four, "advanced selling strategies" by brian tracy.rawing from his own successful career, brian tracy shares ways you, too, can follow in his footsteps. and five, "how to win friends and influence people." learn how to make people like you and how to deal with people so they can feel important and appreciated. >>> like many americans out there, small business owners are having trouble with the problems associated with implementing the affordable care act. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius and other administration officials revealed that the federal website letting small business owners shop for health plans won't be ready until late november. meanwhile, some small business owners are getting a rude awakening. despite assurances from the white house people can keep their current plans, many small business owners are getting cancellation notices because their current plans don't comply with the new law. helping us try to sort all this out is tom hart, the president of the national association of health underwriters an

tracy: it always is a great one. thanks so much. >> see you. >> brian: love it. >> spencer: i talked to les and i said, "look, les, if script what would have taken place the minute toe hits leather to the end of the game?" you he said "you think i'm crazy, i'm going to explain all that to you? if less does not revert back to small ball and play those outstanding wide receivers he has beginning with mettenberger who is going to get it to him they're going to be in position to compete in this game and win down the stretch, jeremy hill key like last year, if they do that they're in position to win. >> brian: he lamented the fact they didn't stick with the run game more against ole miss. they're going to run the rock. they're hoping that john chavis defense can hold up against an offense on the alabama sideline that has been churning out yards like it's nobody's business the last three, four, five weeks. they've got the chemistry on the offensive line that was missing early in the season. they're playing extremely well. >> spencer: sunseri out of the mix going to hurt them, do you think? >> brian: landon collins nicely.

brian, 58 # 0 westbound at livermore. they are trying do their best to clear it. they issued a sig alert because traffic is backing up onto the altamonte pass. if you come in from tracy, give yourself extra time. i can't recommend an alternate because the side roads are jammed, as well. you may as well bear it out and stay on the freeway. and here are some live pictures. this is the east span. that traffic looks good coming into san francisco with no major delays. the traffic on the san mateyo bridge looks good over to the peninsula. >> well. rain in the north coast, but not much here. >>> clear skies, lows in the 30s to 50s depend ongoing if you get the breeze originate. the system will stay to the north -- or not, the system will stay to the north. 15 to 25 up in the hills. santa rosa mostly sunny. in the north they could get a few high clouds today. the low is 43 now but it could -- if the wind stops -- there is a little hint of a north wind -- but i am going up to 75 in santa rosa. a marginal frost advisory for the north bay. a few pockets of it. overall everything stays to the north for now. anywhere from 30s to 50s to 60 degrees at the airport. livermore is 58.

tracy ever asked for my help. >> seems like they're all set without you. she has done a fine job creating a child friendly environment. great parenting. >> alcoholic and womanizing dog brianh. >>> "family guy" fans are -- they're outraged over a fictional character's death. they've taken it to the next level. in a shocking twist, brian, the family's talking dog, was killed off on sunday night's episode. >> brian, no! >> brian, look out! no, brian! >> oh, my god! brian! brian, can you hear me? >> holy crap, what the hell happened? >> that guy sucked. >> in the last 24 hours alone, thousands have signed on to petitions and facebook pages urging the alcoholic, womanizing dog be brought back to life. cnn entertainment correspondent nischelle turner in new york on -- that's pretty grizzly. >> you don't know whether to laugh or cry, carol. come on. >> there's a change.org petition. i know that. but what other efforts are out there? >> first of all, no one saw this one coming. this was definitely a total shock to a lot of people. brian has been a major character on the show since it launched back in 1999. naturally, fans are saying what is going on? like you were saying before.

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> our chief international correspondent will join us with more on this story in just about 30 minutes. then we'll be talking oil with an energy policy analyst as well. brian, i'll send it over to you. >> becky, thank you very much. it is a big morning here. while we get a check on the broader markets because we have a global melt up. futures indicating a higher open for futures stocks. andrew told you at the top we're on a lucky seven week streak. everything in europe is higher. all the major indexes are on the rise led by germany which is up just under 1%. japan continues to rock. they're leading the way in asia this morning. the nikkei 2.25. they are now up 50% year to date. china not participating. the hang seng and the shanghai down. 10 year treasury note still hovering around 2.75%. the yield is up. the bond is down. the dollar is little changed against the euro. about $1.35 per euro. and gold down 1%. guys, the story is certainly the stock market weakening. japan continues to kick tail. good year. >> becky quick tweeting at 4:00 a.m. this morning? >> i'm not sure. >> it was early. well, a line from a goldman sachs report. >> yeah. >> you can say it