With ebola, inside the United States. Another put in quarantine as a precaution. Nbcs jay gray reports. Reporter last week she was part of the medical team treating the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the u. S. Shes back inside Texas Health Presbyterian hospital, in isolation, now fighting the deadly disease herself. Its deeply concerning that this infection occurred. Reporter a review from the centers for Disease Control blames a paraphernalia in hospital protocol for the infection. Officials wont release her name but do say the woman had extensive contact with Thomas Eric Duncan before his december, including when he was placed on dialysis and a ventilator as his condition got worse and he became more infeshts. Officials say she wore a protective suit at that time but experts warn problems can occur after treatment when that suit is removed. You might have fluids on your equipment, you might have infectious stuff on your hands. Getting it off effectively without contaminating yourself is hard. Reporter hazmat teams are preparing to decontaminate her apartment as city leaders, including the dallas mayor hey, guys. Reporter go door to door in the womans community to reassure neighbors. While this is obviously bad news, it is not news that should bring about panic. Reporter though it has brought about a steppedup presence from the cdc. Jay gray, nbc news, dallas. At u. S. Airports fever screenings will expand this week. Look for them at washington dulles, newark, ohare and hartsfieldjackson in atlanta. They come after an initial run saturday at new yorks jfk. And in liberia a nervous development. Nurses inside the outbreak zone are threatening to strike. They want danger pay. Nurses want 700 more a month. Thats on top of the 300 they get now. In the middle east, a desperate plea for outside help. Isis militants are threatening to take over a major province on the outskirts of baghdad. And in syria they are close to gaining another victory with full control of the syrian city of koban it. President Obamas Administration is facing critics who say his strategy isnt working. This is as officials prepare for a highlevel meeting this week about how to defeat isis. For more on this meeting, live to nbcs traity potts on capitol hill. Reporter good morning, everyone. This is sort of a review and a look forward between president obama, the pentagon, and more than a dozen countries who have joined that coalition. President obama is set to meet with defense ministers from 20 countries to talk about the fight against isis. Air strikes continue in syria kobani is under siege. They are begging for international help. Kobani does not define the strategy of the coalition. Reporter in Iraq Iraqi Security forces are in full control of baghdad. Reporter but deadly bombings killed dozens last weekend and the joint chiefs revealed isis came within 15 miles of taking control of the airport. U. S. Apache helicopters went in and stopped them. They overrun the iraqi unit. It was a straight shot to the airport. So were not going to allow that to happen. Reporter critics say the president needs a new strategy. Theyre winning and were not. Reporter too slow, not enough fight, says president obamas former defense secretary. I dont mind president s who have the quality of a law professor in looking at the issues and determining just exactly what needs to be done. But president s need to also have the heart of a warrior. Thats the way you get things done. Reporter the administration is urging patience, saying this effort to defeat isis will take time. People need to understand theyre going to be good days, bad days, victories and setbacks as the iraqis themselves take this fight to isil. Reporter and new this morning were learning turkey is now going to let the u. S. Use its air bases as a base for launching those air strikes both in iraq and syria. Possibly the start of more action from turkey. Well see. Tracie potts in washington, d. C. , thank you. To missouri, where protesters are promising more civil disobedience on this final day of organized protests. Get back get back get back reporter just two hours ago, a Police Officer ordering protesters to get back as hundreds of them marched towards st. Louis university. Police in riot gear banging their night sticks on the ground and blocking the entrance to the campus. Hours earlier, 1,800 people gathered for an Interfaith Service at the university. There were more than a dozen arrests during weekend demonstrations in the neighboring cities of ferguson and st. Louis. Police say at one point, protesters threw rocks at them, charges that organizers say are simply false. The st. Louis police chief says police do not have body cameras but will continue to use handheld video cameras should complaints arise. Mainland japan is bracing for impact. Vongfong, the planets strongest sfoempl of the year, will soon make landfall. Saturday it was classified as a super typhoon with 146mileanhour winds. Its now a Tropical Storm but the effects