gentlemen, i didn't know you had anything to do with politics. >> it's all soccer and we're going to get together, liverpool's managers. if it's way too early, it's "morning joe." stick around for daily rundown. terror alert. the u.s. issues a rare travel advisory for all of europe. how close is al-qaeda to an attack. and another predawn strike on nato supply trucks in pakistan. the fourth assault in under a week. has the war fully moved across the border? and it's just 29 days to go before the midterm elections. do democrats have a little more momentum? i'm chuck todd in new york. savannah is on assignment. we begin with the growing heres that al-qaeda may be plotting to attack european capitals. it's prompted the state department to issue a new travel alert to americans heading

overseas. jim maceda has more from london. >> in addition to the u.s. travel alert, now we're learning that japan has joined in. it has issued a travel alert as well. so all japanese thinking about or on their way to any country in europe. also, we know about the latest british travel alert. raising its level of threat for brittons traveling or living in france or germany, raising that from general to a high alert. now, this puts great britain in line with the other countries that would be potential target is in any al-qaeda attack. that would include france, germany and the united states. we have underline that it's a high level, but not a critically high level. there is no sense at all there is an imminent threat on the horizon. unlike the previous alerts,

these are nonspecific. there is no specific warning to any one from the united states, britain, japan or other countries to avoid any other country or avoid coming to europe. simply, once you get here, to be particularly vigilant and in fact, in the streets, you don't get a sense of increased security of tension of any kind. i just returned from paris over the weekend and there is set for the eiffel tower, where there were one or two trucks of riot police. otherwise, it is business as usual. today, there might be chaos here in the streets of london. but it has nothing to do with terror. it is about a 24-hour wildcat strike called yesterday by workers in the subway. back to you. >> thank you, jim maceda in london for us with that news. with less than a month before the midterm elections, we're looking to california where the candidates for

governor went toe to toe. republican whitman pushed back hard against allegations long after she -- she blamed jerry brown for misleading voter. >> and you should be ashamed. you and your surrogates put her deportation at risk. you put her out there and you should be ashamed for sacrificing nikki dice on the altar of our political ambitions. >> you're trying to evade responsibility. don't run for governor if you can't stand up and say, hey, i made a mistake. let's go on from here. blame me, blame the left, blame the unions, but don't take accountability. >> and rand paul survived his debut. paul tried to play down his independence from the republican

party while conway insisted he wouldn't be a rubber stamp for the president. >> i think mitch mcconnell will be the leader again, hopefully the majority leader. >> and you will support him? >> yes. >> i'm a democrat and a proud democratic. i'm not going to be to the left of barack obama. i'm going to put kentucky first. i'm always going to put kentucky first and be mindful of where i come from. >> tonight, the big debate is in connecticut. dick blumenthal, the democrat, linda mcmahon, the republican. let's see what happens when the tee two go face to face. turning to texas where mexican pirates are being blamed for a cold-blooded attack on a tourist, apparently shot and killed while jet-skiing. the victim's wife had to outrun the attackers before she could call 911.

janet shamlian is in texas and this is the type of stuff that the mexican tourists authorities don't want to see americans seeing. >> oh, boy, are you right about that. falcon lake reservoir is a really unique body of water because it straddles the u.s.-mexico border. the boundary line runs through the middle l of it and it's known for great bass fishing and people come here to jet-ski. but over the past few months, what a dramatic turn. there have been a number of attempted robberies and attacks. officials say this is going to turn deadly very soon, then we saw this incident where this texas couple comes out here, it's a beautiful day. they are jet-skiing.

they go over to the mexican side of the water. they want to photograph a church over there and they are appro h approached by three boats, men with automatic weapons shooting at them. you heard the wife calling 911. her husband is shot in the back of the head. she tries to get him on her jet-ski. she can't. the bullets are still flying. she flees, gets to the u.s. side. they still haven't been able to recover his body because it's on the mexican side, but you are right in that this is what tourism officials don't want to hear and if you listen to authorities here, it is just the beginning of a war on this body of water that is going to get worse. >> janet shamlian on the border there for us on the texas side. thanks very much. a busy week on wall street and it gets underway about 0 minutes from now. becky quick has a quick preview. >> you mentioned that equity futures this morning are weaker. in fact, those dow futures are

down by about 30 points below fair value. asian stocks actually hitting about two-year highs overnight. this is thanks largely to some of those emerging markets. we have data points coming our way this morning that could affect stock prices. we'll be getting pending home sales and factory orders, but there's a much more important number this week. that's a big jobs report on friday. this is the monthly jobs report and at this point, economists are expecting we will see next to no job creation for the month. that's bad news especially when the inemployment rate is at 9.7%. a huge impact for washington and wall street. the markets are going to be keying on that and the request of how the fed reacts. the federal reserve has been making these noises that we might be seeing another round of quantitative easing, that they might try to help improve and ease things if we continue to see bad numbers.

