cameraman working in liberia is diagnosed with ebola, making him the fifth american confirmed to have the virus. our very own dr. nancy snyderman and her crew now placed in cautionary quarantine. with the midterms approaching, president obama makes the case for the improving economy but is anybody listening? then on a completely lighter note -- ♪ magic magic baltimore, the orioles kick off postseason play in a big way. is in "way too early." ♪ make the magic happen the magic of baseball ♪ >> hey everybody, good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it is friday, october the 3rd. welcome to "way too early," aka camden yards north. this is a big morning around here. we are going to get everybody singing the magic song for orioles, a second shot coming up because the crew kind of stunk

getting that song off the ground this morning. it's friday, it's been a long week. i'm going to hand jen these hats because we're going to use these later coming up in sports. what a great game, the orioles winning 12-3. we'll talk about that. big news coming up this morning with the fifth american confirmed infected with ebola virus and for the nbc news family, this hits super close to home. a freelance journalist working with dr. nancy snyderman and nbc has been diagnosed with this virus. ashock ka mukpo is being flown back from liberia for treatment. his father says his son worked there three years and felt compelled to return to liberia to shed light on this crisis. dr. nancy and the rest of the crew are being monitored as well. right now showing no symptoms of the virus. they're being flown back to the u.s. on a private charter, being put under quarantine for 21 days. dr. nancy says they present zero to minimal risk. and yesterday reported from where thomas eric duncan was

apparently infected. >> this is the front door of mr. duncan's apartment that he was renting in this small hamlet. it was in the pink house across the courtyard where the young woman, pregnant, now infected with ebola, was calling for help, and he responded. so you drove your taxi? >> reporter: jim was the taxi driver who picked up duncan, the young woman named nadlene, her father and brother. >> you were picking up a sick, pregnant girl, but no idea at all she was sick with ebola? >> no, no, no idea at all. >> reporter: they told him they were afraid she was about to miscarry. >> what did you see? how did she strike you? >> well, i saw her. she was helpless. he was not able to walk by herself. >> so meanwhile in dallas, three more children were pulled from classrooms over concerns they came in contact with duncan. yesterday, county health officials visited the complex where he stayed. officials have said it's been hard to find contractors just to clean the apartment and the

people living there have been given orders to stay put under threat of criminal or civil punishment. and the unit under quarantine still had trash, dirty bedding, and clothes inside when he stayed there. the complex said it wasn't even told duncan had been diagnosed until three days after he had been admitted to the hospital. when duncan initially sought care he was turned away, even though a woman he was with says she told hospital workers multiple times he had been to liberia. the hospital blamed an electronic records flaw for his release. but "the dallas morning news" reports the hospital has lost federal funding over the high rates of readmission and said the facility performs below state and national averages for emergency care. in liberia officials say duncan lied on his health forms about being exposed to someone with the virus and will be prosecuted upon returning. looking at the economy, analysts are optimistic that today's jobs report will show continued growth for the economy in the month of september.

yesterday we learned the number of americans seeking unemployment insurance dropped to its lowest level since 2006. that's another positive sign for the recovery. and that happened on the same day president obama injected himself into the 2014 elections touting his administration's economic achievements, while framing the debate against republicans this fall. >> this progress has been hard but it has been steady and it has been real. and it's the direct result of the american people's drive and their determination and their resilience. it's also the result of sound decisions made by my administration. so it is indisputable that our economy is stronger today than when i took office. for all the work that remains, for all the citizens that we still need to reach, what i want people to know is that there are some really good thing is happening in america. >> a recent nbc news/"wall

street journal" poll finds 43% of americans approve of the president's handling of the economy. 67% believe the country is on the wrong track. after days of heated protest, demonstrators in hong kong now have an agreement to hold talks with local officials backed by the chinese central government. hong kong's top civil servant will represent the city's leadership. hong kong's leader is staying put to fine protesters who threatened to occupy government buildings if he didn't resign by midnight. many employees could not report to work because of barricades set up by protesters. overnight clashes broke out between anti-i government protesters and those who support beijing. tens of thousands of people have been protesting plans for china to vet candidates for elections in 2017. beijing is supporting hong kong's leader and says the protests are "doomed to fail." another country appears poised to join the u.s.-led coalition to defeat islamic state militants in iraq and syria.

