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 completing our halloween

costume. it's coming upon us quickly. let's start in dallas as we learn new details that are coming out about the nurse that's fighting for her life after testing positive for ebola. the nurse has now been identified. her name is nina pham and is 26 years old. she's in isolation but listed as in stable condition. she received a blood transfusion from dr. kent brantley. it's the third time he's helped an american. her dog success cared for at an undisclosed location and the pet was a little puzzled when he was taken from her apartment but it's in a safe place. nbc news has also learned that pham is an experienced nurse but was only certified as a critical nurse on august 1st. according to the ap, pham is one of about 70 employees who cared for duncan. a family friend who is now speaking out said she always made patients her top priority.

>> i think she's a nurse that would sacrifice her own life in order to save other people. all we ask is for everybody to say a prayer for her. we strongly believe in that. the more you pray for her, the more quicker the recovery will be, happen to the whole family. >> meanwhile the head of the world health organization says the ebola outbreak is the worst health emergency of the modern era and the cdc director thomas frieden is urging hospitals to think ebola when a patient shows possible symptoms. now he also responded to critics that he blamed pham of contracting the virus by breaching protocol. >> we have to rethink how we adegrees ebola infection control. even a single infection is unacceptable. people on the front lines are fighting ebola. the enemy here is a virus,

ebola. not a person, not a country, not a place, not a hospital. it's a virus. it's a virus that's tough to fight. but together i'm confident that we will stop it. >> other big news today we have another huge signal that there is a new era under pope francis. the vatican document released on monday revealed findings of worldwide bishops and signalled a more inclusive attitude towards gay and divorce catholics. ann thompson has more on that story. >> reporter: the francis effect and his vision of a more inclusive church embraced by the catholic bishops. in a statement one observer describes as the church thinking out loud the bishops take a new merciful tone to disaffected catholics writing homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the christian community. on the contentious issue of divorced and remarried catholics it urged new pastoral paths to

reach those separated from the church because they can't receive communion. >> the church wants to reach out to these people. >> reporter: following the example of pope francis, marrying 20 couples at the vatican last month, some who had already lived together, one couple even had a child. last year famously saying about a gay person -- who am i to judge. >> we must respect the dignity of every person. >> reporter: at ancient religion grappling with modern life. >> that was ann thompson. we'll have much more on "morning joe." for the fourth day in a row hundreds of protesters marched across ferguson and st. louis, missouri to mark two months since an unarmed black teen was shot and killed by a police officer. the day was called moral monday. activists urged demonstrators to stage acts of civil disobedience. it concluded a weekend of

protests that demanded charges in the shooting of michael brown and changes in how law enforcement operate there's. more than 50 people were arrested yesterday including jewish, christian and muslim leaders. many arrests came after police came face to face with protesters outside of the police station. the demonstrators were demanding to meet with the police chief. cornell west was knocked down and among those arrested, west was later released from jail. so who needs monday night football when you have debate night in america. last night saw key match-ups play out in races in kentucky and arkansas and we want to start four in arkansas where republican tom cotton tried to tie senator mark pryor's agenda to that of president barack obama. >> which key pieces of legislation have you helped lead that you're most proud of if you can name one, if you can also

name one that you perhaps would like to take back? >> well, i haven't been in washington very long, less than a year, but i've been there long enough to know as calvin coolidge said it's just as important to stop bad laws as it is to pass good laws. >> mark pryor and bramlett 400 bills from the house of representatives pile up. liberal democrats will protect barack obama's legacy and enforce his policies. that's why a vote for mark pryor is a vote for barack obama. >> lajs you heard congressman cotton admit he hasn't passed anything since he has been in the house. he ran a poll on the senate race. did he know where the bathrooms were nonetheless he thinks he's entitled to be in the senate. his approach is my way or the highway, this dead end politics that leads to thing like fiscal cliffs and shutting down the government.

