if kristi defends republican incumbents there, big deal.llinois, massachusetts connecticut maryland, all blue states. how big a deal is it if chris christie not only offense his republican incumbents but in crutches on some of those blue states? and wins victories there? >> i think it is a pretty big deal, mark. after rich gate, chris christie was knocked off his horse. he comes back and says i'm going to put my head down and try to rack up some wins. if he pulls that off, he can make a credible and convincing case that he is fully back. if he doesn't, they're still going to be doubts about him erie it >> donors are going to love him. in that state that's the kind of endorsement that matters. maryland is in play. if he. is off in the blue states, i think it puts him right there with jeb bush. we had the jeb bush news over the weekend, i think if kristi pulls off a big run on election day, he is back as potentially the strongest republican. >> a couple of big caveats, wisconsin and florida. if you lose in those two states, it can take away f

. >>> up next, gold medalist with a golden yard, kristi yamaguchi getting ready for her next big ice. h. whoa! yeah, i was testing to see if we really can turn any device in your house into a tv. and the tablet worked just fine. but i wanted to see if the phone would work as well. so i shrunk sharon. every channel is live just like on tv. but it's my phone. it's genius. shh! i'm watching tv. tiny sharon is mean. i'm right here. watch any channel live on any device around your home. download the xfinity tv app today. >>> a bay area olympic gold medalist came to the south bay to help celebrate a new triumph. kristi yamaguchi visited washington elementary school in san jose, awarded about 200 students for their achievement in the always reading program which promotes reading by offering incentives. she along with robert honda handed out free tickets to the upcoming skating event. tickets went to students who had accumulated 50,000 minutes of reading. >> to be able to reach out and be in over 14 schools in the bay area, absolutely it means a lot. i think i'm really finally starting to se

unfortunately governor kristi apparently does not. >> christy shot back. >> my job is to protect the people of new jersey. would h care workers check on them twice a day to monitor their temperature. >> president o-- obama met with his team. the white house saying it has concerns with the new guidelines. meanwhile, the new york patient who triggered the new policy, craig spencer, remains in serious but stable condition in a manhattan hospital. >> all of this coming as we're trying to get you the correct information about ebola. a panel of experts will answer your questions tomorrow night on our sister station news channel 8. use the hashtag your voice your future on facebook or twitter. the university of maryland is dealing with several confirmed or suspected occasions of viral meningitis. the school has not said how many students are affected. viral meningitis is less severe than bacterial meningitis but still causes headaches and nausea. we spoke with one person who said his fraternity brothers were sick. >> one woke up with a really sore throat and achy all over his body. >> viral

kristi is almost certainly running, and i am hearing more and more that bush is leaning toward runnings. . wire those numbers so low -- why are those numbers so low? >> it is really well known, but not in sync with the iowa party. chris christie is underwater in terms of his favorable and unfavorable. >> it is a huge jump ball. romney is kicking up a lot of space. a lot of excitement about him in iowa as of late. with ben carson and second, he will get a lot of attention. a lot of people do not put him on their poles, and evil will start to include him -- polls, and people will start to include him. >> when we asked voters who shares their values more hillary clinton or elizabeth warren, elizabeth more than doubles her score. >> political police, we invented this question for this poll. failing to be sophisticated and pick the front runner. she is still way behind, but the fact that a quarter of iowa democrats say that their beliefs are closer to her says that if there is a populist candidate in here, it would give hillary clinton some trouble. >> or foreign policy is not a problem with

kristy smith is live at at&t park. imagine spending some of that money and getting nothing at all. >> reporter: can you imagine that? you would be absolutely furious, but the atmosphere inside tonight is electric as the giants try to come back and even up the series. but for people trying to buy tickets, major league baseball is offering a word of caution trying to make sure what you buy is a real ticket and not fake. already homeland security has confiscated more than 100 tickets counterfeit before game one even started between the royals and the giants. three people on the east coast were arrested and tied to that. some things to keep in mind with these tickets, the real ones there's a hologram and stitching. now they are also looking for unlicensed shirts and gear, that sort of thing, in addition to the counterfeit tickets. i checked online, stub hub standing room only well over $400. you're going to have to shell out if you want to see the giants in person. >>> thanks very much. more benefits on the way for same-se