and this jobs number is a key for that. by the way, we have earnings season kicking off this week. alcoa is the first dow component. pepsi on thursday. >> becky quick, you bring up the single most important day as far as election season is concerned. that's those friday job numbers. the last jobs report we will have before election day. thank you very much. just ahead, that rare travel alert for americans heading to europe. there are no specifics on times or targets, so where do the u.s. and europe go from here? we'll ask roger cressey. and the supreme court back in session ready to tackle it. this time, with three women on the bench for the very first time. why will elaina kagan be sitting on the sidelines for at least two dozen cases? the president meets with his

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it was definitely concerning when we saw the alerts last night. we're getting ready to have an early morning this morning out of barcelona. yes, made me nervous. >> you have to travel. you have to take your chances. you know, it's not going to stop me from actually traveling. >> thousands of american tourists are told to be village lent as they travel to europe. roger cressey is an nbc

terrorism analyst and roger, let me ask you this specifically. did the united states issue this advisory based on a general threat or something very specific? >> so, chuck, they issued it based on a broad threat to europe with specific concerns about certain countries, but they don't have enough granul granularity to identify those countrie countries. there are multiple streams of threat reporting, some of which is human intelligence, some electronic, some generated by our european allies all paint this disturbing picture, but there's no one single threat they're going to point to and say, that's the one we're worried about the most. that's why you have this very general alert over the weekend which tells people europe is an issue, but not a whole lot of specifics. >> as a consumer or whatever you want to call me, i said, huh, i

guess i should stay away from european capitals. is that an unfair way to look at in? >> well, the u.s. government is going to be very reluctant to go specific on country unless they get to the point where they believe an attack might be eminent. the europeans are very nervous about the united states going too far and doing it in a way that's counterproductive. my view is, go to the places you want to go. use common sense. the point is still the same. use common sense. >> at this point, considering how impactful an even higher level of advisory the united states could put out, is it fair to say this is probably the high lest level of an advisory because any higher then at this point you're saying, look, there is going to be an attack, so stay away and we would never go

that high publicly? >> that's fair. look at what the britts have done, the germans have done. they've issued more warnings, a whole lot further along because they believe that they have an obligation to go further than what the u.s. said. >> let's stop there. explain what the more specific issue is coming in from germans on this. >> well, both the germans and britts believe there are specific plots that might target their citizens. france as well. so, you saw the u.k. issue something that cautioned british travelers in france and germany. they do not have enough specificity on the timing to issue that type of warning. >> where is this intelligence coming from? last week, you told us some was coming from a captured al-qaeda

operative in pakistan. >> that's the case, but i think people overreaekted to that one line of recording. he is providing information, he was captured over the summer. u.s. and european official rs reacting to that, what he has said about a potential mumbai plot is not the only one they're concerned with. you got to think of it as just one piece of a counterterrorism puzzle. they're assembling other pieces and all those pieces together are going to paint a broader pictu picture. again, that's why you had a general alert about the continent and not countries specific this weekend. >> there's been some question about how involved al-qaeda's central -- you referred last week that this appears to be a plot coming from al-qaeda central. that also implies bin laden could be involved. once you attach his name, it becomes almost tabloid fatter.

is he more of a spiritual leader? >> he's not as operational. number one, we don't really k w know. here's what they believe. they believe that because of all the pressure from the drone strikes, he doesn't have the type of day-to-day, hands on role that he used to. he's more strategic. he is giving commander's intent to operatives to go lawn f plots. there are terror concerns in africa, asia and middle east, but because this is europe and because it's related to al-qaeda central, that's why we have such a high profile focus on it now. >> roger cressey, good consulting and nbc news terror analyst. thank you. still ahead, a major u.s. wireless carrier just been ordered to pay back millions in customer refunds. will you be getting a $2 check?

