of significant national proportion. all right. and i promised you a best new thing in the world today, and then this other thing happened. i promise you there will be mucho best things. will be much best new things here tomorrow. "first look" is up next. >> right now on "first look," hurricane gonzalez strengthens in the caribbean while storms from texas to illinois cause major problems. severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are likely through wednesday. ebola nurse receives transfusion but the future of her dog is uncertain. plus the political silly season is upon us and the name calling is just beginning. "the walking dead" sets new records. ing right now call it storm nation. 33 million could experience severe weather today. the southeast is in the storm's

bull's eye. folks face rain, winds and possible tornadoes. the extreme weather walloped parts of the u.s. on monday in arkansas a tornado, the twister levelled buildings in seconds. the storm did prove deadly for one family. >> their mother is in intensive care right now but stable. the father didn't make it. >> in louisiana a state of emergency is on. homes crushed, trees crumpled and power poles snapped. in alabama the damage was every where. a 75-year-old woman was crushed and killed by a tree. >> i tried everything i could to get her out. but the tree was on top of her. >> and another weather threat, hurricane gonzalo is growing. it has battered the caribbean and now head ed towards puerto rico. meteorologist bill karins is

tracking all of this and he's up in just a few minutes so stay tuned for that. right now we want to tell you about breaking news out of germany. word that an ebola patient has died. he was a u.n. worker stationed in liberia. he wassing brought to germany for care last thursday. meanwhile here in the u.s. a call for help. the president wants other countries to donate supplies to west africa. in dallas, the nurse remains in isolation. on sunday she got a blood transfusion from dr. kent brantley. her family is hoping for the best. >> the family is in a shock situation. they don't know what to do. >> as for her dog, he remains under medical watch but health officials believe bentley is not a health risk. the infected nbc cameraman is feeling better. that's some good news. on twitter he thanked people. ashoka mukpo is facing big medical bills, $500,000. nbc and others are working to

cover those bills. a new call from the cdc. hospitals need to get up to speed on dealing with ebola. >> every hospital in this country needs to think about the possibility of ebola and anyone with the fever or other symptoms that might be consistent with ebola. >> a new fear inside the outbreak zone a food shortage in sierra leone. 40% of farms have been abandoned due to tend. a quiet evening, caps four davis organized protest in ferguson, and st. louis. organizers say it doesn't end here. as one of their final acts of civil disobedience protesters took their demands for justice to the rams 49ers football game and clashed with police and fans attending that game. inside the stadium they held up banners like this one which reads rams fans know black matter on and off the field.

and throughout the day they braved a heavy rain storm and tornado warnings holding demonstrations at an upscale mall, walmart, at an electric company, city hall and at the st. louis police station. that's where historian and activist cornell west and a handful of others were arrested. >> is this the start of a whole new movement? >> in america that's what i pray. >> what? >> i pray it's the start avenue movement. we can have some people become awake morally, spiritually. >> that was cornell west telling nbc news what is next moments after his release from jail. today president obama will be meeting with defense chief from around the world to discuss the take down of isis. the u.s. has assembled a coalition of nations to fight the militant group. this afternoon martin dempsey

will host the discussion. tracie potts is live in washington. one of the big questions today will most likely concern combat boots on the ground. >> reporter: we've been told not to expect any major policy changes but you're right the key question is going to be of these 22 nations meeting including the united states, which one is willing to put its own military in iraq and syria to fight isis. defense chiefs from ten arab countries and 11 others meet president obama and general martin dempsey at andrews air force base this afternoon. turkey is denying reports that the u.s. can use its bases for air strikes but says it will help train syrian rebels to fight isis. kobani is barely holding on. isis is also closing in on baghdad. hundreds of u.s. troops are there. >> i believe the capability is there to defend baghdad. so i think we're somewhat confident. >> reporter: on monday iraqis

abandoned a base in anbar province just 85 miles outside of baghdad. the u.s. says air strikes are buying time to retrain the iraqis. isis released this video of american peter kassig after converting to islam. >> we haven't abandoned him. we certainly do love him. >> reporter: the 26-year-old former army ranger was captured last october. he was in syria helping refug s refugees. >> he described as his time is running out. >> reporter: hostages, refugees and syrians at risk. the coalition needs to get the upper hand. that's the focus of today's meeting. back here on capitol hill the army's top general is telling congress he's concerned about upcoming budget cuts concerned that they will affect military readiness. >> that can be a problem. it is possibly the most watched

