walking into the pot shop and having no idea. now i'm a certified doshlg in the state of colorado. now, ladies and gentlemen, that is how iend spent my day in beautiful denver, colorado. thank you all here tonight. first look is up next. good morning, everybody. right now nasa suffers a catastrophic failure when an unmanned cargo rocket explodes moments after takeoff. slow moving lava from a hawaiian volcano reaches the first property in the path. why the federal government said at&t customers have been deceived. the pope's surprising take on evolution and the big bang theory. the kansas city royals force a world series game 7. and daniel radcliffe makes late night magic. thank you for joining us. i'm betty winn. catastrophic anomaly. shortly after takeoff an unmanned rocket exploded in

mida midair. no one was hurt but the good news stops there. nasa is left with the gut wrenching question what went wrong? nbc dan shinman reports. >> seconds laters the rocket crashed back into the launch pad exploding into a fire ball that can be seen for miles. burning debris reigned down over the nasa's complex in virginia. >> terrorist rocket suffering a catastrophic anomaly shortly after lift off. the range confirming no injuries and the personnel are accounted for. >> the safe guards worked as they should. all we lost was hardware. >> the rocket was carrying a sigma spacecraft loaded with 5,000 spounds of nasa supplies. >> we're a good point on the space station.

there was no car go that was critical to us on the flight. >> the flight was the third supply mission to the international space station and marks the first accident since nasa began relying on commercial companies after the space shuttles were retired in 2011. >> we have every confidenced in the team and their ability to get to root cause, resolve the issues, and get back to applying iss. >> >> we will understand what happened hopefully soon. we'll get things back on track. >> a track that leads back into orbit and exploration. and just this morning, russia launched a cargo stipto the international space station without incident. it's kaying nearly 5200 pounds of food, fuel, and supplies. it's expected to dock later today. i want to take you to hawaii. the natural disaster playing out

in slow motion. the red hot ooze is moving 30 feet an hour. it's already destroyed the first obstacles. here is northbound's halle jackson. >> this is the first big casualty of the lava flow. the first structure burned but it won't be the last. as this 2,000 degree molden river oozes over town. it's been on the way for weeks since a volcanic eruption in june. now finally here and people preparing to lose their homes are preparing for closure. >> so you will allow these folks to watch their home burn? >> yes. an opportunity for them to go through the grieving process with losing and so. >> and the young generation here? a new school. >> we've been preparing for it unfortunately but we're ready. >> at night the lava's red glow. one the lee family can see from their yard.

>> five generations in that house. >> their house is next. they're doing everything to try to divert the flow. a huge berm in their backyard. hope will not stop what is come. the lava could cross the main highway any day now. they're building out alternate roots but this man is so worried he is moving his business closer to town. >> there's no way to get tourists or locals or anybody that wants to go out on the boat out to the area. >> a way of life under fire. a red hot river unrelenting. this morning a sobering stat in the ebola fight. it comes from the world bank. 5,000 more health workers are needed in the outbreak zones. africa has promised more than 2,000. in maine out of isolation but not out of controversy.

nurs kaci hickox will allegely not obey maine's quarantine rules. in new jersey she threatened to sue after being put in a isolation in dallas. amber vinson is back home. she became infected while treating thomas eric duncan. i ask we not lose focus on the thousands of family who continue to labor under the burden of this disease in west africa. >> at the white house a not so subtle jab over the treatment of returning health care workers. >> i want to make sure that every policy we put in place is supportive of their efforts. because if they are successful then we're not going to have to worry about ebola here. >> following last week's terror attack on canada's parliament. the u.s. is stepping up security in several federal buildings. the homeland security department is calling it a precautionary step. securely will be increased at several government buildings in

d.c. and other buildings. no word on what specific buildings. homeland security secretary called on law enforcement nationwide to be on the lookout for small scale attacks like the one in canada. at&t is in trouble with the government again. earlier this month the company reached a 105 million settlement with the feds on unauthorized phone charges on phone bills. at&t is accused of charging millions of wireless customers with unlimited data plans while reducing the data speeds. >> the government says it happened to millions of at&t customers going from lightning fast to turtle slow. ma reese turner said it caught him off guard. >> in the middle of my cycle, my billing cycle, it gets throttled. my data slows down to a crawl. >> for $30 a month he's been paying for at&t's unlimited data

