Early as today. Second to none, Peyton Manning sets the nfl record for the career touchdown passes, but its what his teammates did with that historic ball that has people auctioning today on monday, october 20, 2014. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Well which to today on a monday morning along with hoda kotb in for Savannah Guthrie and natalie morales. A wellorchestrated game of people. Im not sure if he was in on it it. I guess he said he wasnt, but that was very funny. 510 passes. Wowza you know who we have on the plaza today . Neil diamond. Yes here today making some peo e people he looks like saul. With the beard. If you know no word, at least you know those, bam, bam, bam. Lets satart on a monday morning. This is a critical effort to control ebola in the u. S. Dozens of peopleec posed to victim Thomas Eric Duncan are escorted off the cruise ship. She voluntarily isolated herself while a blood sample picked up by helicopter was turned up negative. Theres no information at all almost the entire time. If you think about it you would have created pandemonium if they gave us everything. Three americans who contacted ebola are still hospitalized. Shocka is doing well according to his father and nina pham and nurse amber vinson is in stable condition. This morning there is a school in moore, oklahoma, thats not allowing some students and some Staff Members to attend because they were on the cruise ship with that Lab Technician who tested negative for ebola. The school saying they were doing it out of an abundance of caution. Matt . Matt . It goes on and on and on. An. Earlier this morning i spoke ea with pastor george mason. Tor ge. Hes speaking on behalf of beh Thomas Eric Duncans family in texas and personally had to ha inform them of duncans death. D. I began by asking what his what fiance must be feeling this morning. Morning. Mixed emotions is still the right thing, but today joy is taking over for sure. Over for. She continues to mourn the loss of not only her beloved fiance, but also all of her possessions and being displaced and all d a sorts of things and also sorts of things and al sympathy for those who so sympathy for those who contracted ebola, but today today is a good day. Bola, but today is a good day. Yet shes had to look back yet shes had t over these last 21 days as to o whats happened in her life and as we mentioned so many times t mr. Duncan first went to the t hospital complaining of symptoms and the first time he was turned away and given an it i bottics. Does miss treau believe he could have survived if hed been d been earlier . Treated earlier . She thinks certainly he would have had a better chance. Ad a b. Theres no knowing for sure or whether he would have survived, whether his illness had ess had progressed beyond the point of recovery, but certainly she nly appreciates the apology of the hospital that they could have hospital that they could have done some things differently done some things including admitting him the first day. Cluding admitting hi first day. Theres been so much talk b about mr. Duncans trip to the united states. United states. Does she feel he was completely honest with her in terms of his possible exposure to the ebola virus while he was if in liberia. Aslibe she ask. Ria. She ask. She has her own story to tell t about that and she looks forward to telling that in her time, but shes confident he didnt ent h knowingly bring ebola to this country. Country. I want to go back to ck to something that you said earlier, not only has she suffered an re enormous personal loss with the death of her fiance, but so many of her personal possessions were destroyed because they went we through her apartment making t sure there were no traces of th virus anymore. Ofanymore. How does she start over some. R well, shes going to start o over by being able to choose new things and by making her own nd decisions now with the aid and generosity of people of the f t community and the help of local government and the church. Chur. So there are a lot of people f that stepped up and said she did not lose all of this by any y a decisions of her own. Sions of h. They were taken from her and she made no choices that led to this in terms of her own bad decisions. Cisions. She was able to choose the oose things that she wanted when she brought them originally. Them or. Shell be able to choose those things to replace and thats the right thing. T thing. Mixed e potions and we and concentrate on the joy of her being symptomfree and getting being symptomfree and getting past the quarantine period. E pe. Pastor, thank you so much. So m youre very welcome. Welcome. Thank you, matt. Matt. As craig mentioned that d th formation of an ebola rapid for Response Team its part of an o effort to ease public concern, but does it go far enough . Enou . Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander is at the white house with that this morning. With tha. Good morning to you, hoda. Ou. President obama waking up in his hometown of chicago. Chicago. He could cast the ballot in the first kay of early voting. Voti. As the president fights to hang on to the senate, the health e issues raised by ebola are proof they, too, are not immune from washington politics. Washington politics. Facing a bitter political tical backlash over ebola this morning the Obama Administration is tio ramping up the response with the socalled ebola czar ron klain formerly beginning work this week. Orweek. Citing lack of Public Health experience. C perience. We need to stop the p the overcertainties from these over medical folks and im not sure a czar can help that. Elp that. A leading medical expert medica defended the choice. Ed the choi. I think thats misplaced criticism. Criticism. What were talking about is an Ebola Response coordinator as he has managerial experience. Erien. Do you let people come here from this area that is clearly stressed and one way to prevent that is not to issue them a visa. Visa. Two democrats, kay hagan and michelle nunn. Gan and michelle nunn. So far the president has pushed back. Back. Trying to seal off an entire region of the world if that were even possible could actually ac make the situation worse. On wor. Reporter still, despite his public reassurances, privately the president is angry with hisy administrations response, res following the scandal with the secret service and the va and the obamacare. Amacare. The Ebola Response con firms the sloppiness of the very sloppiness of the very institutions in which we place the most trust. Trust. Americans doubt about their t t current government. Current government. This morning senior vasers tell me ron klain will begin as ebola czar this wednesday and more an detail about that domestic mest military Rapid Response team. E. Administration Officials Say it will consist of 20 Critical Care nurses, five doctors trained in Infectious Disease and five nd trainers in infectious skis rot kohl. Kohl. Matt and hoda. Matt and hoda. Peter alexander, thanks so much. Much. Investigators are investigators are investigating the disappearance investigating the disappearance of uva student Hannah Graham are combing the area where human re remains were discovered over the weekend, but more tests need to be conducted to make a positive identification. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is following this had story from charlottesville. Gabe, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. Investigators here will continue to search the area where the remains were found for more today. In recent days they had targeted their searchers before making the grim discovery. This morning authorities are hoping to positively identify the possible remains of missing ushg va student Hannah Graham. This sadly is now a death investigation. Saturdays disturbing discovery on an abandoned pr property came five weeks of searching and frantic pleas from her parents. I can only say divine intervention. Something said keep on going. It was the largest missing persons search effort in this states history. The remains were found here in this rur willal area just off this road about a dozen miles have charlottesville. It was only five miles away from where the body of another College StudentMorgan Harrington was discovered after her 2009 disappearance. Virginia state police are calling what they call a forensic link between the harrington case and Jesse Matthews. He was seen with graham the night she vanished and was later arrested 1300 miles away on a texas beach. If they can tie him back to her remain, the case is as solid as a homicide case can get. Near uva where hannah was last seen, students are heart broken. I am personally i am hopeful part family that they are getting closure. Everyone i talked to is really sad. I think everyone feels it could have been their family member, their friend. Reporter Jesse Matthew is being held without bail. The remains were found near an area where he once lived. His Attorney Says he is not commenting until the the remains are identified and matt, that could happen as early as today. Gabe gutierrez in errez in charlottesville, thank you very much. Much. Natalie joins us now with o the top headlines. S. The top headlines. Good morning, guys. G, guys. For the first time the u. S. He military has dropped weapons, p ammunition and medical supplies to Kurdish Forces battling isis militants. Ng militants. The kurdish fighters are attempting to defend the syrian town of kobani. The air drops came after air vibings in t s strikes in the. Outrage this morning after a twoyear Associated Press investigation revealed that dozens of suspected nazi war criminals have collected millions of dollars in Social Security payments even after being forced out of the united states. Four men including jacob dancinger are still receiving payments today, around 150 a month and those payments bloat through a legal loophole that has Given Justice Department leverage to persuade nazi suspects to leave. Government records show if they simply fled before deportation they could keep their Social Security benefits. A huge tree removal crane did big damage when it toppled over in mror qaa. It was caught on camera. It was working in the middle of a largo neighborhood when it tipped straightforward. Fortunately, nobody was injured. The cranes operator was able to jump to safety, but