diplomacy seems vital and impossible. sometimes it seems like the world's best idea overall. tomorrow is a big, big day. ♪ good tuesday morning. right now on "first look," reports of a huge and loud explosion at the shopping mall inside kenya where terrorists had been holding hostages since saturday. is the united states about to engage in talks with iran for the first time in over 30 years? former president bill clinton up close and personal on nairobi terror, sir yoo and putin. plus, burger king is shaking up the french fry world. the thing president obama fears the most when it comes to smoking. and america's spirit comes smoking in. about an hour ago a huge

explosion rocked the westgate mall in nairobi, kenya. it is the fourth day in the standoff marked by even more bursts of gunfire. they battled al shabaab late overnight. it left 60 dead. nearly 200 injured including americans. the government there says it is in charge of the mall but the associated press says twitter messages from al shabaab says its militants are still holding their ground. not clear how many hostages were freed. the government says more than ten are arrested for questioning and the president there is expected to address the nation today. and back here at home, will they or won't they? a day of high stakes at the united nations. all eyes are on whether president obama will meet with iran's new leader face to face.

tracie, good morning. it would be the first of its kind in three decades. do we think it's going to happen? >> reporter: analysts think we vent see a formal sit-down but at this point any contact between the american president and new iranian president is going to make headlines if it's a hello in the hallway, if it's a handshake, if it's a brief conversation between meetings because as you noted, this is not happening over three decades. president carter was the last when he met with the shah of iran so this will be big news, as big as the president's speech before the 200-nation general assembly later today of the president likely to talk about the middle east and peace prospects there and also about the situation in syria. we're watching to see what, if any, interaction there may be between the united states and russia. they brokered this deal for them to turn over chemical weapons but the u.s. is still pushing

for a u.n. resolution and says despite objections from russia that our troops are still there and that, in fact, a military strike, a possible military strike is still on the table. all of that to be discussed and watched today at the u.n. veronica. >> tracie, thanks so much. a programming note right here. you can watch president obama's speech to the u.n. general assembly at 10:00 eastern right here on msnbc. former president bill clinton made candid and personal remarks in an interview on "late night." he describes a close personal connection to someone. >> i was looking at a picture on my phone of one of our great employees in in dar es salaam, burger king is shaking up

a 33-year-old dutch nurse who had just gotten her phd and was pregnant. she and her baby's father were in that mall and were killed. so this is very personal to me. we lost someone very important to us in africa that i was standing with taking a picture of six weeks ago. >> clinton also discussed the crisis in syria and u.s./russia relations. >> the u.n. report which came out a few days ago, made it pretty clear that the chemical weapons were fired from a place that the syrian government controlled and that there had never been any effort by the rebels to take it over. >> okay. >> so nobody i know believes there is a reasonable chance that it wasn't the syrian government. >> all right. >> getting russia and syria out into the open in an arena of accountability where they can't fool around with this, for mr. putin to benefit, he has to deliver. if he delivered and lifted the

burden of chemical weapons, i think that would be great. if he got in the habit of doing it and we switched to a peace process even better. on the heels of his wife hillary clinton she might run in 2016 -- >> if she is running to your knowledge, blink twice. >> i blinked once. now to the latest on that looming government shutdown. the back and forth continues and there's news of a break in the republican ranks. senate gop leader mitch mcconnell is back ago way from ted cruz. the plan is for republicans to filibuster a house bill that denupdzs obama care and keeps the government running. democrats have vowed to remove the health care provision and hold a simple majority vote on the budget. cruz says keeping the bill off the floor is worth closing the government. but in a new cnbc poll nearly 60% of americans say defunding obama care is not worth a government shutdown, just 19%

favor linking negotiations of the health care law and the federal budget. vice president joe biden says devastation is devastation. he toured the flood damage over the big thompson river and on monday a 79-year-old woman was found bringing the death toll up to eight. six are still missing and biden vows the relief effort won't seize even if there is a government shutdown. >> i don't want folks here in shelters or watching on tv seeing the dysfunction of congress thinking all the relief efforts that they're not benefiting from now or likely to continue to benefit from will shut down. they will not shut down. >> and the second day of autumn felt more like winter. up to 4 inches of snow fell in the high country. several highways including i-70 near vail were closed briefly because of traffic accidents. bill karins is here now with a

