good morning. grim discovery. family and friends of hannah graham preparing for the worst this morning after officials say remains found in an abandoned area may belong to the missing college student. back to port. the ship carrying the ebo sample is now decked in texas after a helicopter flies over the ship friday to collect a blood sample from her. we are live. festival frenzy. a chaosic scene in new hampshire. a an annual pumpkin festival spins out of control. dozens of people injured, several arrests in the unruly scene. what went wrong in. incredible rescue, tense

moments at a house fire. the house catches fire with one person trapped inside. the dramatic scene as you can see caught on tape. one man is bravely going in to bring the resident to safely. we'll bring you more of the rescue today sunday, october 19, 2014. from nbc, this is "today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm lester hill. we'll check in with dylan. we've been looking at your tweets. looks like a vacation paradise. >> we know you're working. >> we know they've been through tough times. >> reporter: it's nice here.

>> we're look forward to your update. certainly no vacation picnic for a cruise ship that docked around 6:00 eastern time letting off thousands of passengers including the woman closely watched for ebola. we're going live to texas and get more in a few minutes. we'll get you to all that. the top story is the possible break in the search for missing uva student hannah graham. she disappeared six weeks ago. law officials announced they found human remains. we are following development this is morning. >> reporter: good morning. police found the remains thought to be those of hannah graham on an abandoned property less than ten miles from where she disappeared. they have notified graham's parents. police are working to find the identity. her friends and family preparing to hear the worst. in university late saturday,

shock and grief. word spread that officials found human remains, possibly those of hannah graham. >> i think it's really scary and definitely disturbing. >> it's terribly sad. our hearts go out to the whole family. >> if it turns out to be hannah, it's important her parents get closure. >> the police chief made the grim announcement. >> before noon today, a search team from the chesterfield sheriff department was searching an abandoned property. they discovered what appears to be human remains. >> the chief described the grim task of informing graham's parents. sergeant mooney of the police department made a difficult phone call and reached out to john and susan graham to share with them this preliminary discovery. >> reporter: those that found her also spoke out. >> a definite wow moment.

when we sent guys out it was with the hopes they would go with a fresh set of eyes and turn something up. >> reporter: she disappeared in the early hours. she was last seen with jesse matthew. he's been charged with abducting graham and linked to other sexual assault charges. he hasn't entered a plea. this community has come together searching for graham, holding vigils, and her parent pleading for the public's health. >> they'll look at clothing, personal a attempt temperatures, dna, dental charts, anything to make a positive identification. >> >> reporter: as the community braces itself. matthew's attorney said, quote,

i understand the search teams found remains on an abandoned property. meantime the community has called off a search for graham sa scheduled for later today. the cruise ship carrying the health care worker being watched for ebola docked two days after it was turned away from mexico because of the passenger on board. carrie has more on all this. >> reporter: good morning lester. the carnival cruise ship pulled under cover. among the passengers on board, that woman in isolation because she had handled samples from ebola patient thomas eric duncan. while she handled those bodily fluids, officials say she shows no signs of exposure and is not sick. nonetheless she's been taken off the ship and will now join those who will be monitored on shore.

more than 100 miles off the coast of texas, a coast guard chopper hovers over the carnival ship magic to pick up blood samples from the passenger on board. those samples were rush add shore to a bio hazard team that picked up the specimen and flew them to a texas capital. a lab in austin is examining the blood for the ebola virus. passengers on the cruise ship say they know it's highly unlikely anyone is exposed to ebola, the drama on board including mexico's refusal to let the ship going is nonetheless unsettling. >> it's kind of scary. it's this the back of your mind even when playing and trying to have fun with your friends. >> reporter: saturday, america's first ebola patient, thomas eric

duncan was remembered. the liberian national died from ebola 18 days after he arrived in the united states. duncan's fiance and family members that had contact with duncan before he was hospitalized remain in isolation this morning. so far none show signs of the virus. if that continues, their 21 day isolation is scheduled to end 12:01 a.m. monday. meantime nurse nina pham is in quarantine at the national institute of health in bethesda, maryland. amber vinson is in quarantine at emory university hospital in atlanta. at texas health presbyterian hospital, a letter published this morning. we did not live up to the high standards that are the heart of our hospital's history, mission, commitment.

