gabe gutierrez, atlanta. >>> >>> once upon a time man's best friend could take it easy, spending the curled up on the floor. but now the days are jam-packed with doggie day care, play dates and even spa sessions. the latest craze has them working, well, like a dog. here's nbc's jenna wolfe. >> reporter: let's face it, these days when it comes to diet and exercise, if you can think it, a gym will offer it. at one gym in alexandria, virginia, has made an offer you can't refuse, four legs with a one-track mind. get moving. >> we train more like cross fit. some time on the treadmill, balance equipment and ability ring. >> reporter: kim and her husband came up with the idea for frolic dogs gym. and as expected when first shopped around it was met with some hesitation. >> we got the eye roll, the head smack. it's like, really? a dog gym? >> reporter: but four months in and membership is booming. why? more and more people have dogs these days yet owners have less and less time to properly exercise them. treadmills, balance beams, high bars, even trainers, sort of. go on, shoo. >> good boy.

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, mexico city. >>> in this country a fourth teenager has died after being shot by a classmate two weeks ago at a high school in washington state. 15-year-old andrew fryberg was among those shot when his cousin, jaylen fryberg, opened fire at a group of students sitting in the cafeteria. the shooter also died after turning his gun on himself. >>> much of the country's about to see a big change in the weather as a huge wave of cold air starts to descend from canada with high temperatures well below average. weather channel meteorologist mike seidel is in minneapolis watching it all for us. mike, what are we looking at here? >> reporter: hey, lester. just about everyone in the eastern two-thirds of the country is looking at their temperatures taking a nose dive. here in the midwest we're talking about shivering and shoveling. we have winter storm watches and warnings flying from minnesota, across parts of minnesota and wisconsin. a swath of snow spreading east sunday night and monday. could be as much as a foot of snow. for many, the first time you have to shovel.

brian. >> gabe gutierrez starting us off from atlanta tonight. gabe, thanks. >>> which brings us to meteorologist janice huff in the weather center tonight. janice, what do you have for us? >> well, brian, tonight atlanta will be back down in the 20s. and look at all these areas shaded in pink down at the gulf coast. places like new orleans, mobile and tallahassee will see their first freeze with temperatures down to near freezing, near 32 degrees, and maybe 20s in some of the suburbs. keep an eye on this area of purple here as it moves across the northern plains and dips down through the ohio valley eventually moving back to the east coast again. this is yet another wave of arctic air which will start out this weekend and progress across the nation. by wednesday morning temperatures in atlanta could even be down in the teens by then as the cold air starts to move in once again. and, yes, there is another storm system coming with more snow. it will move out of the rockies this weekend and into the central plains. from minneapolis down to st. loui

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erica. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. as we saw in gabe's piece, one of the women accusing bill cosby of sexual assault. she joins us this morning. >> good morning, erica. >> the big question is why now? you say this happened in 1992. why are you coming forward? >> i'm coming forward now, erica, because i have been watching the news and i see where cosby is not saying anything. so to be silenced does not mean that you are not guilty. i'm coming forward to let everybody know that this happened to me and i have no reason to lie whatsoever. it happened when i was in vegas and the elvis presley suite. it is something i wasn't expecting. i met cosby previously in new york. this was my first time meeting him one-on-one. >> you were 26 years old. he flew you out there. you walk into the suite by yourself. there are plenty of people that might watch this and say what were you expecting? alone with a man in a room who flew you to las vegas. >> you know, i admire bill cosby. i watched his show for years. i watched other spinoff show

