there, that is praising ruth bader ginsburg as notorious rbg, but if you don't know the difference between a blog and a tumblr, it's because you are not as hip and with it as 81-year-old ruth bader ginsburg. . good wednesday morning. isis bears down on the turkish border while the fbi wants help "american idol"ing possible isis fighters. a routine traffic stop in indiana turns violent. it's all caught on camera. more on 2014's most powerful storm. and j. law says those cowering with pictures should cower in shame. isis is trying to identify a man possibly from the utz seen in isis video t. man seen here speaks in english and arabic. investigators say his accent

could be american. officials hope someone may recognize the man flew his voice and appearance. in turkey, media say at least 14 people have died if fighting between protesters and police. demonstrators tried to approach a police station in istanbul. officers used tear gas, rubber bullets overnight. the u.s. top leader general martin dempsey talking about the topic with abc news, he says he is fearful kobani will fall. there is concern if militants take the city. terrorists could then enter into turkey. this as canadian lawmakers have authorized airstrikes against isis in iraq for up to six months. australia's prime minister announcing he wants to ban so-called hate preachers or radical islamic preachers through laws. the french government released

this, these fighter jets were target mog sul. two people were hospitalized as a precaution in spain because of eboll ra. a health worker and a person that traveled to nigeria. >> that makes four in the hospital in spain where the first case of ebola was transmetro detroited outside africa t. dog, by the way, a nurse may be positive. authorities fear it could transmit the virus. it comes as we learn about possible risks too id to the military 'ition in liberia. tracy potts is in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it comes as we are learning how worried americans are about getting ebola. in a few gallup poll only one in five thought they, themselves, might become infected. but you said, there is new concern about these thousands of soldiers we are sending to west africa. the pentagon says just over two

dozen of the 4,000 soldiers headed to africa will have direct contact with blood samples being tested for ebola. >> there is their primary skill. this is not a, you know, medical guys trained to do this. this is what they do for a living. >> reporter: the cdc reports there is progress in africa. in some areas the outbreak is nearly contained. >> people learn about ebola. they learn the risks. they change their behaviors. >> infection control is still a problem. now there is word critical burial teams in sierra leone are on strike because they haven't been paid. >> maybe two, three in one grief. >> reporter: back here, thomas duncan is now on dialysis and a ventilator in dallas him by now the nearly 50 people who had contact with him could be getting sick testimony cdc says none have shown any symptoms. >> we should not panic and start running from africa.

it is not the right thing to do. >> reporter: he's on the same experimental truck as the nbc freelance photographer in isolation in omaha. we are getting a sense of what all this will cost. the pentagon alone says they plan to spend nearly three-kward quarters of a billion dollars, they are building hospitals and lab, thousands of soldiers and members of the military. that's how much they expect it to cost just in the next six months. >> tracy potts, thank you. an indiana police department is standing by one of its officers this, morrow. cell phone video capturing smashing the window of a car, using a stun gun. >> that man is suing the police department for excessive force. nbc's kevin tibbles has more whampblths appears to be a routine traffic stop becomes a violent encounter with police. >> why do you say people are not going to hurt you. people are getting shot by

police. >> in the back seat, her two children, a seven-year-old daughter an 14-year-old son who record on his cell phone camera as a hammond police officer taiss jamal jones. >> i feel like my civil rights was just thrown out the window along with my body. >> reporter: they have filed a federal lawsuit against police for use of excessive force. hammond police remains jamal jones refused to get out of the call. police officers were at all times acting in the interest of officer safety and in accordance with indiana law. the family of choke hold victim eric garner has taken steps to sue the new york police department. they filed a notice of claim for a $75 million civil suit against the city and the police department holding it responsible for garner's july death. another new york police incident, video showing a police officer punching a 16-year-old marijuana suspect who appears to

be surrendering with his hands up t. unarmed falls to the ground. another officer appears to hit him in the face with a gun. later, a third officer approaches from the left part of your screen there appears to stand by as his two colleagues attack the teen t. incident took place on august 29th. two of the officers are under criminal investigation. hollywood is reeling overactor steven collins' aalleged confession. tmz reporting him admitting to that. the tape was allegedly recorded by collins' wife in 2012. the nypd is now investigating that. . l.a. cops are swarming his home tuesday night. there are reports of a shot that turned out to be false. severe weather is causing some extreme scenes. >> i've never seen anything like

this. >> sirens aimed as storms pounded parts of kumplt tuesday. one storm chaser caught this shot. an ef-1 tornado in action. the storm system leaving behind power out annuals, nothing too serious. >> the search for a u.s. airman swept away resumes in japan. u.s. and japanese forces scour the area by air and sea. of the four people washed away by typhoon phanfone, one is alive, two are confirmed dead. they racing the clock to catch that last man. why? because a super typhoon could swallow the island this weekend venlth noaas infrared enhancement showing how fierce that can go. let's go over to sports. frances, you have good fuse for my friends in california. >> your family, too. the mlb playoff, the dodgers in a tlirl graham four.