turkey's parliament has approved additional military operations in both countries. lawmakers there also authorized foreign troops to conduct operations within turkey. isis is reportedly close to taking control of a key town in syria near the border with turkey. officials say the militants are about one mile away. and that more than 160,000 people have already evacuated. a new report from the united nations says isis has committed "a staggering array" of possible war crimes. they include making kidnapped women sex slaves, using children as soldiers, and carrying out mass executions. meanwhile, a new book from former defense secretary leon panetta offers criticism of how president obama handled the u.s. withdrawal from iraq. panetta says he urged the president to keep some u.s. troops there and iraqi leaders privately did the same thing. but he says it became clear the white house wanted to rid itself of iraq and frequently pushed back on those suggestions. jpmorgan chase is revealing the full extent of the cyber

attack that was waged against the bank over the summer. some 76 million households, 7 million small businesses, all affected, making this attack larger than the ones on target or home depot. no account numbers, passwords or social security numbers were compromised. however, hackers were able to steal names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mails of customers who used online and mobile banking. officials are still investigating this attack. jpmorgan chase says no unusual customer fraud has been detected as a result of that breach. so this morning we now know who is going to be hearing ray rice's appeal of his indefinite fit suspension from the nfl. the league and the players union have both agreed to let barbara jones decide this dispute. she served in the southern district of new york from 1996 to 2013 and was appointed by former president bill clinton. rice was initially suspended two games for domestic violence but the league took additional action after video emerged of him thunching his then-fiance in

a casino elevator. commissioner goodell who is facing criticism for how he initially handled the investigation says jones will have the league's pull cooperation. rnc chair is acknowledging his party could do a better job of presenting the women who have emerged as its top leaders. setting examples of success stories like governors susannah martinez and nikki haley. he says the party does "a really bad job" bragging about its female leaders. at the same event he applauded college republicans for governor rick scott that spoofs tlc's show "say yes to the dress." >> it's a big deal for me now that i graduated from college. the rick scott is perfect! 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. >> i think it's a clever ad.

everything is targeted. so sort of analysis that goes on with ads, you've got to consider, where could i place this ad that would get me to the audience i want? >> hm, all right. the college republicans have ads for six male gop candidates and one for wisconsin governor scott walker as well. family business involving a former president, a former governor, a ringing endorsement from one brother to another. >> yeah, i think he wants to be president. i think he'd be a great president. he understands what it's like to be president, for not only the person running or serving, plus family. i of course was pushing him to run for president. he, of course, was saying, i haven't made up my mind. and i truly don't think he has. but -- plus i don't think he liked it that his older brother was pushing it. >> all right, so jeb bush has said he will make his decision by the end of the year, based on what's best for his family. people close to the former governor hint that his wife

isn't too crazy about the idea of a presidential run. that brings us to our twitter question for you this morning. what do you think of presidential dynasties? we have certain names that are always floated around. so are you more likely or less likely to vote for a jeb bush or hillary clinton because of their family ties to the white house? tweet your most creative answers #waytooearly. we heard senator bernie sanders talking about his possibility of making a run for office. it would be kind of hard to run for president. but, you know. big names out there. still ahead on "way too early," more owe yells talk. nah. no, more orioles talk. thursday night football hey lights from packers salt lake vikin vikings, and a very real sentence for two reality stars. jen litman is in a panic over this, she is.