plan. the government accuses of at&t of slowing -- the throttling began after they used as little as 2 gigabytes in a billing cycle, making it difficult or impossible to surf the web or watch videos. 3.5 million customers were throttled. >> unlimited means unlimited. if you slow down the service of customers who believe they're getting unlimited data. they're not getting unlimited data. >> at&t called the allegations baseless saying we have been transwarrant customers since the beginning. we informed all via bill notices and text messages of a change in terms. >> at&t said only 3% of the customers are affected but the fcc call it is a classic bait and switch. signing up customers and promising a service and changing the terms while still under

contract. anyone who had at&t unlimited service since 2010 or earlier could be affected. tom costello. >> let's get the latest in sports from francis. >> returning to game six in kansas city and the royals come out swinging. >> fly ball and. one run scores. it's 4-0. it is 6-0. will not get there. 7-0. >> and following that royal pitched seven shutout innings. he honored late cardinals outfielder oscar taveras.

the royals complete the shut out 10-0. it's the largest since the 1985 world series, which, by the way, was won by kansas city. they have a final game seven. big night is tonight. the nba is back. the lakers hosted the rockets. kobe beginning the 19th season sharing the floor with dwight howa howard. they exchanged elbows and words receiving matching technicals and it didn't stop there. >> trash talking! >> julius randall suffers a broken leg in the nba debut. the rockets won it 108-90. the world champions first received their championship rings prior to the matchup against the mavericks. >> look at those! >> a lot of bling. that happen along with the unveiling of the banner in the raftders. both teams keeping it close. the shot at the buzzer to pull the score ahead in the final seconds and mavs down by one a

chance to win it. it's off the rim. the spurs edge out 101-100. and the pell kins win their season opener 101-84. and one college student is $10,000 richer for making a few shots on the basketball court. watch here. the college senior made a lay p lay-up. okay. also a free throw. a three-pointer and a half poco shot! all less than 30 second earning himself in $10,000 in college citizenship. he did it all with a broken finger. >> $10,000 for that? not bad! thank you, francis. still ahead. are changes on the way for ferguson, missouri? plus jose accidentally shoots himself in the hand. find out what his fiancè has to

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welcome back to first look. meteorologist bill karinss giving you an update, and also the halloween forecast looks interesting. yesterday very warm for the southern half of the country. 80s as far north as d.c. enjoy it. i'm not sure the next time you'll be 80s in d.c. some showers on the way for the big cities in the east. not a lot of rain just a little bit. cloudy and temperatures will get a little bit cooler. so for today temperatures in the mid 60s the big cities all the way up to 71 in boston. some few showers this afternoon. cooler in chicago. you're dry in the ohio valley. fast forwarding to tomorrow cold front clears out. look at this. international falls high temperature of 37. that cold air will be dropping down for halloween and we're expecting some snow as far south as lexington kentucky. friday night as the ghost and goblins are trick or treating.

that's cold shot coming down from the great lakes ohio valley. you're talking layers with the halloween costume. >> i hope you have a warm costume. stories making news today ferguson police chief is denying rumors that he's stepping down in a statement he says, quote, i have not been asked to resign. i have not been fired and not be resigning next week. if i resign it will be my choice. the rumors come on the heels of a confirmed report that the county has had nearly $175,000 on rite gear. pope francis is taking a stance on the origins of human life. he said theories about evolution and the big bang are real. he clarified that god exists but, quote, not a magician with a magic wand. jose is coming out of surgery this morning after accidentally shooting himself in the left-hand. it happened when he was cleaning his gun at his las vegas home last night. his fiancè was with him at the

time of the accident. >> i heard the gun go off and i looked at jose and he told me to call 9-1-1. he pretty much blew his finger off. it was hanging from a string. the gun did blow a part of the bone. we found it also destroyed two -- one of the two main arteries in his finger. >> that was a graphic description. ahead what young women are saying about their place in politics. and one senate democrat goes to hollywood. scrambled politics is next. what they do actually is rocket science. but at ge capital we also bring expertise from across ge, like lean process engineers we asked who does what, when, where, and why that step first? ideas for improvement started pouring out. with a little help from us, they actually doubled their output speed. if you just need a loan, just call a bank. at ge capital, we're builders.

