good morning, everybody. right now on "first look," good. news on the ebola front to report along with a pentagon strike force being assembled to fight the deadly virus. another major nfl record is shattered with this pass by peyton manning. a heart pounding rescue as a dad is pulled from a home. good morning, and thanks for joining us. we have fast-moving developments on the u.s. effort to contain ebola. first, a new strategy to fight isis militants near the syrian border town. the u.s. military conducted an air drop of weapons, ammunition of and medical supplies saturday night. the materials were provided by

kurdish authorities in iraq. this air drop is the first of its kind and comes after weeks of air strikes. there weather it helps or not could jeopardize relations. the turkish president said yesterday he would oppose any u.s. arms transfers to kurdish fighters. right now breaking overnight, the ebola quarantine is over. those who cared for thomas duncan is over. the team able to jump into action on 72-hour's notice. tracie potts is live in washington for us. any specifics on how this team is being trained? >> they are going to train down in san antonio and their job is going to be, as you said, very quickly get on the ground any time an ebola case is diagnosed right here in the u.s.

>> reporter: 20 critical care nurses, 5 doctors and 5 infectious disease efforts will be suiting up, training in a texas army base to respond within hours to any ebola case in the u.s. >> have you traveled in the country in the last couple months? >> reporter: today hospitals are preparing for new guidelines from the cdc how to care for ebola patients. >> one is complete covering with no skin showing whatsoever. >> reporter: there's still debate over whether the obama administration should ban travelers from west africa. >> we should not be having commercial airline flights up to 150 people every day coming to the u.s. >> reporter: there's criticism of president obama's new ebola czar, a white house insider, not a doctor. >> we don't need another white house political operative. >> you don't need to be a health care person.

you need to be somebody who is a good organizer. >> the next individual who is a lobbyist and a political hack to head up the ebola crisis in this country, it doesn't give americans confidence. >> lawmakers are warning against making ebola a political issue because we can never forget we are just now over two weeks away from the election. >> it's coming up on o us fast. thank you for that. just this morning, new images of nina pham's dog. he's still under quarantine. he will be tested for ebola just in case. u.s. stores hand sanitizers are a popular item. ebola jitters is causing sales to jump 9% over the last few weeks alone. and they are ramping up screenings.

joining me is is doctor nancy. let's talk about the situation now and this s.w.a.t. team that the mt. and members are putting together. the cdc has something very similar. >> the cdc has something similar but the pentagon's response team is much more inclusive meaning there's doctors, there's nurses, there's administrators and they will be the team that respond to any of the 5,000 acute hospitals in this country if needed. >> is the pentagon the right agency? >> they are the right agency in terms of coordination. it's about oord nation. the same with ron clain being the head of the ebola crisis. it's about coordination. there are many bright medical lines behind all this had. the cdc, nih, but we need homeland security and department of defense. someone has to coordinate all

that. >> we have learned that thomas eric duncan's family have been cleared from the quarantine. we haven't heard a lot about the two nurses infected with ebola. what do yes know about their treatment right now? >> both of them are in stable condition. they are receiving supportive therapy. remember, this is a virus. there's no known treatment for the virus. we're hoping that the antibodies they received in the plasma transfer will be effective to help them, but it's support i-therapy, meaning intravenous fluids, monitoring of their heart rate, this is all being done at the these centers chof there are four or five designated throughout the united states. >> where are we right now with an ebola drug? we heard about zmap. what's the holdup? is it money? >> i think depending on who you

ask there was there was never enough money for the vaccines or it's such a difficult thing. antiviral drugs are very difficult. we are now ramping this up and trying to get it up as quickly as possible. in addition, the vaccine, they are trying to push out as quickly as possible. >> hopefully it comes very fast. thank you for your time this morning. let's move to this. in one florida neighborhood, a falling crane sent everyone running for cover. it was removing tree branches at the time. the operator was able to jump off just in time. no one was injured. officials are investigate iing accident. california now a heart pounding moment. the rush to find a man still trapped in a burning building. >> oh, my god! >> is everybody out? >> no, there's a man inside.