>> at the pull pen ready. into the opposite field. pence back at the call. the 3, 1. harper hits it high and deep into the right field corner. if it's there, it's long gone. that one is fair him home run. we are tied! >> a wild pitch in the bottom of the th scores another giants run, elittle fateing the national, advancing to the mlcs. thanks, to adam's 7th, they lifted the considered to a victory. all right. keep that champagne pouring game one in saturday for them. adrian petersen running being is set to appear in court today for child abuse charges. a spokesman says he plans to plead not guilty. he never planned to hurt his son

by spanking him with a tree brinech. he is currently on paid leave. nfl leaders will discuss domestic abuse. it has put roger goodell in the hot seat. they will also vote on the doctor 1.4 billion sale and look at furthering international play. and ford has released tear fab 40 list, showing the world's most valuable sports brands of 2014 a. new number one in the athlete's category, lebron james with a top value of $37 million. we placing tiger woods. he dropped 10 million in value. still comes in at 2nd with 36 million and a 3rd roger federer at $32 million. it's nice to have all those zeros behind there in that count. you would never know what that's like. >> we can dream. we can hope. by, some losing 10, 12 million in one year, how would you like

that? from sports, let's go to business, nbc's kate rogers, i hear her brand value is to about what 33 million? >> hey, richard, stocks fell sharply tuesday as they fret about the impact that could have on the corporate earnings. the dow suffered the worst day and puts triple digit moves in the past 13 session. twitter is suing the justice department and if ib fib. the social media wants to be allowed to provide more details about the extent of u.s. government under surveillance and requests information on users from federal agencies. this is good news. it may not stay warm this winter. it will be a repeat of last year's deep freeze is unlikely. demand of natural gas and heating oils sent prices skyrocketing last winter as we all remember. back to you. >> yes, ma'am, i do remember. kate, thanks, so much for that.

just ahead, why judges have the congressional map. why jennifer lawrence speaks out about the hacking of her photos. >> a lunar eclipse is forming. big storms roll in through i'm give you the details. are you watching "first look" on msnbc.

. >> let the lunar eclipse begin. we are seeing a little on the left side. the moon will slowly disappear, about 6:30 east coast time. they will get the red hue. they will call at this time blood moon. how much dust and dirt is in the air. over the next hour, that will be occurring. in new england, you won't see it. there are a lot of live feeds on the internet. we are watching central massachusetts. we have reports of trees down, power outages, strong winds

moving through the region. one of those days you need both hands on the steering wheel. otherwise, it's a quiet morning world trade center exception of rain in arizona. really good viewing for that eclipse, central plains, rockies, west coast t. sun comes up on the east coast when it's at its peak. you will lose it. you get it the next hour or so. >> west coast looks perfect. tragedy for the family of a california fire fighter. a fire fighter died after his plane crashed yesterday afternoon. he is believed to be the only person on board. federal officials will led to california this morning to investigate the crash. another victory for advocates of marriage equality. the 9th circuit court of appeals striking down same-sex marriage bans in idaho and nevada. an additional nine states are now poised to legalize same-sex marriage and will bring the total number to 35. virginia voters will go by there congressional map for the

upcoming general election. but not the next election. the judge is saying it violates the 14th amendment. the gop controlled state legislature disproportion natalie drew lines that packed african-americans into one congressional district. academy award winning actress jennifer lawrence is breaking her silence on her leaked pictures in august. she says she's in the apologizing, instead, she tells "vanity fair," quote, it is not a scandal, it's a sex crime, the law needs to be changed. we need change. that's why these websites are responsible. after a break, warren buffet picks the next president. republicans giving up on michigan and twitter users go after speaker john boehner. plus, why little john is telling you to vote. scramble politics is next.