. >>> our live team coverage continues in san francisco right now with kristy smith. she's outside the hardly strictly bluegrass festival. >> reporter: i tell you they've got quite a few people walking around, making sure that everyone stays hydrated, but it is a beautiful night to come out to san francisco and hear some music. i ran into a couple of people who came from the east bay, where it was very hot. it is still warm out here tonight. i had a chance to speak with a gentleman from rock medicine. and he says that people seem to have gotten the message to stay hydrated, drink water, be in the shade, if you can, while listening to music. 750,000 people expected over three years. yesterday's crowds may have been a little bit light perhaps because of the scorching heat or giants playoff game going on. lots of hats, sunglasses, sunscreen. only about 12 people needed help from rock medicine and that was not heat-related. >> they have done a great job hydrating, sunscreen. nobody's in the hospital. we're hoping the same will go tomorrow. >> not as hot as it was in valle

. >>> our live team coverage continues right now in san francisco with kristy smith. she is outside the bluegrass festival where it's not hot as other places, but hot for san francisco. >> reporter: very much so. it feels just a little bit cooler than yesterday. by that, i mean maybe one degree. big crowds out here in golden gate park for the hardly strictly bluegrass festival. those were some very hot bay area temperatures. i just spoke with a gentleman from rock medicine. they have about 50 people working the crowd. they're expecting about 750,000 people over the three days. what he tells me, they're making the rounds, making sure everyone is hydrated. so far they have only treated about a dozen people and those were not for heat-related issues. the smaller crowd yesterday maybe because of the giants and the playoffs or the heat. it looks like the festival-goers did get the message to be in the shade, drink lots of water. they have about 100 acts out here. lots of relaxing. tonight they're going to go until 7:00. tomorrow they'll be back at it. i did speak with one

. >> reporter: according to the search warrants, relatives found the parents, benjamin and kristi stackd. their three children, benson, emory and zion lying around the bed covered with sheets. >> emory was beautiful and loved every little animal out there and was just amazing. zion was just sweet. and benson was just a giant goof ball. and it was awesome. >> reporter: family members describe the father, benjamin, as a jokester and kristi as a good mother. which what makes police found inside their home even more bizarre. 12 opened and empty boxes of cold, flu and allergy medication, empty sleep aid boxes and a baggy of marijuana. and a purple bucket with a yellow lid and a pair of yellow slippers. they initially thought a carbon monoxide leak caused the deaths. but officers say kristi's mother, valerie, told them there is no carbon monoxide leak, adding she couldn't believe she would do this to the kids. but valerie wouldn't clarify to the police who she was talking about. investigators now await autopsy and toxicology results to pinpoint what caused their deaths. for "good morning amer

. >> baumgarner is three complete game shutouts away from tying kristie mathiesen for the franchise record. they vaulted into the national league division series, baumgarner with four bees all at once. the giants open the nlds tomorrow at noon against the washington nationals. game 2 is also in d.c. games 3 and 4 at home on monday and tuesday. while madison baumgarner is famous for his snot rockets, jake peavey is known for his mouth. he will start game one and parents might want to find the mute button. >> i have children at home. i understand that there's, you know, the role model aspect. things. i promise you i will do everything i can do not to say a cuss word tomorrow. i'm not promising you i won't but people think i'm out there just yelling cuss word after cuss word. a lot of my teammates say god bless a whole lot and that ends up being a phrase that the teammates kind of throw back at me. >> peavey will be facing a washington team with the best record in the national league under first year manager matt williams who had a little adversity along the way. >> so i would caution everybo