>> reporter: the cruise ship magic is scheduled to take on 4,000 more passengers as well as the 1400 member on board. before it does for the next cruise, it will be deeply sanitized say officials from carnival cruise line if for no other reason to give next passengers piece of mind. >> kerry sanders, thanks. turning now to the chaotic scene in new hampshire. an annual pumpkin festival exploded into a riot in the streets. ron is in new hampshire this morning with more. good morning. >> reporter: hey erica. good morning to you. this was supposed to be a family friendly event, this pumpkin fest in town. they had problems this year. folks that came here to disrupt proceedings took it to another level. take a look at the street behind me. i'm not sure what was burned here. i think a couch or mattress. the street is littered with beer cans. this was a family friendly event. look at the pictures from yesterday. this all started about 2:00 in

the afternoon. police had to be called to break up parties off the college campus where a lot of college age students decided to spend the afternoon drinking and toward the end of the evening decided to head to the pumpkin fest to cause disruptions with the cops. police had to fire rubber bullets and tear gas into the crowd. we understand 24 to 26 people had to be hospitalized. no one admitted. a lot of cuts and bruises. there's one shot of a young man that went beyond where the police told him to go and had to be taken down forcibly. we do not know the number of arrests. we're waiting to hear from the police department on number of people that had to be hauled in. the college president is disappointed some of her students were involved in this yesterday. they're going to do something about it going forward. >> all this action on one side and then you hear pumpkin vest. >> doesn't balance, no.

>> not at all. i'm sure their parents are proud this morning. that was a rough one. other story this is morning. >> we begin with a demonstration in hong kong. demonstrators launched a fresh assault against police before the discussion tuesday between leaders of the movement. in syria, the u.s. led air strike on key targets held by the islamic state group have reportedly killed at least eight people. meantime, on saturday memorials were held in new hampshire for james foley killed by isis. the country's state run media released photos of the leader sparking speculation about his health. it's the second time in a week pictures have surpassed.

officials in nepal closed the popular trekking route today as rescuers are overwhelmed with last week's blizzard had to save new climbers that set out on the same mountain trails set by the first killer storm. 41 hikers were killed. pope francis celebrates the mass for pope paul vi on the heels of a criminal fate. what was supposed to be a landmark acceptance today instead of claiming homosexuals have gifts to offer the church, the wording was changed to gays are welcome. new reports of sightings. a surprise encounter after dark, a woman out for a walk may have passed 20 feet of suspected killer eric frein. >> he was observed carrying a rifle.

the individual's a face was covered with mud. a positive identification could not be made. >> he's a survivalist accused of gunning down two troopers outside their barracks. one was killed and douglas was released from the hospital thursday. despite several clues, frein has eluded a massive man hunt more than a month. now fresh evidence could narrow the search. >> two homeowners reported finding blood on enclosed back porches. >> police are testing the blood to see if there's connection to the shooter. the sightings were near his old high school. the the falling autumn leaves could reduce his cover. >> the worse the weather is for him the better for us. now to that incredible death defying rescue we've been

telling you about. this is in california. >> there's a man inside. >> look at this. a fire rips through a home in fresno as a woman screams on the street that her father is still inside. with explosions booming, a team races into the flames and drags the man out over his shoulder. the victim was hospitalized for smoke inhalation but expected to survive. this happens once in a million years, really. the comet the size of a small mountain will whiz past mars at a distance of 87,000 miles. that's so close nasa moved mars orbiters out of potential danger. hard to imagine 87,000 miles is close. i guess dealing with space. a comet the size of a small mountain. >> that's kind of large. i would move it too. thanks. normally this time of morning we talk to chuck todd about politics. we're going to do. that you're taking "meet the

