for sheena and all of us here at nbc 10, i'm renee chenault-fattah. the news continues with "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. broadcast tonight, critical day in the ebola fight as dozens of people once at risk, many of them in quarantine, are now free and clear. and some say this could be a turning point. an urgent warning from the feds about defective air bags in millions of cars on the roads. it's a potentially fatal problem. eleven different automakers are on the list. monica lewinsky speaks publicly for the first time in years. why tonight. and an update on one of our making a difference, dogs needing shelters and families and the armies to get them there. "nightly news" begins now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this

is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. good evening. this was a rare happy day in the so-far short history of ebola in the united states. dozens today were given the all-clear, including all of the people in the community quarantined after having contact with thomas duncan who later died of ebola. after that initial burst of hysteria, we are hoping this might mean here in the u.s. at least that the ebola fever has broken. it's where we begin again tonight with nbc's kate snow at the hospital in dallas. kate, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. today the mayor called it a milestone day. officials here definitely breathing easier. of the 48 community members who came into contact with thomas eric duncan, 44 of them have now been told to go on with their lives. this as we heard from nurses for the first time who work at this hospital. late this afternoon dozens of nurses from texas health presbyterian with a strong

defense of their embattled hospital. >> we're proud of our hospital. and we're proud of the work we do. and we're proud of our nursing staff. >> reporter: in dallas schools today, four of eight children who'd been staying home returned to class. >> they don't have the virus. they can't give the virus to anybody because they don't have it. >> it's understandable that there's a lot of people that are afraid. >> reporter: still judge clay jenkins is worried about the fiancee's son who has yet to return to middle school. >> middle schoolers are some of the most ferocious and scary animals on the planet. and to be dropped into a pool of middle schoolers after all that he's been through, i need your help, parents. >> reporter: the pastor for duncan's fiancee says the family is looking forward to reconnecting with their community. members of the church made cards with heartfelt messages for them. >> they very much want to stay

here in dallas. they would like to stay in the neighborhood. >> reporter: across texas 120 people are still being asked to monitor their temperatures including 75 hospital workers who treated duncan who have also agreed not to travel or go out in public. a group of 25, mostly mothers, are sleeping at the hospital to avo avoid being around their children in case they develop ebola symptoms. in ohio at least 140 people who had direct or indirect contact with nurse amber vinson when she traveled there are also on a watch list. vinson's family released a statement defending her. suggests that she ignored any of the physician and government-provided protocols recommended to her are patently untrue and hurtful, the statement read. and today, an apology from texas officials. >> it caused a lot of overreaction. it was a mistake. and we apologize. >> reporter: vinson remains in stable condition at emory university hospital while her colleague, pham, is treated at the national institutes of health. pham's dog is still being

monitored in dallas. the mayor said today the magic date here is november 7th, that's the date on which everyone who had contact with any of the ebola patients would be out of that 21-day window. meantime, late word tonight that the nbc freelance cameraman, ashoka mukpo may be well enough to leave the hospital in nebraska later this week. brian. >> great news indeed. kate snow starting us off from the hospital in dallas. kate, thanks. the world health organization today declared nigeria free of ebola just days after announcing the same in sinegal. but the news is much more dire in liberia where it's ravaging parts of that country. we introduced you to an american who's looking out for the youngest victims of liberia's epidemic. and the outpouring of support she has received from our viewers is nothing short of remarkable. nbc's anne thompson has an update tonight. >> reporter: in liberia there is

no end to ebola's grief. more than 4,200 cases and 2,500 deaths. too many of them children. too many witnessed by new jersey's katie mylar. >> there was a little boy i sat with who was dying, he was 8 years old, he was by himself, dying in the worst conditions you could possibly imagine. and in his voice and in his face, i think it's just hopelessness and fear. >> reporter: and she can't forget 11-year-old esther. >> her entire family was dead around her. can you imagine being an 11-year-old child and waking and you happen having your world change that way? >> reporter: for nine years she's worked in africa. but ebola has closed the schools. so mylar has shifted her mission. >> we're prepared to fight with everything we have and more to make sure we combat this virus. >> reporter: personal protection gear, temperature monitoring and

constant hand washing a must. and the school is now home to ebola's orphans, like this 3-year-old who watched her mom die in ab blan. >> basically quarantine these kids with disney movies and love and ice cream. >> reporter: when are you coming home? >> i am home. i'm home. home is where your heart is and my heart is right here. >> reporter: since we first told you about her efforts this weekend, your response has been phenomenal. more than $30,000 donated and hundreds of messages of support. one viewer said it best, the real meaning of a hero. today i reconnected with mylar via skype. what do you think of the response over here? >> i think it's beautiful. it makes me feel so supported, it makes my team feel supported. so thank you so much. i'll do cart wheels for you guys. >> reporter: an irrepressible american spirit, even ebola can't quash. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. and back in this country tonight, a big story of another