reporter kristie fajardo on a murder conviction that a judge says should never have happened. >> the judgment is vacated. the conviction is overturned. >> reporter: at the torrence courthouse the most heartfelt thank you. >> thank you, your honor. thank you. >> reporter: after 17 years, susan melon's murder conviction has been overturned. she is now 59, has gray hair, and a grandson. >> my mom wants to drive through mcdonald's and get a happy meal. [ laughter ] >> reporter: mel len was sentenced to life on the testimony of a woman the court now knows had a history of lying to get back at people and whose own police officer sister called her a pathological liar. the attorney said the case shouldn't go to trial. the woman's testimony was changed and contradicted by the coroner's findings but that didn't come to light until innocence matters which works with the wrongly accused took her cause last year. >> she was convicted because it was a titillating story that the d.a. ran with. >> reporter: her youngest was 7 when his mother went to prison. he now has a tattoo depicting his heartbre

arriving in maine one day after maine native, kristi hickox one day after he quarantined her. a combative interview on the "today" show, he was adamant he made the right call. >> if she had never presented any symptoms, our policy would have been to send her back to maine and to quarantine herself at home in maine. she was tested. that testing was ordered by the cdc. >> after that interview, christie was asked about a possible lawsuit over his treatment of the nurse. >> pardon me? >> looks like you're going to have to defend this in court? >> well, whatever. get in line. i've been sued lots of times before. get in line. i'm happy to take it on. >> you should bring out his scientists who are advising him on that. we know that we want to be led by the science. that's what's going to keep people safe. science. not politics. amber vincent was declared ebola free and sent home. and this afternoon, president obama took to the south lawn who hailed the health care workers fighting the disease. >> we don't want to do things that aren't based on science and best practices because if we

>> no, my friend kristy made it. >> reporter: you're out here for a third time yourself?thought it was once in a lifetime and then twice in a lifetime and now i'm out here until i die! >> reporter: how many years you got in you? >> oh, at least 60. >> the whole thing was awesome. i'm happy to be here. i'm glad my boss let me be here. thank you, boss. >> reporter: and he was good in "home alone," too who do you want to see? >> panik. >> reporter: oh, panik. are you going to okay with the rain? you have the umbrellas. >> come on, only three in a life time. who do you think has been the better team? 2010, 2012, 2014? >> 2014. the most improbable run ever. >> reporter: have fun today. if you do want to get out here, there are still spots along the parade route. keep in mind they're going to be shutting out these intersections as well. based on past experience of 2010, 2012, i'm thinking you want to probably be out here around 9:00. the earlier the better but if you have to push, i'd say 9:00 you'd probably still be able to get a spot. there you go. not a lot of space there. a

campaign, yesterday on the second anniversary of hurricane sandy, a heck her interrupted him, and kristys not happy. >> somebody like you doesn't know what you are talking about, i have been here when the cameras aren't you, you want to have the conversation later, i am happy to have it, but until then sit down and shut up. >> wow, if he gains traction in the 2016 primary as big if, that video will appear in his opponents attack ads and that's because americans generally don't like hot tempers people to be in charged of nuclear launch codes. and that is today's power politics, yes. point well taken. 22, hey. hey, greg, nice to meet you. >> this' only a certain number of last names. >> a lot of park, park, this you are sir. >> sorry. >> someone with you orb someone like you voted park, voted in swanny georgia, and virginia he lives in lennox, he says. >> so swung else with your name. >> yeah, same name. >> that's very troublesome, i could see how that would pull out certain ethnic groups especially asian ethnic groups. >> my goodness, part two of the voter fraud investigation airs this ev

