food monday morning. right now on "first look." braep of protocol. the nurse who contracted ebola has sent health officials scrambling in the u.s. high waves and overflowing rivers are forcing evacuations. the view from space is alarm. a weekend of resistance in st. louis where police and demonstrators go head to head with over a dozen arrests. plus a showdown between a drone and a hawk caught on camera. the sexiest woman on earth. a wild week six for the nfl. good morning on this column bups day. i'm frances rivera. scrambling for answers. the cdc on a media blitz trying to calm fears after a dangerous first. a dallas nurse sick, infected

with ebola, inside the united states. another put in quarantine as a precaution. nbc's jay gray reports. >> reporter: last week she was part of the medical team treating the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. she's back inside texas health presbyterian hospital, in isolation, now fighting the deadly disease herself. >> it's deeply concerning that this infection occurred. >> reporter: a review from the centers for disease control blames a paraphernalia in hospital protocol for the infection. officials won't release her name but do say the woman had extensive contact with thomas eric duncan before his december, including when he was placed on dialysis and a ventilator as his condition got worse and he became more infeshts. officials say she wore a protective suit at that time but experts warn problems can occur after treatment when that suit is removed. >> you might have fluids on your equipment, you might have infectious stuff on your hands. getting it off effectively

without contaminating yourself is hard. >> reporter: hazmat teams are preparing to decontaminate her apartment as city leaders, including the dallas mayor -- >> hey, guys. >> reporter: go door to door in the woman's community to reassure neighbors. >> while this is obviously bad news, it is not news that should bring about panic. >> reporter: though it has brought about a stepped-up presence from the cdc. jay gray, nbc news, dallas. at u.s. airports fever screenings will expand this week. look for them at washington dulles, newark, o'hare and hartsfield-jackson in atlanta. they come after an initial run saturday at new york's jfk. and in liberia a nervous development. nurses inside the outbreak zone are threatening to strike. they want danger pay. nurses want $700 more a month. that's on top of the $300 they get now. in the middle east, a desperate plea for outside help. isis militants are threatening

to take over a major province on the outskirts of baghdad. and in syria they are close to gaining another victory with full control of the syrian city of koban it. president obama's administration is facing critics who say his strategy isn't working. this is as officials prepare for a high-level meeting this week about how to defeat isis. for more on this meeting, live to nbc's traity potts on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. this is sort of a review and a look forward between president obama, the pentagon, and more than a dozen countries who have joined that coalition. president obama is set to meet with defense ministers from 20 countries to talk about the fight against isis. air strikes continue in syria kobani is under siege. they are begging for international help. >> kobani does not define the strategy of the coalition. >> reporter: in iraq -- >> iraqi security forces are in

full control of baghdad. >> reporter: but deadly bombings killed dozens last weekend and the joint chiefs revealed isis came within 15 miles of taking control of the airport. u.s. apache helicopters went in and stopped them. >> they overrun the iraqi unit. it was a straight shot to the airport. so we're not going to allow that to happen. >> reporter: critics say the president needs a new strategy. >> they're winning and we're not. >> reporter: too slow, not enough fight, says president obama's former defense secretary. >> i don't mind presidents who have the quality of a law professor in looking at the issues and determining just exactly what needs to be done. but presidents need to also have the heart of a warrior. that's the way you get things done. >> reporter: the administration is urging patience, saying this effort to defeat isis will take time. >> people need to understand they're going to be good days, bad days, victories and setbacks as the iraqis themselves take this fight to isil.

>> reporter: and new this morning we're learning turkey is now going to let the u.s. use its air bases as a base for launching those air strikes both in iraq and syria. >> possibly the start of more action from turkey. we'll see. tracie potts in washington, d.c., thank you. to missouri, where protesters are promising more civil disobedience on this final day of organized protests. >> get back! get back! get back! >> reporter: just two hours ago, a police officer ordering protesters to get back as hundreds of them marched towards st. louis university. police in riot gear banging their night sticks on the ground and blocking the entrance to the campus. hours earlier, 1,800 people gathered for an interfaith service at the university. there were more than a dozen arrests during weekend demonstrations in the neighboring cities of ferguson and st. louis. police say at one point, protesters threw rocks at them, charges that organizers say are simply false. the st. louis police chief says police do not have body cameras but will continue to use

handheld video cameras should complaints arise. mainland japan is bracing for impact. vongfong, the planet's strongest sfoempl of the year, will soon make landfall. saturday it was classified as a super typhoon with 146-mile-an-hour winds. it's now a tropical storm but the effects felt in neighboring china. waves vaulted from the sea. from above the international space station captured this video earlier this week. astronaut alexander gurst tweeted yesterday, the eye of super typhoon vongfong is 80 kilometers, or about 50 miles, across. looks very dark in there. victims of a twisted high school hazing ritual were remembered sunday. many tool part in the vigil in sarahville, new jersey. seven football players allegedly tied to the hazing have been arrested. the ritual included reports of sexual assault. the team's season has been scrapped and next season's play is also in jeopardy. the school superintendent says it hinges on the investigation. rumors continue to spread