>> gabe gutierrez for us this morning. thank you. as we just saw in gabe's piece, one of the women accusing cosby of sexual assault is joining us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, erica. >> the big question for a lot of people is why now? you say this happened in 1992. so, why are you coming forward? >> i'm coming forward now, erica, because i've been watching the news and i see where cosby is not saying anything. so, to be silent does not mean that you're not guilty. i'm coming forward to let everybody know that this happened to me, and i have no reason to lie whatsoever. it happened when i was in vegas in the elvis presley suite, and it's something i totally wasn't expecting. i had met cosby previously in new york. but this was my first time meeting him one on one. so -- >> you were 26 years old. you met him one on one. he flew you out there. >> yes. >> you walk into this suite by yourself. >> i do. >> there are plenty of people who might watch this and say, what were you expecting? you're alone with a man in a room, who

nbc's gabe gutierrez has more from outside the hospital. >> reporter: dr. salia had been in extremely critical condition. he had been given doses of plasma and the experimental drug zmapp but just a short time ago doctors here confirmed that he passed away. on saturday, he arrived from sierra leone, the tenth ebola patient treated in the u.s. a medical team in hazmat suits carefully moving him to a waiting ambulance. the 44-year-old doctor was too weak to walk. dr. salia was a native of sierra leone but a legal u.s. resident. he'd been woin as a surgeon at a hospital in freetown. >> he decided to still go and help his people because he wanted to show he loves his people. >> reporte in a video from earlier this year, the doctor says the job was his calling. >> i took this job not because i want to but i firmly believe that it was a calling and that god wanted me to. >> reporter: dr. salia had been the third ebola pat treated at this biocontainment unit. he's now only the second ebola patient to have died on u.s. soil. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, omaha, nebrask

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, mexico city. >>> this morning, president obama is on his way to asia. he left the white house around 1:00 a.m. his first stop is beijing for the asia pacific economic cooperation summit, also known as apec. the president will then head to burma and the g-20 summit in australia. >>> meanwhile, the white house says the senate may not vote on president obama's nominee for attorney general until next year. the president officially nominated loretta lynch yesterday. president obama says the 55-year-old new york federal prosecutor has a fierce commitment to equal justice. now, if lynch is confirmed, she will replace eric holder as the head of the justice department. >>> a little bit later on this morning, the midterm elections are on the books, but will the results prompt a change in washington or produce more of the same problems? moderator chuck todd will be joined by a panel of experts to break down the election and the new congress. they'll also talk about the future of the gop. that's here on nbc 10 at 10:30. also, they will be talking about the presiden

nbc's gabe gutierrez is outside the hospital in omaha. gabe, it sounds like it was too little, too late once dr. salia arrived back here. >> reporter: yeah, krystal, that sadly appears to be the case. dr. martin salia arveged here saturday, day 13 of his illness. doctors say they did everything he could. apparently just wasn't enough. when he arrived here on saturday, he was put on dialysis. he was also given a plasma transfusion that was donated by a previous survivor of ebola. he was also given that experimental drug zmapp, given a dose of that. again, apparently simply was not enough. the white house has put out a statement of co-doundolences foe family. the family put out a statement asking to grieve in private. dr. salia leaves behind a wife and two sons. he passed away around 4 a.m. this morning, local time. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you so much. turning to politics now, obama d care season two premiered this weekend. hhs had good news to share. 100,000 people submitted applications on the health insurance marketplace so far. and over

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nbc's gabe gutierrez has been following the story from los angeles. >> no, no, we don't answer that. >> in this newly released video from the "associated press," the tv dad who seemed to have all the answers on the "cosby show." >> i am your father. i brought you in this world, and i'll take you out. >> this time, apparently did not like the question. >> i just wanted to ask if you wanted to respond at all about whether any of that was true. >> there's no response. >> the interview with cosby and his wife about art he was lending to the smithsonian took place november 6th. toward the end, the "a.p." reporter asked about the video recently gone viral of stand-up comedian burris calling cosby a racist. >> there is no comment about that. and i'll tell you why. i think you were told, i don't want to compromise your integrity, but we don't -- i don't talk about it. >> he then asked a reporter not to use that part of the interview. >> and i would appreciate it if it was scuttled. >> i hear you. i will tell that to my editors and -- and i think they will understand. >> well, i think if you