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senator harry reid has always depended on the idea of third party ballot alternatives to siphon off enough votes from sharon engel to give him a win. case in point, the tea party of nevada candidate who has pulled in the single digits. national groups are supporting engel. on wednesday, engel met with aston in a conversation which he admits he recorded and leaked to the press. the kind of conversation that goes on all the time in politics. we don't actually get to listen in. here it is --

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whether marco rubio is for real. she told him, i'm not sure i can win if you stay in the race. interesting there. speaking of tea party express, lisa murkowski doing her best to use the group as a foil. the tea party group sent half a million dollars in february and has been running ads against murkowski going after her as a quote, entitled senate legacy. murkowski took a page of their play book in this new ad. >> isn't that the same group that dumped half a million in joe miller's campaign? >> who's seat would it be? >> they're going to come up here and drop another dirty bomb on alaska. >> i think we're on to them now. >> this weekend, the tea party express leaking that murkowski

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let's take a quick look at what's driving this monday. japan is joining citizens to take extra precautions while traveling in europe. this comes as terrorists could be coordinating a major attack in a european city. it is the first monday in october and in washington, that means the start of a new term. we'll get a preview of the new term with mr. pete williams. and the opening bell is about to ring on wall street where futures were down slightly as investors gear up for a busy week. earnings season kicks off later this week, but the big one is

friday. the last monthly jobs report before the november elections. other stories making headlines, the pakistani taliban is taking responsibility for the latest attack on a nato supply truck. four were killed overnight when gunmen set fire to about 20 tankers carrying full to u.s. and nato in afghanistan. it will likely keep the supply route closed for another day. a reminder that this war in afghanistan is spreading much farther across the border. in brazil, the presidential election is heading for a run-off after the ruling parties candidate fail short of an election. the first woman leader will face cera in four weeks. and verizon is refunding up to $90 million to customers who were improperly charged for internet or data charges.

about 15 million customers will receive refunds of up to $2 cht. and researchers unveil the largest surveys of americans' sexual behavior in more than 15 years. teenagers are practicing safe sex at a higher rate than baby boomers. all right. moving on. with a new lineup on the bench, the supreme court beginning the term with a hyper sensitive topic. the rights of protesters at military funerals is one of two high profile cases this year. pete williams has all the details and he is there in a rainy washington because you're holding the umbrella to prove it. >> that's right. i don't know if you can hear in the background a guy with a bull horn out here. there's no question this is what the first amendment allows, this kind of protest here. the question is court will face on wednesday, what about

protests that many consider distasteful at the funeral of military service people killed in afghanistan and iraq. that is what happened in the case of a marine lance corporal killed in iraq. at his funeral, people showed up with signs saying, thank god for i.e.d.s, thank god for dead soldiers, god hates you, and other signs. they say this is proof that military deaths are a result of god's hatred for america over the gay service members. after a vile posting about him and his son, sued and won $10 million, but the federal court of appeals overturned it and the supreme court is just going to have to determine if this is distasteful. or if there are attacks, is there some kind of an exception. another test will come later

this term. a case from california signed by a -- the governor himself, who it was featured in some violent video games. that state wants to ban the sale of what the state considers violent video games to minors. what's unusual about this is that never before have the courts ever tolerated any kind of restriction on violent content in economic books, music videos. they say, let's treat this like sexually explicit material which can be restricted for minors. it seems likely the supreme court will overturn that law. but i tell you, it's going to be a close call on this military funerals case, which has many very concerned. >> growing up in miami, there was this thing, rap group, 2 live crew, who took all the way to the supreme court on what could be allowed.

elaina kagan's first day of school. first day on the court. how many cases, we knew she was going to rekuz herself, how many cases will she not be involved in? >> i would guess about a third. the court normally hears 75 to 80 a year. she's already said she won't participate in at least 25 and we'll see how many more of those she takes herself out of. what does that mean? that means that leaves eight justices, which raises the possibility of a 4-4 tie. if there is a tie, then who ever won in the lower court, that court prevails. how many cases is that a possibility? probably five or six including some of the most interesting like the challenge from arizona of its new state laws toughening the punishments on businesses who don't verify the legal status of their employees.

