loyalty he feels to this organization and this agency that he's served for so long. >> since retiring, clancy has been in charge of security for comcast in philadelphia, msnbc's parent corporation. after a review, the white house will decide if more members of the secret service will be leaving. they are about a month away from wrapping up their

investigation, now a possible setback for the grand jury looking into the police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown. a spokesperson for the special prosecutor says someone claiming to be friends with one of the jurors allegedly tweeted information out about the case. that twitter user has since shut down her account, but not before an active offist screen grabbed the tweet and sent to it a special prosecutor. the person claimed the juror told her there wasn't enough evidence to arrest officer darren wilson. if there was a breach of confidentiality, they'll have to start all over again with a new grand jury. meanwhile "usa today" is reporting that more than 3,000 people have registered to vote in ferguson in the wake of brown's shooting, signaling their desire for change. like pulling string from a bull of yarn, jesse matthew junior's past continues to unravel. he's accused of abducting hannah

graham and may be connected to a 2009 murder. now a potential link to another cold case. though he's in the a person of interest, authorities are in the infancy stages of an investigation into a separate 2009 murder in lynchburg, virginia. christopher newport university confirming that matthew attended that school and was named in a campus police report on sexual assault back in 2003. now to sports and my friend richard lui. what you got? >> san francisco pittsburgh nl wildcard game a blowout. pittsburgh fans are waving rally towels at the start. san francisco's brandon crawford with the grand slam in the fourth kauai et cetera all that. it's the first in postseason ever by a shortstop. later san francisco with this over-the-railing catch. they nail it the giants 8-0. here is a world series fan graph.

detroit is the favorite with 25.2%, followed by washington and the l.a. dodgers, then san francisco and balt ma are the underbars. police say michael phelps' blood clol level was 0.14. police say his eyes were red, bloodshot. former l.a. clippers owner donald sterling has a run-in with police. his estranged wife reported a burglary. the police came. who did they find? sterling with vee stiviano. she's the one that leaked racist remarks. police say she was his guest. they found no criminal activity. the drama continues. >> along with that little mask. cowboys' player c.j. spillman was arrested. no comment from the cowboys as of yet. it is a stunt that could cost thousands of dollars, this

ohio state student running onto the field. now his full ride is suspended. the fourth year student was part of the evans scholars program which covers tuition and housing for four years which at osu can be worth over $1 00,000. some tulane football players. >> these are our friends and classmates. >> we have ignored this problem rather than deal with it. but not anymore. >> i'm a tulane football player and i pledge to take a stand towards violence against women. >> they want you to use #tulane -- let's get down to business with cnbc's courtney reagan. >> apartment rents continue to rise despite an uptick in new construction. the report out "today" shows

rents rose 1% this summer to an average $1100. rechts have risen for the past six yoors and are 15% higher than at the end of the recession in 2009. the nfl and directv are extending their exclusive sunday ticket package which allows users to watch out of market games. the deal is for more than eight years at $1.5 billion per season. tesla may be set to unveil a new electric car. ceo elon musk sent out a mysterious tweet wednesday saying, quote, it's about time, unveil the d, with a photo of a garage door and date october 9. musk said tesla would eventually launch a cheaper sedan and a smaller suv. >> you know that's going to be cool. a pair of bandits tried to make off with 72 cans of beer from a south florida convenience store. they had a little trouble. all caught on camera.

the thirsty thieves trying to steal them. once they make it outside, the other guy drops all the beer on the ground. somehow, somehow these two did manage to get away and the police are on the lookout now. isn't there a see quem coming out for that? a little cameo. just ahead, a shocking stun gun incident captured on video. plus a white couple receives sperm from a black donor and legal challenges mound. we have 40 million people at risk for hail, damaging bend and tornadoes today. details coming up. you're watching "first look" on nbc.

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welcome back to "first look," in october things get bigger as we start to trend toward our winter season. we have one of our first big storms, already bringing nasty weather to st. louis, columbia, missouri. showers in chicago and storms erupting in oklahoma. the worst weather is traveling

interstate 70. a lot of storms north of st. louis going through central illinois, too. today the big story, severe weather, 40 million people at risk. the slight risk includes all of arkansas, most of missouri, chicago, back toward the dallas area, even a few tornadoes later today. then if you're in the boston area or rhode island, you've got rain for you, two days in a row, travel problems there, too. it's not an easy travel morning across the country and towards the weekend a lot more extremes including a heat wave for california. >> and a lot more disruptions ahead. some stories making news this morning. two pennsylvania state troopers looking for a fugitive, eric frein, are recovering from non-life-threatening injuries after being wounded last night. meanwhile they've suspended hunting and fishes from seven townships. a white couple is sue ag sperm bank for accidentally giving them vials from a black

donor. the lesbian couple says their 2-year-old daughter is subjected to racism in their predominantly white community. >> you cannot just say oops, i'm sorry, be happy you got a child and walk away from this. you can't do that. the tallahassee police department released this graphic video showing one of its officers allegedly using a stun gun on a 62-year-old woman right there. the officer has been put on paid leave during the investigation. he claims the woman was trying to insight the crowd during the after rest of three others. he says she pushed away from him possibly in an attempt to elude arrest. that's when he used the stun gun. she was released from jail after being booked for resisting arrest. congratulations, mila kunis and ashton kutcher, the couple welcomed a healthy baby girl this tuesday night and she

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how did this intruder get in the white house? don't they have guard dogs. >> there are officers there and the concern was the dogs might attack them instead.