kind that we're following, the feds issuing an urgent warning to millions of americans who drive cars with potentially defective air bags. the message, don't delay in getting them fixed. this involves big names like toyota, honda, bmw, ford and gm. eleven automakers in all. our report tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: they are credited with saving more than 37,000 lives, but a serious defect with some air bags has the government urging car owners to get their cars fixed fast. the problem, the inflating device can explode in an accident sending metal shrapnel flying. safety advocates say four people have been killed and dozens injured, including jennifer griffin, whose neck was slashed by shrapnel that cut through the air bag during a minor accident involving her honda civic. >> this is part of a broader recall. these air bags are defective. and anyone who has one of these vehicles is at risk in a crash. >> reporter: the defective part is made by tokyo-based takata

corporation. so far 16 million vehicles have been recalled worldwide. the list covers hondas, toyotas, nissa nissans, mazdas and gm cars dating back to 2002. and the national highway traffic safety administration is under fire for not ordering this air bag recall sooner. >> it needs to be the top on the corporate beat. and it's on a slow boat to china on too many of these issues. >> reporter: nissan insists it ordered a recall as soon as it was suggested there was a problem. takata said, our joint objective is to do all that is possible to maximize motor vehicle safety. toyota is especially concerned because investigators believe the inflating device can erupt in hot surfaces. so 5 million people from puerto rico to hawaii not to delay getting fixed. those drivers in humid

conditions thought to be the most at risk. >> the entire list on our website. tom costello in our washington bureau tonight. tom, thanks. in northwest indiana police believe they may have a serial killer in custody. investigators believe he may be responsible for killing at least seven women. now they're combing through missing persons files to determine if there are even more victims perhaps. we get the story tonight from nbc's john yang. >> reporter: after being arrested for -- police say he led them on a series of grisly discoveries. >> the police caught what i would label a serial killer. >> reporter: the body of six other women found in five abandoned houses in nearby gary, indiana. then a convicted sex offender claims he has killed others over the past 20 years. three of the women were

identified. police say they were prostitutes and all had been strangled. >> he preyed on individuals that might be less likely to be reported missing. >> reporter: gary, the once thriving steel mill city, there are now more than 10,000 abandoned buildings. today he was charged with hardy's murder. >> i want him to be prosecuted for each and every one of these girls. >> reporter: as police fear they could find even more bodies. john yang, nbc news, chicago. when last we spoke here friday night we had two menacing hurricanes on either side of this country. tonight, the weather threat is along the east coast from the mid-atlantic into the northeast where we're on the look out for potential nor'easter spooling up to pass over a lot of population centers bringing warnings of potential rain, high winds and beach erosion up and down the coast. meteorologist janice huff in the weather center for us tonight. janice, good evening. >> hi, brian. we are tracking the potential system as you mentioned it

hasn't formed yet. but all this energy that's coming out of the ohio valley has the potential to develop here right along the northeast coastline and bring that nor'easter to parts of new england. new york will see some of that action, but the majority will happen wednesday into thursday. gail force winds from boston to maine. two to three inches of rain and beach erosion possible with this storm system. we'll start to see things to get going in the next 24 hours, but really wednesday into thursday morning new york city could get one to two inches of rain. and then from boston north starting on thursday going in across that area. we're also monitoring a system over the bay of kampichi. >> janice, thanks. an update on the fight against isis. while the u.s.-led air campaign continues over kobani, it now includes air drops of supplies. all of it part o a stepped up campaign to save that syrian border town. we get our report tonight from

our chief foreign correspondent richard engel. >> reporter: the u.s. military is trying to save kobani and show it's serious about stopping isis. the military is now using c-130s to air drop guns, ammunition and medical supplies. >> it would be irresponsible of us as well as morally very difficult to turn your back on community fighting isil as hard as it is. >> reporter: for over a month kobani has faced an onslaught by isis militants. at first saying they had other priorities in the fight against isis. but the resiliency got the world's attention and shamed it into action. more than 140 u.s. air strikes there so far. kobani has become a test case. let it fall and isis wins. help kobani fight back and the

world sees isis can be defeated. u.s. officials warn kobani still could fall. but they're banking on turning a potential tragedy into a very public isis defeat. richard engels nbc news, istanbul. and still ahead on our monday broadcast, the names we heard in the '90s monica lewinsky taking stage speaking to a live audience for the first time. why she says this is the time to speak out. and later, thousands of very good dogs in need of new families. and pilots who are making a difference by helping them reach their new homes. ♪ i found a better deal on prescriptions. we found lower co-pays... ...and a free wellness visit. new plan...same doctor. i'm happy. it's medicare open enrollment. have you compared plans yet? it's easy at medicare.gov. or you can call 1-800-medicare. medicare open enrollment. you'll never know unless you go. i did it. you can too. ♪

