The royals, the 2015 world champions. The newly crowned World Series Champions rallied in the ninth and sealed the deal in 12 innin innings. The celebrations were welldeserved, as the royals came from behind in all wins. The hometown fans were quick to celebrate, and avenge last years game seven ross to san francisco. The mvp is salvador perez. A big parade will be held in kansas city on tuesday. After a meeting of Campaign Advisers that stretched into sunday night, frustrated republican president ial candidates are laying out new demands and debates could look different going forward. Tracey potts is live for us this morning. Was there a lot of disagreements . They agreed they dont like the way the debates went, and they agreed they want them to go differently. They shut out the Republican Party, at least from this meeting that happened late last night. Just ended around 10 00 or after 10 00 last night. They have a lost list of demands they plan to circulate to the network. Reporter republican campaigns called the last debate it was a tad all the rails. Reporter now, they want answers, up front. At a meeting sunday without the Republican Party, staff agreed to send the networks a questionnaire next time. Whats the format . Who are the moderators . How long will it last . If play dont like the answers, some are threatening to boycott. A couple of us are generating the ratings. If we dont come, thats a big bargaining chip. Reporter theyre pushing a twohour time limit and opening statements. To allow the voters to have an opportunity to see whats behind each of the candidates. I want smaller groups on the stage, better questions and let us all be heard from equally. Reporter ted cruz suggests republican moderators with more substantive questions. Were not talking about pussycat questions, easy questions, were talking about questions that are relevant to what a republican primary voter is trying to decide. Reporter they want to make sure there are no yesno questions, as part of some of the things theyre laying out in a letter that an attorney not from the Republican Party helped them craft at the meeting last night. Theyre including things like camera angles. They want to make sure they dont show the candidates from behind with their notes, or audience reactions. They even want the network to ensure the microphones will definitely be off during breaks. Thank you. Family and friends are mourning the loss of former senator, president ial candidate and actor Fred Thompson. His family released a statement saying he passed away in nashville after an occurrence of lymphoma. Reporter before he was an actor, before he was elected to office, Fred Thompson was a lawyer by trade. He was part of the watergate investigation that led to Richard Nixons resignation. He was a big man, 66, and had a big voice to match. The president , as you know reporter which served him well in hollywood. He was often cast as an Authority Figure or military officer. The role hes best known for, District AttorneyArthur Branch on law and order. In 1994, he ran for a senate seat in tennessee. He was a republican who appealed to voter as a conservative who would challenge president clinton. He left the senate in 2003, saying he didnt have the heart for another term. He tried later when he lost for a bid for the presidency. While his Campaign Never caught fire, his personality and charisma could fire up a crowd. Delivered a passionate speech at the 2008 gop convention. We live in the freest, strongest, most generous and most prosperous nation in the history of the world, and were thankful for that. Reporter a statement from his family said he was the same man anywhere he was. Nbc use. The first bodies of the victims from a deadly plane crash in egypts Sinai Peninsula arrived in russia. The jet was headed to st. Pet s petersburg when it went down, killing everybody on board. The majority of the passengers were russian. Bill neely has the latest. Reporter it fell out of the sky and no one knows why, but there were more clues today. The debris is so scattered, the planes tail three miles from the cockpit, that russian investigators say it broke up in midair. Search teams are examining suitcases, human remains, the tangled wreckage for any signs of explosion, fire or mechanical failure. Amid it all, tragic reminders of the 224 lives lost. The planes two black boxes have been recovered and soon, the voices and data from the cockpit will be analyzed. Investigators still have no idea why the plane suddenly lost altitude and speed at 31,000 feet. Why the pilot made no distress call or exactly why the plane broke up in midair. Theyre going to be looking at the flight controls. Theyll be looking at the fuel system. Then theyll also be looking at maintenance issues that may have induced a technical failure. One of the things you cant rule out at this time is whether or not there was an explosive device of some sort on the aircraft. Reporter theyre searching the morgue, where passengers bodies were examined by a forensic team. Most of the dead have been brought here to be identified. Many only through dna samples. It is grim work. In russia, it was a day of mourning, prayers and tears. A nation in shock. That was nbcs bill neely reporting. In syria, isis is claiming another victory this morning following fresh clashes with Government Forces and, now, new criticism is erupting here at home over the u. S. Change in strategy in syria. Nbcs kristen we canner h ewilw more on what the president ial candidates are saying about putting troops on the ground there. Reporter after thousands of u. S. Led air strikes, isis militants are moving closer to capturing a key western city in syria. The turmoil underscoring the broad eer crisis that prompted new step. The