>> sounds strange but it makes more sense when you find out a lot of secret service agents are cats. in texas an end to a decade-long criminal case for former house majority leader tom delay. a previous ruling threw out money laundering convictions. a new poll shows tea partiers are outnumbered by opponents, 24 to 31%. bill clinton appears in his first campaign ad of the 2014 campaign season. allison lundergan grimes uses it in her ad against mitch mcconnell. national journal ask why women are democrats are last ditch to -- more women are voting democrat and more men are voting republican. scenes from jimmy carter's 90th birthday yesterday. he's lived longer after leaving the white house than any other president in u.s. history.

>> well, i could have been re-elected if i had taken military action against iran, if i had shown i was strong and resolute and manny and so forth. i could have ran off the map with the weapons that we had. next, this is how eva longoria is trying to use the midterms. the former desperate housewife is emerges as a liberal political force from her involvement in the 2012 obama campaign to other policy moveme movements. a new ad aimed at getting young people to vote for florida governor rick scott. >> rick scott is becoming a trusted brand. he has new ideas that don't break your budget. >> but mom has other ideas. >> i like the charlie crist. it's expensive and a little outdated but i know best. >> okay. well pandemonium at a kiev press

conference. this was yesterday. there you saw it, hooded print centers storming in throwing the aide. he took off his jacket and then continu continued. >> this is a vine from congressman jim mcdermott, promoting a new bruce lee exhib exhibit. north korean kim jong un is rumored to be facing health pobs for his ankles. jimmy kimmel has his theory. >> in north korea kim jong-un is recovering from surgery to break two broken ankles, word is he broke themmi walking around in high heeled boots.

dennis rodman has rubbed off on him. >> that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. i'm joined by syndicated columnist bob franken. good morning. we know he loves those cuban high heels, just like his father did. >> there's going to be some propaganda that comes out against jimmy kimble and probably not something you can repeat in polite company. >> definitely won't get an invitation any time soon. julia pearson is out, joseph clancy is in. are we going start to see this firestorm fizzle out now that we have new leadership? >> well, i think there's going to be quite a bit of attention paid to the secret service. let's face it. the secret service has suffered in that it had this elite miss steek, which is to say part of its effectiveness would be because the agents were basically described as super human. that was the view that most people had of them. they've been brought down to earth and i think this is going

to make their job harder. >> a lot of lawmakers are saying that the replacing of pearson is definitely a step in the right direction. i do want to ask you, bob, what about the others, the ones on the ground. the ones who failed to do their job, the agents involved in all these cases? >> i suspect the new guy is going to come in, the old guy, of course. he's going to come bang and i think he's going to kick butts and take names. i think quite a few people are at least going to be disciplined if not dismissed. however, many people believe that this is a culture problem with the secret service, that what has happened is upper management over quite a period of time has degenerated to a point where nobody is, for instance, able to question any of the orders that are given. that type of thing. that makes the agency less effective. >> bob, i have to ask you, because when you talk about what's happened over time, you've covered the white house for many, many years. have you ever seen something like this when it comes to the president's security? just curious. >> an interesting thing.

tv reporters in particular have a relationship with secret service agents because, the way i would describe it, we trade elbows all the time. there's a constant maneuvering, the agents have their security requirements and the tv people have video requirements. oftentimes you have this shuffling around and you find the agents are usually very, very cooperative and helpful as long as they can make sure they're tarking care of the security requirements. >> bob franken with good insight this morning. it's been a pleasure, thanks. >> what was that angie? >> i said it's been a pleasure, thank you for your insight. >> thank you. "firz buzz" is ahead including what happens when a bee tries to steal the spotlight. your goals, our technology.

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>> he even got his fellow player nash in there to have fun with that. >> might have a future in comedy. i'm angie goff, "way too early" is coming up next. the fact we had multiple breaches and multiple efforts by her to mislead us, failure to disclose, that all just indicated that it was not going to go well for her at the end. >> and now she is gone. secret service director julia pearson resigns amid public scrutiny into recent scandals under her watch. who is now charged with getting the embattled agency protocol and i'm manual on track. ebola fears questions for the dallas hospital that originally sent the man home infected with the virus as another state isolates the patient with possible symptoms.

who can forget the mighty mites who had a little trouble with the vinyl battle. you'll see them celebrate their shot at redemption, all thanks to jimmy fallon. it's "way too early." good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it's thursday, october 2nd. welcome to wait wait, the show that likes to hoe redemption. the mighty mites lead the way today. that's going to come up in the cooler. we want to begin in washington, d.c. where there's a new leader this morning for the secret service, the embattled director, julia pearson is out after resigning following a string of security breaches. democrats and republicans criticized her performance following a hearing on tuesday on capitol hill. there were mounting calls for her to step down. pearson blamed the media for her