it's monday, november 2nd. right now on first look, kansas city royals are your world series champions. late breaking details on the future of how the republican debates will be handled. new information on the russian plane crash that claimed the lives of all 224 people on board. >> a controversy in big d. what did dez really say? >> the passing of an actor and popular u.s. senator. inside an uber car between a passenger and driver. first look starts right now. good morning, everybody.

thanks for waking up with us. i'm betty nguyen. >> the 1-2 again. inside corner. the royals the 2015 world champions! >> the newly crowned world series champions sealed the day in 12 innings. celebrations were well deserved as the royals managed to come from he behind in all four world series wins. hometown fans were quick to celebrate, avenging last year's heartbreaking loss to san francisco. the series mvp, salvador perez. a big parade tuesday. congrats to the royals and their fans >> a after an unprecedented meeting of campaign advisers that stretched late into sunday night, frustrated republican candidates are laying out new demands. the debates could look first going forward. with a 15 gop candidates left,

was there a lot of disagreement? >> reporter: there was a lot of agreement about the fact they don't want the next debate to look like the last one. right before they walked into the meeting to talk about it, the republican party announced they are putting a new official in charge of the debates. the bottom line, these campaigns want a greater role in how the debates happen. republican campaigns called the last debate. >> it was a tad off the rails. >> reporter: now they want answers, up front. staff agreed them a questionnaire last night. what's the format, what are the moderator, how long will they last? some are threatening to boycott. >> a couple of us are generating the ratings. if we don't come, that's a big bargaining chip. >> to allow the voters to have an opportunity to see what's behind each of the candidates.

>> i want smaller groups on the stage, better questions, and let us all be heard from equally. >> reporter: ted cruz suggests more substantive questions. >> we're not talking about easy questions. we're talking about questions that are relevant to what a republican primary voter is trying to decide >> reporter: now, the party announced they are pulling out of the next nbc/telemundo debate. nbc said it is disappointed and they are trying to work that out. thank you. family and friends are mourning the loss of one-time presidential were candidate and actor fred thompson. his family said he passed away after a recurrence of lymphoma. >> before he was an actor, fred thompson was a lawyer by trade. he was part of the watergate investigation that led to

president richard nixon's. he was a big man. he stood 6'6". the role he is best known for, arthur branch on the nbc series "law and order." thompson was a republican who appealed to voters as a conservative who would challenge president clinton. he left in 2003 saying he didn't have the heart for another term. he tried his hand at politics four years later when he launched a bid for the presidency. thompson's pertinent and charisma could still fire up a crowd. he delivered a passionate speech in 2008. >> we live in the freest, generous, most prosperous nation in the world, and we're thankful for that. his family said fred was the same man in the movie studio or the senate floor.

the bodies in the deadly crash in the sinai peninsula are back in russia. the majority of the passengers were russian. bill neely has more. >> reporter: it fell out of the sky and no one knows why. but there were more clues today. the debris is so scattered. the plane's tail three miles from the cockpit. russian investigators say it broke up in midair. search terms are examining human remains. the tangled wreckage for any signs of explosion, fire, mechanical fail very. tragic reminder of the 224 lives lost. the plane's two black boxes have now been recovered. soon the voices and the data from the cockpit will be analyzed. investigators still have no idea why the plane suddenly lost altitude and speed at 31,000 feet. why the pilot made no distress

call or exactly why the plane broke up in midair. >> they will be looking at the fuel system and maintenance issues that may have induced a technical failure. >> one of the things you can't rule out at this time is whether or not there was an explosive device on the aircraft. >> they are searching at a morgue where bodies were examined by a russian forensic team. >> most of the dead have been brought here to be identified. many of them only through dna samples. it is grim work. >> in russia, it was a day of mourning, prayer and tears. a nation in shock. >> that was nbc's bill neely reporting. now to syria. isis claiming another victory following fresh clashes with government forces. new criticism is erupting in this country over the change in strategy in syria. kristen welker has more on what

the candidates are saying about putting a small number of troops on the ground. >> reporter: isis militants are moving closer to were capturing a key western city in syrian, under skrorg scoring the broader. 50 special ops troops will will be sent to syria. their mission, to train, advise, and assist but not engage in combat. >> how is that not a change in strategy? >> our tragedy has been on building local forces to fight fights against isil for themselves in their own country. >> a president who vowed to wind down the wars in the middle east. with more troops headed to the region he will pass it on to the next commander in chief. for democrats, a measured response. secretary clinton saying she sees merit in the plan. vermont senator bernie sanders

more difficult. >> my nightmare is once again the united states gets caught up in a quagmire that never ends. >> i do applaud him for engagement with the special operators. but we can't get into a quagmire. there should be a real strategy to take out isis and to take out assad. >> i think it is an admission. it's a reflection. that when you don't make a decision things get worse, not better. >> we have seen for six and a half years. >> several gop candidates called for a no-fly zone. >> we should establish a no zone and we should impose it. >> republicans can and will be weak particularly in the middle east. but they have to be careful. the american public does not want tens of thousands of boots

on the ground in the middle east. >> that was kristen welker reporting there. in philadelphia, every parents's nightmare. needles hidden inside halloween candle and given out to children. a total of five discover discovered the tampered candy. >> it's scary to think about the children being out there and getting candy that could hurt them. >> absolutely. let's get you sports action right now. football night in america. what turned out to be one of aaron rodgers's least productive games ever. the quarterback flew for 77 yards. denver dominated to remain undefeated. final score 22-10. this knocked out locket.