less wintry forecast. >> snow, huh? >> unless you're i skier. >> die-hards can't wait for the first ski resorts to open and montana will get snow in the higher elevations. big buzz this morning, new information has come in from the european weather computer. remember back to hurricane sandy, two big weather computers, one in the united states and one in europe that gives us long-range forecasts and this one is hinting at a long duration, large wave and gusty wind event on the east coast of the united states. possibly starting thursday night or friday morning. what's interesting is that the european computer unlike our american computer actually brings this storm closer to the coast as we go through the weekend and brings it right along the jersey shore by sunday into monday. so that's a part of this country that doesn't need a large beach erosion event. it could be the first significant storm in the east coast in a while. not talking a hurricane, more of like a nor'easter-type storm. heavy rain in tampa today. if we're going to have airport

problems it will be in central florida with the heavy rain and some possibility of some thunderstorms. otherwise, we're going to have a beautiful afternoon. after a cold start in the northeast, everyone will love this afternoon. temperatures in the low 70s. >> we'll be soaked in sunshine, bill. now the latest in sports from my good friend page hopkins. >> good morning. monday night football broncos/'roiders. peyton manning got it going with play action. then eric decker for the touchdown. second quarter, manning connects with wes welker for the td and his third scoring pass. 12 touchdown passes in first three games. not bad. boxing champ floyd mayweather tweet ed that he won big by betting $220,000 on johnny manziel and texas a&m.

mayweather said manziel, quote, may not be able to make money off himself but i can. he won 200 grand. the astros game against cleveland on sunday drew an official television rating of zero in houston. the astros lost to the indians, 9-2. none of the 581 randomly selected houston households were tuned in. ouch. in texas the rangers rios hit for the cycle with the double in the first inning and single in the third. then he smacked a home run in the fourth inning and hit a triple to the gap in right center field. okay. don't try this at home, kids. a soccer player dives head first into an oncoming player with the ball. well, it doesn't end well. he gets kicked in the mouth by the oncoming opponent and loses three teeth in the process. yikes.

team usa is fighting to stay alive in the america's cup race on monday. they held off new zealand which needs only one more win to capture that cup. the u.s. needs to win three straight races for the victory. and a new record for flutag. the chicken whispers launched their craft that flew 258 feet. it beat the old record by 29 feet. by the way, flutag is german for flying day, did you know that? >> i wonder what it just won't fly day would be. >> it's a challenge. that's why they bring in all nice engineers. just ahead "scrambled politics" and kevin zerilli. michael jackson's wrongful death case. we'll hear closing arguments. ♪

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kevin cirilli is just ahead. american presidents love golf. in last president obama played. some say it's out of touch or recommend better ways for presidents to spend their time. former president george w. bush on the golf channel defended president obama's frequent trips to the golf course. >> i know what it's like to be in the bubble and i know the pressures of the job and to be able to get outside and play golf with some of your pals is important for the president. it does give you an outlet. >> it's a good release then. >> i think it is and i think it's good for him to play golf. lawmakers in new jersey will vote to override governor chris chris at the's veto of same-sex marriage. it is expected over november's general election. supporters need a handful of

votes in the state senate and as many as 12 in the assembly. it's been years since president obama last had a cigarette. during a hot mike conversation at the u.n., the president opens up about why he hasn't lit up. >> i quit smoking. yeah. it's been six years. that's because i'm scared fd my wife. >> scared of his wife. while in new york he gave a full throttled endorsement of bill dde blasio. better late than never, mad din albright has joined the twitterver twitterverse. it pictures her with a smartphone while wearing a pin of a chirping bird that says tweet. army is setting a ban to tattoos below elbows and knees. those with existing ink will be