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there was that photo spread and accompanying interview in vanity fair awhile back, but other than that monica lewinsky has largely opted to live out her private life in private. we are not used to seeing and hearing her speak, so when she did this morning in fill kel fa it drew the attention you would expect. nbc's andrea mitchell has the story. >> my name is monica lewinsky. though i have often been advised to change it. >> reporter: sixteen years after the impeachment scandal as hillary clinton decides whether to run, monica lewinsky gave her first public speech, explaining herself to an audience of millennial who know her mostly from rap lyrics. >> thank you, beyonce and

eminem, and nikki minaj. >> reporter: so who was monica? >> average romantic, i fell in love with my boss in a 22-year-old sort of way. it happens. >> reporter: calling herself the first victim of cyber bullying, before google, before twitter, facebook, instagram and snap chat, lewinsky described how her affair with the president was exposed on a website, the drudge report. >> overnight i went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. i was patient zero. >> reporter: lewinsky gave her first interview in years to vanity fair in may and spoke to national geographic this summer. why go public again? she says to campaign against cyber bullying. but the timing couldn't be worse

for bill and hillary clinton. >> i think no one is probably sorrier to hear monica lewinsky's name raised again than hillary clinton. an extraordinarily painful period of her life. one she's moved on from. >> reporter: bill clinton is now the most popular democratic surrogate on the campaign trail as memories of the lewinsky affair had faded, at least until now. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. and we're back in a moment with what we've learned about an incredible rescue caught on video and the search tonight to identify the man who saved a life. when diet and exercise aren't enough, adding crestor lowers bad cholesterol up to 55%. yeah! crestor is not for people with liver disease or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. tell your doctor all medicines you take. call your doctor if you have muscle pain or weakness, feel unusually tired, have loss of appetite, upper belly pain, dark urine, or yellowing of skin or eyes. these could be signs of serious side effects. are you down with crestor?

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making a difference, brought to you by cvs health, because health is everything. all this week here we are revisiting some of our favorite making a difference reports, some of the more popular people and causes and the stories that resonated with our viewers, the stories that prompted people at home to step up and help. so we're calling it for good reason, you made a difference. and tonight we go back and check on a kind of air rescue network that's bridging the miles between people and their faithful companions. our report tonight from nbc's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: it is an air lift like no other, where passengers pass on the peanuts and pretzels. much more content with a hug and a handful of kibble.

>> paws for cause over 70,000 animals in six years. >> reporter: 70,000? >> yes. >> reporter: that is more than 70,000 saved lives. is this his first flight? >> this is his first flight. >> reporter: because pilots and paws is an airborne rescue mission. spiriting homeless dogs from traditional kill shelters where they quite likely would have been euthanized and flying them to new permanent loving homes. all arranged by volunteers like david crouch. >> it's great seeing the wagging tails when you get off the plane. maybe they're going to a home, to a shelter. >> reporter: when we first hitched a ride with pilots and paws in 2008, there was a handful of pilots. today that number is up to 4,000. on this fall morning, 70 planes all rendezvous in greenville, south carolina for a four-legged liberation. jeff bennett has been flying for pilots and paws from the beginning. >> my total right now is up to

2,647 dogs. >> reporter: and with paws back on. the fun begins. choosing a puppy and haggling over a name. >> it will probably have ten names before they actually get a name for it. >> if anybody has any inkling of what rescue is about, they need to come and see an arrival to know that overwhelming feeling. >> reporter: nothing touches the human heart like the playful wag of a tail and a furry kiss from a new best friend. kevin tibbles, nbc news, asheville, north carolina. and we are always looking for people who are making a difference. you can nominate someone in your community, share their story with us on our website. then perhaps see it here on our broadcast. for now for us that's our broadcast on a monday night. as we start off a new week, thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we of course hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night.

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relationship. the kardashian mate yark taking on the rumors. >> they say he's slowly developing into a woman. >> we have to talk about kim's latest look. new details on the backstage brawl on david letterman's show. cue card guy accused of attacking tattack ing the writer. >> monica lou win sky. >> her crusade. who she's afraid to get. let's say there are no more secrets about that relationship. >> julia roberts you inning about her rock solid 12-year marriage. >> he's my best pal and greatest inspiration. why bradley cooper can't stop laughing. this is "extra" at universal studios hollywood.