some say he did taunting about his injuries. but following the game bryant had this to say. >> on my daughter's soul i would never do that to anybody. i'm too busy trying to break it up, trying to get off players a's back. come on, man. i was more talking to the officials than anybody. >> in the end the seahawks hung on for the win, 13-12. the saints and giants scored 101 points, the third highest score in nfl history. 17 tds. eli manning had a career best six touchdown passes, three to odell beckham jr. the giants's defense caught a huge break with this brees pass

by mcbride. took the ball 63 yards for a touchdown. with seconds left, the saints come back. it was sealed with this 50-yard field goal. final score 52-49. were app update on the wild finish between duke and miami. they flagged the officiating crew. the final play of the game was not handled appropriately on multiple fronts. the outcome cannot be overcome. but all officials are suspended two games. breaking news in north carolina. police are hunting for a gunman who killed one college student and wounded another >> the new speaker of the house calls president obama untrustworthy. is this the clean slate that ryan talked about. 11 minutes after the hour. first look will be right back. ♪

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welcome back to "first look". this was over the weekend in texas, trying to recover from tornados and flooding.

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let's get to new house speaker paul ryan. he said he will not work with president obama adding he simply cannot trust the president on this issue. new speaker, same old patterson politics? >> new speaker, same caucus. his party has said they're not going to cooperate on this issue. they find his executive action very, very reprehensible. no way they are going to come the table, particularly in an election. >> he finds them untrustworthy? >> this is the immigration actions he did without working with them are the reason they're not going to work with him. there is a line in the sand drawn. especially into an election area where they made immigration such a vocal issue. there's no way this is going to happen. >> jeb bush is hitting the reset button. his new logo is jeb can-can fix

it. can can he? >> i think that was aimed at the country's problems but has quite a double meeting after that lackluster debate performance. he needs to. he needs to come up to something. he needs to appeal to people where outsiders are everything. >> he has so much money behind him. you can't lose. but a apparently he is. >> he has the money to stick it out. it is early in the race. people are far from rocking it later. >> true. >> he has the money to stick it out and see if he can have a second renaissance if you will. but he will need to put some life into the campaign. >> yeah. >> he barely looks like he's having any fun out there. >> exactly. >> i find this fascinating. mary matlin says her money right now is on ted cruz. ted cruz. could she be on to something here? >> i think ted cruz thinks she is on to something. >> i would hope so. >> exactly.

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a california man attacked an uber driver and it was all caught on video. >> with dashcam rolling, this uber takes a back seat pummeling. from the get-go the driver said he had a bad feeling about this trip. >> very aggressive. fading in and out of consciousness. >> his rider couldn't give clear directions, and kept passing out. >> at that point i decided enough was enough. >> here's what happened when he tried to tell him the ride was

over. >> get out of my car or i will call the police. >> suddenly he was getting punched from behind again and again. you can see the passenger trying to slam his head into the grass. finally he is able to click off the safety of his mace. >> i turned around and emptied as much until he got out of the car. within minutes, police are there. he was vomiting from the pepper spray. >> i wanted to make sure he didn't get away. i have lost so much money on people on him. they take the food right out of my mouth. >> they have banned the rider from ever using the service again. his days of driving for uber ever again. >> that was knbc gadi schwartz reporting. thankful he had it.

>> would you drive without the partition? you have to have the safety. >> but you have to drive your own car. i'm betty nguyen. this is first look on msnbc. don't forget to like us on facebook. the 1-2 again. inside corner. the royals 2015 world champions! >> the win was in new york. but this morning the party is in kansas city. as the royals beat the mets for the world series crown. and the reboot. >> you understand why a bunch of supporters don't think you have it. something is missing. >> no, i don't. >> do you know why they think that? >> probably because they catch the cable shows and read the political press. >> staff shakeups. a new ebook. today a new tour to get his

campaign on track. does jeb bush even know what the problem is? new information on the russian passenger jet that officials now say broke up in midair before crashing in egypt. some airlines are refusing to fly over the region until they learn the reason why. 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. and this is "way too early". good morning. it's monday, november 2nd. i'm jonathan capehart. before we get to the news, a tip of the hat to my buddy tom porto and the people of kansas city who have waited a long time to watch their royals become world champions once again. the royals won their first world series crown in 30 years last night after staging a dramatic comeback to knock