Without filing charges . And today exclusive, a candid interview with the captain. Derek jeter opens up for the First Time Since stepping away from the game he loves. I went from an old man in baseball to a young man in life. Jeters thoughts on his fans, his final game and his future today, wednesday, october 1st, 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, alongside tamron hall while savannah is on maternity leave. Weve got natalie morales, and carson daly sitting in als seat this morning because hes traveling. Its a good one. Real warriors, by the way. He is in afghanistan at Bagram Air Base right now. And he is shining a light and taking on a project that is near and dear to his heart. Al, good morning to you. And who is your buddy . Good morning, guys. Jay leno, what are you doing here . Im going to be fighting this guy. This is manny. Ill be fighting him in about ten minutes. Loser stays here, winner gets to go home. Im going home the real reason is weve got a uso comedy tour. Jay leno, Iliza Shlesinger, Kevin Eubanks all doing a show here today for the uso here at the Bagram Air Force base. This guy, actually we saw him last time we saw him, he was getting killed by indiana jones. Oh, my. Well have more from Bagram Air Force base a little later. Leno is going down. No doubt about it. By the way, were all wearing pink for pink power, raising awareness for the fight against Breast Cancer. Joan lunden is back with us, along with a lot of survivors out on the plaza. Lets start with that top story, the first case of ebola diagnosed here in the United States. Ron mott is in dallas where the patient is being treated. Good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning to you. This unidentified man is a patient here at presbyterian hospital. Doctors say he is very ill. He is in isolation. A team of specialists to monitor the situation going forward. For a lot of americans, the fact that ebola came into this country undetected is very scary. Health Officials Say the unidentified patient is an adult who is in this country visiting family in texas and developed ebola symptoms after returning from liberia. Theyre confident the disease can be kept from spreading. There is no doubt in my mind we will stop it here. Reporter according to the cdc, the patient left liberia september 19th with no symptoms and arrived in the u. S. The following day. He first developed ebola symptoms the 24th but wasnt admitted until four days later. On tuesday, the test came back positive for ebola. Doctors believe the patient only came in contact with what they describe as a hand fful of peop after becoming contagious. We know there are several Family Members. There may have been one or two, or three other community members. Were there to do additional investigations. Dr. Content brantly, nancy writebold, dr. Rick sacra and one other have come into this country after contracting the disea disease. Three have recovered, the fourth is still under treatment. Theres increasing concern that ebola will find its way to the u. S. In larger numbers. Unlike africa, the u. S. Is a strong, integrated health care system. The specific flight path that this man took is unknown. We believe there was a layover over in europe before that flight landed here in dallas. Officials say they know of no other new ebola cases in this country at this time. Matt . Ron mott, thank you very much. Cdc director tom friedman is with us. Good morning to you. Good morning. You said there is no doubt in my mind we will stop it here and i think anybody hearing those words hopes youre right. How can you be so sure . How can you be sure that youve identified everyone that this patient came in contact with after he became symptomatic . We will stop ebola inity tracks in the u. S. First, make sure that the health care that he gets not only does everything we can for the patient but minimizes the risk that anyone else will become infected and, second, the tried and true Public Health measures of identifying everyone who might have come into contact with him, when he might have been infectious and monitoring them for 21 days. And if they do become ill, have symptoms, have fever, isolate them, track their contacts and stop it. How do you get your arms around that . He became symptomatic on the 24th of september. He wasnt admitted to a hospital for four days after that. I mean, if you said to me right now, matt, name all the people youve come in contact with in 24 hours, i would be hard pressed to identify all those people. How are you so sure you know everyone he came in contact with . Thats why we have a sevenperson team in dallas today, helping to review that with the family and make sure that we identify everyone who could have had contact with him. Because its not just talking with someone. It has to be physical contact. And thats one thing that reduces the circle of people that we have to identify and monitor. Weve stopped every Ebola Outbreak that has ever occurred in africa until this one. This one could have been stopped had we gotten in there earlier. Yesterday we published information on how cdc and the Nigerian Government and the government of lagos stopped a cluster in lagos, a city which is much more difficult to deal with than any place here. Can you tell me right now how many people do you have under observation as a precaution connected directly to this case . Right now its a handful. The team on the ground will review that very intensively to see if theres any other groups who, out of an abundance of caution, we would want to monitor. You and i have talked about ebola on a number of occasions. Theres been so much about it on the headlines and something alarming here this patient goes to an emergency room with symptoms. He is turned away. It wasnt until two days later when he arrived in an ambulance that he was admitted. With all the talk of ebola and with the fact that this guy had flown to this country from liberia, how did that happen . Thats something well be looking at with the hospital and with others. One of the things we emphasize for any Health Worker in this country is if you have someone who has been in west africa in the past 21 days and they have a fever or other symptoms that might be consistent with ebola, immediately isolate them. Get them tested. Weve already identified 100 people who have that level of concern. Weve tested 14 of them. This was the first person to test positive. I know you have a lot on your pla plate. I appreciate you taking the time to talk to me. Thank you very much. You think about this guy being on a plane over to the United States. Yet they dont think he was sympt symptomatic at that time. They dont think theres a risk that he spread the disease to others on that plane. They want to assure people but yet naturally you will have questions. Absolutely. The secret service, armed contractor allowed to ride an elevator with the president. Nbcs Kristen