concerning the health and whereabouts of north korean leader kim jong-un. national security adviser susan rice sat down on "meet the press" saying there's no indication kim jong-un is no longer in power. >> we're watching very carefully what's happening in north korea. it's a country that we monitor with great attention. we have not seen any indications of a transfer of power at this point. >> meanwhile, making light of it, "saturday night live" seems to have their idea about what happened to north korea's leader. >> i told you, i broke my ankle while dunking over michael jordan! this is what happened! the movie "space jam" is about me! we all know this! >> classic "snl." a lot of hollywood actresses are waking up a little bummed today. penelope cruz is "esquire's" sexiest woman alive. the mother of two is in pretty good company.

others include angelina jolie, halle berry, and scarlett johansson. time to get down to business on columbus day. jackie, good morning to you. >> gad morning. some bad news dead. there could be some more red arrows on wall street today as futures are pointing to a lower open. we did see stocks fall last week on worries a global economic slowdown could hurt u.s. growth. the dow suffered its worst week since early august. the ebola outbreak in west africa could impact chocolate prices. the ivory coast, the world's largest producer of cocoa beans, has shut its borders with liberia and guinea, putting a krimp in the migrant workforce as harvest seen begins. cocoa prices hit a three-year high last month. and boeing flying a lil bit higher. it secured a nearly $5 billion order for 50 737 max jets from an indonesian airline. the 737 max, which goes into service in three years, is more fuel efficient than previous

models. >> let's hope you can enjoy the holiday. sports on monday, we go to giants/cardinals in game two of the nhcs. tied 3-3 in the bottom of the eighth, cards' matt adams crushes it into right field. >> 4-3 lead. the giants tie it up after a wild pitch. matt duffy runs hard from second to score. and then this. >> wong hits it into right, into the corner! game over! wong wins it in the ninth! >> the cardinals win 5-4 to tie the series 1-1. they will head to san francisco for game three on tuesday. sunday night football, giants/eagles, a feeding frenzy for the eagles defense. right there on top of the menu, eli manning. he's sacked eight times on the night and it gets worse. in the third receiver victor cruz suffered a torn patella in his right knee, he is done for the season. phillies shut down the giants

27-0. how painful is that? income, the game week, seahawks/cowboys. tony romo hits witten to the end zone to give dallas the lead at the half. the play of the game comes late in the fourth. >> we're under five minutes to go. romo. still on his feet. lofts it for witten. williams comes in behind it. and that is a catch! >> you're like, what? review now. review of that play shows he drags his feet for the completion. dallas keeps the momentum winning 30-23. number one at the ap college football poll, mississippi state replaces star flate after their 38-23 victory over auburn on saturday. that's the fastest rise to the top spot in the history of the poll. fsu bumped to second. ole miss stayed at third. bail error and notre dame round out the top five. if you can't beat them, be them. after losing both the bam and his sneaker lakers guard ronnie

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. >> a very busy columbus day monday east of the rockies tracking a pretty significant storm system pushing across the south-central plains. strong to severe thunderstorms already hit sections of oklahoma and north-central texas last night. notice this line of severe thunderstorms pushing across eastern oklahoma. that will hold together and continue to push east. notice the large area of severe thunderstorms today. this includes sections of the ohio valley down into the gulf coast. meanwhile, in the northeast, it is going to be rather cloudy with a chance for showers. new york city looking at a high

of 65. washington, d.c. a high of 72 degrees. atlanta dry much of the day with a warm high of 80 degrees. a lot going on with lots of thunderstorms across the deep south. >> you'll dry out a little bit with those pumpkins, a little drier. thank you very much. also making news this morning at least $1.1 million a week, that's how much pennsylvania state police are reportedly spending to bring in suspected cop killer eric frein. police are saying maybe falling leaves and bare trees will help a bit. police in new york are hoping this surveillance video will help track a man they say has been stealing just the right sneaker off women's feet. the most recent theft was in a new york city subway last week. in california, one couple's photography project is spurring copycats who are dressing up as clowns and terrorizing residents. police arrested one copycat who chased after a group of kids. other clowns are reportedly carrying weapons like bats and