nbc's gabe gutierrez is following developments from las vegas. >> reporter: joy, it was a fund-raiser in bahamas for a volunteer service organization made up of thousands of mostly african-american women in business. he got a standing ovation from a few people at the end of his set, despite the growing scandal. looking relaxed on stage, bill cosby made no mention thursday night of the sexual assault allegations. instead, sticking to his comedy routine, including stories about his childhood. >> i'm there to have a good time and laugh at what this guy is being paid to do, make me laugh. >> reporter: still, others in the crowd of several hundred people thought his silence has dragged on too long. >> if it didn't happen, tell us it didn't happen. if it did happen, be sorriful about it and, you know, be apologetic and let us know. >> reporter: on thursday, high point university removed cosby from its board of advisers. an arizona casino canceled a performance in february. the allegations against the sitcom star have swirled for a decade but have intensified in the last month as several mor

joining us live from omaha, nbc news gabe gutierrez.mericans who have contracted this disease. >> very sad news to pass along here. dr. martin solia who arrived saturday from sierra leone has just passed away. hospital officials confirm. he arrived here on saturday from sierra leone. doctors said from the beginning he was in extremely critical condition. any called this an hour by hour situation. doctors say he underwent dialysis treatment and he even received experiment -- the doses of that experimental drug z mapp but unfortunately he passed away. his wife was by her husband's side. we're expecting to hear more about what happened here. thomas. >> all right, gabe gutierrez reporting that from omaha. thank you so much. so sad. as gabe points out, he returned -- coming to the country in such critical condition. we had seen images of other people coming off and being able to walk off those transport planes. we saw in this case the fact that the the doctor was taken off on the stretcher, not able to walk on his own accord, which only spea

for "today," gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> it is saturday.today. this morning, a growing concern of something that is happening at many games. fans at the games could become unsuspecting victims from above. nbc's kerry sanders in boca raton with more. >> reporter: good morning, lester. i'm at the florida atlantic university football stadium. when fans pack in here or any stadium, their attention is out at the game play on the field. the federal aviation administration says there is a new threat and it is coming from above. the drones. madison, wisconsin. when the badgers beat the fighting illini last month, much of the game day turned sky ward to a tiny drone with a camera. a violation of restricted air space. >> when we see an object like this, we think of what could happen if the pilot loses control or the battery dies or a gust of wind and this crashes down into fans or players. >> reporter: the faa and local police say increasingly drones are showing up over packed stadiums. at the university of texas home opener this year, police confisc

here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: this morning, the halloween decorations may be coming down, butay shopping season is heating up. >> i think the sooner, the better. you have more things and you get what you want. >> reporter: walmart rolling back 20,000 items. four weeks before black friday. >> it's on. >> reporter: it is that time of year seems to be coming earlier. office depot and office max are kicking off sales. so is amazon.com and target is offering free holiday shipping on online purchases. >> holiday season is the retail industry super bowl. it accounts for 20% of the industry's annual sales and can account for as much of 30% of a company's annual sales. >> reporter: the scenes like this play out every black friday and the retailers are saving the best for later. they are competing to attract the customers as early as possible. >> is black friday for you? >> i'm not into crowds. >> i will not fight the crowds. >> reporter: industry wide sales are forecast for 8% to 11% increase this year. shoppers promising cyber monday type deals this monday. >> you can expect great pri

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gabe gutierrez has more on the story for us. >> reporter: this morning officials are trying to figure out the cause of a deadly chemical league at a dupont plant in texas. it started saturday. >> we had the exposure of fyffi employees, four were fatal. >> the fifth is in the hospital. the gas has a strong rot ten eg smell. it spread across the area up to 40 miles away. the company insists there was no danger. >> there was never a hazard to neighbors. there was a strong odor. we deeply apologize for that a nuisance. >> federal and local safety agencies are investigating. so is dupont. >> we'll find the cause. we don't know why this happened. >> the sense of unease may hang around longer. nbc news. >>> turning now to the record break cold snap that is gripping much of the country. it has sent temperatures dipping to levels we usually don't see until dead of winter. everybody wants to know how long it will last. dylan has the magic eight ball and several model. >> the cold is stretched as far east as it can go. we are going to see cold temperatures work back into the plains. we have snow

