postseason baseball as the orioles and the royals break out their brooms, winning their series in sweeps. bring on the alcs. this is "way too early"! that does look nice. good morning. i'm thomas roberts. it is monday, the 6th of october. welcome to "way too early." the song that takes song requests. there we have it. and everybody, did you watch the -- this weekend? a little sweeping action going on. orioles baseball. you like this? i didn't want to be too arrogant about the sweep of the orioles, but my team, they had orioles shirts, and they had these hats, and they had brooms. i don't know what it is about these young kids these days. you know? but the orioles won. anyway, we're going to talk about that more in sports coming up. also, the royals, they have something to be very proud about, their sweep this weekend. what a weekend for postseason

baseball. we want to begin in nebraska where in just a few hours the freelance nbc news cameraman who tested positive for ebola will arrive. dozens of specialists who treat ashoka mukpo in omaha. he is the fifth american to be diagnosed with that deadly virus. well, this hospital is going to be specially equipped and ready for him, and there is the specially equipped plane carrying him. it left liberia last night. his parents say he is walking. he's eating. he's drinking on his own. mukpo's parents and his girlfriend are going to be there in nebraska to accept him the moment he arrives. >> every time i would ask him how he's doing or how he's feeling, he clearly would respond with "i'm just getting myself through this day until i get on the plane." >> we can't wait until the moment that we can hold him and hug him. but at this time, all we care about is that he gets better. >> over in dallas, the cdc says that thomas eric duncan is now, quote, fighting for his life.

officials say he is in critical condition because of the ebola virus, and family members say he is on a respirator. meanwhile, a top official at the world health organization tells "the washington post" the group may have waited too long to respond to the outbreak. it declared a global emergency 4 1/2 months into the epidemic. doctors without borders warned in march of an unprecedented epidem epidemic. it also urged the w.h.o. to declare an international health emergency on july 30th. that's nine days before it did so. and several potential republican candidates are urging the white house to enact travel ee stri restrictions because of ebola. but medical experts and the number two republican in the house are both questioning those calls. >> when you start closing off countries like that, there is a real danger of making things worse. you isolate them. you can cause unrest in the country. it's conceivable that governments could fall if you just isolate them completely. importantly, you can't get

supplies in and out. they need help. they need equipment, and they need health care workers to come in. >> we know africa does not have the same medical treatments as we do, so we can't ignore it and let this spread around the world. it's not just our problem, africa, it's the world's problem. so how could we possibly stop all that? i don't know that the planes does that, so we've got to go to the core of the problem, solve it there and invest in a treatment and vaccine so we cure it once and for all. usa.s. air strikes continue but the military is making advances and threatening more bloodshed. witnesses say isis killed six iraqi soldiers in public by lining the troops up against a wall and shooting them in the head. it occurred near baghdad in a town where isis seized control last week. and then over in syria, kurdish forces are engaged in heavy clashes with islamic state militants. they're trying to defend the key city near the turkish border.

but officials fear isis could take control within days. and the militants also took responsibility for beheading another british hostage, and they are threatening to kill a man from indianapolis. peter kassig is a former army ranger who was kidnapped while helping syrian refugees. his parents pleaded for his release in an emotional video to his captors. >> violence is not the solution to the problems that trouble us all. there is so much that is beyond our control. we've asked our government to change its actions, but like our son, we have no more control over the u.s. government than you have over the breaking of dawn. we implore his captors to show mercy and use their power to let our son go. >> please know that we are all praying for you and your safe return. most of all, know that we love you, and our hearts ache for you to be granted your freedom so we can hug you again. >> meanwhile, for the second

time this weekend, vice president joe biden apologized to a u.s. ally in the fight against isis. the apology to the united arab emirates centered on these comments where he suggested it supported militants in the region. >> our allies in the region are our largest problem in syria. the turks who are great friends and i have a great relationship with iran who i just spent time with, the saudis, the emirateis, et cetera. what were they doing? they poured hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against assad. except that the people who were being -- who were being supplied were al qaeda and the extremist elements of jihadis coming from other parts of the world. >> vice president biden also apologized to turkey for saying the country's president said it was wrong to let foreign fig fighters cross into syria.

