i'm milissa rehberger. it is prison for oscar pistorius. >> count one, culpable homicide, defense has imposed five years. >> the fallen olympian was facing 15 years for gunning down his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. as for the gun charge, was given a three year suspended sentence. the question now is how long will he be jailed. pistorius could do ten months. outside the courthouse, the steenkamps stayed silent, the only reaction from his attorneys and he said, quote, justice was served today. joining me is rohip katru. tell us everything about this morning's events. >> reporter: good morning. oscar pistorius has within the last half hour left this courthouse that has become so familiar to him over the last seven months during this murder trial. and he's now inside a prison a few miles away across the city of prefor toripretoria. he came here this morning to hear the decision from the judge. he was told that he will get a five-year custodial sentence, a three-year suspended sentence for other gun related charg

i'm milissa rehberger. storm nation. 36 million people could see severe weather today in the storm's bull's eye is the southeast. folks are facing rain, wind and possible tornadoes. extreme weather walloped parts of the west on monday. twister leveled buildings in just seconds. the storm proved deadly for one family. >> their mother is in intensive care now, but she's stable. and then the father didn't make it. >> in louisiana, a state of emergency is on. homes crushed, trees crumpled and power poles snapped. in alabama, the damage was everywhere. a 75-year-old woman was crushed and killed by a tree. >> i tried everything i could to get her out. but there was a tree on top of her. >> and another weather threat. hurricane gonzalo is growing. it is packing 110-mile-per-hour winds. it battered the caribbean and is heading toward puerto rico. meteorologist bill karins is tracking it all and he's up here in a few minutes. >>> a quiet evening capped four days of organized protests in ferguson and st. louis. provi

. >>> good morning, i'm milissa rehberger. right now quarantined, out of africa and into isolation, a u.s. military team held in italy. doctors are watching for any signs of ebola. and that quarantine cave in in new jersey, a nurse forced into isolation this weekend was released on monday. was that political pressure? here is what governor chris christie told nbc's kelly o'donnell. >> any pressure from the white house? >> absolutely no truth to it at all. by the way, if they did, it wouldn't change my mind anyway. but they didn't. >> nbc's tracie potts is live in washington. tracie, is there any push for one specific set of quarantine rules for everybody? >> reporter: there is talk about th what the white house is backing at this point. we have got several cases that we're watching this morning, milissa. the new york doctor still being treated for ebola, the 5-year-old up there who now appears to have been cleared, though still watching that child in the hospital after an initial negative test. and now as of this morning, anot

i'm milissa rehberger. new overnight, we learned one of the four students seriously wounded during last week's shooting at a washington state high school has died. gia soriano suffered a head wound during the attack on friday. she died last knight. three other students remained hospitalized, two in critt well can. we have learned the victim who was killed on friday has been identified as zoe galasso. so far investigators have not released a motive as to why jaylen fryberg opened fire. nbc's brian mooar has the latest. ♪ >> reporter: in a washington state community shaken by violence, it was a day of prayer for the victims of this past week's school shooting. >> this is going to take time to process. for some it is going to take longer than others. >> a lot of questions aren't answered. and just don't know why. >> reporter: police know what happened but the motivation remains unclear. a fight and a breakup, possible clues. fryberg was described as popular, a homecoming prince just weeks before friday's deadl

i'm milissa rehberger. scrambling for answers, the cdc on a media blitz, trying to calm fears after a dangerous first. a dallas nurse sick and second with ebola inside the u.s. another put in quarantine's a precaution. jay gray reports. >> reporter: last week she was part of the medical team treating first patient diagnosed with with ebola in the u.s. she's back inside texas health presbyterian hospital in isolation, now fighting the deadly disease herself. >> it is deeply concerning this infection occurred. >> reporter: a review from the centers for disease control blames a breach in hospital protocol for the infection. the woman had extensive contact with thomas eric duncan before his death, including when he was placed on dialysis and a ventilator as his condition got worse and he became more infectious. officials say she wore a protective suit, but experts warn problems can occur after treatment, when that suit is removed. >> you might have fluid on your equipment, might have infectious stuff on your ha

i'm milissa rehberger. we have fast moving developments on u.s. efforts to contain ebola. but first, a new strategy to fight isis militants near the syrian border town of kobani. the u.s. military says it conducted an air drop of weapons and munitions and medical supplies for kurdish fighters in syria saturday night. the materials were provided by kurdish authorities in iraq. the air drop is the first of its kind and comes after weeks of u.s. led air strikes in kobani. whether the air drop helped or not, it could jeopardize u.s. turkish diplomatic relations. the turkish president said as recently as yesterday he would oppose any arms transfers to fighters. >>> the quarantine is over. thomas eric duncan's fiancee and family are all cleared. at the pentagon training for an ebola strike team is just days away. the team will be able to jump into action on 72 hours notice. nbc's tracie potts is live in washington. good morning, tracie. any specifics on that team's training? >> reporter: we know they're going to

i'm milissa rehberger., we learned one of the four students seriously wounded during last week's shooting at

. >>> i'm milissa rehberger.mas eric duncan left the apartment where they had been staying. they were in isolation at that residence. >>> president obama is condemning the murder of al18 hennings by isis. and the u.s. has suffered its first loss in the campaign against isis. a pilot bailed out of an aircraft that was experiencing trouble during takeoff. >>> welcome back to "hardball." we have great new jobs numbers in the country. unemployment down to 5.9%, the lowest rate since before the crash. the job gains were higher than expected, with almost 250,000 new jobs. i'm joined by ralph nader, michelle bernard, and jonathan capehart. as i said, jobs numbers. with unemployment at its lowest rate since 2008, that's good news, but economically, the middle class remains stuck in neutral. "the washington post" says the middle class is poorer today than in 1989. these are some of the reasons. the middle 20% of households in the country even own stocks. so this bull market has been no help to 90.8% of the middle. 63% of

i'm milissa rehberger. we have fast moving developments on u.s. efforts to contain ebola.st, a new strategy to fight isis militants near the syrian border town of kobani. the u.s. military says it

i'm milissa rehberger. scrambling for answers, the cdc on a