white house announcing special ops troops will be sent to syria. Their mission, to train, advise and assist but not take part in comba combat. Our strategy has been focused on building the capacity of local forces for themselves in their own country. Reporter it was a reversal for a president who vowed to wind down the wars in the middle east. Now, with more troops headed to the region, hell pass the syria crisis on to the next commander in chief. How are you all . Reporter for democrats, a measured response. Secretary clinton saying she sees merit in the plan. Bernie sanders more spectacle. My nightmare is that the united states, once again, gets caught up in a quagmire, which never ends. Reporter republicans have consistently accused the president of being weak on Foreign Policy. I do applaud him for engagement with the special operators, but we cant get into a quagmire. There should be a real strategy to take out isis and to take out assad. I think its an admission, its a reflection, that when you dont make a decision, things get worse, not better. We have seen for six and a half years leading from behind. Reporter several g porks candidakan gop candidates called for a no fly zone, including dr. Carson. We should enforce it. Reporter the syrian conflict poses a thorny issue in 2016 for voters. Republicans can and will criticize the president being weak on Foreign Policy and defense, particularly in the middle east, but they have to be careful. The American Public does not want tens of thousands of boots on the ground in the middle east. That was Kristen Welker reporting there. In philadelphia over the weekend, every parents nightmare. Needles were found hidden in halloween candy given out to children. Six candy bars had needles in them, and five were discovered by children. Lucki luckily, no one was hurt. Police continue to urge parents to check their childrens halloween candy. Scary, to think about the children being out there and getting candy that could hurt them. It is. Parts of texas are trying to recover after a massive storm system unleashed flooding. At least five people were killed. The storm also spawned several tornadoes. Now, the same weather system is making its way east across the gulf coast states. Lets get a check on the weather from bill karins. Good morning. Good morning. It was a rough weekend. Texas, toward the costal areas of louisiana, thats where we had a couple tornadoes, too. Thats one storm. The second storm came into california last night. I saw one of my friends in oakla oakland. It was the first time theyve had measurable rain since april. I mean, thats incredible. Looks like another batch is about to head toward oakland and san francisco. Steadier rains in the higher elevations. Definitely umbrella weather today. Farther to the north, you had periods of wet weather over the weekend. Little snow at the highest of elevations, scattered snow showers. Well keep showers in the forecast in the northwest, but the rains wont be as steady. First snow forecast given this upcoming winter season. We have a possibility of six to nine inches, maybe a foot in the sierra mountain chain. The Northern Rockies will get some, too. Were finally into november and seeing the chain in the weather pattern. This is what weve been waiting for, the dips in the jet stream in the west thatll bring cooler and wetter weather and hopefully give us a little bit of reprise from what weve been dealing with, with the temperature and our below average showers in the northwest. The afternoon will mix with breaks of sun, also. Its november, kind of the beginning of our rainy season in the west, and this is on schedule. They need it, too. Thank you. Breaking news in North Carolina where police are hunting for a gunman who killed one College Student and wounded another. 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Leading the news, the seas francisco chronicle, the first black leader. He served in South Carolina before elected last summer. It comes when the ekwpiscopal church has been struggling with membership. A man is facing Assault Charges for allegedly attacking an uber driver. The frightening incident was caught on camera. Schwartz has that story. Reporter this uber driver takes a violent backseat pummelling. Trying to smash my head against the window. Reporter from the getgo, the driver had a bad feeling about this trip. Aggressive and swearing at me. Fading in and out of consciousness. Reporter his rider refused to put on his seat belt, couldnt give directions and kept passing out. I decided enough was enough. Heres when he tried to tell him the ride was over. Get out or ill call the police. Reporter suddenly, he was punched from behind again and again. You can see passenger trying to slam his head into the glass. Finally, he can get off the safety of his mace. I emptied as much as i could into his face until he got out of the car. Reporter within minutes, police are there, arresting the passenger, who was vomiting from the pepper spray. I didnt want him to get away. Ive lost so much money on people like him, and im done dealing with it. People like that take the food out of my mouth. Reporter uber banned the rider from ever using the service again, but he says his days of driving for uber are over. I dont feel safe. The quality of the passengers seems to have gone down, and i know a lot of drivers will agree with me. Wow. Shows you how dangerous that line of work is. You dont have the partition. Had the mace and the camera and still didnt have enough. Thank you. President obama will be in new jersey today as part of the push for reforming the criminal justice system. The main focus is reentry into society and getting lives back on track. 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