fashionistas worldwide. and after it fixed fast. new guidelines for health care workers. good morning, breaking news, oscar pistorius will not escape jail time. just a a short time ago, he was sentenced to five years in prison for the killing of reeva steenkamp. the fallen olympian wiped away tears as they call it a right sentence. as for the gun charge, he was given a three-year suspended sentence. the question is where will he be jailed and when. the sentencing capped off a seven-month trial. the fashion industry is remembering a true icon this morning. oscar dela ren ta has died at the age of 82. he was diagnosed with cancer in

2006 but his exact cause of death is not clear. the last design was a dress for george clooney's wife. during his career he designed for every first lady dating back to jacqueline kennedy and also jenna bush. laura bush sent her condolences saying he was always the man who made women look and feel beautiful. the clintons says, his singular talent and taste elevated american fashion and his warmth and friendship will be missed by our family and all those whose lives he touch ed in his extraordinary journey. we have more on the man who revolutionized the fashion industry. >> he emerged in 1963. he went to work for designer elizabeth arden. just two years later at the age of 31, he set out on his own starting his own fashion label.

after he left to study art in spain, his true love was fashion. he's been at the front of couture design for decades. he designed fashions for many celebrities include iing the go worn by hillary clinton at the 1997 inaugural. >>. i. ed her to look glamorous and great. >> he's received most of the top fashion awards designer of the year in 2000 and 2008. 1990 he received a lifetime achievement award. but he said design didn't define his life. he was known for his charity and contributed heavily to a school near his birthplace. he also served on the metropolitan opera. his designs can be seen everywhere including the boy scouts when he redesign ed the

uniform. a dire warning for 5 million drivers. the national highway safety administration issued a recall for defective air bags and 4.7 million cars. they have faulty inflaters and are telling drivers to take their cars to their dealers immediately. the malfunction has led to four deaths after they exploded and sprayed passengers with metal fragments. they are found in some toyota, honda, mazda, bmw and gm models. inside the u.s. new infection protection rules in the ebola epidemic. the old ones rule goggles and a mask. the danger there is skin and hair are exposed. all health care workers will undergo repeated training. their skin must be covered and washed by a trained monitor. . >> guidelines provide an

increased margin of safety. they provide consensus on protecting health care workers. >> in washington the new ebola czar starts work on wednesday. in nebraska good news for an infected nbc cameraman. he could be released this week. he's waitings on a final test result. three quarters of a billion dollars to stay home from work. "the washington post" is reporting the federal government is paying a hefty sum to workers on leave awaiting punishment or clearance. they learned during a three-year period that ended last fall more than 57,000 employees were sent home for a month or longer. here it is. the tab for these workers exceeded $775 million. we are inching closer to midterm elections and they could gain control of the senate from democrats. president obama has cast his

midterm ballot at a polling station in chicago. tracie potts is live for us. how will the ebola situation and threats from isis affect the upcoming midterms? >> what's interesting about that is we look around the country and they only need a few seats to pick up a few seats to gain control. as we look into some of these races, what they are talking about in many of these races is not what's happening in the district but what's happening here and around the world. isis, ebola. >> none of the national story lines were good news for democrats. >> reporter: republican challengers are using that against democrats. isis keeps popping up in the senate race. >> obama kept waiting and kay hagan can't quite. >> reporter: democrats and supporters are fighting back blaming republicans for cuts that make it hard to control.

>> make a a cut. . >> but even with their party's heavy hitters on the campaign trail, the obamas, the clintons, democrats are distancing themselves from the president. >> did you vote for president obama? >> this it election isn't about the president. >> reporter: allison once had momentum in kentucky against mitch mcconnell. now democrats have stopped buying ads there. in arkansas democrat mark pryor has a hard time answering whether the administration has done enough to stop ebola. >> um, i would say it's hard to know. >> reporter: republicans only need six seats to win the senate. >> a point or two here or there could be the difference between republicans taking control of the senate and democrats keeping it. >> we have a pretty good idea who the president is voting for. this morning we have been looking at the numbers. when you average all the polls out for the ten tightest senate