gabe gutierrez joins me with the latest. be, this interview sheds light on how bill cosby has chosen to answer or not answer questions for some time. >> tamron, that's right. as you mention, fallout from the scandal keeps growing today. there are even more questions about whether cosby's career can survive. >> no, we don't answer that. >> in a newly released video, the tv dad that seemed to have all of the answers on "the cosby show." i am your father. i brought you in this world and i'll take you out. >> this time apparently did not like the questions. >> i just wanted to ask if you wanted to respond at all about whether any of that was true. >> there's no response. >> the interview with cosby and his wife about art he was lending to the smithsonian took place november 6th. toward the end, the ap reporter asked about the video that had recently gone viral, of han balance burress calling him a rapist. >> there's no comment about that. >> okay. >> and i tell you why. i think you were told i don't want to compromise your integr

gabe gutierrez nbc news. >>> a show of support is expected for police officers in franconia township who lost their jobs because of budget cuts. the union representing the officers is urging residents to come to tonight's township meeting. last month the board of supervisors unanimously approved laying off four full-time police officers, two part-time officers, as well as a police administrative position. the union has filed a grief epps over the layoffs. the board is expected to present next year's budget proposal at tonight's meeting. >>> the hearings continue over whether to revoke a philadelphia school's charter because of academic and financial concerns. walter palmer charter school is the subject of a federal investigation. a court ordered the school to return more than $1 million to the philadelphia school district after finding it enrolled twice the number of students that were allowed. walter palmer shut down its high school last month. a decision on their charter status is expected by early december. >>> and happening today, environmentalists in delaware are planning to pro

nbc's gabe gutierrez reports. >> reporter: as holiday decorations come down, the holiday shopping seasons heating up. >> we're ready. it's on. it's that time of the year. >> reporter: that time of the year seems to be coming earlier than usual. today wal-mart launched price rollbacks on more than 20,000 items, four weeks before black friday, the day after thanksgiving shopping rush. the world's largest retailer wants doug's business now. >> i don't want to do the black friday thing. if i knew there were going to be deals earlier, you know, i'm more likely to probably buy earlier. >> reporter: office depot and officemax are also kicking off holiday sales this weekend. so is amazon.com. target's already offering free holiday shipping on all online purchases and sears is planning discounts next weekend. >> i think the sooner the better. you have more things, and you get exactly what you want. >> reporter: experts say they're competing to attract more shoppers earlier. >> for customers, waiting until the last minute does mean that they'll get the deeper discount, but it doesn't guarantee tha

nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us live with the very latest. >> good morning. this is very sad news coming out nebraska. the third ebola patient treated here at this bio containment unit, doctors confirmed just a short time ago that he passed away. now, he was the tenth ebola patient treated in the u.s. he arrived from sierra leone on saturday. crews in hazmat suits transported him very gingerly. he was in extremely critical condition. they called this an hour by hour situation. doctors said he was given doses of plasma as well as the experimental drug zmapp. he was a native of sierra leone, but he was also a legal u.s. resident. his son had said he had seen him a month before he left and that he had been returning to sierra leone to help the people of west africa. this ebola outbreak, the worst in history, has already claimed more than 5,000 lives. but, again, within the past hour or so, doctors here in nebraska confirm that this latest ebola patient has passed away and we're expecting to get more information from doctors later this morning. jose, back to you.

. >> gabe gutierrez from iguala. thank you so much.i want to bring in julio from telemundo in los angeles. good morning. >> good morning. >> corruptions is nothing new in so many government entities in mexico, but this, julio, has seem to have hit a nerve. why? >> you have 43 young innocent men, just students who have gone missing. nobody knows where they are. that's in the first place nchl the second place it was believed it was the local police who handed them over to the drug cartels. so that shows you the complicity between them. the other story is while the deposit has been looking for the kids, they have found more mass graves and nobody knows whose bodies they belong to. so you can tell the problem is much more bigger than just these 43 students who have gone missing. >> and, julio, mexico's president has been in office for two years now. this could be the biggest scandal of his term. what's the reaction been from the federal government? >> well, it has been an incompetent government in search of these students because more than

gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: this morning, the university of virginia is shaken. students demanding the school address sexual assault on campus. >> not doing enough, really. they hired a couple of new investigators. it's not enough. >> uva's president is suspending all fraternities and related social activities for the rest of the year following a detailed article published this past week in "rolling stone" magazine. in a written statement she said the wrongs are appalling and have caused all of us to re-examine our responsibility to this community. the report describes several claims of assault, including the brutal gang rape of a first year student at a frat house in 2012. >> i think that when i first read the article, i was simply sick to my stomach. >> the university is now asking charlottesville police to investigate. >> the administration has been passive and it's been disappointing. >> the article went on to claim that victims are reluctant to report rapes, afraid they'll become social outcasts and that the school keeps allegations quiet to preserve the rep

gabe gutierrez joins us from los angeles. >> good morning.ing the launch of cosby's new stand up comedy special, but now kocosby's lawys are blasting the latest accusers calling her story a lie. bill cosby is fighting back this morning. >> how dare you take advantage of me. >> after form super model janice dickinson to have the entertain tonight in 1982 she visited cosby in lake tahoe. the comedian gave her wine and a pill. >> i remember before i passed out that i had been sexually assaulted by this man. the last thing i remember was bill cosby in a patchwork robe dropping his robe and getting on top. of me. i remember a lot of pain. >> in a statement to nbc news cosby's lawyer say that story is a lie. she contradicted it in her 2002 book in an interview with the new york observer where she said cosby blew her off making no mention of any sexual assault. dickenson said cosby pressured her public -- she's the third woman to accuse the 77-year-old of sexual assault after video of stand up comedian han ball calling cosby a rapist went viral. cos

gabe gutierrez is in los angeles with more. >> good morning.as made up of thousands of mostly african-american women in business. he got a standing elevation from a few people at the end of his set despite the growing scandal. he made no mention thursdays night of the sexual assault allegations. instead sticking to his comedy routine including stories about his childhood. >> i'm there to have a good time and laugh at what the guy is being paid to do. make me laugh. >> others in the crowd of several hundred people thought his silences dragged on too long. >> if it didn't happen, tell us it didn't happen. if it did happen, be sorrowful about it and be app gettic and let us know. >> on thursday high point university removed cosby from the board of adviser. an arizona casino cancelled a performance in february. the allegations against the sitcom star have swirled for a decade but have intensified in the last month and several more women have come forward. >> he stood before me and he -- in his hand he had two big large white pills and he said take

we have gabe gutierrez with more from mexico city. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning.e has setoff a wave of outrage. 74 people have been detained, including dozens of police officers and even the mayor of the town where the students were abducted. overnight in mexico city, prayers and protests. >> it could be any of us. >> reporter: after the apparent massacre of 43 young college students who vanished six weeks ago. >> it was absolutely barbaric. >> reporter: mexico's attorney general said gang members confessed to burning the bodies for 15 hours. on september 26th, the students were traveling by bus to guatemala. the mayor and his wife, a couple with ties to a local drug cartel, ordered the local police to stop the students. after six people were shot dead, authorities believe the corrupt officers handed the 43 students over to the cartel. cesar gonzalez is among the missing. his father mario is a poor farmer and said his son enrolled in the teachers college in search of a better life. this is a pain, he says, that i cannot possibly explain. a heartbreaking story. rem

gabe gutierrez has more. good morning to you. >> reporter: a sfaul fallout over the scandal keeps growing. today, there are more questions about whether or not cosby can survive. >> no, no, we don't answer that. >> reporter: in this newly released video from the associated press, the tv dad that seals to have all the answers on the" cosby show." . >> i am your father. i brought you in this world, i will lead you out. >> i want to ask if you wanted to respond at all about whether any of that was true? >> there is no response. >> reporter: the interview with cosby and his wife about art he was lending to the smithsonian. at the end he asked about a video that had gone viral about the video calling koz by a rapist. >> there is no comment about tha that. and i'll tell you, i think you were told. i don't want to compromise your integrity. but we don't, i don't talk about it. >> reporter: he ten asked the reporter not to use that part of the interview. >> and i would appreciate it if it was scuttled. >> i hear you.

