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 out the mets

in game five. k.c. rallied and burst out for five runs in the 12th to put new york away. we'll have full highlights coming up in sports. but the other top stories this morning, last night representatives of nearly all the campaigns pushed the national committee aside in an unprecedented gathering to discuss their commands for the coming contests. it was mediated by ted ginsburg who has advised on the general election debate process. according to a draft letter distributed by ginsburg inside the meeting, the representatives considered a list of format demands ranging from the forms of questions to the types of microphones and tax mum temperature inside the room. that's 67 degrees, by the way. they sanctioned and negotiate the debates with the networks were left out of the meeting. while specifics have yet to emerge, the consensus is that the campaigns will take the lead going forward. >> the rnc is still going to be a partner with the campaigns and

all of this. all the campaigns wanted that. the rnc will have a role. but the campaigns will be doing format negotiations. >> yesterday the rnc replaced its point pepper on the negotiation process. on friday, after last week's wildly criticized cnbc debate, they suspended the next debate hosted by nbc news and telemundo. while debates are meant to include tough questions and contrast candidates's visions and policies for the future of america, cnbc moderators engaged in a series of gotcha questions and they were designed to embarrass our candidates. nbc news responded to the letter saying, this is a disappointed development. however, along with our debate broadcast partners at telemundo, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the represent party. meanwhile, in iowa this weekend,

ted cruz made his own proposal for the debates. >> let melee out a radical proposition. how about if we say from now on, if you have never voted in a republican primary in your life, you don't get to moderate a republican primary debate. >> new national polls finds donald trump locked in i a tight race with ben carson. the latest poll conducted by survey monkey finds trump and carson tied at 26%. senator ted cruz is 16 points back at 10%, followed by marco rubio at 9% and jeb bush at 4%. 24% of republican voters who watched last week's debate felt cruz performed the best, leading rubio and trump. yet when asked who would best handle the economy when judging from the debate, trump was the clear leader, registering 41% to

cruz's 14%. and who had the worst debate, jeb bush was the hands down at 38%, followed by rand paul at 6%. jeb bush is kicking off a new campaign tour. bush will be in tampa for the start of his new jeb can fix it tour. he released a new ebook. the tour comes after what many have dismissed as a poor debate performance and news of campaign budget cuts. it was announced on friday that the chief operating officer has left the team. in an interview on "meet the press", bush acknowledged things could be going more smoothly. >> this is the bumpy time of the campaign. this pails in comparison to being commander in chief. this was given to me by a mom of

marine killed in action in afghanistan. there's tougher things you have to do, going to nine debates in a republican primary. there are big things presidents have to do. this is the process. a totally understand it. i'm more than prepared to fight on. >> when hillary clinton joins her two remaining democratic challengers on a debate stage in south carolina friday, she will do so with a commanding lead in national polls. in the first nbc news poll conducted by survey monkey, clinton is leading bernie sanders by 20 points, 50-30. the new poll comes as sanders releases his first ever television ad of the campaign. the sanders campaign said the ad buy is more than $2 million. >> in congress he stood up for principle opposing the iraq war. now he is taking on wall street in a corrupt political system,

funded by a million contributions. >> people are sick and tired of establishment politics. and they want real change. >> bernie sanders. husband, father, grandfather. an honest leader giving us a futu future to believe in. a russian airliner broke up in the air, according to one senior aviation official. no one can yet say what caused the crash, leaving the possibility of mechanical failure or even an act of terrorism that might have caused the a catastrophe. >> reporter: search teams are

looking for any signs of explosion, fire, or mechanical failure. amid it all, tragic reminders of the 224 lives lost. the plane's two black boxes have now been recovered and soon the voices and 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 flight controls, the fuel system. and maintenance issues that may have induced a technical failure. one of the things that you can't rule out at this time is whether or not there was a an explosive device of some sort on the aircraft. >> most of the dead have now been brought here to be identified. many of them only through dna samples. it is grim work. 25 of the dead were children.

some photographed near the plane. the youngest, 10-month-old dorina waiting to go home. metro jet says its aircraft are technically safe. russia isn't so sure, grounding the a321 fleet. some are refusing to fly over the area until the cause of the crash is known. in russia, it was a day of mourning, prayers and tears, a nation in shock. this morning we have learned the plane was deemed a air worthy in may of this year. despite thousands of air strikes, isis militants are advancing in syria. isis fighters seized control of a town located near a highway leading to damascus. the news comes shortly after the white house announced that 50 or fewer special operations troops would be sent in to syria. their mission to train, advise and assist opposition forces but

not engage in combat donald trump knocked the plan over the weekend. >> i think we have a president that just doesn't know what he's doing. you either do it or you don't do it. 50 people. he puts 50 people. >> so you would put more? >> you either do it or you don't do it. >> a spokesman for sanders says the senator has concern about the united states being drawn into the quagmire. paul ryan hit the interview cut and talked about the need to unify, saying they have been too timid on policy and vision. >> we fight over tactics because we don't have a vision. we have to have a vision and offer an alternative to this country so they can see if we get the chance to lead, if we congress, this is what it will look like.

this is how we will fix the problems that working families are facing. that is what we have not done. that's what we need to do. that is, in my opinion, how we unify. >> ryan said he feels the organization shouldn't get a red cent from the tax payer. but he also suppressed doubts about whether they'll be defunded. >> i think being an effective party means being honest up front about what it is can and cannot do. we need to be clear about what we can and cannot achieve and not set expectations we know we can't reach giving the restraints of the constitution. >> on "meet the press" he suppressed skepticism on striking a deal on immigration. >> on immigration, i don't think we can trust the pressure on this issue. the president has proven himself untrustworthy because he tried to unilaterally rewrite the law himself. the president doesn't write laws. congress does.