press" on the road. explain. >> i am. we're calling it meet the voters, lester. we've got two weeks to go. this has been a cranky electora electorate. when you look at the battle for u.s. senate control, it's taking place in hid west and south. this week i'm hitting the road in the midwest. kansas, iowa, wisconsin. in the following week i'm going to hit the south. income n georgia, arkansas, louisiana. most of all, i told you electorates are upset. they want to punish one party without rewarding the other. we're seeing all sorts of things, incumbents in trouble. there's not a smooth feeling in this election other than upset voters. >> new set of wheels. i like the where's chuck hashtag. let's talk about supreme court giving texas the go ahead to

move forward with the strict voter i.d. law. what's behind that and what does it mean going forward? >> it tells you supreme court wants to take this up in some form. as you saw, they didn't intervene in some voter i.d. laws that were thrown out in other states. this one they decided to let it stand which tells you at some point they want to try to take up a larger case on this issue of voter i.d. what is constitutional and what isn't? obviously they thought so close to an election, let the rules stand. that's usually where the supreme court is even if they don't have an opinion which way or the other. if it gets too close to election, sometimes they want to say whatever the state has been doing to prepare, let it go for now and then we'll discuss. it will be interesting to see what kind of impact. a lot of people upset about the voter i.d. law. it's going to impact a lot of voters. they'll have an election to find out how many voters. >> i suppose ebola is becoming a

political issue. apparently a meeting this weekend with chief of staff and white house chief of staff. where is the president now on this? is this still a game of catch up now trying to get ahead of this? >> it is like a wash, rinse, repeat when it comes to president obama and this crisis management. the white house looks like they're behind the eight ball then throw resources on it. they eventually get ahead of it. the question is do they get ahead in time before it's a political problem for democrats in november? that's the concern right now with a lot of democrats on the ballot. >> have a good broadcast and good trip as well. looking forward to your reports. >> you got it. thanks. dylan is in bermuda this morning. residents are making a lot of head way on the clean up of hurricane gonzalo. that's great news dylan. >> it certainly is. i swear i'm only still here because the airport is closed. i swear.

>> sure dylan. >> with your sun glasses. >> reporter: the weather is fantastic now. i want to point out, this was a major storm that hit this island. there were no lives lost, no critical injuries reported. at 5:30 yesterday morning, we saw a lot of damage. there were power lines draped across the roads, huge trees blocking the paths. by noontime, all of a sudden, all major debris was cleared away. power was starting to get restored. all roads were passable. this island rebounded quickly. we talk to residents that lost pieces of their roofs. they said we're all safe. it's a little damage. we'll fix out. the resilience here was amazing to see. it's almost like the the storm never happened. there is minor clean up, but things are improving here in bermuda. want to point out, hurricane ana, category 1 now, staying well south of the hawaii islands.

honolulu could see waves of eight feet. that's high for them. going to notice three to six is inches possible in maui. some areas could end up with rock and mudslides. this is going to continue to move west and become less and a good sunday morning. i'm meteorologist michelle grossman. a cool start and finish to your sunday. mostly sunny by this afternoon. temperatures only in the upper 50s. 55 to 58. winds on top of that near 25 miles per hour at times. a chilly wind from the northwest. then by monday, sunshine to start. clouds roll in after the cold start. 58. tuesday we're looking at the chance for showers. same story on wednesday and thursday. thursday temperatures only in the 50s. friday, sun and clouds. looking great for saturday. >> and that is your latest forecast from beautiful bermuda guys. >> we hope the airport opens soon or doesn't open soon. >> either way, you're good.

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>> i couldn't bring in enough of it. i was hoping that every camera was working for me. >> it's hard to say why this is happening. experts say unusually warm waters this year have lured uncommon species. >> i can't imagine ever seeing it again. it would be saying to someone that's won the lottery, you think you'll win again? >> so far luck seems to be on their side. joe friar, nbc news, los angeles. still to come this morning, should new dolls tee which you aring the characters from "breaking bad" be sold in a children's toy store? "breaking bad" be sold in a children's toy store? one mosome cash back cards only let you earn bonus cash back at a few places. then those categories change every few months! first coffee shops... then amusement parks. i am not amused. but the quicksilver card from capital one is going its own way. because quicksilver earns you unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you buy, everywhere you buy it. ♪