>> prop 8 from california, the issue about gay marriage. is that going to be heard in this term in the supreme court or are we looking at the following year? >> almost certainly not. it hasn't gotten through the court of appeals yet. that's going to take many, many months. it's unlikely that will be before the court this term. if it stays alive. there's still a possibility that case could eventually go away if the lower courts say that nobody has the standing left to challenge it since the state has chosen not to. >> pete williams with an extensive preview of the supreme court this year. now go get dry. thanks very much. we've all heard them. nutty 911 calls from some of the least urgent situations you can think of like the old lady saying the pizza restaurant won't deliver. but it turns out a disproportionate of the calls

seem to come from my home state, florida, which is where we find michelle kosinski. it seems funny, but this is a huge problem for folks done there. is it not? >> it really is. just to hear their stories, their anecdotal information. this is the broward county 911 center where they get 2.5 million calls every year and half of those are not exactly emergencies at all. and then there's a portion of those that defy explanation. including those from people who call to ask things like what time is it. >> hello? >> reporter: in life, you never know when an emergency will strike. yeah, see, everyone's definition of emergency is different.

cops did come give him a ride. to jail. same with this guy. apparently not. at least not around florida. where so many of these urgent matters bring forth. well, this guy also didn't know he shouldn't call police to report the theft of his marijuana stash. the list goes on. >> my toilet is overflowing. >> i need to know how to make meat balls.

i was like -- >> reporter: seven years of which are some degree of this. >> she's screaming in my ear, i wanted sausage -- this is what happened. >> mute button. i cannot believe this foolishness. >> reporter: what are some definite no-nos. toilet, turkey. what about say, a really, really hot chicken mcnugget. >> wait until it cools off before you eat it. >> reporter: because while you're yelling at your toe stuck in a jar or a rabbit, someone else is having an emergency kind of emergency. if i ever call about my mcnuggets, i want to get you. >> you better not call. you didn't get the right

sandwich. it's not an emergency. even if your lunch break is only 30 minutes. >> reporter: will people ever learn? >> i believe they will. i have hope. >> and the sad part is that while you know, people are calling in for nonsense, there are people with actual emergencies that are trying to get through and lines could be tied up if there's something going on. people here told us that a good rule of them is that an emergency is when someone's life is in danger or a crime is in progress. so, words to live by. >> is it worth prosecuting these folks? you hear these complaints from folks that say i was on hold on 911 when i was in a real emergency. now we know why. >> absolutely. and people have been prosecuted and convicted of crimes because of calling 911 for things like in some jurisdictions, the crime

would be filing a false police report of abuse of emergency system. >> all right. michelle kosinski. proving once again florida will alwaysñi top california in the weirdness factor. california had it in the '70s. we've come back. thanks very much. a reminder for folks, meat balls and turkey, it's 1-800-butterball. trivia time. the answers were his votes against the creation of the department of home land security. up next, could robert gibbs be on his way to the democratic national committee? what else is going on in the west wing? plus, a day after saying good-bye at the white house, rahm emanuel introduces himself

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>> oh, boy. rahm, they hardly mocked you. just 72 hours removed from his post, already up with his first campaign video for his bid for chicago mayor. mark whitaker and former white house communications director. let's go to rahm and his opening bid for his campaign. here's an excerpt of chicago rahm. >> so, as i prepare to run for mayor, i'm going to spend the next few weeks visiting grocery store, bus stops and hot dog stands. i'm calling this the tell it like it is tour because i want to hear from you, in blunt, chicago terms, what you think about our city. >> i don't want to put anita on the spot yet, but so quickly that he moved into campaign mode, did he move too soon as

far as illinois democrats are concerned? there are two big races the democrats are concerned about. the president is overnighting in chicago, focussing on those races this week. >> he has to walk a fine line. i think you saw a bit of a low key, humble rahm there. the fact is, if he wants to win this race, he's got to get going. he's not necessarily the front-runner. there are a lot of other candidates in the field, either declared or undeclared. he's very strong in his home district, but there are other districts that he has to win over. the latino vote has become very important in chicago. so, i think he realizes that he's got to roll up his sleeves and get going right now. >> anita, the best advice prenovember and post november. >> i don't think he needs political advice from me, but he is going to run a very good campaign. people forget that he ran a very