grandfathered in. that's going to do it for your morning dish of "scrambled politics." joining me now from washington with this morning's first look at politics politico reporter kevin cirilli. >> thanks for having me. >> of course. so the president, kevin, speaking before the u.n. general assembly today, the big question on everybody's minds will the u.s. be meeting with iran. >> well, you know, i think that's something we'll have to wait to see. but the top lawmakers on both sides of the aisle including senator mccain as well as senator chuck schumer have urged the president to tread cautiously and to make sure that any messages that are sent to iran include the message the united states will not settle for an iran nuclear weapons program. >> and let's go ahead and continue with the foreign policy, kevin. earlier in the show we were looking at video of bill clinton on "letterman" last night talking about russia and syria

and whether or not his wife will run in 2016. could he be more any more vague here when it comes to hillary in 2016? >> you know, everybody wants to know will hillary clinton run and so i think she has a lot of questions. what's interesting, though, the former president as well as president obama, they're joining together to -- as this obama carrollout, you know, and crisscrossing the country trying to get this obama care off to a successful start because, you know, i think that there is an interesting nexus. if you think all the way back to 2008 during that epic primary battle, it was hillary care and so i think that it's beneficial to the clintons if obama care is implemented. >> quickly, what could you make of his comments regarding putin and syria? >> well, you know, i think that with regards to putin and syria, i think that we're starting to see people moving forward. but clearly the president -- the former president is supporting obama and it's going to be interesting to see how their relationship evolves over these

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so before the break we asked, has any starting quarterback won the super bowl with two different times? and that answer is, no. although craig martin and kurt warner started a super bowl for a second team, they didn't win. it is time for "first buzz." how much would you pay for a pair of shoes? bill karins? >> yeah, that's the question a lot of people like to ask. these aren't any shoe, sneakers that michael jordan wore. most memorable game ever. going up for auction, 1997, nba finals against the utah jazz and

this was his flu game where he had 103 fever. he actually when the game was over, the utah jazz ball boy who they just beat asked for the shoes. he signed them and gave them to him. had them in a safe deposit box for 15 years. how much do you think the starting bids are going to be? >> a lot. i have no idea. >> six figures. >> yeah, absolutely. >> easily. >> $100,000. >> something like that. i heard that he actually had food poisoning >> that's what the trainer thinks, he was actually purposely food poisoned. who knows? >> all that stuff is sitting in those shoes for years in the closet. >> you need lysol. >> i thought you would say diamond encrusted manolo blahniks. >> talking about a male gorilla with an attitude problem. >> i got to tell you something, i feel i should be patrick the gorilla's attorney. he is at the dallas zoo being thrown out to south carolina for intense therapy. now, do you know what he did?

he nipped one of the female gorillas and he sneered at the other female gorillas. by all accounts he's very nice to humans and the men. do you really think that behavior rises to the level of being thrown out and thrown into intensive therapy? >> he's cranky. >> he's a man. >> how about a session or two? >> curmudgeon. so, page, i'll take your animal video and raise you one. i have the cute animal video of the day. take a look at this. >> oh. >> i mean, i have not one, not two but i have 14 cute baby giant pandas. >> oh, my gosh. how adorable are these guys? >> they don't look real. their gorgeous. >> you know, these little guys are on the endangered species list. only 1600 in the world. >> ah. >> here you go. we have 14 right here and i was telling bill earlier we should just loop this and play it throughout the day. >> i want a webcam. >> that is a great look. you want to pick him up and

cuddle him. >> i love them. >> chunky monkeys. >> no therapy for them. >> all right. guys. i'm veronica de la cruz, this is "first look." stay tuned because "way too early" starts right now. ♪ since terrorism came of age basically starting when i was president and then with 9/11 after i left office and all that, there have been a number of terrorist attacks in america and around the world, the first one we had was the first world trade center attack in '93 and a large number of these attacks have been thwarted. in america we thwarted a lot when i was president and several when i was overseas. same thing happened under president obama and president bush. but this isn't baseball. you don't get credit for