>> gabe gutierrez, thank you so much. or as al calls him -- >> my friend. >> he didn't know who he was talking to. >> he's to be forgiven this morning. >> all right. some other news this morning, doctors in nebraska are getting ready to treat the tenth case of ebola on american soil. the patient is arriving from sierra leone, where he'd been working as a surgeon. kristen dahlgren has more on that story for us. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. a government official tells nbc news that the cdc has been notified. this is a surgeon who was working with ebola patients in sierra leone and tested positive for the disease on monday. he's a citizen of sierra leone, but a permanent resident here in america. on saturday, he could be flown to the nebraska medical center in omaha, where two other patients, including nbc free lance cameraman ashoka mukpo has been treated successfully for ebola. a spokesperson for nebraska medical center wouldn't confirm that he was coming, but only that the medical crew on air

nbc's gabe gutierrez is in mexico city for us. gabe, what's the reaction been to this news there?med to violence, this crime has set off a wave of outrage. 74 people have been detained, including dozens of police officers. and even the mayor of the town where these students were abducted. overnight in mexico city, prayers and protests. >> it could be any of us. >> reporter: after the apparent massacre of 43 young college students who had vanished six weeks ago. >> it was obscene. absolutely barbaric. >> reporter: three drug members confessed to brutally killing a large group of people, burning their bodies for 15 hours. on september 26th, the students had been traveling by bus to a protest in iguala in southwestern mexico. prosecutors say the mayor and his wife, a couple with ties to a local drug cartel, ordered the local police to stop the students. after six people were shot dead, authorities believe the corrupt officers then handed the 43 students over to the cartel. this man this farmer says his son recently enrolled in this teachers college in search of a better life. he says

that's where gabe gutierrez is now and everybody is feeling the chill. my friend, you got puffer on and people are going to be staying in it a while. >> reporter: good morning. i don't know how i feel about this rokerthon. two days ago it was 60 degrees now we're dealing with temperatures about 26, 27 degrees with the wind chill it feels much colder. we'll take it. other parts of the country dealing with worse. in the northeast these are pictures from social media from new york, new jersey, and philadelphia. they dealt with snowfall. in wisconsin with brutal snowfall for a little bit there. they are used to this type of stuff in december, but this is november. then in colorado as well, denver seat record low, negative 14 degrees. the south has also seen a little bit of snowfall, memphis and little rock. thankfully in atlanta we do not expect a repeat of what we saw last winter when two or three inches of snow and ice brought this city to a standstill. no precipitation is forecast until sunday. and then by then temperatures are expected to be well above f

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the story on this. hi, gabe, good morning. >> savannah, good morning.ds of mostly african-american women in business. a few people gave him an ovation at the end, despite the growing scandal. looking relaxed on stage, bill cosby made no mention thursday night of the sexual assault allegations. instead, sticking to his comedy routine, including stories about his childhood. >> i'm here to have a good time and laugh at what this guy is being paid to do, make me laugh. >> reporter: still others in the crowd, several hundred people, thought his silence has dragged on too long. >> if it didn't happen, tell us it didn't happen. if it did happen, be sorrowful about it and be apologetic and let us know. >> reporter: on thursday, high point university removed cosby from its board of advisers. an arizona casino canceled a performance in february. the allegations against the sitcom star have swirled for a decade but have intensified in the last month as several more women have come forward. >> he stood before me and he -- in his hand he had two big, large white pil

gabe gutierrez is in texas with the latest on this. abe, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. so far, neither peterson's attorney nor prosecutors are commenting but nbc sports is reporting that a plea deal could be presented to a judge here as early as today. this morning, adrian peterson is preparing to head back to court and the stakes are high. >> lawyers have been working on a possible plea agreement. i'm told if a deal is struck, felony child abuse charge against peterson would be reduced to a misdemeanor. >> reporter: the star running back has pled not guilty to reckless negligence to a child after he disciplined his child with a tree branch or switch earlier this year. >> this is a case about parenting decisions and about whether something unfortunate has happened by a man who loves his children very much. >> reporter: keeping him off the field with pay while out on bail. last month, prosecutors tried to have him rearrested after he allegedly said he smoked a little weed before his drug test. that could come

. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you very much. >>> you are collecting snow pictures. >> pivoting back to the. mr. roker referred to the hash tag we've got going on. so many of you sent in pictures of the east coast slam with up to four feet in 24 hours. as al roker reported, it's not over. just for perspective, pictures speak a thousand words. a still image says so much. follow along. here we go. katie, before and after in buffalo. >> wow! >> isn't that incredible? >> crazy. >> the this is a fun one here. opened his door to a wall of snow so he made a beer refrigerator. >> that's how you spend a snow day. >> i see some cuervo down there. it looks like a good time. we will all be visiting philip. the cannonball. look at the snowballative different sort. leaps, in the air, boom and peeks out at the bottom. >> just make sure you know what's underneath. >> and then dal sent us this. come on. out in california. >> come on, dal. rub it in. >> this is a friend room. don't do this to us. keep your posts coming using the #today weather. >> remember that shot i told you about in buffalo? >> yes. >> le

gabe gutierrez is getting in the spirit of the season at a walmart outside atlanta. hearing about christmas creeping up this year. cyber monday, made-up shopping holiday anyway is already moving up. if you ask customers, many may groan about it but if you ask retailers it's all about consumer demand. halloween orange is the new black friday. walmart, the world's largest retailer is kicking off new online deals after announcing price rollbacks the day after halloween, four weeks before the usual chaos of black friday. >> my message to customers is shop whenever you want and we're ready. >> reporter: office depot, office max and amazon.com also started sale this is weekend. target is already offering free holiday shipping and sears is planning discounts next weekend. >> good start. boost in the spirit season, too. >> reporter: holiday sales are forecast to rise 4% this year, online purchases expected to grow 8 to 11%. >> as you can see, we started already. >> reporter: only four in ten consumers say the u.s. economy would impact their holiday spending plans, about 20% l

gabe gutierrez is in omaha with the latest. >> reporter: dr. martin salia had been in extremely critical condition. he had been given doses of plasma and the experimental drug zmapp. doctors confirmed that he passed away. this morning despite plenty of prayers overnight doctors confirm the latest ebola patient on american soil, dr. martin salia, has died. on saturday he arrived from sierra leone. a team carefully moving him to awaiting ambulance. the doctor too weak to walk. in a written statement doctors called it an hour by hour situation. >> possibly even more ill than any of the patients that have been transported from western africa. >> reporter: he is the tenth ebola patient treated in the u.s. previously only thomas eric duncan had passed away. dr. salia was from west africa but a legal u.s. resident. his son said he had not seen his dad 18 month shortly before he returned to help treat ebola patients. >> though he knows the sickness is out he decided to still go and help his people because he wanted to show that he loves his people. >>

gabe gutierrez is in omaha with that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. here in extremely critical condition, diagnosed with the virus last week. doctors here are trying desperately to save his life. overnight, prayers for the latest ebola victim, dr. martin silia. a waiting ambulance, cocooned in a plastic pod, the patient too weak to walk. doctors are calling it an hour-by-hour situation. >> he is extremely ill, perhaps even more ill than any of the patient that is have been transported from western africa. >> reporter: the tenth ebola patient treated in the u.s. all but one lie bjorn native, thomas eric duncan, has survived. he is from west africa, but a legal u.s. resident. his 20-year-old son says he hasn't seen his dad in a month, shortly before he returned to sierra leone to help treat ebola patie patients. >> even though you the sickness is already out he decided to go and help his people because he wanted to show that he loves his people. >> reporter: the worst ebola outbreak has claimed more than 5,000 lives. the 44-year-old doctor says the job