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♪ ♪ >> i'm celebrating 45 years. ♪ ♪ >> i'm 21 today. >> 21? i'm 70. >> brought the family back for more. >> congrats. we're back on this sunday morning, october 19, 2014. pretty morning here in new york city. a great crowd to warm things up on rockefeller plaza. thanks to them for sharing part

of their morning. come on by. love to have you. we've got a lot coming up. a look at this morning's headlines. family and friends of uva missing student hannah graham are waiting for word from police after human remains were found saturday. hannah graham went missing six weeks ago. the cruise ship carrying a health care worker monitored for ebola is back at port in galveston, texas. that passenger was among the thousands that got off the ship this morning. a pumpkin festival quickly escalated to a frenzy in the streets of new hampshire. dozens injured, several under arrest after a riot broke out. still to come in this half hour, hashtag or not to hashtag. poor shakespeare. this is the conversation popping up in weddings these days. should you allow guests to hashtag every moment on social media? should you ask them to prefran

from sharing every moment? hashtag or not to hashtag. >> this is only an hour show by the way. a new hi tech way to control your crock pot even if miles away from your kitchen. . halloween is around the corner. we're going to show you cool do it yourself decorations including a new way to make a jacko lantern. one mom's way to get a "breaking bad" action figure off shelves this morning. >> good morning erica. when you go to a children's toy store, you expect gi joe. how about a drug dealer with a tray of crystal meth? they're based on the tv series "breaking bad." they have one florida mom hopping mad. the smash cable series "breaking bad" may have cleaned up at the emmys. susan is not giving toys r us

any prizes for selling action figures police. surprised, appalled. >> a high school chemistry teacher turned crystal meth maker. his action figure comes with a bag filled with meth. a student became a meth distributor. he colonemes with a gas mask. she sent a message to drop the dolls. among the comments, these dolls are ridiculous. these are not for children. complete areally inappropriate. makes me wonder how much shopping i'll be doing at toys r us. >> i think they need to look at visions and values as they call them. anything to do with drugs is not doing the right thing.

>> in a statement, toys r us told us, the product packaging clear areally notes that the items are intended for ages 15 and up and are located in the adult action figures area of the store. we found the dolls by g.i joes, sports stars and super mario figures. one asked, i wonder if the people signing a petition to remove these dolls are also asking for several others. >> she has no problem with "breaking bad "tv show. she actually likes it. she has no problem with them being sold in novelty stores just not toys r us. it has everybody in the studio talking this morning. >> it comes with crystal meth. >> i know it's bad.

>> they're tiny. >> excellent point. >> that will have you talking today too. we want to head back to bermuda at this point. right dylan? >> reporter: yes. i feel i need sunscreen down here. >> rub it in. >> reporter: sorry guys. i know it's a little chilly there. most the eastern half of the country is starting to feel the autumn chill in the air. temperature this is morning in chicago mid to upper 30s. starting off in 40s in the east. in atlanta, well below average. afternoon highs not going to rebound all that much. it will be fairly please this time of year. 50s and 60s average for most. starting off today in the lower 40s. 30s across parts of new england. we should start to see temperatures in the 50s and 60s through the afternoon.

cooler than what you've been noticing there rekrecentlyrecen. across the country, spotty and a good sunday morning. i'm meteorologist michelle grossman. a cool start and finish to your sunday. mostly sunny by this afternoon. temperatures only in the upper 50s. 55 to 58. winds could gust near 25 miles per hour at times. a chilly wind from the northwest. then by monday, sunshine to start. clouds roll in after that cold start. 58 degrees. tuesday, we're looking at the chance for showers. same story on wednesday and thursday. thursday, temperatures only in the 50s. friday, sun and clouds. looking great for saturday. >> guys, don't worry. just found some sunscreen. i'm good to go. >> well good. happy to hear that. >> that looks like a screen saver behind you. >> we're going to pretend we're