turkey's president said he was outraged by the comment and that his relationship with biden was, quote, history. we turn now to domestic politics and new polling in three key u.s. senate races this fall according to new nbc news/marist polling, we look at kansas first and greg orman leads senator pat roberts by ten points. 48%-38%. and nearly half of likely voters in kansas said they had an unfavorable impression of the senator. we look at north carolina and the incumbent democratic senator kay hagan leading republican statehouse speaker tom tillis, 44-40%. and in iowa, in the race to replace outgoing senator tom harkin, republican state senator joni ernst leads democratic u.s. congressman bruce braley 46-44%. now, that is within the poll's margin of error. and only 7% of likely voters in iowa thought they might change their vote between now and election day. that is certainly a hot race to watch.

his name isn't on the ballot this november, but it will seem like old times in arkansas because former president bill clinton is returning home to headline a series of campaign rallies for democratic candidates. clinton will appear at four rallies over two days to help democrats including gubernatorial candidate mike ross who used to be his driver. and senator mark prior. but political experts say they are unsure if clinton's poll will be enough to push the democrats to victory in the republican-leaning state. a recent "usa today" suffolk university poll shows asa hutchinson with a two-point lead over ross. and a cbs news/"new york times" poll released last week shows republican congressman tom cotton with a four-point lead over senator prior. this morning, the "usa today" editorial board is weighing in on the back of debates that we're seeing this midterm season. now, the paper writes, quote, this november for the first time in 36 years, voters in ohio will go to the polls without having seen a single debate in the state's gubernatorial contest.

in michigan, no debates have been scheduled in the senate race and only one is expected in the gubernatorial race. none has been scheduled between major party candidates in senate races in tennessee or mississippi. numerous house races are also debateless. the paper alls this the era of big money saying candidates get out of debates by flooding the airwaves with tv ads. that brings us to our twitter question. do voters lose out when candidates don't debate? tweet us your most creative answers using #waytooearly. it really is an epidemic when we just think about tv ads clogging the airwaves and that's how people are voting. another name to add to the possible list of presidential contenders come 2016. u.s. senator rob portman campaigned in iowa this weekend on behalf of senate candidate joni ernst. while portland said he's focused on the midterm elections, he told "the des moines register," he'll consider a possible presidential run. telling the paper, quote, i am

worried about the direction of our country. and that's my passion. but i'm going to wait until after the election. now, portman became the first republican u.s. senator to back gay marriage last year. we turn our attention to business news for you. we're learning that new information about the jpmorgan hack attack. plus what could be an awkward reunion for three former u.s. financial officials. we're going to get to those stories in a moment. first, steve, you're following big news from silicon valley. word of another split from there. start with that. >> absolutely. last week it was all about ebay splitting off paypal. this week is about hewlett-packard. for many years they said we're going to split this company. it appears ms. whitman may split it into a computer and printer company and hardware and services division on the other. the company is currently running about 66 billion u.s. dollars, has 300,000 employees. and there is a lot of speculation that we're going to

hear imminently news about a split over at h.p. so it can basically have a faster growth unit and indeed it can separate its business and not have to divide its intentions. elsewhere, the hacking attack which jpmorgan was talking about last week could well have affected nine other financial institutions according to reports. now, these hacks could well have gone very deep inside these financial institutions. when you have very limited debail, what they were after, whether it was retaliation for u.s. sanctions, whether it actually came from russia or hackers in russia who had some form of institutional or government support. that's a big question. did they mean to steal financial information. a lot of speculation about that hacking of those financial institutions. >> all right. let's talk about this reunion because this is really going to be interesting, steve. these thee big names set to testify this week. it concerns the lawsuit over the government's rescue of insurance giant aig. >> sure. the individuals in question, hank paulson, tim geithner,

