. it's monday, october 12th. right now on "first look" tensions mounting over syria as the u.s. and russia mount opposing strategies. >> new polls this morning have the candidates jockeying for position as a deadline quickly approaches for vice president joe biden. will he or won't he? pure hell is how some air travelers describe their experience as southwest tech troubles delayed over 50 flights. plus a nasty waterspout causes travel troubles in florida. a two-game suspension impact baseball's playoffs? a nail biter on "football night in america." "first look" starts right now.

good morning everybody, i'm shannon mulaire. new tough talk from president obama. russian president vladimir putin spent sunday defending his country's military intervention in the sear yap war. president obama didn't mince words, he revealed the u.s. had pretty good intelligence of russia's intentions even before the two leaders met last month. he insists it doesn't equate to good international leadership. >> today, rather than being able to count on their support and maintain the base they had in syria, which they've had for a long time, mr. putin is quoting his own troops, his own military, just to barely hold together by a thread his sole ally. >> he's challenging your leadership, mr. president. he's challenging your leadership. >> steve, i got to tell you, if you think that running your

economy into the ground and having to send troops in, in order to prop up your only ally is leadership, then we've got a different definition of leadership. >> president obama also talked a little 2016 and sxepecifically e investigation into clinthillary clinton's private e-mail server. >> i think the way it's been ginned up is in part because of politics. technology maybe she could str handled the original decision better and disclosures for quickly. >> as far as 2016 is concerned president obama has been idea of who might be able to win. >> do you think if you could run again and did run again you'd be elected? >> yes. >> you do? >> i do. >> of course the 22nd amendment sort of puts that idea to rest. so who will replace him? we're still waiting for an

answer from joe biden whom the president called "one of the finest vice presidents in history." we likely won't see him take the stage at tomorrow's first democratic debate. he spent the weekend at his granddaughter's cross-country meet. dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz addressed a rumored committee meeting last week. >> of course in the democratic primary we would always have room and welcome the sitting vice president. >> four states have filing deadlines next month but there are reports that i decision could come this beak. as we wait for a decision from vice president biden, several declared republican candidates are jockeying for position. new cbs news poll has donald trump holding on to his top spot at 27% with ben carson not too far behind, senators ted cruz and marco rubio round out the

top four. donald trump went after billionaire barry diller on twitter, the media mogul who wrote a scathing anti-trump piece saying he'd move out of the country or join resistance if truch was elected and "little barry diller who lost a fortune on newsweek and daily beast only writes badly about me. he is a sad and pathetic future, lives lie." former investigator on the house benghazi committee says the hearings involved into a "partisan investigation" aimed after going after hillary clinton, something the committee chair strongly denies. they've long been saying house republicans are struggling to find new leadership. kristin welker reports. >> reporter: stunning allegations from bradley pudliska. the former investigator with the

republican-led committee examining the benghazi attacks says the group's actual target is hillary clinton. >> i do not believe this investigation was set up to go after hillary. >> reporter: he claims he was kicked off the investigation for taking military leave and resisting pressure to focus on clinton. >> i'm scared, going up against powerful people in washington, i was fired for trying to conduct an objective non-part son thorough investigation. >> reporter: congressman dowdy says he was cut because of his poor performance. gowdy notes pudliska's attorney mishandled classified information and says his client told the committee in april about his concerns. the congressman is defending the committee's work. the clinton campaign called the allegations explosive saying they underscore the investigation has been a partisan sham from the start

after kevin mccarthy suggested the committee was aimed at drag down clinton. >> we put together a ben xwazie special committee, a select committee, what are her numbers today? >> reporter: after heavy criticism for that remark mccarthy withdrew his name in a bid to become speaker of the house, a hard push to recruit congressman paul ryan. even some republican hard liners said they'll support him. >> i think he'll be a wonderful speaker just like i thought he would be a great vice president or president. southwest airlines is warning passengers they could be in for another day of huge delays and massive lines due to "technical issues" which already delayed hundreds of flights yesterday. one passenger in las vegas described the long lines and crowds as pure hell and workers at lax handed out waters to those waiting.

it is forcing workers to manually issue tickets. the cause of the glitch has not yet been determined. southwest says passengers should arrive two hours earlier and print their boarding passes before coming. the markets as measured by the s&p 500 index are coming off of their best week of the year. earnings season gets under way this week with several big names expected to drive action on wall street. look for results from of america, citigroup and gte. an industry survey shows the national average fell half a cent to $2.34 a gallon down 52 cents since mid-june and more than 90 cents from a year ago. landlords of social security can expect in increase in benefits next year.

