Good morning. Ebola latest in a moment, but first, we begin with a tropical paradise bracing for impact. Category 4 hurricane gonzalo is on a collision course with the island of bermuda. It has 140mileanhour winds. Half a foot of rain is expected starting tonight. Nbcs dylan dreyer is on the island now. Reporter here in bermuda, all eyes are on hurricane gonzalo. It is forecast to pass just to the west of this island as a category 3 storm. Thats the strongest storm this island has seen in more than ten years. It compares to hurricane fabian in 2003. Talking with people around here, theyre prepared, theyre boarded up, theyre stocked up, and theyre cautiously optimistic. They said that this whole island is really prepared for hurricanes. But that is not all in the pacific. Another storm has hawaiis governor declaring a state of emergency. Tropical storm ana will make landfall tonight as a hurricane. All Public Schools on the big island are closed. It is slow moving so flooding is a major concern. Officials are warning thrill seeking surfers about dangerous conditions. Breaking overnight, ebola is now just miles from the white house. Infected nurse nina pham flown to maryland for treatment. Right now shes inside a special biocontainment unit. The hospital just one of four in the u. S. Designed to handle ebola. The move came after a tearful goodbye. Dont cry. Dont cry. Yeah, were really proud of you. Come on, maryland, everybody. Party. Party in maryland. We love you, nina. In ohio, ebola fears are spreading. A bridal store visited by nurse amber vinson is now closed. Officials are scrambling to find shoppers who were in it. At the white house, in what would be a first for the u. S. President is now considering an ebola czar. Heres why. It may be appropriate for me to appoint an additional person, not because the three of these folks have not been doing an outstanding job, they also are spoo responsible for a whole bunch of other stuff. And new images on the front lines of the ebola fight. U. S. Customs in action, performing fever screening at five u. S. Airports. In texas, more unbelieablunbeli details an how ill prepared that hospital was. During an exclusive interview on today, here is what nurseagui . The second week, the only gear theyre offering us at that time and up until that time is gear that is allowing our necks to be uncovered. Lets go live to washington and nbcs tracie potts. Tracie, you have news about another ebola scare . Reporter yeah, Carnival Cruise lines is saying this morning they have a Lab Supervisor and her husband, she left on this cruise before this cdc said not to. She has no fever, no symptoms, but in an abundance of caution, theyre keeping her isolated on that ship. Theyre in touch with the cdc. Theyre going to be back on sunday. Meantime, nina pham is now just a few miles from here, being treated at one of four specialized units in the country. Before nina pham arrived at nih last night, we got our first look at the ebola infected nurse in good spirits in her hospital room in dallas. Come to maryland, everybody. Party. Party in maryland. Reporter were also getting a first look at what the cdc is doing to stop this virus. The government released these pictures last night, theyre now doing temperature checks at five airports. Lawmakers, mostly republicans, are pressuring president obama to ban travel from west africa. The president ought to at least stop nonu. S. Citizens from those three affected west african countries from coming here. Reporter but the president says a ban might prompt travelers to hide where theyre coming from, increasing our risk. We could end up having more cases rather than less. There is no such thing as fortress america when it comes to Infectious Diseases. Reporter he is considering a socalled ebola czar, one Government Official to oversee the response. That could now include reserves and the national guard. President obama authorized them to head to west africa if needed. And the World Health Organization is now saying to look for 4500 ebola deaths in west africa by the end of this week. Dara . Tracie, thank you for that update. Tracie potts in washington, d. C. For more on ebola, we turn to dr. Peter hotez, founding dean of the National School of tropical medicine at the Baylor School of medicine. Good morning. The ebola patient nina pham is now at the maryland hospital. Should she have been moved there sooner . Well, i think what were clearly seeing is that taking care of ebola patients is extremely complicated and in my opinion it should only be done at specialized facilities that are specially as the virus progresses towards the end stages where the amount of virus in the body is extremely high and it is very difficult to manage these patients. So i would say nina sounds like is being caught early on in the infection, so that it is still aminable treatments, meaning the blood products that contain antibody to the virus or antiviral drugs. Certainly as the disease progresses, this becomes a real management problem and is not something that is any Community Hospital could handle. Speaking of that management issue yesterday on the today show, a nurse from phams hospital in dallas described lapses in preparedness and containment. Is there no standard protocol for Infectious Disease treatment . It is not so much a standard protocol, it is the fact that it requires a lot of training on the protocol. There are currently four hospitals in the United States that have the capability of managing ebola patients because they rehearse all the time these protocols. These are not easy to implement. We may see some additional facilities pop up in the United States over the next few weeks. But i think thats the message that what we should be doing is if a new patient comes in with a fever, theyre still not highly contagious, they could be isolated and diagnosed, but then subsequently should be transferred to one of these four or five facilities that are in the United States. Do you think appointing an ebola czar would be helpful . The czar idea is an interesting one. What i with like to see is a really strong independent and empowered u. S. Surgeon general, which we havent had in this country for really for the last decade. Thats something that i think would be very welcome. Whether or not we actually need a czar really depends on how this unfolds here in the United States. Dr. Peter hotez, thank you for your time this morning. Thank you. Now to that startling tarmac image that went viral. A man holding a clip board just inches from amber vinson, the question so many had, where was his protective gear. Phoenix air says he didnt wear any on purpose. He was going to the hazmat team who has limited vision. The company says it is standard procedure. Vice president bidens youngest son was booted from the navy earlier this year. Now hes apologizing for the actions