kristi unhinged or unplugged. whatever you want to say. >> is he a wine that won't travel?e a northwestern street guy or is he presidential. >> i think people like authenticity until they don't like what you authentically are. they see that behavior and they say that's entertaining and that's fun but do we want it in lincoln's chair and do we want to give nuclear weapons to a man with such a short fuse. >> he has a problem which is that new jersey is ungovernorrable. he is the governor of a state where you can't make progress. he tried with the pensions, teacher tender and so forth. a lot of that has started to come on. as a result. he is getting frustrated. he had, of course, this problem with the bridge, and i have said all along, unless he can rack up a serious accomplishment. he is going to be in a little bit of trouble. >> untamed, the one rule is never say shut up. ever. >> okay. next up, private space craft virgin atlantic crashing, one killed today, another wounded. another injured and this comes after, of course, that spectacular explosion earlier this week. no one

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as kristy noted, there are a few rules in this format. , but we do us that you keep your answers concise. you have foregone opening statements. we can get right to questions. the coin toss behind the stage puts the first question to mark schauer. cutsaid your opponent has one billion dollars from education spending. where do you come up with that number? >> it is great to be at wayne state university. teacher and my mom was a nurse. i saw the difference being made. they taught me that the key to a good job is a good education. now, it is true that governor rick snyder got $1 billion from public schools. 80% and 90% pay raises to his top executives treat i think that is wrong. the key to a good job is a good education. it is my number one priority. there are some verifiable services that source and you can look to. budget cut $930 million from public schools. he even told the kalamazoo gazette that those costs would be difficult. he is right. classroom -- he cut $300 per pupil. that puts our kids and more cabinet -- cluttered classrooms. basic programs have been eliminated. schoolst is a

reporter: the man disappeared into the medical center, after a few minutes another man appeared holding kristiina. >> translator: he was around 60 or 70 years old and carrying my daughter, she was crying and i was begging him to give me her and he threatened saying if i didn't get back on the bus i would be killed. i feel tortured, my heart is crying out for my daughter and i have no idea where she is and how she is and i have no information at all. >> reporter: her bus were ordered to follow an i.s.i.l. armed vehicle and she and a group of 20 men and women were driven out of town and left in the desert and took them ten hours to go to irbil the kurdish region of iraq and live in cubicles in this unfinished shopping mall and most people are staying here in comparison to hundreds of thousands of displaced people facing winter in tents and the families are fortunate and there is great fear and uncertainty here. especially for those like ida whose daughter was left behind. the story is not uncommon. rights groups here say there are reports of family whose say that i.s.i.l. have taken their daught

kaci hickox forced into quarantine by new jersey governor chris kristy is on her way to maine. there are questions there of how she will be treated when she is there. we've been told she'll be in quarantine at this hour. she is threatening to sue christie and said he knows nothing about medicine. chris christie is notback down and said he is not sorry. >> she needs to understand the obligation of elected official is to protect the public health of all the people. if that inconvenienced her for a period of time, that's what we need to do to protect the public. >> and a brand new cnn/orc poll shows there is some support for stricter quarantine rules. 78% of americans support quarantines for u.s. citizens who return from the ebola zone with symptoms. 20% go further, saying they should be prevented from entering the united states. keep in mind there is a 21-day incubation period during which you could have ebola but before you show symptoms. that's the gray area. cdc official stopped short of issuing nationwide quarantine rules. instead they came out with a new seventh guidelines.

kristi yamaguchi, along with a star-studded cast are performing in golden moment. proceeds support the always dream foundation literacy program. become an ice star of your own. the bay area's largest outdoor ice rink is takeni ining takingr the plaza. visit our website at abc7news.com. abc 7 news. >>> coming up, a bay area woman takes a stand. why she's carrying around this mattress on her college campus. >>> a defiant nurse. the woman who treated an ebola patient, hitting the road in maine, and why she said she will not let politicians run her life. >>> apple ceo tim cook on why he decided to finally tell the world he's gay. >>> in today's headlines, the san francisco giants tweeted today the scene around at&t park feels like a game day. lots of sf giants fans, lots of energy. giants fans greeted the team as they arrived back in the bay area early this morning. world series parade will begin tomorrow at noon. we'll have it for you right here live on abc 7. tweets from california nurses today as nurses around the world announced, national day of action on november