former treasury secretary and the former chairman at the fed, ben bernanke as well. it's a $40 billion lawsuit. and it's from morris greenberg, the former ceo of aig. he says, and he's using the constitution's fifth amendment here, which as i'm sure you'll remember, says nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation. those last three words that he's fighting for this $40 billion for aig shareholders. he says the $182 billion bailout did not give that just compensation. and he's using the fifth amendment of the constitution to fight this case. many people think it's a long shot. and that these three protagonists will go over well-versed examples of why this had to happen. >> a legal case study to come for sure. thank you, sir. great to see you. still to come, could the patriots recover from that embarrassing loss last week? we've got your nfl sunday football highlights. and then later, can you guess which artist has eclipsed the beatles in top 100 singles? that's pretty amazing.

we'll have that story and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back, a monday edition. stick around. anwar sadat, president of egypt, dead in a terrible massacre in egypt today. it happened this morning in the suburb of cairo on the occasion of armed forces day in egypt as sadat watched a military parade. suddenly the reviewing pavilion became a gory bloodbath. ♪

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bring everybody home. they help add up the lead, each hitting a home run. whoa! and then in the fifth, back-to-back defensive gems from royals' outfielder lorenzo cain. first that diving catch to albert pujols. then charging in to make a great sliding grab. kansas city moves on to the alcs after sweeping the angels with an 8-3 win in game three. then we take you to detroit. the tigers also facing elimination against the orioles. let's go to the scoreless sixth inning. birds at bat with a man on first. >> to the gap down the line. and that one's hit hard, right field line. cruz watching this one slice, and it is a fair ball home run! >> yeah! nelson cruz with a two-run shot for the lead. and that's all the o's would need. they hang on to win this, 2-1, eliminating the tigers after a three-game sweep. baltimore will host the royals in an alcs -- >> who you picking in that series? >> the orioles! yeah.

it was so good, on friday, i watched the game on friday, i lost my voice. i was screaming so much at the tv set. >> congratulations. i'm very happy to you. >> it's been a panicky weekend. >> i'm rooting for the royals, by the way, the rest of the way. >> hey, just so you know, my orioles had -- bill karins just had it on its head. >> it felt creepy. i couldn't do it. >> it was messing up his hair so he took it off. no, it's messing up my hair! i've got to do the weather. blah, blah, blah. so a pair of nlds matchups. san francisco looking to put the nats on the brink. then each team trying to gain an edge as st. louis hosts the dodgers. we start with the bengals and the patriots on "sunday night football." this was a really good one. new england leading 7-0 in the first. tom brady finds rob gronkowski. gronk for a 27-yard completion. and with that, brady comes only the sixth quarterback in league history to break 50,000 yards passing. brady finishes with 292 yards, 2

touchdowns as new england bounces back in a big way. handing the bengals their first loss of the season, 43-17. we go to san diego, backup quarterback michael vick in for geno smith. >> we don't need to show these highlights. >> in the third quarter after the jets go down 21-0 in the fir first half, the chargers blank the jets, 31-0. wow. >> it is the worst game of football i've ever sat through in my life. to denver, broncos trailing arizona in the first. peyton manning finds julius thomas. that's manning's 500th career touchdown. he joins brett favre as the only two quarterbacks to ever reach the mark. manning finishes with four touchdown passes including a pair to receiver demaryius thomas. the broncos hand the cards their first loss, 41-20. to arlington. the cowboys trailing houston, 7-3 in the third quarter. tony romo back to pass. evades there.