that led to his discharge. The u. S. Official said hunter are biden tested positive for cocaine in june of 2013 while serving as a reservist. He wasnt discharged until february. The official says his punishment wasnt made public because the navy usually does not report these types of dismissals. In a statement, hunter biden said, in part, quote, i deeply row great and am embarrassed that my actions led to my administrative discharge. No word yet from the vice president. Now to take a look at the weather, we have nbc meteorologist bill karins here. Good morning. Boy, do we have a lot to talk about. Bermuda will get hit hard in ten hours and hawaii this upcoming weekend. Ten hours away now from bermuda. It should go right over the top of the island. Sometime right around 1 00 p. M. To about 8 00 p. M. This evening. And here is that path, right over the center of the island with the eye itself. Last time they had that happen, had 300 million worth of damage in the island. Thats the kind of thing theyre looking at in a couple of hours from now. As far as hawaii goes, Tropical Storm ana is trying to become a hurricane. Got a little more organized over warmer water. Here is the good thing. The track is now going a little farther away from the islands, no longer in the cone of uncertainty. Still close to rain bands into the big island. This forecast is dramatically improved in the last 24 hours and that is a piece of good news for the upcoming weekend. We also have to deal with the big rainstorm coming in to the west and a little later in the show, how it will impact your entire weekend. This morning you need your umbrella from areas from seattle all the way down to coastal oregon. Thats your National Making it into Northern California, possibly San Francisco. How will that storm System Impact you . Ill give you the details coming up for your weekend forecast. Bill karins, thank you so much. Now the giants are heading to the world series for the third time in five seasons. Clinching a victory over the cardinals last night with a game to remember. Travis ishikawa hits one into right the giants win the pennant yes, Travis Ishikawa with a threerun walkoff homer for a 63 win. It is the second time in mlb history that two wild card teams face off in the world series. Were going to the the giants are up against kansas royals who have won eight straight and are in the world series for First Time Since winning in 1985. Game one is tuesday. That will be in kansas city. And want to know where the average retail salesperson makes 50 grand a year . Hmm. Plus, the lowly jets actually put up a great battle against the pats. Highlights straight ahead. This collection is close to my heart. Its inspired by the city i love. Needs long term relief. Eucerin calming creme. It soothes dry, itchy skin with a tripleacting formula. No wonder calm, comfortable skin starts with eucerin. 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Dave, im sorry to interrupt. I gotta take a sick day tomorrow. Dads dont take sick days, dads take nyquil. The nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. This morning on today, rossen reports, 25 years after the San Francisco earthquake killed more than 60 people, jeff rossen investigates new technology designed to keep people safe from another quake. For the latest in sports, over to betty nguyen. Good morning, betty. Good morning, dara. Now to thursday night football, the jets and the pats. Just minutes into that game the patriots find the end zone. It is shane vereen rolls in for 6. The jets keep it close down by 2. A chance to win with a 58yard field goal. And look at this, it is blocked. Patriots with a sigh of relief. They pull out a 2725 victory. A scary moment on the ice during the penguins stars game. Penguins forward Pascal Dupuis gets knocked down in front of the net and gets hit by the puck in the back of the neck. He was treated on the ice before being taken off on a stretcher. The stars pull it out 32. It may be nbas preseason but there is excitement on the court. As the clock winds down jimmy butler at the buzzer drains a 3 to steal the win 8584. The first Mens College Basketball poll is out. Usa today ranks kentucky on top for the second straight season. Arizona is second, duke, wisconsin and kansas round out the top five. The Associated Press top 25 is released in two weeks. Who could use some red wine after a long week . Of course we all could. Nicks star Amare Stoudemire shared his fine wine treatment, that is, on instagram. No glasses needed here because he is bathing in it. He says his red wine bath creates more circulation in his blood cells and soothes the body. No word on how many bottles that took. Dara . Thank you very much, betty. If youre watching the show, chances are you have a very irregular schedule. 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Time for your weekend forecast. This morning we will have some i wouldnt call it big travel delays, maybe more of an inconvenience with the rain coming down in the northwest. Be prepared for that during your morning drive. Could get some of that into San Francisco. This system is fairly progressive. Well be letting a few showers on saturday in the northwest as it begins to move up to the northern portions of the rockies. No chance of rain in Northern California saturday. And then by sunday, everyone is looking for a beautiful day. Notice the temperatures are still pretty mild for the time here. Everyone in the 70s, inner Mountain West in the 70s. Theyre trying to make snow and think about the ski season, but not yet. Ski season right around the corner. Theyre thinking about it. Well stick to the 70s. Not making it yet. Thanks so much, bill. Now time for Entertainment News at the box office. Brad pitts fury is expected to rocket past the competition. Expected to earn about 27 million. The unique animation style of the book of life is looking to earn around 16 million. Romance flick the best of me should rake in 10 million this weekend. And nbc unveiled the poster for the upcopping peter pan life broadcast. Marvels of the guardians of the galaxy set another benchmark, earning over 700 million worldwide. And it looks like the ewoks will be making a comeback in the newest star wars film, announced that Warwick Davis who played one of the lead ewoks in return of the jedi has been cast in episode seven of the franchise. I love the ewoks. Blake lively stunned the red carpet last night, but her baby bump stole the headlines. She was wearing a michael kors dress. Said it was hard to get dressed with a watermelon as a stomach. They announced they were having a baby early most beautiful baby on the planet. And jimmy fallon, his most recent ew landed at the number 32 spot on the charts. He was hoping for top 100. Now it is like, 32. You got to love that, though. 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