>> that man was pulled out alive by a stranger. both american are truly lucky. just 40 seconds after they came out, that house exploded in flames. let's move on to "sunday night football" on nbc. broncos and 49ers and peyton manning is in the record books again. he threw his 509th pass to become the nfl's new all-time leader in touchdown passes. he's a humbled manning. >> i have always been a fan of quarterbacks. whether it's brett favre, john elway, so i'm honored and humbled to join a pretty unique club. >> indeed. denver with a crushing 42-17 victory over san fran. the broncos are now 5-1. the rams hosted the seahawks and pulled a trick play that fooled just about everyone. >> austin black deep.

>> on the fire side by bailey. bailey down the sideline and he'll take it all the way. >> that my friends, is how it's done. the camera could barely follow it. a perfect fake return that resulted in a touchdown return. fourth quarter, rams up by two, and they pull off a fake punt for a fresh set of yards. the rams stunned the hawks 28-26. the cowboys continue their winning streak against the new york giants. demarco murray, the only player in nfl history with consecutive rushing yard games. they improve to 6-1. so the ice now, the rangers set a new record scoring two goals. just 4 seconds apart in the second period. they win 4-0. and the chase for the sprint

cup does continue. brad keselowski wins giving him an automatic birth into the third round. dale jr. and jimmie johnson are out of the chase. it ended in a 2-2 draw, but before the game he received a special musical tribute from boys ii men. ♪ >> thanks so much forring everything you have done. >> what a perfect song. a tennessee official is blasted for racist remarks. and talk about a bizarre turn apparently breaking up is hard to do. s personally when one of you

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tropical storm anna has moved past hawaii, but that did not keep surfers from taking advantage of the big waves caused by the passing storm. the state has dodged a bullet yet again. thankfully they did. pfs looking bad for a minute. bill karins has a look at what was threatening. >> it's very weird for hawaii. >> everyone on the island should buy a lottery ticket. they are lucky people. >> it did rain, but they avoided the winds and heavy rainfall hasn't caused too many problems. honolulu, five inches of rain is a big deal. the higher peaks get it, but the storms are moving away. a little bit of rain this morning and we'll clear out for the afternoon.

. if you're waking up in the northeast, you saw the forecast and saw the hats and gloves ready for the kids. it's cold this morning. freeze warnings in effect for new jersey and easily the coldest morning yet of our fall season. maybe the first frost in the pumpkin u. we're at 32 in albany. the big cities are holding into the 40s, but all the burr bs are into the 30s. middle of the country is great. if we're going to have bad weather, one, south florida it going to get a lot of rain and new england is going to be ugly. . we have a nor'easter rainstorm. no snow, but it's going to be rainy and windy. not a pleasant tuesday through friday. >> nobody wants to hear nor'easter. >> not already, but it doesn't always mean snow. it can mean cold rain too. >> even better. also making news on this monday morning, police say the disappearance of hannah graham is now a death investigation. they are awaiting forensic tests

to determine whether remains found on saturday are that of the missing uva student. the location is eight miles from where graham was last seen more than a month ago. serena williams is competing in the wta finals this week. he's firing back for comments that referred to her as one of the williams brothers and also called her scary. williams called the comments, quote, very unsensitive, and very sexist and racist. he apologized but only after being fined $25,000 by the bta. he's also the head of the russian tennis federation and banned from tour involvement for a year. before we go to our next story, we have to warn you. the video you're about to see is graphic. in china, two pedestrians are just lucky to be alive after that right there. they were waiting to cross the

street when this ambulance ran a red light, hit the tail end of a car and that caused a car to crash into those pedestrians. they suffered several fractures. the driver, this is what's so fascinating, was fined equivalent to just 3 $33 for that accident. he got 6 points on his license. i guess that makes up for it. this is an overhead view of a woman stuck in a chimney. she had to be rescued by firefighters. the homeowner was away this weekend and this is where this gets a little creepy. he met her online but told her he was no longer interested after he met her in person a couple times. >> there wasn't too many red flags to let her know i wasn't interested. even having her by my property at all. i guess she tried to pay me a visit through my chimney.