contested primary to win his congressional race the first time. he didn't walk into that. he's not walking into this one. there's going to be a crowded field and he's going to have to earn it. it's not the first time that the city of chicago has had people start running for mayor while there were other races still going on and frankly, i don't think that the prenup effort is going to be a huge effect. he's doing what he needs to do. >> so you're not concerned it sucks up money from ji nuls or clinton? >> at the end of the day, i think that the senate and governor's races have a life of their own as does the mayor's race. >> let me go to our next topic, which is the idea of some democratic momentum. do you believe we're seeing momentum or the natural tightening of things an how do

you tell the difference? >> you know, chuck, i think i've been consistent in saying that elections actually get decided on election day. as opposed to months out based on polls that measure what's happening that day as opposed to election day. the reality is we are always going to see tightening in october because voters are starting to pay attention to the actual choices. i think that the republicans have made that definition even easier between picking the fights over extending the bush tax cuts to the wealthiest people in this country, adding $700 billion to the deficit to make sure wealthy people could continue to get giant give aways. as voters start to look at the actual choice, of course those polls get close because it's a very, very closely divided nation we have. >> mark, what are you seeing right now at the start of october? are you seeing democrats are a little momentum or simply the natural tightening? >> i think it's both. you have the tightening, but i think you also have the

democrats who i think are really starting to get on message. first of all, the idea that obama inherited this big mess. it's going to take a while to work through it and then i think also, you have local issues and a lot of negative advertising out there that's beginning to cut and some natural issues with meg whitman. i think that the president also i think is starting to get enga engaged. he's trying to mobilize his base. young people, black voters and so forth with that big rally out in wisconsin last week. i think that's also a factor as well. >> and we're going to parse this answer very carefully because that's what we do very a living, robert gibbs and the dnc. what's this about? >> people speculating on staff

changes. pete rouse, who has a reputation for being strategic person, the idea that huge that huge pe changes made this week is ridiculous. we have a midterm election to go through, and we have, frankly a white house that is going to be organized depending on what happens in those midterms and what the goals are for the next two years. so i think it's the kind of thing that washington loves to speculate about. >> of course they do. >> robert's got a job, and i think he's having fun doing it. >> would he make a good dnc chair? >> i think tim kaine's made a great dnc chair. i think robert's very talented. he could probably do a lot of interesting things with dnc as well. but the fact of the matter is he's got a job, and we have a dnc chair out in. >> do you say this smells like a washington trial balloon, somebody is testing it out, even if it's not being seriously contemplated as anita says?

>> i was asking anita before we came on air, whether you and mike making trouble. i think there are a lot of pieces on the chessboard now. clearly there's a lot of shifting of chairs in the white house, key advises are leaving after the campaign. what happens to robert depends on the rest of the cast of characters and how the president sees his new team after the midterms. >> anita dunn, mark whitaker, my boss over the washington bureau, i'm coming back, promise. grabbing a train today, anyway. next, we're going to take you inside the european beard and mustache championship, because we know you guys have been wondering what's go on with that. forget soccer. follow us anytime on twitter at chuck todd, savannah guthrie and daily rundown. [ manager ] you know...

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already. before we go, a dip in the shallow end. finally, a topic that i can speak about, i guess with some authority. facial hair, a beard bonanza in austria at the european beard and mustache championship, around 150 perfectly, oddly groomed men compete in categories like the freestyle beard, natural mustache, and verity named for the italian composer. it was somewhat interesting. i can't figure out how to let it grow that long. you have to go months and months new york trim, nothing like that. it is hard to do let alone the leftover dinner you have in your beard. that's it for "the daily rundown." savannah guthrie will be back tomorrow. it's chris jansing and company. don't miss "andrea mitchell

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heightens fears of a terror attack. what you need to know if you're headed to europe for business or pleasure. plus, the al qaeda connection to the growing threats mean osama bin laden is having a resurgence? get ready to rumble. speaker pelosi tells democratic candidates to get more aggressive as the new survey shows the fight for control of congress isn't over yet. a new round of police interviews in the murder of jonbenet ramsey. what more can police learn 14 years later? good monday morning. i'm chris jansing. welcome to the debut of jansing and company. a great group of folks to talk about the big news of the day and a lot of stories going on. we have attorney and tv host, star jones, dan rather,