Change . And titan, ben bradlee, the longtime editor of the Washington Post, has died. And tributes are pouring in for the man who guided the paper through watergate and defined journalism for decades today, wednesday, october 22nd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer, along with hoda kotb. Al roker and Natalie Morales. When you do what we do and ben bradlee was in a room you stopped and took notice. He was that big. And you were probably a little intimidated. There are few giants like that in our industry. No question. Well talk about his life and career in a little while. We want to start on this wednesday morning with our top story, the ebola crisis. A Liberian National is in isolation in newark, new jersey, this morning as doctors wait for ebola results. Meantime, the cameraman working with nbc in liberia when he contracted the virus is preparing to head home. Nbc National Correspondent kate snow is at the hospital in omaha, where he was treated. Kate, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Ashoka mukpo got a clean bill of health after several tests showing there was no ebola left in his bloodstream. Later today, he will walk out of this hospital. Meantime, as you say, this morning, another new scare at the Newark Airport, this one involving a passenger from liberia. Another day, another worry. A sick passenger who landed at Newark Airport outside new york tuesday sent to a local hospital and isolated. Medical workers are evaluating his symptoms out of an abundance of caution. The Liberian National had traveled from liberia to brussels before flying in to the u. S. On flight 998, landing before 1 00 pm tuesday. Ashoka mukpo, the nbc freelance cameraman, is totally ebola free and no danger when he leaves the hospital today. In every day walks of life, interacting people at the movie theater, grocery store, he poses no risk. He is not infectious . Is he not infectious. Reporter minutes after receiving that good news, ashoka tweeted, ebola free and feeling so blessed. I fought and won with lots of help. It was, he said, a profound relief. Its going to take him a couple three weeks before he feels, hey, im back to normal. Reporter he tweeted he was still thinking about the two nurses from dallas and looking forward to the day they get the same news. Nina phams condition has improved. No word on amber vinson. Texas governor rick perry announced the hospital that treated Thomas Eric Duncan will no longer handle ebola cases in the state. Instead, theyre designating two ebola treatment facilities. Rival the most advanced units in the world. Reporter sales of the protective gear used in hospitals are through the roof. The most popular fullbodysuits are on a 12week backlog. And new rules from the department of Homeland Security kick in today. All passengers traveling from the west african nations dealing with ebola will now have to enter the u. S. Through one of five airports that have screening where temperatures and travel history are taken. Late word telling nbc news, the passenger, liberian who came into newark, likely does not have ebola. That is good news here, the latest from here in nebraska. Back to you, hoda, matt. Kate snow on the story for us. Thank you very much. The fbi is going through the online history of three colorado girls after they were stopped in germany. Investigators believe they were on a journey to join up with islamic militants in syria. Nbcs justice correspondent Pete Williams has latest on that. Good morning, pete. Reporter hoda, good morning. No release of names because these girls are all under 18 and no charges have been filed. But Officials Say this is an example of the system working, worried parents sounding the alarm, getting the fbi on the case. The fbi says if the parents of the three girls, ages 15, 16 and 17 had not spoken up, the teens probably would not have been stopped, detained over the weekend at the airport in frankfurt, germany. American officials believe they planned to travel on to syria and join up with isis or another group. We are very grateful to germany for their cooperation with us on this particular instance of some young folks who were traveling. Reporter their father reported them missing when they didnt come home from school on friday evening. The Sheriffs Office reports he discovered their passports were missing, too, along with 2,000 in cash. Alarmed, he called local authorities, who notified the fbi. Thats when officials discovered that the sisters and another girl, the daughter of parents from sudan, who also live in denver, left friday on a flight to chicago, then to frankfurt, and had tickets to fly on to istanbul in turkey. Notified by american authorities, german Airport Police stopped them in frankfurt and sent them home. Back in colorado, they told a sheriffs deputy they left for family reasons but refused to elaborate. Authorities are now checking their emails and internet histories to see if others were involved. And officials are also investigating whether one of the girls struck up a relationship with someone in syria she met online. The prospect that americans would be recruited by the slick propaganda pumped out by isis has been a prime National Security worry. Any time you have even one individual who seeks to join isis, you have the possibility that they will be trained at a high level, radicalized and then possibly returned to conduct an attack in the United States. Reporter u. S. Officials say they doubt any charges will be filed. Prosecuting minors is rare and complicated in the federal system. But Authorities Say they will