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he's expected to cast his early ballot later today. an odd sight. people started packing up and walking out when the president started speaking. no word on a reason for the exit. senator elizabeth warren is firing off against the gop. she told a crowd in minnesota the game is rigged and republicans rigged it. a candidate's military accolades are often used to gain points with voters, but nominee chose to do the opposite. he did not choose to talk about his medals. they found going over his official summary. he felt uncomfortable calling attention to the awards out of respect for those who received no rewards at all. the toronto star reports rob ford was kicked out of three polling places this week for illegally campaigning. and from "the new york post," a

kplooes list of every president's favorite drink. they talked to the author and here are some of the highlights. old hickory, andrew jackson made, sold and drank whiskey. teddy roosevelt liked mint juleps. bill clinton reportedly enjoyed the british snakebite, which is half hard cider and half lagger beer. and president obama likes beer. the article says the mansion has honey ale from honey from the white house hives. now you know. so drink up to that this morning. i'm joined by reporter jayne tim. good morning to you, thank you for joining us. let's talk about president obama. he was at a political rally in maryland. he basically said republicans have bad ideas and keep recycling those bad ideas over and over again. is that message resinating?

>> it's a bit of a hard sell right now. republicans have one idea that people like which is this travel ban over ebola. so with two-thirds of the country backing the other side, it's hard to say this is a bad idea. even if the democrats are struggling to make the case that it is a bad idea. >> we're weeking away from midterms. is ebola the main issue when it comes to politics? >> it's going to be huge. if it's anymore contractions of the disease, it's going to be even fresher in people's minds as they are sitting in the ballot box. >> the president has been tallying this theme of hope and change. is that something he can still sell at this time? >> i think the people he sold it to originally, hard line democrats are struggling to feel engaged in the political process. polls are saying not as many democrats are voting. >> a lot of people just as the

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some of the stories we are following on the weekend, pope francis said god is not afraid of new things.

they are pushing to make p parishes less rigid. they should not be afraid of change. a group of scientists have tested hundreds of rats caught in the subway and this is what they found. an alarming number of disease causing bacteria including 18 different viruss that were previously unknown to science. doctors say they will continue monitoring the population. and there have been more creepy clown sightings across the country. this would make you want to stay inside and lock the doors for good. this clown spotted near indianapolis walking down a neighborhood. that's just not right. creepy clown sightings started last week. hopefully it stops after halloween. brad pitt blew away ben affleck at the box office this

weekend. but that's below estimates. still enough to take the top spot. "gone girl" was next. i give it a thumbs up. i really do. the next movies we're about to tell you about, they are family friendly with "a book of life" pulling in $17 million. there's some beef. katy perry is upset. she's not happy about a certain missing frosting, this is huge, the upcoming super bowl act tweeted betty crocker why would you discontinue rainbow chip frosting. how can i turn 30? she tweeted back, katy, one more week. bringing the frosting back is definitely being explored. i wonder if that gift goes to all of us.

maybe just complain and get a free gift. don't try it at home. an eagle might be an exception. it goes and actually steals a golfer's ball and flies away it w it. "way too early" starts right now. when you cast your vote, you've got a choice to make. and it's not just a choice about political parties. it's not just a choice about candidates. it's two different visions of america. it comes down to a simple question. who is going to fight for your future? [ applause ] who is looking out for you? >> president obama, you can hear it there, going hoarse as he tries to rally the troupes ahead of midterm elections. are his words enough to inspire democrats? and the roman catholic church ends a two-week

conference by rejecting language on gays and divorced catholics, but it's the progressive folk who gets the last word. and courage under fire. the big question, would you run into a burning building to save a stranger? we begin a new week with a new hero. this is "way too early." hey, everybody, hope you had a great weekend. i'm thomas roberts. welcome to "way too early," the show that has not decided what to be for halloween, but we bought two christmas ornaments this weekend. while you're out shopping for halloween, did you notice all the christmas stuff that's up? it's kind of weird and depressing. so this gang has not been out shopping this weekend. we want to get right to the top of the news this morning. we're talking about what's going on with the midterms. democrats and republicans are