the annual cost of living adjustment is based on the consumer price index. this year the cpi is being dragged down by low gas prices. we begin with football night in america, giants/niners met life stadium and a back and forth battle. in the third score tied red hot, eli manning in the pocket to beckham jr. and niners strike back with colin kaepernick hitting selleck over the middle. 26 seconds on the clock, manning and the shotgun formation finds larry donnell and the winning touchdown. giants 30, 49ers 27. cowboys/patriots in big "d" tom brady sacked by greg hardy. brady ran for his first touchdown since 2012 and

throwing for two t.d.s, undefeated patriots in a drubbing of the cowboys. the rams did pick off a pair of aron rodgers' passes first of the year for him and first picks at lambeau field since december of 2012. six teams remain perfect this year. major league baseball suspended chase utley for the next two games of the national division series. joe torre believes utley's slide into second base was illegal and warranted discipline. tejada suffered a broken leg. dallas keikel pitched his 15th straight game of the

season. also in texas the rangers just one game away from taking the series as the blue jays battle to live another day with a 5-1 win. today is a baseball fan's dream, all eight playoff teams are playing starting at 1:07 eastern. in college football usc placed head coach steve sarkisian on indefinite leave of absence. the athletic director wasn't specific but said "it was clear to me he is not healthy." offensive coordinator clay helton will lead the trojans against notre dame on saturday. >> straight ahead an update on an american hero who foiled a terrorist attack. a failed implosion that doesn't go quite as planned. you're watching "first look."

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leading the news on nbcnews.com, tennessee cop a soon to be father killed off-duty. 31-year-old terrance ulrich was shot at a home and is the fourth officer to be fatally shot in four years. california schools barred from using red skips as team names or mascots. in florida a waterspout was caught on camera as it tore through a u.s. postal service trokor trailer yesterday morning. the truck was passing over a bridge when the waterspout flipped it over and sent debris flying into the bay. the drivers was uninjured. waterspouts rarely cause damage on store but look scary. rafael miranda is here with us. hopefully no more of those in sight.

>> happy columbus day to you and everyone out there. temperatures across the southeast and southwest, 90s for los angeles. 96 degrees, about 16 degrees above average and the heat extends across las vegas and phoenix as well. the southeast and texas also feeling the heat, 99 in austin, again temperatures running about 10 to 15 degrees above average. the northeast an above average day, 75 in new york city but comfortably warm for the columbus day activities. 76 a great day to have off and temperatures cooling down as a cold front moves through the middle of the country. 75 degrees, sunny in chicago, high winds are possible across the plains. some rain possible in the pacific northwest. shannon back to you. >> raphael thank you. according to the turkish government, 97 people were killed and 245 were injured in ankara when two suicide bombers atacked a peace rally over the

weekend. no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing but tirkish authorities say either kurdish rebels or isis militants are expected. >> it's more likely that it's isis or isis related cells in turkey unfortunately. it's not an unexpected event. >> yesterday pope francis led a silent prayer in the vatican for the victims of the deadly blast. in afghanistan five killed and five others wounded in a helicopter crash monday. the british helicopter was providing help to residence security forces. alex scarlatos took this selfie with spencer stone on saturday. stone is recovering after being stabbed three times during a fight outside a bar this week. scarlatos is currently a contest at on "dabsi i"dancing with the"

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colleagues gets on the show you say are you a capitalist? have you ever referred to them as capitalists? >> yes, are you a capitalist? >> no, i'm democratic socialist. i've been elected as an independent and running in the democratic nomination process and i hope to win, expect to win. >> you'll support the democratic nominee? >> i will. >> from 2016 to 2020 and beyond, president obama gave kanye west some public advice about running for president at a san francisco fund raiser and it ended with this. >> do you really think that this country is going to elect a black guy from the south side of chicago with a funny name to be president of the united states? that is crazy. that's cray. >> kim kardashian shared this photo, the hard to get yeezy

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won't he. we have a debate come up. >> it's go time. the dnc has briefed biden and his advisers what he'd need to do to get in the game. he's gone through a lot in the last few months. whether the reticence can be steeled and go for the big time, we don't know. we saw president obama talking about him last night, giving him the this is his decision and really is a big one. >> you bring up president obama on " 0 minutes" last night, he touched on a lot of different things but did touch on biden as well as trump. what did we take away from that? >> we saw him give the all clear, he's talented, one of the most effective vice presidents obama said and we've seen him do a lot in terms of being a strong leader. with trump he held the party line he's an entertainer but won't be the one to go forward. that's the democratic party line, whether that can continue we'll have to see.

if jeb bush was leading these polls would we be saying he's just an entertainer, it's not going to happen, he's not going to be able to go the 13 months. >> always talk about the guy leading the polls. >> always. >> paul ryan says he's not making the decision at this point, he says to nbc news that he's not going to do it right now but the pressure is mounting here on him. is he going to take the speaker of the house job, does he feel like he needs to? >> i think he probably was at home doing soul searching out in wisconsin this weekend. the only name we really know, he probably could do that job but i think we've seen he's saying i don't think it's me. >> interesting stuff. jane timm, thank you for joining thus morning. >> thank you. just ahead, was pam able to make magic at the box office? plus amy schumer takes flight on "snl." in 170 countries.

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♪ good morning everybody. it's monday, october 12th and i'm amy holmes. this morning, president obama is acknowledging mistakes were made by his former secretary of state in how she handled her private e-mail server. >> did you know about hillary clinton's use of private e-mail server? >> no. >> while she was secretary of state? >> no. >> do you think it posed a national security problem? >> i don't think it posed a national security problem. i think it was a mistake that she's acknowledged and you know, as a general proposition, when we're in these offices, we have to be more sensitive and stay as far away from the line as possible when it comes to how we handle information, how we handle our own personal