felt in neighboring china. Waves vaulted from the sea. From above the International Space station captured this video earlier this week. Astronaut Alexander Gurst tweeted yesterday, the eye of super typhoon vongfong is 80 kilometers, or about 50 miles, across. Looks very dark in there. Victims of a twisted high school hazing ritual were remembered sunday. Many tool part in the vigil in sarahville, new jersey. Seven Football Players allegedly tied to the hazing have been arrested. The ritual included reports of sexual assault. The teams season has been scrapped and next seasons play is also in jeopardy. The School Superintendent says it hinges on the investigation. Rumors continue to spread concerning the health and whereabouts of north Korean Leader kim jongun. National security adviser susan rice sat down on meet the press saying theres no indication kim jongun is no longer in power. Were watching very carefully whats happening in north korea. Its a country that we monitor with great attention. We have not seen any indications of a transfer of power at this point. Meanwhile, making light of it, saturday night live seems to have their idea about what happened to north koreas leader. I told you, i broke my ankle while dunking over Michael Jordan this is what happened the movie space jam is about me we all know this classic snl. A lot of hollywood actresses are waking up a little bummed today. Penelope cruz is esquires sexiest woman alive. The mother of two is in pretty good company. Others include angelina jolie, halle berry, and scarlett johansson. Time to get down to business on columbus day. Jackie, good morning to you. Gad morning. Some bad news dead. There could be some more red arrows on wall street today as futures are pointing to a lower open. We did see stocks fall last week on worries a Global Economic slowdown could hurt u. S. Growth. The dow suffered its worst week since early august. The Ebola Outbreak in west africa could impact chocolate prices. The ivory coast, the Worlds Largest producer of cocoa beans, has shut its borders with liberia and guinea, putting a krimp in the migrant workforce as harvest seen begins. Cocoa prices hit a threeyear high last month. And boeing flying a lil bit higher. It secured a nearly 5 billion order for 50 737 max jets from an indonesian airline. The 737 max, which goes into service in three years, is more fuel efficient than previous models. Lets hope you can enjoy the holiday. Sports on monday, we go to giants cardinals in game two of the nhcs. Tied 33 in the bottom of the eighth, cards matt adams crushes it into right field. 43 lead. The giants tie it up after a wild pitch. Matt duffy runs hard from second to score. And then this. Wong hits it into right, into the corner game over wong wins it in the ninth the cardinals win 54 to tie the series 11. They will head to San Francisco for game three on tuesday. Sunday night football, giants eagles, a feeding frenzy for the eagles defense. Right there on top of the menu, eli manning. Hes sacked eight times on the night and it gets worse. In the third receiver victor cruz suffered a torn patella in his right knee, he is done for the season. Phillies shut down the giants 270. How painful is that . Income, the game week, seahawks cowboys. Tony romo hits witten to the end zone to give dallas the lead at the half. The play of the game comes late in the fourth. Were under five minutes to go. Romo. Still on his feet. Lofts it for witten. Williams comes in behind it. And that is a catch youre like, what . Review now. Review of that play shows he drags his feet for the completion. Dallas keeps the momentum winning 3023. Number one at the Ap College Football poll, Mississippi State replaces star flate after their 3823 victory over auburn on saturday. Thats the fastest rise to the top spot in the history of the poll. Fsu bumped to second. Ole miss stayed at third. Bail error and notre dame round out the top five. If you cant beat them, be them. After losing both the bam and his sneaker lakers guard ronnie price, he threw his shoe at golden states Andre Iguodala there. Innovative defense you could say. That will give him a technical in their 11675 loss to golden state. Creative though. Still to come, the bizarre story of sinister clowns frightening residents in california towns. Its going to be a big weather day across the country. Well bring you details next on first look. 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Youll dry out a little bit with those pumpkins, a little drier. Thank you very much. Also making news this morning at least 1. 1 million a week, thats how much Pennsylvania State police are reportedly spending to bring in suspected cop killer eric frein. Police are saying maybe Falling Leaves and bare trees will help a bit. Police in new york are hoping this Surveillance Video will help track a man they say has been stealing just the right sneaker off womens feet. The most recent theft was in a new york city subway last week. In california, one couples photography project is spurring copycats who are dressing up as clowns and terrorizing residents. Police arrested one copycat who chased after a group of kids. Other clowns are reportedly carrying weapons like bats and machetes. The latest political plot from pundit dick morris. Did one ad go too far . Senator Elizabeth Warren unleashes on the white house. A tasty edition of scrambled politics is next. 