that was really sharp. launches the ball deep. hauled in by terrance williams in the end zone there. look at that. this one ends up in overtime. tied at 17-17. romo with another one, off-balance throw under pressure. dallas receiver dez bryant makes that spectacular catch to come up with the jump ball, setting up the cowboys for the game-winning 49-yard field goal. they beat the texans, 20-17. new orleans now, saints with the ball in overtime. they are tied at 31-31 with the buccaneers. the running back, khiry robinson, takes the handoff. 18 yards to reach the end zone for the game-winning touchdown. the saints take this one, 37-31. to nashville, the browns on their back from a deficit against the titans. the quarterback, brian hoyer, finds travis benjamin for the score. they come back to win it, 29-28. nail-biter right there. then this news on olympian, the champ, michael phelps. he's taking some time away from swimming. the 29-year-old entering a

six-week inpatient program after being arrested for driving under the influence last weekend in baltimore. phelps, who was also arrested for drunk driving back in 2004, he was 19 at the time. he said in a statement, quote, i recognize that this is not my first lapse in judgment, and i am extremely disappointed in myself. michael phelps, a huge hometown hero in baltimore. we send him nothing but the best, and taking some time to get back on track. so we'll see how he does six weeks off. in other baltimore news, i'll wear the hat. i'm not ashamed. bill karins. >> i wish you the best. but you know that mike barnicle picked the royals to win the series before the season started, and he happened to go to vegas and actually put cashola on that, so good luck. >> okay. you know who sent me this hat, mike barnicle. >> really? >> he had this made for my huge head. yeah. >> we measured it. >> we did. >> it took a little extra string, but we did get the

official measurement. >> it was quite a science project. anyway, what's going on weatherwise? >> we're watching some chilly temperatures. it was a little cool, it was rainy in new england on saturday. sunday turned out to be a beautiful day out there. temperatures are in the 40s. look at hartford at 39. a lot of people had to kick the heat on this weekend. if you hadn't done so before. this afternoon looks just fine. notice the rain, though, buffalo and pittsburgh, that's late today. right now showers and thunderstorms rolling through the memphis area. so if you're in memphis, stay inside for about the next 20 minutes. some hail with those storms and some dangerous winds. and in all, 19 million people at risk of wind and hail damage today. if we're going to get any tornadoes, they'd likely be in west tennessee and maybe even western kentucky. so the paducah to memphis areas, you'll get a second round later today we're worried about. and also into areas of arkansas and northern louisiana. every out west is looking great. it was hot, very hot, thomas, this past weekend in california. that's cooling off. so it looks pretty good. we just got those thunderstorms today. the rest of this week will be kind of quiet. >> bill, thank you, sir. appreciate it. coming up at the top of the

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billboard hot 100. drake is now number eight on the list. one more will have him tied with the queen of soul, aretha franklin. he's still way behind his mentor, lil' wayne, who has number three with about 122 entries. that's a lot. the cast of "glee" is on top followed by the king of rock 'n' roll, elvis presley at number two. i want to congratulate you, thomas, on your orioles and also wish you a very happy birthday. it was this past sunday. >> oh, thank you. >> what did you do? anything good? >> we had a nice day. we celebrated a friend's belated wedding reception. and i got two new pens. >> excellent. >> one from my niece and one from my nephew. >> so you've got to show them both. i love it. >> i've got this going for me and i had a very nice weekend. >> you look well rested. usually on your birthday, you go out -- >> i'm 42 now, you know, older, wiser. and i go to bed a lot earlier. louis, thank you, sir. appreciate it. want to get your responses to our twitter question. we asked you do voters lose out when candidates, talking about

how many elections are taking place around the country and these candidates are just running tv ads instead of talking to each other in front of the public. what did we get? >> good morning. debates are crucial. they allow us to see candidates with no scripts or overly dramatic narratonarrators. they're valid as kabuki theater. >> i guess it's a double-edged sword when you look at it that way. that's it for "way too early." "morning joe" is straight ahead right after this. to map their manufacturings at process with sticky notes and string, yeah, they were a little bit skeptical. what they do actually is rocket science. high tech components for aircraft and fighter jets.

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