leadership in washington involves walking across the aisle. congressman you don't have the reputation, the ability, or the desire to walk across the aisle to get things done in washington. >> meanwhile in kentucky republican senator mitch mcconnell's challenge len, allison grimes tried to define herself as a clinton democrat and once again refused to say who she voted for in 2008 and 2012. >> this is a matter of principle. our constitution grants here kinne the constitutional right for privacy at the ballot box for a secret ballot. you have that right. senator mcconnell has that right. every kentuckyian has that right. as secretary of state i'm tasked with overseeing and making sure we're enforcing all of our election laws. >> it's a matter of principle, standing on principle. >> i'm not going to compromise a constitutional right provided here in kentucky in order to

curry favor on one or other side or for members of the media. >> you won't answer that question tonight. >> again, you have that right, senator mcconnell has that right, every kentuckyian has that right for privacy at the ballot box. >> there's not a dime's worth of difference between a clinton democrat and obama democrat. there's no sacred right to not announce how we vote. i voted for mitt romney. proudly. i voted for john mccain. by the way in 2012, 116 out of 120 kentucky counties agreed with my judgment that we might be in better shape now had mitt romney been elected. so this morning islamic state militants are claiming gains on two different fronts. the iraqi army said they were forced to abandon a key army base. the base is located in the town about 80 miles from baghdad. it's the third iraqi army base

in three weeks that the islamic state has seized. according to the u.n., 180,000 people have left anbar province amid the fighting. the battle for the syrian border, the city of kobani is continuing on the ground. kurdish forces are not retreating but isis is pushing forward after a string of suicide bombings. turkey is disputing claims from the u.s. that it approved the use of its air bases for strikes against isis. turkey says talks are ongoing. defense secretary chuck hagel now says he's optimistic there will be progress. that's a big reversal. speculation has been rampant over the disappearance of north korean premier kim jong-un whether his health or a power struggle was to blame for it. after 40 days away the leader emerged. according to these photos, not verified by nbc, however according to the state reports he toured a new housing development but it's unclear when the event actually took place.

state-run news acknowledged recently he had been ill and in multiple photos you can see there he's seen using a cain. a lot of interesting business headlines to speak about today. it's confirmed, the snap chat hack was not a hoax. paging the google doctor four. we want to begin on wall street where futures are looking better and brighter after another sell off including a plunge on the dow. we go to london for more. all eyes on corporate earning reports, any reports coming out. talk about what we expect today. >> reporter: yeah. a lot of companies reporting this week the s&p 500, 10% of companies will report in the s&p this week. the banks today as well and that's the dierks earnings, not just the numbers but the revenue, what the sales figures are but the guidance, what they are saying what's going on in the rest of the world. a lot of banks reporting today. citigroup, wells fargo, we think about an hour and a half early.

we got calls into the company because they weren't due until 7:00 eastern time. if these are correct these figures third quarter, 5.75 billion of net income. big increase from last year when they had a lot of litigation costs as well. we're looking at the rest of the sector and big numbers like& jo electric. apparently there's a test being run by google where you can hook up their video chats with doctors who get live pretty much diagnosis. i'm a great fan of self-diagnosis. this is a test only available to some users. whether it becomes long term depends on those tests. >> most people should try to stay away figure out their own diagnosis. snap chat now confirming the rumors that they had a breach and how to sands of photos and

videos were leaked? >> reporter: snap chat is saying it's not our service that was breached. it's a third-party website, users of snap chat were encouraged to use this. apparently this is nap save.com not snap save which is another party. 200,000 videos and photos were put online in this latest breach as well. i can confirm thankfully for everybody there were no pictures of me. >> we appreciate that. but the day is still young, steve. you still have time if you want to get something out there and we can come back to you live right here on "way too early." you have time. >> reporter: "way too early" for that kind of thing. >> birthdays are now far less sweeter at one northern kentucky school. listen to this. the cincinnati inquirer reporting burlington elementary school combat childhood obesity has banned cake, ice cream and other food products from

children's birthday celebration. instead if students want to they can handout nonfood items such as bookmarks or pencil erasers. the pta member tells the paper that many parents are coming around to this idea. oh, here have an eraser. then they eat the eraser or sniff the highlighter. the twitter question is banning birthday cakes and swees at schools the right way combat childhood obesity. tweet us your most creative answers. we'll put the best ones up later on the show. get out the erasers and the glue. what are kids to do. still ahead on with a tie early the rain would not stop in kansas city. we'll show you what one oriole did to attempt to dry spell it out. have you ever wondered what's in a chicken mcnugget? i have not.