the crane did damage those three vehicles and an rv and unfortunately, a home, as well. A california woman brings new meaning to the phrase stuck in a relationship. This may be the craziest story youll hear all day. Sunday morning firefighters in Thousand Oaks had to rescue a woman that was stuck in a chimney eight feet down. They dismantled the bricks and used dish soap. The homeowner wasnt home at the time. He met the woman online and after a couple of days apparently told her he wasnt interested. We hung out a couple of times and you never know how crazy someone is until they cocrazy thing and this is a pretty crazy thi thing. You think some she was arrested for illegal entry. Never work with children or animals and a weatherman in edmonton canada learned that lesson the hard way. Take a look. Mike silva was joined by ripple, his dog in the weather segment and in an attempt to raise awareness for the local Humane Society and he knot excited by his tv debut and he stole the show and at one point chewing through that leash. Ouch good dog, ripple. Yeah. Ripple needs a little media raining. Thats the best kind of tv. Great dog to adopt. Hell take some work. Natalie, thank you. Mr. Roker . Lets you what weve got anything on. Chilly start in the northeast. People walking out the door over 12 states. We have freeze warnings and frost advisories from the virginias all of the way up to new england. Boston right now, 39, atlantic city, 37. Lynchburg, 37 degrees and its going to stay chilly today. Syracuse will be only 58 for a high and new york city, charleston, 64 and norfolk thats one degree below average and the weak frontal system moving through and it is going to spawn what we expect to be a pretty strong noreaster. Wet weather in southern texas and heavy rain moving into the Pacific Northwest. Well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Thats the stupidest thing ive ever heard. Theyre paid vacation days. If you guys agreed to travel more well all do better in school. Well have a better understanding of other cultures. I will learn to parler francais. Oui oui. Were not asking for much we just want one more day. One more day for help planning your one more day, contact mastercard Concierge Services or download our new app. Because one more day is priceless. Good morning to you. 7 15 at this time. Im meteorologist Christina Loren. Taking a look at a storm system right now moving into the north bay but not expecting steady rainfall until we get till about 9 00 a. M. And all that will press south of the Golden Gate Bridge. 70 degrees for us, 68 degrees on the peninsula and right around 67 degrees on the east shore. Youll need your jacket and umbrella for today. You can ditch it by tomorrow and pull it right back out towards the end of the week. Is fighting back at incense ittive comments made by the russian federation, remarks that have led from a yearlong ban from the sport. Nbcs katie turie is here this morning. Chairman of the kremlin cup for the past 18 years, a member of the ioc and even a former coach to boris yeltsin. Now hes under fire for something he said on russian tv about the way serena and Venus Williams look. He made the the comments during a russian talk show. The nowsuspended president of the tenn1tennis p eed raising, the the host asked her how she felt playing against serena and veenius williams. He interrupted calling them the williams brothers, and adding that its, quote, scary when you look at them. If someone with his power, its really unacceptable on make such insensitive, bullying remarks. On sunday Serena Williams addressed the insult headon during a News Conference at the World Tennis Association tournament in singapore. I thought his comments were very insensitive. I thought they were extremely sexist as well as racist at the same time. Russian tennis great Maria Sharapova also came to the williams sisters defense spoo he was very inappropriate especially in his position and all of the responsibilities that he has is just really irresponsible. Terpashev who was also a member of the International Olympic committee was suspended for one year and fined 25,000 by the wta. He issued a letter of apology released by the the Russian Tennis Federation saying his intended joke was inappropriate in any context and that the williams sisters are among the greatest players ever to compete in our sport. Now he also said i do not think this story deserves such hype. Everything said on air was said without malice. All right. It looks like they punished him all right. Thanks, katie, so much. Peyton manning further cemented his place in the record books. This guys kngot a future. A couple of minutes before the halftime in the broncos matchup. Take a look at it again. It was this eightyard pass to demaryius thomas. Peyton, look at that. Boom, there it is. That was the record breaker and he threw two touchdowns and brett favre tweeted out welldeserved, peyton on breaking my record. This is the moment we showed at the top of the show. Playing keep away there with the ball. By the way, that ball is headed to the hall. Its in canton, ohio, d. At 4 00 p. M. 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