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phone. when you walk up to a register that has the payment's feature, bring your phone nearby it, touch your fingertip on the card i.d. then hit pay. >> goiogle has a similar thing. >> this is a approach on how apple is doing this. more stores are to come. this is a step in the right direction. >> my next question, what's cooking? >> what's cooking? >> i've been working on that all day. >> this is the crock pot smart slow cooker. a lot of people are into slow cooking these days. basically you can control it from your phone. you can cook without your phone. if you wanted to change the temperature or cooking time. if you wanted to -- >> this is wi-fi enabled? >> thank you for saying that. wi-fi enabled, connects to your

home wi-fi. you have an app on your phone that is free that you connect to the cooker. when you're out and about, you can change the temperature after a few hours to bring it down. do that while you're out. >> the wireless home. >> really smart. let's move on and talk about the jib jab messenger. >> i'm all about having fun and a good time with tech. they're the same folks known for doing e cards. now they have an app called jib jab messages. i've been having fun. the way this works, you take a picture of yourself or friend. adjust your image to that picture. you can add a bunch of -- take your image and add a bunch of stickers or animated gifts onto your face so your face becomes part of animated funny thing. then you can share it. that's me doing a halloween.

we actually did a thing for you. that's lester doing -- >> hold on a second. everyone knows i don't wear suspenders. >> and the feline lester. >> i'm pretty sure we're out of time. >> let's send it over -- come on. really? >> please, do not even try to distance yourself from those moves. we know all about those. guys, thanks. these days practically everything gets posted on social media, even dance moves. it is appropriate to facebook, instagram or tweet while at a wedding? people on both sides have strong opinions about it. we went out for wedding tech etiquette research. >> i walked around with her father around the block three times at least three times to get up the courage to say, can i marry your daughter? >> he was looking down the aisle. i was looking at him.

>> remember the good old days when getting married was, well, simple? >> i didn't find anything so difficult. >> tying the knot isn't so simple anymore. now along with book the venue, band, florist, limb know, caterer, photographerer, wedding planner, save the date, wedding app and websites, add this to your wedding list decisions, hashtag or not to hashtag. >> hashtag. >> i don't think we ought to have hashtaging. >> he doesn't know what he's talk about when he says hashtag. >> welcome to the world of weddings 2.0. according to knot.com, today 55% of nuptials come with a wedding hashtag. a combination of names and/or dates unique to a couple preceded by a hash sign. >> this is a generation one-third of the people posted their marital status within two

hours of it happening. >> yes, we are living in the digital world, but not all brides are digital girls. on one side of the aisle there are the pro plugged in. this is morgan. this is dan. their hashtag, mordan. >> you've got a logo. >> their reasoning -- >> gave me the opportunity to go back and look back at great photos people took and relive it. >> getting hitched in the digital age doesn't mean everyone is on board. joseph and justine are part of the movement going digital free. >> i don't want the distraction of cell phones, someone running around with a camera. >> we want to share with everyone. >> with the trend comes new rules.

listen up. do put phones away during ceremony and dinner. stay out of the professional photographer's way, don't post pictures of the bride before she's seen the grood. most importantly, remember to be in moment. may you all live hashtag happily ever after. nbc news, new york. >> and a posting and etiquette expert joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> we posted on face book and got incredible responses. one said keep all electronics away. it's rude. another says, as a brierksd i was completely unaware of anyone taking photo or videos during the ceremony. i say the more the better. >> if you go on any wedding chat room now, these are the questions you'll see. it's the questions i'm getting now from people. this is the hot topic. >> when it comes to social media and weddings, what are the most important take aways here? >> the old rules or new rules

come from old rules really. this is respecting the fact it's a wedding. this is about respecting the couple's wishes. first and foremost, that's the biggest guideline. knowing what it means to be a good guest. you put your cell phone away for the ceremony and reception. you're not posting photos of the bride until she's actually married. you don't want to post anybody's news that they got married or engaged on social media until it actually happened. it's bad enough having the cell phone out. don't block anybody's view with the ipad. >> what about the parents of groom or bride. they put this no digital rule. what do you think about that? >> unless you're an a-list celebrity, putting this on the entire day is a big ask of your guests. if you want to say something what i think is fair, listen bride, groom, what about if we