keep a close eye on the three girls. Matt, hoda . All right. Pete williams in washington, thanks. The last couple of days, this guy here has been talking about a nasty noreaster taking aim at millions of people up and down the east coast. And, al, i look out the window and here it is. Thats right. It is coming down. It is going to continue for at least the next 48 hours as we move up the coast. You can already see that rain spiraling in around that lowpressure system. New york city, cloudy, rainy, wet. And its going to continue today. Here, we watch this system make its way up the coast. It starts to intensify. You notice those bands. Those are bands of pressure. As they get tighter, that means the winds start getting higher. Not only do you have strong winds, you have heavy rain. Youre talking winds of 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. Thats going to cause some coastal flooding. And the heavy rain. Again, anywhere from two to three inches, especially as you get downeast maine. Gale warnings, 45 miles an hou. , coastal beach flooding. Some of this rain up to five inches. And were keeping our eye on the gulf. There is a 90 chance this thing is going to develop and would become Tropical Storm hannah. Its already causing big problems for florida. Well track that in a moment. And well be back in a few minutes. Natalie has news on a car recall. Weve been talking about the defective air bag recall yesterday. Federal officials now saying even more vehicles sold in the u. S. Are involved in that recall over the potentially deadly problem with defective air bags. Officials are urging owners of more than 6 million vehicles to immediately act on recall notices to replace air bags made by takata. The air bag canisters are believed to explode during crashes under certain conditions, sending shrapnel toward drivers. Safety advocates say the defect has been implicated in four deaths and dozens of injuries. For a full list of the vehicles affected, you can go to today. Com for more. An american detained in north korea for six months is finally back home this morning. Jeffrey fowle arrived at Patterson Air force base just before 7 00 am. He was arrested in north korea back in may, accused of leaving a bible in the bathroom of a nightclub. North korea considers missionary activity a crime. American officials are still trying to secure the release, meanwhile, of two other prisoners, Matthew Todd Miller and kenneth bae. A second ship is joining the renewed search today for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370. The ships are dragging sonar devices with jet fuel sensors to hunt for wreckage in the indian ocean near australia. It vanished with 239 people on board. San francisco gets a giant win in game one of the world series. Hunter pence hit this tworun homer in the first inning to give the giants a 30 lead over kansas city. That was more than enough. San francisco went on to win it, 71. The game marks the royals first loss of this years postseason. Game two, however, is tonight. Well see how they do then. And a croatian boxer has been banned for life for attacking a referee after losing a match. Take a look. This happened at the European Youth championship. He sucker punched the official. Oh knocking him down to the canvas, then unloaded a barrage of punches. He was apparently angry over the refs decision to stop the match and award victory to the opponent. He was then detained after the attack. Crazy stuff there. How about the guy in blue, running away and not jumping in . Not helping out. Natalie, thank you very much. Round two, mr. Roker . Thats right. As we take a look, show you our national map, we have some heavy rain moving into the pacific northwest. Well take a look at that in the next hour or so. Heavy rain down through florida, showers in the plains, down into northern texas. Cooler around the upper midwest. Gorgeous day in los angeles today. Sunny skies and 82 degrees. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Found an old guitar. Tracked down the previous owner. Reunited them. Hit the jackpot. The bold new camry. One bold choice leads to another. Toyota. Lets go places. San jose, looks like orange october. 51, high clouds moving on buy. Afternoon, 74 in san jose. Upper 70s around morgan hill, close to 70 around San Francisco. North bay, highs in the low 70s. Mid70s trivalley. Warm for the afternoon. North bay, tomorrow increasing clouds and chance of showers thursday. Chance of rain for the rest of the bay area as we get into friday and saturday. Her. Right, al,3 c3 muchas gracias, al, vamos a now to a today exclusive, tied to the Domestic Violence scandals that have rocked the nfl. Nbc news was invited to a sitdown with three of women who have been chosen to overhaul the leagues policies and education programs. Here is nbcs National Correspondent, peter alexander. We need to have an opportunity for people to have a second chance, to earn their way back into being on the field and playing. Reporter after the ray rice scandal shined an intense spotlight on the nfls mishandling of Domestic Violence cases, these three women were among those assigned by the league to establish tough new standards. Was the league tone deaf . I think the league was listening to people and they didnt have all the right voices at the table. Reporter as the former head of the new york city d. A. s sex crimes unit, lisa friels new challenge, deciding when players should be punished, should it be before they had their day in court . It wont be upon an allegation, i can tell you that, or merely upon an arrest but