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Picked and packed at the peak of ripeness. With no artificial ingredients. Del monte. Bursting with life. With no artificial ingredients. Oats go wow go power oats go go power yayyyy midterms are three weeks from tomorrow. A perfect time for scrambled politics. The irony in kansas. The candidate opposed to bigmoney politics has a growing group of billionaire backers. Independent candidate greg orman is ahead in the polls but pat roberts is outspending him on the airwaves and reports rich guys will join the Financial Aid group. Harsh words for the president from a fellow democrat. Speaking about the white houses economic team, massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren told sa left hand they protected wall street. Not families who were losing their homes, not people who lost their jobs, not young people who were struggling to get an education. And it happened over and over and over. Texas gubernatorial candidate wendy davis continues to promote that controversial new attack ad that brings up her opponents use of a wheelchair. A tree fell on greg abbott. He sued and got millions. Since then, hes spent his career working against other victims. Abbott argued a woman whose leg was amputated was not disabled because she had an artificial limb. The ad names other similar cases. Its brought widespread criticism. Hillary clintons burden of history. 10,000 pages of previously classified white house documents reveal moments of her past like controversial decisions and personal feuds. Jimmy carter is campaigning in georgia for his grandson who is running for governor. From the hill, political strategist dick morris is accusing Hillary Clinton and leon panetta of being in cahoots. The former secretary of state recently criticized the president on foreign policy, citing ambition. What panetta is doing is a hit, a contract killing for hillary. What did the youngest Nobel Prize Winner do this weekend . You know, typical teenager stuff. Malala yousafzai stayed in and watched tv with her parents. The coauthor of her memoir said she answered the phone by saying, hello, this is the nobel laureate, then started giggling. That is your morning dish of scrambled politics. A whole lot on a monday morning after sunday morning talk shows. Joining us is msnbc reporter jane tim. Thank you for being with us this morning. Thanks for having me. Meet the press, chuck todd brings good stuff. Susan rice was on there and again saying, talking about isis and the u. S. Campaign, saying you know what, this is going to take some time. But you have to consider, with the advances that isis is making and then turkey staying idle, other than saying you can use our bases, is time running out . Is the clock ticking . Should the United States reassess this strategy . You know, i think theyre going to have a lot of people saying they need to reassess the strategy. John mccain was on this weekend saying that were losing to isis. And i think that they need to they keep saying its going to take time, its going to take time. But i think as the midterms come closer theyre going to be under a lot of pressure to have some show some results. Especially isis is the ultimate goal as weve heard over and over again. The campaign trail with midterms and the few weeks left, notable absence from the campaign trail here. Somebody by the name of president barack obama. Youve got to consider here in some key races especially when it comes to senate democrats, new hampshire, the race there, Jeanne Shaheen distancing herself, talking about the race in kentucky, grimes saying, you know what, i wouldnt say i voted for him in the past elections. Is that deliberate strategy here for these democrats . Distance themselves to keep control of the senate . You know, the name obamas a pretty big liability on the trail right now. Hes very unpopular, particularly in these states that are up for grabs. Even Michelle Obama has been mostly absent. Shes hugely popular but mostly absent from the trail because even she, her last names obama, thats a liability in these really, really tight races that are a tossup with one or two points separating candidates. Especially at a crucial time in the last weeks remaining. Lets talk about the ad we just ran, Texas Governor in that race, wendy davis using the empty wheelchair. What do you think . Out of bounds . Some are saying maybe not out of bounds. Is this going to damage her at all . Its her hail mary ad. And she is trailing in the polls right now. So i think that shes trying to throw everything out, see what works. But i think what we a