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 with the islamic state

militants. the city is seeing the most extensive airstrikes yet. the strikes have done little to deter isis. meanwhile, u.s. officials say they are outraged, turkey is refusing to commit to military involvement and turkey's inaction led to heated demonstrations across the country. 14 people are dead after clashes between the police and protesters t. white house is bracing canada, they will join support and fbi is asking to identify a member from isis who may be from the u.s. he speaks with what is described as a north american accent. viking's running back adrian petersen will face a judge. a spokes woman says the football star will definitely plead not guilty to charges of reckless or neglect injury to a child. sources tell nbc sports the defense will push for a speedy

trial t. goal is for a trial to start december 1st. peterson's defense team wants the case resolved as soon as possible. meanwhile the minneapolis star "trib" reports money raised by his charity and one of its credit card paid for a hotel room used for an alleged orgy. peterson listed a series of disputes adding on twitter, quote, never let the truth get in the way of a good story. obviously, more to come in the way from that one for sure. another decision on marriage equality t. ninth circuit court of appeals struck down bans in idaho and nampblths ruling gay rights were violated and the supreme court declined to take up the issue on a national level effectively granting marriage equality rights to couples in some 30 states. because the 9th circuit covers alaska, montana and arizona, the

number of states that will soon have marriage ekwaelt quality is up to 35. democratic senator mark prior is responding to fallout for failing to answer a question about ebola outbreak. he accused his opponent of voting against legislation that will protect americans. they asked prior if president obama was doing enough. >> reporter: do you think the obama administration has do you know good job handling the ebola crisis? >> umm, i would say that it's hard to know because i haven't heard the latest briefing on that. i'm reading the paper and all. but my impression is we have people over there both from cdc and other medical-type people and even some engineers to try to build, you know, medical facilities. that's what they need over there

they need the medical infrastructu infrastructure. again, i'd have to see the latest numbers. >> okay. so you saw that. this morning we have her response from the senator t. statement says, quote, i've given better answers to tougher questions, but the fact is we've got to do everything possible to prevent an outbreak here at home. >> that starts with containing the diseases spread in western africa and our military and airport screening things are the right thing to do. what's not right, however, to vote against adequate funding for the center for disease center for control. which congressman cotton has done. a poll shows cotton with a 4% lead over senator prior. michael bloomberg is looking to make his mark in the mid-term elections. the new york times reports the former mayor will use his resources to help elect candidates who represent

centrist ideals. charlie baker is running for governor in massachusetts. bloomberg's effort will also back a gun referendum in washington state and a push for primaries in oregon. listen to this, twitter is suing the fbi and the department of justice to public the number of times the government requested user information. the social media site claims it's entitled to release that information under the first amendment. the government settled with google, microsoft and other tech companies if january agreeing to set back some disclosure rules. critics accuse twitter of using the lawsuit to drum up public good will. we want to talk business and stock futures. they are looking up this morning after yesterday's deep dive, concerns over the economy gave it its worst day since july. what are investors watching today? we are joined by steve in

london. it has to do with the bad economic fuse from europe. with yesterday being so bad, today everybody has to be a little optimistic. correct? >> not necessarily. what the problem was is there are longer-term issues in europe which are beginning to drag everyone down now. at the spite the fact the dow is doing well with european markets. overall the german outlook is pretty awkward as well. the imf is confirming as well that euro zone is pretty much non-existent. the u.s. did well. u.k. is doing well. europe is doing well. the fomc meeting, we had the owner of kfc doing badly in china, lowering its estimate there as well. plenty of physicals to come out ahead. elsewhere, time geithner is back up in front of judges and attorneys in the this court case, where morris greenberg the former ceo, wanting $40 billion

in damage. he was instrumental in the fact that a 12% interest rate was attached to federal loans to aig. they put a time limit on that and the attorney for morris greenberg and the claimants was pretty aggressive in its questions to mr. geithner. >> that's one to watch with that powerful ruffle with the three aig guys. cnbc has this new survey, things people are willing to sacrifice to be able to afford new tech. so what are the things they will give up to get the new iphone or samsung product? >> pretty much everything, actually, travel, food, health care. >> children's college? >> well, that may be as well. they can get a loan. but health care, which is such a battleground stateside the last couple years under president obama, these things will be cut back by nearly half of americans, 48% of respondents in this cnbc survey said they would