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visit angieslist.com today. all right. so six days until the mid times. time for the wednesday edition of scrambled politics. if you live in alaska here is something to make you feel special. the sunlight foundation reports that third party groups are spending $120 per likely voter. based on population no other state sees even a third of that kind of cash. speaking of campaign dollars. nobody wants to donate with politicians with bit coin. the federal election allows it. only a few candidate report even meager donations with the online currency. polls have congressional approval hovering around 14%. the business political action committee said members of congress work 60 to 70 hours a week with about 13 meetings a day. and the national journal

kristen gillibrand said it's vital that a woman becomes president in 2016. she said she's behind hillary clinton 110%. but the senator from new york might be poised to step up if needed. could the female president be sarah palin? in an interview with the alaska governor said she hopes to run for office again someday. so that is two possible future female candidates. then there's this. the girl scout research institute polled more than a thousand girls. on the gender gap 74% agreed with the statement if i went into a career in politics, i'd have to work harder than a man to be taken seriously. and for you movie buffs when batman versus superman comes out, keep an eye out for debby stabenow. the democrat said she was part of 300 extras in a repe s is is

filmed scene. i'm joined by the politico reporter. good morning. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> we've been talking about this. we're in the home stretch for the midterms. there is word that democrats are pumping money into liberal congressional districts they thought were solid wins. so why is this? >> well, this point in the game there's not a lot of certainty for democrats. even in the races they thought were close enough or they could pull out. they're starting to not be as sure. certainly we know this is potentially going to be a good year for republicans. we know there's not necessarily as much support from the democratic candidates that we're hearing of before. now it's starting to look less and less certain that democrats will be able to pull off the races they were counting on. so at this point, they're flooding a lot of money into the races. there's a call yesterday the congressional leaders asking members of the democratic caucus to pay their dues. to pay the money they need to pay to kind of change the tide

of the races, if they can. >> so could big losses on election day push democrats deep into the minority and diminish hopes of winning back majority in 2016 or even beyond that? >> this point the big thing is whether the senate changes hands. that's what everybody is keeping an eye out for. at this point, republicans are favored to take the senate majority but it's not necessarily a done deal. there are a lot of races that are so still within the margin of error. it's not looking -- there's no clear picture at this point with only a week to go until the election. at this point that's the election. and the farther the democrats would be pushed in the minority then the more difficult it would be for them to recover in future election cycling. >> speaking of the margin of error and how tight the races. what are the tightest we should be watching for on tuesday? >> at this point, some of the close races to watch, colorado, alaska, new hampshire, various other ones like that at this

point are completely a toss up. and could kind of come down to the wire. keep an eye on those races as well as just overall what happens in the senate. >> it's going to be exciting! leigh, thank you for joining us. just ahead bill karins and francis are back for the first buzz. >> we're talking about this clip of the day. a wrapping harry potter you don't want to miss. we provide financing solutions for all sorts of businesses. banking. loyalty. analytics. synchrony financial. engage with us. i've never seen swanything so soft!tness... charmin! take a closer look at charmin ultra soft and you'll love what you see. not only can you use less, but you can actually see the softness in our comfort cushions. plus charmin ultra soft is so much more absorbent you can use up to four times less.

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know until now that harry potter is more than a wizard. he's a rapper. >> until i saw it i became a huge fan suddenly after seeing this, too. daniel radcliffe went on jimmy fallon to perform his new movie. jimmy fallon loves getting things out of people that you didn't know. he loves rapp irapping. including the 1999 hit. ♪ ♪ isn't that awesome? now i love daniel radcliffe. >> with a little more british harry potter ak se eter accent. >> he loves eminem. that's a party trick. you can tell. >> okay. you go to the airport and the tsa said you can't bring this or that. no liquids over 3 ounces, no

weapons of any sort. how about this? a passenger in hawaii in the maui airport brought that. that's a cannon, my friends. >> what's wrong with a cannon? >> thankfully it was not loaded. let's say he wasn't allowed to carry it on the plane or why check it? >> maybe it's an art fact or something? >> what do you say to customs? wait, he was coming back from hawaii. >> he likes cannons. what do you have today? >> $95 million for the most expensive highest view in new york city! 432 park avenue. we finally have a view. it's taller than the empire state building. this will be in the western hemisphere the high estell elevated living space. it went for $95 million! >> doesn't it sway? >> it sways up to 4 to 5 feet. it's so tall.

>> yeah. and so high in the air it sways. >> oh, my goodness! if you have the money and the cash and the stomach. there you go. >> this is "first look" on msnbc. way too early live from ohio state university starts right now. ♪ we have to make sure that those workers who are willing and able and dedicated to go over there and n a tough job they're applauded, thanked and supported. that should be our priority. i want to make sure that every policy we put in place is supportive of their efforts. because if they are successful then we're not going to have to worry about ebola here at home. president obama tries to destigmatize health care workers fighting ebola while rejecting strict quarantines. can he rally the nation's governors to support him? an unmanned rocket heading

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