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is ahead in the polls but pat roberts is outspending him on the airwaves and reports rich guys will join the financial aid group. harsh words for the president from a fellow democrat. speaking about the white house's economic team, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren told "sa left hand" they protected wall street. not families who were losing their homes, not people who lost their jobs, not young people who were struggling to get an education. and it happened over and over and over. texas gubernatorial candidate wendy davis continues to promote that controversial new attack ad that brings up her opponent's use of a wheelchair. >> a tree fell on greg abbott. he sued and got millions. since then, he's spent his career working against other victims. abbott argued a woman whose leg was amputated was not disabled because she had an artificial limb. >> the ad names other similar cases. it's brought widespread

criticism. hillary clinton's burden of history. 10,000 pages of previously classified white house documents reveal moments of her past like controversial decisions and personal feuds. jimmy carter is campaigning in georgia for his grandson who is running for governor. from the hill, political strategist dick morris is accusing hillary clinton and leon panetta of being in cahoots. the former secretary of state recently criticized the president on foreign policy, citing ambition. "what panetta is doing is a hit, a contract killing for hillary." what did the youngest nobel prize winner do this weekend? you know, typical teenager stuff. malala yousafzai stayed in and watched tv with her parents. the co-author of her memoir said she answered the phone by saying, "hello, this is the nobel laureate," then started giggling. that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." a whole lot on a monday morning after sunday morning talk shows. joining us is msnbc reporter

jane tim. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> "meet the press," chuck todd brings good stuff. susan rice was on there and again saying, talking about isis and the u.s. campaign, saying you know what, this is going to take some time. but you have to consider, with the advances that isis is making and then turkey staying idle, other than saying you can use our bases, is time running out? is the clock ticking? should the united states reassess this strategy? >> you know, i think they're going to have a lot of people saying they need to reassess the strategy. john mccain was on this weekend saying that we're losing to isis. and i think that they need to -- they keep saying it's going to take time, it's going to take time. but i think as the midterms come closer they're going to be under a lot of pressure to have some -- show some results. >> especially isis is the ultimate goal as we've heard over and over again. the campaign trail with midterms

and the few weeks left, notable absence from the campaign trail here. somebody by the name of president barack obama. you've got to consider here in some key races especially when it comes to senate democrats, new hampshire, the race there, jeanne shaheen distancing herself, talking about the race in kentucky, grimes saying, you know what, i wouldn't say i voted for him in the past elections. is that deliberate strategy here for these democrats? distance themselves to keep control of the senate? >> you know, the name obama's a pretty big liability on the trail right now. he's very unpopular, particularly in these states that are up for grabs. even michelle obama has been mostly absent. she's hugely popular but mostly absent from the trail because even she, her last name's obama, that's a liability in these really, really tight races that are a toss-up with one or two points separating candidates. >> especially at a crucial time in the last weeks remaining. let's talk about the ad we just

ran, texas governor in that race, wendy davis using the empty wheelchair. what do you think? out of bounds? some are saying maybe not out of bounds. is this going to damage her at all? >> it's her hail mary ad. and she is trailing in the polls right now. so i think that she's trying to throw everything out, see what works. but i think what we are going to see is that if she ever tries to run again, this is going to come back to haunt her. >> this will always be the case, especially when you have both sides, people on the left, many on the right, many on the left, horrified saying, why did you even go there? we will watch. thank you as always, jake timm, from msnbc. still to come, the newest bond girl. a new batman to compete with ben affleck. a huge premiere for "the walking dead." you're never quite sure what is coming your way.

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107 names have been added to the national fallen firefighters memorial in emmitts burg, maryland. 98 firefighters died in the line of duty in 2013, including 19 arizona firefighters killed in the yarnell hill fire. ben affleck has competition on the batman front. we're talking about the batman who starred in the lego movie who may now get his own feature film following blockbuster potential. "the walking dead's" fifth seen premiered last night. the actor posted this video call is the reaction to the episode a twitter explosion. could there be a new bond girl? leah sadue has reportedly been cast in the next bond film due out in 2015. a hawk attacked a drone as its prey in came bin, massachusetts. a man attempting to capture footage of foliage spotted a red-tail hawk circling the drone. the hawk attacked. the man killed the motor to

avoid harming the bird but this brought the drone crashing down. the video has become a youtube sensation are. all proceeds are going to the audubon society dedicated to conserving natural ecosystems. the care of ebola can be done safely. but it's hard to do it safely. it requires meticulous and scrupulous attention to infectious control. and even a single inadvertent, innocent slip can result in contamination. >> breach of protocol. a nurse caring for thomas eric duncan now infected with ebola herself. are more health care workers at risk? growing u.s. and international criticism, now turkey adding a new advantage to the u.s. campaign against isis. how will this influence the u.s. military strategy going forward? on a lighter note, if you missed it, do not worry because we've got it. there he is.

the loveable stefan makes a triumphant return to "snl" and "weekend update." this is "way too early." we love bill hader. good morning. i'm thomas roberts. monday, october 13th. welcome to "way too early," the show that says thank you for all the mean tweets about the orioles. you have very sharp fingers on your iphones and blackberries. we look forward to the game tonight. we want to begin in dallas where health officials are warning more cases of ebola are possible. it was transmitted for the first time ever in the u.s. concerns grow after a health care worker tested positive for ebola after treating the liberian national who died from the deadly virus. the cdc says she was not one of the initial 48 people being observed for symptoms. hazmat crews raced to what is believed to be the health care worker's apartment to seal