give up those things to afford their key technology the two groups who will skim, apparently women between the ages of 18 and 49 and those earning incomes between 50 and $75,000. and the real item, of course, as you alluded to there, they want to hang on to and pay the bills most on time for was their cell phones. >> it's interesting about priorities. very interesting. great to see you. we are following these disturbing new revelations coming out. there are reports about the actor who played the father and the pastor on the popular tv serious "7th heaven." they are investigating a complaint in which the woman accused the actor steven collins of molesting her more than four decades ago when she was 14 years old a. statement comes after tmz released what it claims is audio of the 67-year-old actor kwon fessing to child molestation. >> that audio has not been independently verified by nbc. two cable networks have nixed plans to reair reruns and the

screen actor's guild says collins resigned on its national board. collins has not been charged. we understand the movie "ted 2" he was supposed to appear in. he has lost that role in this. jennifer lawrence speaking out about the hacking scandal. in the new issue of "the vanity fair." she says it is not a scandal, it is a sex crime, a sexual violation, the law needs to be chaj changed. we need to change. just because i'm a public figure, i'm an act tres does not moon i asked for this that it comes with the territory. i can't believe we even live in that kind of world. lawrence was one of several actresses that had several for thes to, rihanna, selena gomez and kim kardashian were targets of hackers. our special surprise guest coming up next t. blue phone has been broken out. that's right. our guest is either up way too

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chat. our next guest the object of the affection of lindsay lohan in "mean girls." this season he's a contestant on "dancing with the stars." is he going to answer? jonathan bennett are you there? >> i am. >> so there is way too late for you. you are in los angeles, correct? >> right. that's what i say, it depends on how you look at it. in my early 20s, i'd be like way too late. but now that everything is painful upon the me from dnsing and i'm getting older, it's way too early. >> should you be up practicing? right now you have made it through the fourth week of "dancing with the stars." this was the best week of your life. you do homage to "mean girls." a lot of people may not know you lost. this was a dance where you put your heart on your sleeve and you survived. so what's it like in the moments after the show when the stars are all tallied up. what's it like for you?

>> i tell you. this week was a tough week the judges were pretty harsh on us this week. i missed a couple steps during dance but we kind of got almost, it was a tough week for us. i think watching the package of like watching everything play right before you dance definitely affects you. so going forward, you have to remember like don't pay attention to the screen. bus they put pictures of your parents up right before you dance, it, you know, it definitely affects your dancing, but it's still, they had good notes and the stuff they talked about definitely like things i need to work on. so it was, some of it was justified in that i'm excited to take that to next week and go dance. >> you live to dance another

day. this was an homage to "mean girls." are you surprised when we think about that film, it was 2004. there is you and lindsay on screen. you were the erin samuels character. we saw erin an drus call you aaron post-dance the other night just as a joke. but the girls in this film with you, they have all been on to great successful careers. it's pretty amazing when we think about the characters you have played in this role with. are you still pulled dis with some of these actresses? >> oh, yeah, the girl that plays gretch isn't a good friend of mine. we just did another movie last year. like we have done five movies together over the past ten years. by chance we end up randomly getting cast in films together. we stayed pretty close. she is fantastic. >> gretchen weeners. >> yeah.

>> lindsay clizzie cap lan, she was a lead actress playing janis back then. she evolved into a great role. thanks, for getting up early or staying up to slate for us. either way, we wish you the best of luck on "dancing with the stars." now, go kick karlton's butt. all right. >> all right. >> i saw when he brought out the secret weapon, man. it's good stuff. >> i was just literally, they had when he comes back up to the sky box, i don't think my body moves like that. i don't think i can do that. >> it's good, though, it's funny stuff. it's good it's out of the way now. karlton, move on. >> exactly. >> thanks for that doing that. i appreciate it.