somewhere farther down the process. Reporter next month, the league will announce a new Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault policy will be announced, including a formation of a Crisis Response team, with League Officials trained as first responders. When an incident comes up, they know exactly what to do, make sure were providing victims with the services they need. Reporter and next week, the league will begin giving presentations to players, coaches and Team Employees on how to identify and prevent future attacks. No more boys will be boys. Reporter these new psas featuring current and past nfl athletes will begin airing during this weeks nfl broadcasts, independently produced by no more to help punctuate a message many celebrities have already embraced. No more. No more. No more. Well have succeeded if one person watches a Football Player and asks questions of themselves, what can i do to end Domestic Violence . Reporter for today, peter alexander, nbc news, new york. Such a deep seated culture. Its going to take a while to fix that. No question. They made some changes. Well see what happens. Meantime, a towering figure in the world of journalism is being remember this had morning. Ben bradlee, former editor of the Washington Post, who guided that paper through the watergate story, has died at the age of 93. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell has more on the man and his legendary career. It was legendary, andrea. Indeed, it was, matt, leading the Washington Posts historic coverage of watergate, leading to the resignation of richard nixon, events that influenced generations of journalists to follow. Ben bradlee, the hardcharging, swashbuckling, often profane editor who took on a president. Is it hard for a newspaper to go up against a popular president . Its my kind of hard. I like that. If youre right, it isnt hard. Reporter played in all the president s men by jason robards. When is somebody going to go on the record on this story . Reporter already famous when two young reporters, bob woodward and carl bernstein, took on a source they named deep throat. They kept his identity a secret for decades until the source, a highranking fbi official, was revealed by others. All that time, confiding only in bradlee. Nixons involved. Lives could be at stake. Theres wiretapping. This is going the distance. His question was, what the hell do we do now . Reporter the late publisher, katherine graham, didnt flinch, despite white house threats to ruin her and the paper. She also backed bradlee in publishing the pentagon papers, a secret history of the vietnam war, a landmark case they won against the Nixon White House in the supreme court. Bradlee, a boston brahmin, a world war ii veteran and his wife, sally, the Washington Post reporter, defined the washington couple for decades. This past year, president obama awarded bradlee the medal of freedom. He was, on balance, the greatest newspaper editor of postwar period. He was daring. He was willing to be dangerous. Reporter president obama issued a statement late last night that for benjamin bradlee, journalism was more than a profession, it was a good vital to our democracy. He was an inspiration to all of us, to you. Back to you guys. Thank you very much. Carson is off. He has the voice going on. Tamron is in, in the orange room. Good morning, girl. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Who didnt and who cant say they werent influenced by ben bradlee in this business . We actually said a legend of our era, but of all time. He will be remembered for his great work and influence, as andrea mentioned, on all of us here. And, guy, by the numbers, 70,000 tweets in the matter of 11 hours after the news of ben bradlees passing. We have pulled a couple of the ones that have stood out to us. Larry king, great editor and friend of mine, ben bradlee of the Washington Post was 93. Courageous. Rest in peace, my friend. We got a statement in from our own tom brokaw. Just as there will not be another babe ruth, sinatra or hemingway, there will not be another bradlee. I miss him already. From bob woodward and carl bernstein, these men tied together in history forever. Ben was a true friend and a genius leader in journalism. He forever altered our business. We loved him deeply and he will never be forgotten or replaced in our lives. And, you know, you can talk about someones professional life and the impact they had in the work world. But for bradlee, he said his lifes work was a book he wrote in 2002 life work fathers and sons. You should read it, if you havent had an opportunity. It takes you past that historic career but inside his home, his family, which meant more than anything. A lot of people will be picking up that book. You should take that picture of him and put it up in newsrooms just to remind people how we should be. Youre right. An emotional hearing tied to those shocking claims of locker room hazing at a new jersey high school. Well hear from players standing up for their nowsuspended coaches. Plus, Renee Zellwegers new look is getting a lot of attention. The oscar winner says shes fine with that. First, this is today on nbc. Coming up, our friend bill oreilly stops by to talk about patton, politics and ebola. Neverbeforeseen photos of Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson at her final wedding. First this is today. Your local news and weather is when change is in the air you see things in a whole new way. Its in this spirit that ing u. S. Is becoming a new kind of company. 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