Possibility. That system slammed the southeast tuesday. In six states, thousands had no power. In hardhit georgia, two tornadoes rattled folks. All of a sudden we heard, like, a jet blaplane or Freight Train coming across the back of the house. All right. Check out what is churning in the atlantic. This is hurricane gonzalo with winds of 115 miles per hour. On tuesday, gonzalo turned dead lie. One man died in st. Maarten, but will it hit the mainland . Meteorologist bill karins will have the answer in just a moment. Right now we do have breaking news out of dallas. A Second Health care worker has tested positive for ebola. The worker was among those who took care of eric thomas duncan. A stunning prediction from the world health organization. We could soon see 10,000 cases of ebola a week. Dr. Anthony fauchi spoke to msnbcs rachel maddow. As you get more and more people who are getting infected and not getting into the kind of isolation and able to contact trace, theyre infecting a lot more people. And on the battlefront, Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg and his wife donating 25 million to the cdc. All of this comes as the infected nurse in dallas, nina pham, speaks out. Nbcs jay gray has the story. Reporter doctors have upgreated phams condition from stable to good. And for the first time in a written statement, shes sharing her thoughts from the Isolation Unit at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital. She says shes doing well and thanks everyone for their kind wishes and prayers. She also calls the specialists treating her a group she was once a part of, the best team of doctors and nurses in the world. A team that the director of the centers for Disease Control acknowledged should have had more help immediately after Thomas Eric Duncan tested positive for the disease. That might have prevented this infection. Reporter as a result of what happened in dallas, the cdc has created a Rapid Response team now to deal with any positive test in the u. S. And because pham was infected while wearing full protective gear, 76 members of the hospital staff have now been added to the list of 48 people in the community being monitored after contact with duncan. Our teams have been working very hard to cast a wide net and identify everyone who might have been exposed. Reporter that list also includes phams beloved dog, bentley. A hazmat team and firefighters have created a secure home for the puppy. His care has to be given and provided for just like you would for a regular ebola patient because, you know, we dont know if the shedding of the virus is something that we need to be concerned with, so were going to take every precaution. Reporter as they continue to do anything they can to fight any further spread of the deadly virus. Jay gray, nbc news. Dallas. In hong kong, allegations of Police Brutality during the worst violence since the start of those protests. 45 people were arrested as police in riot gear tried to dismantle an expanded protest zone. Police used pepper spray and tore down barricades and slabs of concrete that prodemocracy protesters used to block an underpass. Four Police Officers were injured. Six other officers have been reassigned after this video surfaced. It shows them beating a handcuffed protester. U. S. Led air strikes continue in both iraq and syria, but isis militants are still making gains. Later today president obama holds a videoconference with several european leaders to discuss efforts to combat the terrorist group. Now, this comes a day after the president met with 20 military chiefs from around the world on the campaign to destroy isis. Nbcs tracie potts is live in the nations capitol this morning. Tracie, what has the response been to the president s handling of the isis situation so far . Reporter well, not so good, and we learned that overnight, just a few hours ago, betty, when our nbc wall street journal results came out. Those results also show americans are changing their views on how the u. S. Needs to deal with this and whether or not air strikes are enough. In our new nbc news wall street journal poll 41 of americans now think we need troops on the ground to defeat isis. This week the u. S. Is concentrating nearly all its air strikes on kobani. The syrian town is barely holding off attacks. Defense ministers meeting with president obama agreed defeating the Islamic State wont be easy. This is going to be a longterm campaign. There are not quick fixes involved. Were still at the early stages. Reporter in iraq, theres deep concern about isis pushing into baghdad and the inability of iraqs military to stop them. Isis can still lob mortar shells, conduct suicide attacks and create pandemonium inside of a city like that. Reporter russias ready to help, providing more weapons and maybe training to the iraqis. We both recognize that isil has absolutely no place in the 21st century. Reporter whats fueling the momentum experts say is the groups ability to draw young people through social media. You look at some of it, and its about as slick as ive ever seen. Reporter forcing the u. S. And its allies to look beyond the battlefield for answers. And just within the few hours we got those poll results showing that americans, for the most part, not too happy with how the president is handling this. 55 disapprove of how president obama is handling the situation with isis. And betty, that 55 , it includes about one out of every three democrats polled. Sboo interesting numbers there. Thank you. In silicon valley, a gamechanging approach to compete for female employees. Apple and facebook are now offering to pay for employees to freeze their eggs. They are believed to be the first Major Companies to offer this coverage for nonmedical