>> of course. in sports, mlb matchups. the naats are trailing 2-1. the slugger hits it into center field. hunter pence with the defensive play of the night. making a leap grab. the rob worthy of a big hit. that's huge. bryce harper sends a solo shot out of the park. trying the game out in two. off the kayaks the naats get in trouble. pablo sandeval is the play. oh, long pitchthon by walk, brings home the go ahead run. eliminating the naats after four games if advancing to the nlcs. so we take you to st. louis, cards trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the 7th, facing matt adams with two men on.

scores! >> so adams sends a three-run go ahead homer. the cards hang on and move on to play for the pennant for the fourth 82er in a row. man, they're hot. they host the giants in the nlcs starting on sunday t. blood moon overnight. >> it's going. we are closer to totality. that's within it will be fully in the earth's shadow. you are giving it a half hour more. it will be completely in the earth's shadow. on the east coast, it's hard to see. we have clouds in new england. the sun will be coming up in an hour. as far as the weather goes, strong winds through eastern new england. providence, boston, new haven, everyone with gufrts of 30 miles per hour t. leaves are blowing

all over the place. it will be gone by:00 a.m. then it will be a nice day. storms in tennessee and rain in arizona, pretty quiet, though. we have a wide viewing area for the eclipse that's ongoing right now. >> not for us, though. >> no, not the greatest here. >> thank you, sir. much appreciate it. on "morning joe" are strikes on isis effective or just for show? a lot of questions about this, the u.s.-led response to the militant group isis. plus [ music playing ] mid-term pre-show, little john teams up with an all star cast to entourage young people to vote. it may be the best rock the video vote yet. we got it for you next.

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. >> all right. let's huddle around the water cooler here to rock your world. louis. >> right now we are in the home stretch of the elections the campaign is at it again, trying to get young people to the pollles. the time it turns out millions of voters enlisted the help and a special guest appearance from a friend of "way too early" whoopi goldberg. >> i will swing by later after i'm done voting. >> don't come by after "dancing with the stars." >> mid-term elections, i'm voting in mid-term elections.

>> i can't hear you what are you say something. >> i'll call you later, bi. >> love you, too. yeah. >> voting booths in the windows over to the walls and rock the boat, dude. >> all right. thank you. >> ♪ rock the vote ♪ turned down for what ♪ turned down for what ♪ turn out for what. >> i'm darren, i'm turning out for education. >> i'm e.j. i'm turning out for marriage equality. >> i'm le narcs i'm turning out for reproductive rights. >> i'm turning out for human right rights. >> hi, i'm natasha, i'm turning

out for prison reform. >> we'll see if little john does the trick there, thomas. >> yeah. >> now you are speechless. >> a employers went to help a family in need. instead of writing a ticket whose daughter was not in a booster seat. he went to wal-mart and bought her one. the mother said she had fallen on hard times. she posted about the random act of kindness, asked of what he did t. officer said, quote, a ticket doesn't solve the situation. what solves it is a child being in a booster seat and added it was the easiest 50 bucks i could ever spend. >> that's awesome. >> i think that's a great thing. >> many people see this story pay it forward. they need a little help. >> definitely. >> louis, thank you. >> next on "way too early." the stories you can talk about in the days ahead.

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. >> welcome back. balance mince running back adrian peterson makes his first court appearance on child abuse. espn reporting he will plead not guilty. several meetings concerning the threat of isis coming up this afternoon, followed by a meeting with his national security team. thanks, we made it halfway through the week oh my god, can you tell how enthused they are. "morning joe" starts right now. >> 2, 1. on the ground to 2nd.

panic. >> well, good morning. it's wednesday, october 8th, everybody. >> the mighty fall the angels have the best record in the american league, they're out. nationals have the best record in the national leak. they're out. a lot of depressed people in walk for good people. >> the naatitude. >> what a disappointment. to do it with bases loaded. a wild pitch a. killer. now you move on. you have the giants playing the cardinals. cardinals meet the dodgers last night. >> isn't that something? what an organization they have. i never seen anything like it. >> the red sox, obviously, they've had their successes. these cardinals have been better than anybody. they find themselves back fourth year in a row t. cardinals taking on the giants. now the orioles on the other side. with the royals, thr