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thank you so much for stopping by. >> thanks. >> thank you for coming to the show. before we get started i wondered if you could just sign these derek jeter things. then sign this photo here. someone else wants to retire too, know what i'm saying? >> who doesn't love retired. the retired captain derek jeter stopping by "the tonight show" last night. time for sports and a pair of alds matchups. the royals and angels, late in the game the kansas city outfield making some big plays last night. it's lorenzo cain early, first

that leaping grab, look at it, wow. that was the first inning. then charging in for a sliding grab in the second. >> what a game. >> yeah. later, back for a shot headed off to right center field. oh! >> he got it yeah, comes up with the ball, game tied. and again in the next inning. oh! yeah, nice night for him this time with that diving catch to save another run. this one remains tied in the extra innings. >> fly ball well hit to right. calhoun is back. and that ball has reached the seats. >> yeah, k.c.'s mike moustakas with a solo shot to put the royals up in the top of the 11th. they beat the angels 3-2. these teams will meet again tonight for game two. the to the only game that matters, baltimore, tigers and orioles. nelson cruz puts the o's on the board first with a solo.

then the tigers answer in the second with back-to-back homers from victor martinez and chris tillman. look at that sea of orange. >> what happened in the eighth inning last night? >> cut his mike. still a tight game in the eighth inning until the orioles blow it open scoring eight runs. no coming back from that. the o's set a postseason franchise record, winning 12-3. game two tonight in baltimore. such a good game! >> you going to sweep? >> i don't want to jinx anything. i don't want to say anything bad. >> it's all right. your already offended everyone in the states of michigan and detroit so it doesn't matter. >> nlds matchups, first the giants head to the capital to face the nationals. dodgers host the cardinals. the nfl and tvikings and parker. first quarter, green bay leading 7-0. aaron rodgers back to pass, finds jordy nelson deep for 66

yards. rodgers with three touchdown passes in that game. second quarter. the pass from minnesota qb christian ponder. intercepted, though, by julian peppers who runs it back 49 yards for the score to put the packers up by three touchdowns. green bay heads into the second half with a 28-0 lead. running back eddie lacy rushed for a season high 105 yards and two scores. packers win 42-10. >> thursday night football games have been very boring this year. cbs is probably thrilled to have the package but those games have been lame. >> blowouts. let's get a check on your weather, bill kerins. big storm coming to the east, going to ruin some weekend plans. yesterday if you're traveling around the dallas-ft. worth area, not fun, springlike stores that came through. we had a lot of wind damage, we had huge hail around denton, texas. we still have about 200,000 people without power from these storms yesterday. these storms continue this morning. they've moved all the way across

louisiana and now they're down around the new orleans area. we still have storms around kentucky and also near tennessee. so it's a big storm system. we have a lot of rain up there this morning. indianapolis and chicago, slow go. i'm sure we're going to have travel delays around o'hare. down around the new orleans area, that's where we are watching probably the strongest storms now. storm reports go 207 reports of wind damage and a few tornados yesterday. here's the new orleans radar. you're okay probably for another hour in new orleans but those stores near baton rouge will come your way and drench you probably for a good two hours. here's your weekend forecast. today, again, we have friday night football, we have a lot of friday afternoon, friday evening plans. especially areas of indiana, ohio, michigan, kentucky, tennessee, down to than that. that's where the storms will be today. not till very late tonight in the d.c. area. then on saturday, that's when we're going to be watching those storms up there in new england. so i do think sunday's going to be great coast to coast. but especially saturday, new

england's not going to be the best. ♪ ♪ magic magic magic >> you can't rain on our parade. the orioles 12:07. you're cheering for the orioles. i see you have an orange tie. >> buck's a great man, i'll root for him. >> yesterday i was getting made fun of forepen pens. the gang at rubber maid sent me this. jill zemenchski sent me this. we're sending jill this great "way too early" coffee mug, quid pro quo. thank you so much, i don't have to be embarrassed for my penmanship. isn't this great? and maybe we'll send you an orioles hat. nah, i can't give those up. anyway. thanks so much. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," much more on the ebola virus with the head of the centers for disease control dr. tom friedman. when we come back here we're going to huddle around the water cooler for the ultimate show of sportsmanship we're going to