races what you find they are tied or leading in all but two of those top ten races. >> tracie potts, thank you. #herewego. after 16 years of near silence, that was monica lewinsky's first tweet yesterday. more than that, she also spent the day talking to millennials about her new mission. andrew ya mitchell has the story. >> my name is monica lewinsky. though i have often been advised to change it. >> reporter: 16 years after the impeachment scandal as hillary clinton decides whether to run, monica lewinsky gave her first public speech explaining herself to an audience of millennials who know of her mostly from rap lyrics. she's now 41, so who was monica? >> a 22-year-old intern in the

white house and more than averagely romantic, i fell in love with my boss in a 22-year-old sort of way. it happens. >> reporter: call yourself the first victim of cyber bullying. before google, twitter, facebook, instagram, she described how her affair was exposed on a fledge ling website. >> overnight i went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. i was patient zero. >> she gave her first interview to "vanity fair" in may. she says she's going public to campaign against cyber bullying but the timing couldn't be worse for bill and hillary clinton. >> no one is sorrier to hear

monica lewinsky's name raised again than hillary clinton. a painful period of her life. one that she's moved on from. >> reporter:. bill clinton is now the most popular democratic surrogate on the chasm pain trail. as memories of the affair have faded, at least until now. a andrea mitchell, cnn. now to "monday night football." the steelers with a big rally before the half. >> roethlisberger steps up, end zone shot, it is caught! pitch it to brown, he might throw it. he turns, throws, end zone, touchdown! >> texans on the ropes. still have three time-outs left. right into the hands of seize l. >> the steelers extend their winning streak at home to 16

with a 30-23 victory over the texans. tiger woods is taking shots on the range after missing the cut at the pga championship in august. he's expected to return to competition at his foundation's world challenge in december. and dancing mascots, check out some of the big ten's mascots shaking it off with taylor swift's popular song. ♪ >> still ahead, details on an isis attack spree. plus you're not hallucinating. a police pursuit involving a horse. you're watching early today. ♪

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in new england you have active weather. yesterday morning it was cold. watching a lot of clouds and showers moving through the northeast. we're also going to watch some downpours over the ocean trying to move towards boston and cape cod a little later. here's the timing of it. we'll focus on the heavy stuff today. that comes north wards and goes up into maine this afternoon and this evening with very heavy rain. portland up to bangor, maine by 5:00 p.m. today. wednesday, that exits and we'll watch a nor'easter. it's not a winter time nor'easter, but regardless a lot of heavy rain. especially up into maine. estimates up to four inches of rain over the next three days. it's not going to be a devastateding storm, but it will be a soaker. umbrellas in the northeast. the rest of the country is looking nice except in miami. >> thanks, bill. stories making news this morning.

convicted sex offender is behind bars in indiana for strangling to death a 19-year-old woman. now police believe he's guilty of many other murders. right after his arrest, he confessed to killing seven women and led police to abandoned homes were their bodies were found. police are looking for missing persons files to see if there are any connections. the main suspect in the disappearance of hannah graham has been indicted. a grand jury found enough evidence to indict jesse matthew on charges of sexual assault, attempted murder and abduction. and a renewed push to gain control of key locations in iraq. isis militants staged 15 attacks yesterday. it came after the u.s. dropped supplies. during a visit to indonesia, john kerry defended the air drop. >> it would be irresponsible of

us as well as morally very difficult to turn your back on a community fighting isis. this is not a shift in policy by the united states. it is a crisis moment, an emergency. only in new york will you see a police cruiser chasing down a runaway horse. cell phone video captured the scene. the police and horse's owner caught up to the horse. he got five blocks away and they brought him back home. one of alabama's most powerful republics arrested two weeks before the midterms. and the best cities for liberals and conservatives. scrambled politics is next. [ starter ] ready! [ starting gun goes off ] [ male announcer ] it's less of a race... yeah! [ male announcer ] and more of a journey. and that keeps you going strong. at unitedhealthcare insurance company, we get that. with over 30 years of experience,

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speaker, is under arrest and charged with 23 felony ethics charges. he call s it a political witch hunt. the california mayor arrested on suspicion of injuring fourteen age cheerleaders while drunk driving has resigned. he will remain on the ballot for the november election. he's scheduled to appear in court in december. the latest poll by survey usa finds senate minority leader mitch mcconnell in a dead heat with his opponent. and pat roberts of kansas is also neck and neck with his challenger greg orman. no love for the kissing congressman. "the washington post" is reporting that vance mcalister raised less than $15,000 from july through september and these donations came from just 13 donors. he reportedly had to lend his campaign $795,000.