earlier he spoke with cnn's kristi lu stout of the pictures he has captured of the protests. >> this main protest site in admiralty, and it was just kind of clashes going back and forth. maybe calm for five minutes and then everyone pushed the police line. it was just before they used the tear gas. and they were just using the pepper spray, and this is kind of a big beper spray from a backpack, just kind of pumping it kind of crowdwide. that's why the umbrellas come in handy for the protesters. >> this is also an issue for cnn photojournalist as an issue of safety. >> right. >> with the use of pepper spray, tear gas, et cetera, sometimes sporadic acts of violence would break out. how do you protect yourself as a photojournalist while being on the story and capturing it? >> i mean, goggles is the main thing because i think getting in your eye would be -- i've had it on my arms or on my legs before it just kind of splattered. but i think in your eyes and your mouth would be the most painful and debill eigitating. >> so you're holding the camera wearing goiggles. >> exactly. the first n

>> well, they work sometimes, but i think as kristy said, too bad wendy davis isn't employing kristy out of thissed a. her employees are not giving her good advice because i can not imagine drawing your viewers and telling them how your opponent was paralyzed by a tree branch is going to help them at all. i have not done a thorough check on other victims, but it's a typical kind thing you hear against a judge. a gunlg hearing hundreds of cases and in any number of them he has to rule them as one way or the other following the law. we haven't done a thorough investigation into these things, so i think even "the washington post" said it's the nastiest ad of the year. it is not playing well in the mainstream media for wendy davis. >> in terms of the mainstream media, should the democratic party take the ad down? where are the disability advocates? how is this useful to the process where they are referring to a candidate for governor as a victim amongst victims and showing a wheelchair in order to disparage the candidate? implicit of that is that the man's in a wheelchair. is there somet

kristi funk coming up. >>> the news first from amy. >>> right to the big news this morning, the first soil. that patient is in isolation at a dallas hospital in critical condition. the man traveled from liberia to texas and was in the u.s. for ten days before his diagnosis. the ambulance crew who brought him to the hospital has been quarantined as a precaution. and doctors want to monitor anyone who came into contact with the man after his symptoms appeared. and that raises the question, what exactly is the risk for people who came into contact with him? david kerley has that story. david, good morning. >> reporter: it's the worry of many passengers. you're in a small, confined space. a metal tube for hours, wondering, could i have gotten that deadly disease? this morning we know the man now being treated for ebola was a passenger on a flight into dallas. he left liberia september 19th, apparently already infected with the disease. officials have not confirmed his route. but he likely had more than one layover. potentially in both europe and the u.s. it can be a 43-hour journey. he la

kristi, debra, zen, judy, thank you so much for this wonderful presentation. it brings peers to my eyes. thank you and tell us as an audience what are some of the things that we can do to be activists in our own local community. >> you can watch in your operates and that's just around the corner. you can have a movie night. number three, we have things like they gave us seeds and said please stop spraying round up. our bees, we have a 30 to 60% loss of bees. every third bite of food is created by bees. we have the seed pacts and go around neighbor to neighbor and say here's a free gift for you. do you know it's found in breast fi milk and water. i mean that. every person's voiz, every person's vote, every person's phone call. bigger than monsanto, we are up against the resignation and doubt of the american people. too many of us think our letter won't make a difference. all you need to do is have a cultured food party. make some cultured food. it's fun. it really is. you might have you need to pick a passion and figure out what matters and what's going on arou