senate race this year, kentucky where senate minority leader mitch mcconnell fights off grimes. last night no love lost in their debate. both had some explaining to do. grimes has refused to say whether she voted for president obama and doubled down last night by crediting a constitutional right. >> i'm not going to compromise a constitutional right provided here in kentucky in order to currie favor on one or other side, or for members of the media. >> mitch mcconnell was forced to address allegations that he enriched himself at public expense. >> is he not a multimillionaire. >> she knows that's as a result of an inheritance that my wife got when her mother passed away. >> well recent polls are divided

on who is ahead. we'll stay on top of that race for you. amc's mega-hit "the walking dead" returned with record ratings. it was the highest rated show in cable television history. the previous record holder was, of course, season four, the premier of that with 16.1 million viewers and not only that but it turns out this episode was the most talked about with more than 1.3 million tweets. that's almost as many as bill karins gets on a daily basis. we'll get to him in just a minute. let's get down to business. >> reporter: we're watching the futures this morning pointing to a higher open on wall street after stocks faded on monday falling for a third straight day. the nasdaq is near correction territory or 10% drop from recent highs and investors they continue to pretty about the slowing global economy and

earnings today from jpmorgan, citigroup and intel. american express and mcdonald's teaming up to let customers use reward points. the operation is launched first in new york and should be in all mcdonald's by december. the controversy over the washington redskins name heating up as the head of the naffo nation was seen sitting with dan snider during sunday's game. navajo spokesman said jobs are a bigger issue. >> monday night football. st. louis wore they're throw back upforms. got off to a strong start at 14-0. at the half it was a four-point game. 49ers dominated the second half of the game.

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calls another just plain ugly as sin. we have those details next. yikes. >> tornadoes continue, the threat right through the morning hour from georgia to atlanta. i'll give you the details who is at risk this afternoon. coming up, you're watching "first look" on msnbc. dad,thank you mom for said this oftprotecting my future.you. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them.

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we still have about 100,000 people without power from the storms yesterday. one fatality and now that line of storms is still rolling through the southeast. this will cause a lot of problems at the airports today and in general for people returning back to school and work after the holiday weekend. who sat risk right now? the line of storms is about to approach the downtown atlanta area, waiting for the line to go through, dangerous winds with that. no tornado warnings with that. around tallahassee some very strong storms. later today this storm system will regenerate, get more energy and juice with the afternoon, if you're in the charlotte area, raleigh, anywhere north of charlotte, southern virginia or columbia, south carolina that's where i'm favoring the best chance of afternoon tornadoes.

i don't think it will be a big outbreak but they will be isolated. rest of the country is looking okay. the other big weather story is gonzalo. this storm is exiting areas of puerto rico. very minimal damage. all eyes are on bermuda. could go into bermuda as a major category 3 hurricane. >> thank you, bill. here's some other stories making news this morning. he's alive. or appears to be and still the lead of newark. new pictures of kim jong-un making his first public appearance in 40 days. he's holding a day which support claims he had surgery on his ankles. the obama administration tells nbc news they are looking into the report's authenticity. the new hampshire congressional race is getting ugly my friends and i mean literally. a republican state senator made an argument on a blog post that looks really do matter in

politics. referring to democratic congresswoman ann custer. he said quote does anyone not believe that congresswoman annie kuster is as ugly as sin. and i hope i haven't offended sin. drag queens are more attractive than annie kuster. he said his opponent marilinda garcia is one of the most attractive women on the political scene anywhere not so attractive as to be intimidating but truly attractive. she commented and said comments are sexist and have no place in political discourse. the youngest person to win the peace prize is on "time" magazine's most influential

teens. a fantastic scramble of politics including chris christie's worst political nightmare lining up leon panetta to be hillary clinton running mate.