livability.com is out with a list of cities by political leaning. al baster, alabama, tops the list for most conservative and berkley, california, is the most liberal. they base data on factors like how each city voted in the last presidential election and even the tv shows they watch. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. i'm joined now by political analyst ellis hannigan. >> good morning, we hear in moderate new york city. right there in the middle. >> we have so much to talk about. with the midterm elections right around the corner, so many factors. how big a factor is ebola when it comes to political maneuvering as we move ahead? >> if the vote were today or a week ago, i would say pretty significant. i get the feeling that it's starting to fade just a little bit. maybe that early panic is passing. the numbers are not growing swiftly here in america.

i would say an election as tight as this, anything can matter, but it's not going to be huge huge. >> polls are showing republicans are moving close to taking the senate. break that down and how likely do you think it is. >> keep your eye on the number six. that's how many they need to sway the senate. most of the polling models say it's more likely to happen than not. the map really is very easy for republicans. but if you're betting, you have to say it's going to happen. there are half a dozen races still up in the air, so you can't claim to know. >> there are a couple that are so close. >> who knows what's going to happen to mitch mcconnell. >> this may not mean a lot for midterm elections, but may mean a lot for hillary clinton. along comes monica lewinsky. she joined twitter yesterday and sent out her first tweet. what's her reappearance mean as far as politics in general and

specifically hillary clinton. >> the story has been pounded for so long. it's hard to imagine it's actually going to sway any votes. if anything, i guess it probably brings up a little sthie for hillary. whatever you think about her politics, maybe you don't love her as a politician but you have to feel bad for her based on that story. no one blames hillary. >> this is not a midterm election for him, but president obama has two more years left, but his numbers are low. gas prices are down, job hiring is up, there are a lot of positive things to talk about. there actually really are. why do you think so much focus is on the negative? >> well, you're the president. you get credit for things you don't deserve. you get blamed for things you don't deserve. what obama feels bad about his poll numbers, look across the aisle. americans are sick of everybody. except for me and you. >> great to meet you. you're full of life in the

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[ male announcer ] tomcat. [ cat meows ] some other stories we're following. the search for cop killer eric frein has entered into week six. police surrounded a high school in pennsylvania over the weekend of a reported sighting. authorities believe frein could be breaking into vacant cabins for shelter. the missouri state senator was arrested last night by ferguson police officers. it happened during another night of protest following the death of unarmed teen michael brown.

later today the governor is expected to announce a new initiative that will address issues raised by events in ferguson. after jimmy fallon's daughter said the word "mom" first, he wants to help dads everywhere. >> my kids were split. my son said mama first. my daughter said da da. >> the book is available in june. >> i think it's easier to say. >> it's that time of the year when everyone is carving pumpkins and a group of divers took their talents underwater. it's beautiful. >> i want to swim there. forget the pumpkin kavring. >> i can barely carve on land. every year off the coast of key largo, they submerge into 30 feet of water. you can't light them with candles under the water.

>> we would need the breaking news banner if you could. >> not only do they do it under water, they have to keep their tools from floating off. this is "first look." "way too early" with thomas roberts starts right now. this is the most important office in democracy. it's the office of citizens. so exercising where all of us are the same and everybody has that right. >> president obama casting his ballot in the midterms. what he's saying about democrats run wag from him as they close in on election day. monica lewinsky calling herself patient zero in the internet age. why she's speaking out now and what she has to say. and forget moves like jagger. kelly slater takes on a monster this morning. this is "way too early." ♪

i'm thomas roberts, welcome to "way too early." the show that has moves like elaine from "seinfeld." great to have you with us. let's get to it. we're going to have more on politics in a moment. first, breaking news out of south africa this morning. olympic runner oscar pistorius has been sentenced to five years in the 2013 killing of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he was found guilty last month of culpable homicide. his legal team told reporters this morning they expect him to spend ten months behind bars with the remaining time served under house arrest. obviously, a developing story and we'll wait to see if we hear anything from oscar pistorius himself. president obama has cast his vote in this year's midterms. monday he was in illinois for early voting. in a radio interview with al sharpton he spoke about