would you use this opportunity now to urge kristi and his treasure to disclose whatever the investigation is banned immediately prior to november 4? baker: i certainly can't control what they do. they are doing an investigation and i stay as far away from it as i possibly can get which i think is appropriate. they will issue report when they issue it but i will say this. 33 times i point out the fact that i was working with general catalyst. i've been completely transparent from the beginning. never try to hide anything on this in one of the issues were raised about it i hired the former general counsel in the federal election commission and gave them all th the documentatn said if there is something i need to do here tell me. let me finish. i wrote a brief on it and i made that brief publicly available to anybody who wanted to see it. >> moderator: why would the governor of new jersey released immediately so the voters have an object objective? baker: the new jersey pension board will make their decision and issue their ruling when they finish their study. as far as i can tell based on t

as kristy noted, there are a few rules in this format.buzzers, but we do us that you keep your answers concise. you have foregone opening statements. we can get right to questions. the coin toss behind the stage puts the first question to mark schauer. you said your opponent has cut one billion dollars from education spending. where do you come up with that number? >> it is great to be at wayne state university. my dad was a teacher and my mom was a nurse. i saw the difference being made. they taught me that the key to a good job is a good education. now, it is true that governor rick snyder got $1 billion from public schools. he gave 80% and 90% pay raises to his top executives treat i think that is wrong. the key to a good job is a good education. it is my number one priority. there are some verifiable services that source and you can look to. his first budget cut $930 million from public schools. he even told the kalamazoo gazette that those costs would be difficult. he is right. is cut's to the classroom -- he cut $300 per pupil. that

but from a fiscal perspective and from a tea party perspective what are your thoughts on governor kristi? >> guest: i think it's lost a lot of its appeal among tea partiers and remember when he was tackling the new jersey budget which was not an easy thing to do he had a lot of grassroots support early on and that has since faded away. what's interesting about the field in 2016 is the so-called republican establishment is in the same situation that the democrats were in 2012. at one or two candidates. maybe it's chris christie but they abandoned him after bridgegate and flew down to florida to try to talk to jeb bush and cajole him into running. after that it you would be candidates that are by and large only are totally indebted to ask at the showing up in their races and obviously rand paul and ted cruz would be two of those but also marco rubio and scott walker and even governors like mike pence of indiana. you are talking about a homemade generation of republican leaders that are post-2,092,102,012. we have repopulated the presidential field for president with the young compelling fi

kristy says, the fantastic four. you're all truly fantastic every day.shington secret six. one great books of 2014 by brian kilmeade. >> you like that one. >> absolutely. and finally, here is our final hint. and these are little swatches of our costumes. can you figure out who we are? keep them coming. e-mail us. >> i think i'm going to stick around to see what kimberly is wearing. >> if i were you, i would. >> it's pretty cute. >> she did say it's a little brief. >> yeah. >> somebody turn the heat up. >> it's more metaphor than a costume. >> i would imagine you're here in the big town because we've got the election coverage coming up in a couple of days. >> bingo. >> thank you very much. four days until the election. people go out and vote on tuesday and then we'll have the results on tuesday night. who stands to win the most on tuesday? >> well, obviously i think the republicans stand to win the most and to lose the most. obviously if they gain control of the senate, that's a big deal. >> big for mitch mcconnell. >> oh, yeah. there is one horrible poss

governor chris christie and former governor tom keenan kristy whitman plan to attend.ing your way in 25 minutes. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today." it's tuesday morning, october 7th, 2014. big crowd on the plaza. it's a big morning on "today." >> yes. >> bill murray, jason aldean, billy idol. >> whoa! >> the hits just keep coming. jason al dean is with us in this hour as well. he will be on in a couple of minutes. i'm willie with al, natalie, tamron. you got a little scare, my friend. >> i'm tired of this. they're trying to kill me here and i take issue with this. >> i don't think your life was in danger. >> my butt was in danger. i about fell out of my chair. >> you were sent out on a story, new phenomenon about storefront psychics. >> the whole idea, how they sold it to us, they told jenna and i, we want you to go out and explore psychics because there's a new prime time show on nbc that's going to delve into this. okay. we