have it just be for the ceremony? that's fair to say this is the ceremony focus here. open up for reception and ask people not to post until the next day. >> where do you put that? is there a sign when you walk in, on your program, menu at dinner? what's the best way to tell people? >> it's good to tell them a lot. tell them on the program or a sign when you enter the ceremony area. have the best man or someone make announcement to people. >> let's not forget, people were not long ago putting disposable cameras at each table. >> that was at my wedding not that long ago. we have a birthday girl with us this morning. she's from memphis. good morning to you. today is your birthday. >> why is. >> would you like to reveal your shirt. it's fantastic.

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. this morning on "today's" home, it's not too late to get ready for halloween. simple decorations to make your home for festive this year. we have staff editor with this old house magazine joining us this morning. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> this is so great. >> so fun. >> the first thing you have for us is the cool wreath over here, sort of edgar allen poe thing going on. not too scary. >> not too scary. >> they're easy to make. >> you're going to show us how to make it. we start with the gothic wreath and raven. how do we make this? >> first off go to local craft store or michael's. grab a styrofoam ring.

spray paint it black. kids could help. this is easy. these are plastic ties. a lot of people have these at home. these are great for computer cables and also making this wreath. we put them right around the edge. >> then the birds that we have -- obviously you can do whatever you want. just glue the bird on. >> you can glue the bird, add a bow. it's a fun, different wreath. >> i might steal that one later. don't tell anybody. this is a fun way to do a wreath. you have an idea to spruce up up pumpkins we have. it involves power tools. >> love the power drills. >> what are we doing here. >> >> hollow out the pumpkin from underneath. cut out the bottom. then you're going to take a sharpie and make your design. could be swirls, diamonds,

initial, whatever you like. this is the really fun part. >> yes, it is. allow me to demonstrate. >> hold the stem and start drilling. it's so easy. >> you can pop lights in. you have christmas lights. they can be orange or whatever. >> pop them through the holes? >> yeah, pop them in and pull them out. you've got an awesome lantern. >> this is great. >> super fun. don't get your hand stuck. >> i've lost my paper. now we're moving over here. you have fun stuff to do in the yard and in the window. >> yes. how creepy are these? >> they're creepy but not so creepy i couldn't go trick-or-treating. >> these are odd willy enough made with hard insulation. home depot $10 for a huge thing of it. cut out the shape you want, add the letters.

we use stone look spray paint. go back with black spray paint for letters. >> put whatever you have to make it look like a spiderweb. we have cutouts on our website at "today".com. something for the windows to keep trick-or-treaters away? >> a little cool. i love it. >> thanks for stopping by with all this fun stuff. all the instructions to make crafts on our website at today.com. >> nobody told me there were power tools. >> i kept that from you for a reason. i wanted it to myself. this is what you do when you run out of candy. put this guy on the front door. out of candy. put this guy on the front door. we'll what's in a can of del monte green beans? ( ♪ )

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let's check in once again with chuck todd to find out what's coming up this this morning. >> good morning lester. this morning we've got our summit on ebola as two nurses have come down with ebola. is the wider public in danger? is government doing enough to keep us safe? we've examined experts and politicians and hopefully we can separate fact from fiction here. >> thanks very much. we'll see you soon. >> thanks to you for joining us on this sunday morning. dylan, get home safe. it would be too bad if you got stuck there longer. >> wish i had the power to open the airport right

right now on nbc 10 news today, philadelphia is on the brink of a big change in the city's marijuana laws. a live preview of the new relaxed penalties coming up. philadelphia's annual aids walk is getting started just about right now. here is a live look at aiken's oval where thousands of walkers are stepping off. the runners got going earlier this morning. and if you are out there today, it's cool and windy as we take a live look at the center city skyline, but the sun will be shining. the rain will return for the week ahead. good morning. this is nbc 10 news today. i'm rosemary connors. it's 9:00 on this sunday morning.