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yeah, even isis was like we're no match for those guns. talk about weapons of mass attraction. hello. jihad, jihad. >> let's try to move on from that, shall we, that image that is burned into our memory unfortunately and get to scrambled politics. kentucky democratic allison grimes maintained she's a clinton democrat. she and mitch mcconnell were asked to define that phrase at last night's pass natural debate. >> growing middle class the right way and that's by making sure that we are building from the foundation up. >> there's no difference. the clintons support, for example, what the epa is doing on the war on coal. there's not a dime's worth of difference between a clinton democrat and obama democrat. >> political strategist dick morris said leon panetta's recent criticism of the president is a contract killing

for hillary. his choice of language may be overblown rachel maddox deduces that claim. >> leon panetta was a clinton lifer who president obama tapped to be his cia director and then secretary of defense. since leaving the administration, leon panetta has a new job. he's become senior counsel at something called beacon global strategies. the managing director and co-founder of beacon global strategies is philip reines. >> you can check out the rest of rachel's deduction on the maddow blog. texas goosh candidate greg abbott defends the states ban on gay marriage. he ensures survival of the human

race. karl rove's american crossroads is spending $3 million to target jean shaheen. >> shaheen, o-b-a-m-a. close enough. >> a new survey usa poll has shaheen ahead by two points in new hampshire. as for new jersey governor chris christie don't count him on running for congress. he says quote i would rather die than be in the united states senate. and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. all right. i am joined by news day columnist and political analyst. good morning to you. >> i don't think new jersey will elect him to the senate. i think we're safe on that one. >> are we safe on a situation with panetta and hillary and we'll get to the gritty details of that. i want to first ask you about this. we're still waiting to see if hillary clinton will run and maybe we'll hear at the beginning of next year.

can she wait that long if the mid-terms don't turn out too well for democrats. >> it's a great question. three weeks from now democrats could be feeling very jumpy and very frustrated, so what better vessel would there be for those democratic frustrations and democratic hopes than hillary clinton say hi i'm running let's do it. there's a real possibility that that timetable gets pushed up if the democrats do badly. >> are we seeing glimpse with leon panetta coming out with harsh criticism of president obama? >> they said in washington if you want a friend get a dog. yes. yes. indeed. you do have to see panetta as essentially a clinton character. and a lot of democrats are turning on the president right now. his poll numbers are very low. people are nervous about the impact he'll have on the election. there are a lot of democrats including the hillary camp that

are distancing themselves from the president. >> he did serve under the obama administration and he did carry out -- >> you noticed that. >> the strategy and whatnot. how can you say one thing but have done something else? >> well -- >> i guess it's politics. >> that part of it is obvious but you're absolutely right. leon panetta was urging a swift poll out in iraq. he was saying we ought to go slow going into syria. he was supporting the president in all the things that are in the book right now that he's bashing the president about. i don't know what the guy believes. >> i want to get to rachel maddow's points. do you find it interesting that panetta works as a senior counsel at beacon global strategy and the co-founder of that firm is expected to be a spokesperson for clinton should he run. >> it's very cozy crew. when people are out of government they have to hang out

somewhere. there are these little think tanks and consulting firms. leon panetta found a very comfortable one. you're right it's the clinton campaign in exile. what do we expect. >> we're talking about if he little reines. what will we see next with this and with panetta and hillary situation. do you think this will go forward? >> here's what it's doing. it's going from a loose confederacy of people to something that is like an organized campaign. the timetable is getting shorter. the organization is getting bigger. they will be out there raising direct money pretty soon as soon as some papers are filed. hang on tight. the clinton campaign is coming and it's not going to be much longer. >> all right. so oscar winner jennifer lawrence real true love and he's not who you would expect. we are naming names next. getting in a groove. growth is gratifying. goal is to grow. gotta get greater growth. i just talked to ups. they got expert advise,

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we wish this individual had not been infected and we're concerned that there could be other infections in the coming days. >> there could be more. not the four words you want to hear as the cdc warns more health care workers are at risk of contracting ebola as this nurse battles the deadly virus. debate night, blue grass style. candidates battle it out in kentucky and arkansas. so just how effective were their jabs. we got it for you. and get your day started on the right foot, jimmy fallon has good news and good news. we love a double shot. this is "way too early". good morning. i'm thomas roberts. it is tuesday, october 14th. we're seven ateams away from