. >> all right. here's your look. your first look of scrambled politics. the third richest person in the world knows who the next president will be. warren buffet telling the most powerful women's summit, hillary will win. adding he'd be toured bet money on that. the former secretary of defense leon panetta says he is too willing to step back and point out problems. even members of is inner circle acknowledge his flaws. early voting is under way in ohio. on msnbc.com, beaner's jobs

tweet opened the door for much mockery. he pointed out five points for jobs, but the list, you see it right there. it is blank. minority leader nancy pelosi tweeted some of her ideas to be put on that list, including raising the family wage and the healthy tax. is a michigan senate race over? the gop is can selling a million dollars in ads, suggesting a win could be out of reap for republican terry lynn land. while some candidates ditching themselves from the first lady. michelle obama is visiting madison, wisconsin to tell young voters to support mary burke. lock the vote. releaseing a parody music video called turnout for what? it features a remake of little john's turned dun for what? and some guest appearances. >> mid-term elections.

>> i can't hair. >> talk to you later, bye. >> love you, too, yeah. >> occupied, we are in here, floating. >> wait, are you a lena dun ham and celebrity fitness trainer. >> this is how we are in hollywood, we vote with our fingers. celebrating president putin's birthday in chechnya. it was a great opportunity to stock up. if you were there. all things putin. shirts and cell phone cases and everything else you might want. an interesting hat there he is wearing. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics him don't go anywhere. "first buzz" is right around the corner.

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. >> leading the news in the washington post, twitter sues u.s. government on littles on ability to disclose orders. the suit alleges restrictions on what twitter can say publicly about requests for users data. >> that violates the first amendment rights. in the u.k.'s "guardian" protests fade in hong kong as demonstrators take stock. the numbers are restricted rapidly. the hopes of winning meaningful election reform him some observers say much of hong kong going back to work. the question now, whether beijing feels pressure. analysts wonder whether kim jong-un's sister is stepping in. surprisingly acknowledging the existence of reform through labor camps. men's health something's apologizing for this article

"called sports with her" many readers called it sexist. the magazine ten tweeted apologies for our in the talk sports with her" story. we deleted it. the cdc says americans are living longer than ever before t. life expectancy is almost 79 years now. >> that increased from 2010 and 2011. >> it's all a matter of time. "first look" right now, sheers we are liking. we'll start with you. frances, nice to see. >> you when you watch fallon. i have so many sketches. the sketch he does, oh, im. now he made it into an actual song he debuted monday night with will i am. >> ill, seriously, seriously, im, im. are you not hating, are you

merely converstating with sarah ill. he's trying to get it on the billboard top 100. he's asking the fan to buy it off itunes. you know the force that is jimmy fal lonl. this will get up there. it is kind of catchy. >> his sfolg huge. no doubt it will happen. the amount of time they spent in the production value on that. >> i guarantee you with my household with my 4 and 2 no no ill to you. this is cool. >> this creative people with a camera, stop motion animation is painstakingly very difficult. they did in the park. this is non-stop motion. all of a sudden, it guess to

this. >> that's awesome. >> it looks like they used a drone or some kind of overhead hand held. >> individual frames put together to make it look like they are being pulled along the ground. >> so is gopro done? does that mean stunt stop motion is the way to go. >> how long does this go? >> a minute-and-a-half. it's the highest trending video, a million clicks in one day. >> amazing video that's gotten about a million clicks in a matter of days. this is the first pitch at the naat's park. this individual. he's a vet. it took him years to recover. he has five children. he imitates crawling along, throwing the first pitch as a grenade. >> oh, cool. >> at first, you are like what is he doing? at the national level, they

hugged him before or after. he had to wait years to be able to do this. >> thank you for first buzz, this is "way too early" with thomas roberts. >> that starts right now. stick around. . >> the news isn't good. they need heavier weapons. >> they need some effective than normal weaponry. >> so you are outgunned? >> the syrian city kobani taken over by isis. taking the power back, jennifer lawrence speaks out on the photo hacking scandal that left nude photos of the actress on line. we lighten things up with "way too early to call" the surprise guest with the mean feet, will he answer our call?

this is "way too early." [ music playing ] good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it is wednesday, october 8th. it is about to call. a big thanks, to mike g and a phone toss there. a great success. thank you, thank you, much appreciated. we start things off. we will talk about what's going on currently. in washington, in a few hours, president obama will meet with national security officials about the threat from the islamic state militants. it comes as turkey warns the syrian city kobani is about to fall to isis. if this happens, they would control a large area of the turkish syrian border. look at the map there. they are engaged in heavy fighting witth