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it 14-0 at the end of the first quarter after the quarterback, austin davis had a touchdown. then san francisco there. brandon lloyd there. one possession game. rams with a chance to tie with a minute left in the game. davis throw intercepted. niners win this 39-17. rain, rain, go away. >> that is right. baltimore catcher trying to sing the rain away before the wash out actually postponed the orioles game in kansas city. so we got game three of the alcs match-up coming up this evening in kc. kc is leading, instead the game, like i said moved to tonight.

kansas city beat the orioles two games to nothing so far. quiet. all right. before that, the giants and cardinals they square off in game three of the nlcs, that series is tied one game apiece. we want to get a check on weather. nbc meteorologist bill karins is back. bill, did you see -- >> what is that >> that's me in my sweet new orioles gear. >> that's good. change things. . >> that is. i got it yesterday. >> those royals are talking smack too. >> i know. >> surprised about that. >> nasty little guys. >> speaking of nasty yesterday we had a tornado outbreak, severe weather outbreak and unfortunately it continues this morning in and around the atlanta area. strong storms moving through at this hour. we actually have a tornado warning. so that means here we are at 5:30, 5:45 in the morning tornado sirens have been going off on the northwest side of

atlanta. it's heading up towards roswell and moving fast at 40 miles per hour in the dark. stay in your houses and wait for this to move on through until you get to safety. as far as severe weather, 253 reports of severe weather yesterday. large outbreak for october. today will not be as bad but still about 32 million people at risk of within damage, few tornadoes. if we get tornadoes north georgia, south carolina, central north carolina is most at risk. north florida wind damage is your biggest threat. and dealing with rain in areas around the great lakes. other item of note, hurricane gonzalo, expected to be category 3 when it goes through bermuda on friday. a major hurricane for bermuda. not going to hit the u.s. >> bill thank you. good to have you back. coming up at the top of the hour, "morning joe" mitt romney on a roll. reports the former contend certificate listening to friends who will make another run for the white house.

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how billy eichner is p.o.'d. >> billy eichner all out war on burger king accusing the restaurant of stealing his act. take a look at this. >> did you know i did a voice on bob's burger. >> that's my favorite show. >> i was the librarian. >> oh, my god. >> who hates books. >> is twitter a force. >> yes. >> carrie underwood. >> you going to binge watch this. >> what do you think? >> chicken nuggets. >> how much would ten of these cost from burger king. >> $5. >> $1.49 for ten. >> ten chicken nuggets for $1.49 only at burger king. >> i don't know. billy has hit the home with a

barrage of nasty tweets. not much we can read on air. hey, thanks for stealing my act for your new commercial. except it's not as funny. >> that's true. he's getting some likely support here. speaking of micky d's fast food restaurant is ready to answer the question of what people want to know and don't want to know. they are launching a new campaign called our food your questions. take a look. >> i think it's disgusting. >> based on what's in the food. >> not real. >> why doesn't the burger rock. what's in a chicken mcnugget. where are the bones in a mcrib. does mcdonald's sell real food. you have questions about mcdonald's food. they asked me to help you find the answers. >> they want people to submit questions about how food is made and says it will respond. we'll see how that goes.

i don't think we want to know about that. >> i think it might be a good way for people to learn more about it. but i don't want to know. >> let's get the day started off right. we'll go to jimmy fallon. last night he was back at it listing nbc anchors for an edition of good news and good news. >> republicans and democrats have reached a deal to just be cool with one another. >> witnesses say a dog in sunglasses riding a skateboard is in town this week. guess who he wants to hang out with? you. >> great news for commuters. traffic jams are no longer important, especially where you live. >> on the count of three let's both say what we're thinking, one, two -- you're the coolest person in the world. >> you are the coolest person i know in the world, thomas. >> i feel that's like what we do here every day at the cooler, bring people good news and have a good time. that's it. it's a good place.

>> that's right. >> we'll wet to everybody's twitter responses. earlier we asked whether or not it's a bad idea a school in kentucky is telling kids not to bring birthday cakes and sweets to share with the kids. instead bring erasers. our producer has the best responses. i said this will lead to kids eating erasers and huffing glue. >> especially if they are shaped as food erasers. aden says no it won't. we need to teach moderation be careful not to give kids a complex about everything they eat. rich said most certainly not. combatting childhood obesity starts at home and stop making fast food a way of life. learn to use a stove. >> i remember taking stuff to school was a good way to share and make new friends. we'll see how it goes. it's a new day. that will do it for "way too early." "morning joe" right after this. , for every hacker, crook and nuisance in the world.

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