he has proven himself untrustworthy. board i enforcement and security is one thing. i do not believe we should advance comprehensive immigration when he has proven himself to be untrustworthy on this issue fred thompson died yesterday in nashville, tennessee following an occurrence with lymphoma. he was famous for his tough line of better of alexander butterfield, former aide to president nixon he would go back and forth between politics and his acting careerment it spanned nearly three decades. he was best known for his role as arthur branch on nbc's "law and order." the "new york times" wrote, when

hollywood director need someone who can personify governmental power, they often turn to him. in 1994, thompson was elected to finish al gore's senate term in tennessee being elected to the same seat in 1996. he left in 2003. four years later, launched a bid for the presidency. seen as a front-runner before his entrance, his bid never caught traction and he fell well short of the nomination. his family said this about him. "he enjoyed a hearty laugh, a strong handshake, a good cigar, and a healthy dose of humility. fred was the same man on the on the floor of the senate, the movie studio, or the town square of lawrence burg, his home. he was 73 years old. >> a ran is set to block u.s. imports just as sanctions are about to be lifted under the iran nuclear deal. this after the supreme leader advised to be watchful about

imports and seriously consider importing goods from the united states. according to iranian immediate yam, tehran is now ready to follow the order. a 60% jump compared to this time last year. asian markets are kicking off the week with losses after china's mammoth manufacturing sector contracted for a third straight month. steve sedgwick joins us from london. >> reporter: very often, jonathan, you see bad news out of china. that means we will get more from the us bank. it is bad news. they didn't like the official data yesterday or the clash in private sector survey. today we said it is contracting. compare that with a 6.9% growth rate. hsbc, $6.1 billion.

it could end ups a u.s. domiciled country. and spring as well. on tuesday, second quarter numbers will not be pretty. could be big layoffs as they cut costs aggressively. back to you. still ahead on "way too early", royals fans back home in kansas city. the very moment their team became the world series champions. highlights from the game's epic ending and the other story that had the sports world buzzing. this one from miami. the most insane kickoff return ever and you'll likely never see again.

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>> all right, everybody. now for sports. the kansas city royals are world series champions. >> happy monday, john. >> new york a's matt hafrb with eight scoreless innings. he walks the first batter he faces. the mets don't give up any hits. mike moustakas grounds out to first. salvador perez scores with a groundout to third tying the game at two and sending it to extras. you know what, bill, the score remains tied until the 12th inning. addison reed on the mound. >> who? >> addison reed. dyson comes in to pinch run. he steals second and advances to

third on an grouped out. have we gotten to that yet? >> casey comes in as a pinch-hitter. >> his biggest at-bat. his first in the postseason. cologne delivers into left. and that scores dyson. and kansas city is on top 3-2. >> cologne launches a single to left, scoring the go-ahead run. the royals tack on another four runs after that and hang on for the 7-2 come back victory over the mets, wrapping up the series in five games. and we finally want to show you the mild wild end from the miami/duke game. thomas sir takes it in himself. blue devils jump out to a 27-24

lead after a successful two-point conversion. miami set to return the kickoff with six seconds to play. >> taken short. lateral. they practiced that on wednesday. time is going to expire on the game. so this either goes or it doesn't. the ball is still alive. it's got to be a backwards lateral. get behind it. it's still alive. >> duke doing a nice job spacing all over. oh, he got a block. >> they've got blockers. they've got a lane. 40-yard line. no black shirts between the goal line. can you believe what you just

saw? >> at first i thought i was watching rug my for a moment. eight laterals. after a nine-minute review, officials concluded there were no penalties on the play and the touchdown would stand. however, the on-field officiating crew and the two replay booth officials have been suspended two games after the a acc determined rhees made four major errors during that final play. >> a play a that long, something is going to be wrong. >> it was incredible. >> it was. it was fun to watch. >> anyway, we have to do weather. >> yes, we do. bad weather over the weekend. texas, louisiana. if you're in the atlanta area, to dothan, destin, panama city, some of the worst weather in the country. you're under a flood watch. totals one to three problems. atlanta, charlotte, and raleigh

later today. otherwise, jonathan, this is gorgeous. 70s and 80s from the middle of the country. that's heading to the east coast. it will feel like september this week. >> thanks very much. still ahead, the one thing john boehner left at the speaker's office that paul ryan definitely wants to get rid of it. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like ordering wine equals pretending to know wine. pinot noir, which means peanut of the night.

apparently the smell is of cigarettes still lingers. >> you're kind of a health nut. how are you going to get that out of the room? >> they have ozone machines. but i'm going to work on the carpeting. >> let's hope he gets that fixed. now the weekend's halloween festivities. and how some of the candidates celebrated. the president and the first lady hosted military families for trick-or-treating at the white house. first prize kos tsunami went to a toddler dressed up as the pope riding around in a mini pope mobile. and bernie sanders out trick-or-treating with three of

his grandchildren. an abominable snowman, the witch from lion, witch, and the wardrobe. and hillary clinton has the signature pant suit and senator's briefcase. and the man in the mitt romney mask in this picture, new speaker of the house paul ryan. they all had a pretty good time there, jonathan. >> it looked like they had fun. do you think bernie sanders went as larry david? >> i don't know. but he should have if he didn't. >> that does it for me and "way too early". coming up on "morning joe", governor chris christie is here. his party's attempt to take back the debate process. plus, live to cairo where the tail section of that plane was found three miles away from the cockpit. what may have caused it to

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the 2015 world champions. >> wow. good morning. it is monday, november 2nd. we got mike barnical with us. matt lewis. what a game. >> who saw that coming? >> mercy. you got to get matt harvey out of the game. >> he pitched eight shut out innings. matt harvey gets it and says i want to finish this game and i want to be on the mound when the world series ends and there's going to be a lot