reasons. The 10,000 procedure is part of a long list which also includes benefits for fertility treatment and adoption. All right. So it is official. Texass controversial voter i. D. Law will be in effect for novembers elections. Earlier, a lower judge called it unconstitutional, but now a federal Appeals Court is temporarily reinstating it, saying its just too late to change the rules for the midterms. This means about 600,000 voters will not be able to vote. Lets get down to business. Moving on. Morgan, good morning to you. Cnbcs morgan joins us now. Good morning. Good morning, betty. Well, futures are higher and thats after a mostly flat day for the markets. The dow ending in the red, but the nasdaq snapped a threeday losing streak. Investors may react today to good earnings from intel and Railroad Operator csx. And were getting numbers from bank of america, American Express and ebay. Meanwhile, job prospects for College Grads are improving. A special report by usa today says computer engineers, Software Developers and physician assistants will be the most indemand professions over the next three years. And about 1. 8 million new highskilled jobs will be created by 2017, and thats going to account for a quarter of all new jobs. Okay, keep the peptobismol handy. Macys is Opening Doors at 6 00 p. M. On thanksgiving, two hours earlier than last day, to lure holiday shoppers. Macys says workers can get paid more for working on thanksgiving and then take black friday off. Back to you. All right. Morgan brennan, thank you very much today. We appreciate it. And a couple of Great Division series games in baseball. The royals and orioles, game three. Check out this foul ball catch. A onehanded yep grab by a quickmoving cameraman. Now, that may be the play of the game. Until third baseman mike makes an incredible overtherail catch in the sixth right into the dugout seats, luckily into a swarm of cheering fans. The royals get another run in the sixth. They lead the series 30, just one victory away from the world series. Now to the nlcsp cardinals giants tied at 44 in extra innings. Then this. Wild throw and the giants win game three the giants now up 21 in the series. Game four is tonight. In other sports news, the oilers took on the stanley cup champions in the city of angels. Just two minutes into the game, a fight, though, breaks out between players. Both getting in some good shots before being separated. But the oilers dont put up much of a fight. The kings dominate the ice with a 51 victory. In d. C. , the capitals and sharks finish in a shootout after a scoreless first two rounds. The sharks net one to get the 65 win. Nascar has fined drivers Brad Keselowski 50,000 and tony stewart 55,000 for their postrace actions saturday night. Keselowski accidentally rammed into stewarts car while chasing down another driver on pit road. And stewart retaliated, backing into the front of his car. Both drivers have also been put on probation for four races. And a new harris poll that surveyed 2500 adults back in september reveals america has a new favorite football team, say it isnt so. On top and up two spots are the broncos followed by new york giants and green bay packers. Sadly, though, my favorite team, the dallas cowboys, often referred to as americas team, people, drops down to fourth after six years at the top. So depressing. And the Pittsburgh Steelers round out the top five. But we shall move on, shall we . Straight ahead, a heartfelt Memorial Service for one heck of a hero dog. First, this was the scene at Cape Lookout National sea shore in North Carolina. About 100 sharks in the midst of a feeding frenzy. The sharks came upon a school of blue fish while fishermen wisely kept their distance. 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That heavy rain continues this morning over North Carolina through the mountainous regions. That shifts to the big cities later on today. We could get drenched. We need the rain in new england, but the travel implications will be significant. D. C. All the way to boston, one to two inches. As far as the airports go, the worst it will be today, richmond to d. C. Late tonight and tomorrow morning. Philadelphia to new york city. Back to you, betty. Pack your umbrellas. Breaking news this dallas. A second person has tested positive for ebola. It is a Health Care Worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan. This is now the second person infected. Nurse nina pham remains hospitalized but her condition is improving. In arkansas, its been two weeks since the body of a missing realtor was found in a shallow grave. Now we are hearing from the suspect in her kidnapping and murder. I didnt kill her. I didnt murder her. And anything that did occur was an accident. I never denied her going with me as far as kidnapping. Ive never kidnapped anybody. The kidnappings false. I mean, if somebody goes with you of their own free will, theyre not being kidnapped. Aaron lewis pleaded not guilty. He could face the death penalty. In st. Augustine, florida, a memorial to honor a fallen canine. His name is barron, and he is the only canine to have died in the line of duty last week when he and his handler chased a suspect near a swampy area. A piece of my heart was left there where i found him in that swamp. Ill never get that back. Rest easy, bubs. Your job is done here. Officials are trying to determine what role the suspect played in barrons death. Prices at the pump, they are falling. Texas actually may have the cheapest gasoline at 2. 71 a gallon. And in columbus, ohio, this superfan is taking it off and turning it up. Check out these dance moves. Got to love his support for the blue jackets. And beer, obviously, too. 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