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5. it didn't work out. but this one hit me like a big yellow school bus. october 3rd he asked me what day it was. >> it's october 3rd. >> we decided to get that in because it's october 3rd. it's "mean girls" day in case you're wondering. we're going to check in with lewis around the water cooler to fill us in what's going on with a real housewife. oh, no. >> that's right. it's the big house for a real housewife from no one and her husband. teresa giudice has been sentenced to 15 months in prison. the punishment was handed down hours after learning that her husband joe were serve more than three years for his role in the crime. the judge agreed to stagger the sentences though so that one parent could be at home with their four children. >> that's really serious stuff. >> serious stuff. teresa goes first. she reports on january the 5th. i'm sure she is not looking forward to that. >> this is where things start to get real for this couple. four kids. >> no kidding. >> this is really sad.

>> serious story. mississippi, sportsmanship transcended high school football. the brandon bulldogs were up 21-0 in the second quarter when the quarterback for the rival team got hurt and couldn't continue. they only had one qb but the bulldogs had two so the bulldogs did what any good sportsman would do, offered up their starting quarterback to the team. >> they called me up during halftime with the coach. of course, he made a joke, you know. you do bad for us i'll send you back over there. i didn't know what to think. but you know, i told them, you know -- i was planning on going down there, we were going to score a couple of times. they're a great group of guys. >> wow. >> i don't think any rival team would normally do that. i think that's an incredible act of sportsmanship. he did well against the team, two touchdowns, driving for a third when time ran out. he was actually playing hard too. >> pretty cool. >> cool story. let's go to a chest-thumping talk from matthew mcconaughey. the actor dropped by his beloved university of texas last week to help rile up the football team

ahead of their game against kansas. take a look at this. >> ask yourself when you look in the mirror, why do i play this game? why am i doing this? why do i come out to practice? why am i busting my ass in the middle of the heat? every day? feels good coming out on saturdays when it's the big show, right? hell, yeah, it does. feels a whole lot better after a "w" than it does after an "l." still, no matter what, i'll say this i've found that when i've done my best work as an actor, it was only when i pushed myself to be better than i even thought i could be. >> matthew mcconaughey getting deep. the actor got the team pumped up with the "wolf of wall street" chest thump. it must have worked because they won 23-0, shutting out kansas. >> you know how to do that, you do the chest thing, there you go. >> i know it, yeah. thomas, you had a big night last night.

the ally awards. >> it was great. you stopped by, thank you so much. i conned all these great athletes into being orioles fans. i had martina navratilova in a hat, jason collins in a hat, christine quinn in ar orioles hot, raised a ton of cash for an athlete ally who combats homophobia in sports. lindsay berra, yogi berra's granddaughter, put on an orioles hat. she was conflicted. i may her a captive of my orioles love. >> it was a great cause and a great event. very good job hosting. >> all right, thank you, thank you. i want to get your responses to our twitter question this morning about, should family presidential dynasties have a better in at the white house? now that we have president bush saying that his brother jeb wants to be president. we said and thought, your thoughts about hillary getting in or jeb getting in. our producer has some of the best responses, justine? >> good morning.

most say they'd like to see a new face. michael says, no, i ain't voting for either of them, this nation has enough clintons and bushes to last a lifetime. one of our favorite daily tweeters who lights us up with comedy, aidan, i'm less likely to vote for another bush or clinton, the only dynasty that's okay has joan collins. >> remember alexis and crystal going at it in the pond? good stuff. that's going to do it for "way too early." "morning joe" is up right after this.

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♪ all right. welcome to "morning joe." it's friday. >> the lights are off outside. >> and inside. >> yeah. >> it's october 3rd. do you feel it outside. >> i don't. >> it's sweater weather. you have been on e-bay again. >> i haven't been on e-bay. >> a $25 sweater off of