Welker has more. Good morning. Reporter tamron, good morning. The alleged fence jumper makes another Court Appearance today as we hear another embarrassing headline that you mentioned, another security lapse during the president s visit to atlanta. When president obama visited the centers for Disease Control in atlanta on september 16th, a secret Service Official confirms that agents allowed an armed contractor with a criminal history in an elevator with president obama, a violation of agency procedure. Im kind of surprised, shocked and very disappointed. Reporter its adding to the mounting concerns in the wake of this fence jumping intruder, who made it deep inside the white house, armed with a knife. On capitol hill tuesday, Julia Pearson acknowledged the failure. I take full responsibility and i will make sure that it does not happen again. Reporter one of the pressing questions, why werent dogs released or shots fired . Dont let them get in the white house, ever f they have to take action that is lethal, i will have their back. Reporter why did the agency initially suggest suspect Omar Gonzalez was tackled almost immediately inside the doors when he actually made it much farther . Were you lying to the American People or were you misled by your own agents about where the suspect was tackled . The secret service is conducting an ongoing investigation. Reporter pearson was also pressed on another situation. Tempers flared with lawmakers accusing her of being evase zblif. I want a short answer. I wish to god you protected the white house the way youre protecting your reputation here today. Reporter there is broad agreement change is needed. Somebody has to go in, scrub it hard and find out if theres a cultural problem, a management problem. Either way, it needs to be corrected and it needs to be corrected sooner rather than later. Reporter the white house says it has confidence in the agency. Meanwhile lawmakers are calling for an independent review. Gonzalez was indicted tuesday. He will face a judge on charges unlawfully entering a restricted area with a dangerous weapon. One of the agents who tackled him was off duty and headed home at the time. The secret service says theyre investigating all of these incidents. A story developing out of california right now. The mayorative small Los Angeles Suburb shot dead by his own wife during a domestic dispute. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has the latest on that investigation. Miguel, good morning to you. Matt, good morning. The mayor of bell gardens was, indeed, fatally shot by his wife. After she was interviewed for several hours overnight, this morning she has not been arrested and no charges have been filed. The shooting took place inside the mayors home. Detectives say 45yearold Daniel Crespo was gunned down by his wife after an argument in their master bedroom. Their 19yearold son, daniel jr. , tried to intervene. And we do know that the father, daniel sr. Became physical with the son. Shortly after, the wife got firearm and shot the mayor multiple times. Reporter with at least three shots fired, crespo was pronounced dead. Lyvette, his high school sweetheart, was taken into custody but then released. The mayors brother in disbelief. Why did she kill my brother . Why cant she talk, let me know something . Reporter l. A. County probation officer for 15 years, crespo was elected to the city council in 2001 and became mayor of bell gardens last year. His family, a fixture in this small, tightknit community. Im actually really shocked that it happened. I really cant believe that. And right in front of my house. Reporter a shooting that claimed the mayors life and, for now, has left his wife free of any charges. Prosecutors are still reviewing this case. Charges could still come down the road. Investigators have not released any details about what the couple may have been arguing about leading up to the fight. The mayors brother says the relationship was often strained by money problems. Miguel almaguer, thank you very much. Natalie is here with more on the u. S. Led fight against isis. Thats right. Good morning. So far, the results have been mixed and for the first time now, britain has joined the aerial bombing campaign. Richard engel has the latest. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning, natalie. There were more air strikes against isis today. There have been a couple hundred so far, but the militants are still advancing toward baghdad. Baghdad is under attack again. Car bombs and mortars killed more than 30 in shiite neighborhoods today and more attacks could be coming. Nearly two months of u. S. Led air strikes in iraq have so far had mixed results. In the north where the u. S. Has strong allies with reliable kurdish forces, there has been some progress. The militants suffering setbacks. But the iraqi army, which this summer ran from isis, even where it outnumbered the militants 201 is still floundering. The British Military joined the air war tuesday, but isis continues to hold dozens of iraqi cities, towns and border crossings. Iraqi troops, unable to dislodge them. And the militants appear, once again, to have their sights on baghdad, squeezing the city from three sides. Its unlikely the militants could capture all of baghdad without a major fight. But isis could try to grab a neighborhood or two to show the world they havent been weakened by the u. S. Led war. Activists tell us that isis is actually growing in numbers as other Groups Joined the militants to protest american air strikes. Natalie . Richard engel in turkey for us. Thank you, richard. Huge crowds of protesters are back on the streets in hong kong as china celebrates national day. Attending a flagraising ceremony. Behind police barricades, hundreds of demonstrators yelled at him to step down. Thousands of students have been protesting beijings two pipe bombs capable of causing significant damage were found in the wooded area where police are searching for an accused killer. Eric frein has been on the run for three weeks after he ambushed two state troopers. They made a personal plea to give himself up. I am calling on you, eric, to surrender. You are clearly stressed. Youre making significant mistakes. Our troopers resolve is very strong. We are not going anywhere. Reporter state police urged hunters to notify authorities if they find anything suspicious. Tracy morgan is responding to walmarts claims that he was partly to blame for the injuries he suffered when his limo van was hit by one of its truck this is summer. Walmart has said morgan and the others were at least partly to blame because they werent wearing their seat belts at the time. In a statement tuesday, morgan said, quote, i cant believe walmart is blaming me for an accident that they caused. My friends and i were doing nothing wrong. And if you stay add wake late enough, you already know that baseballs postseason is off to an exciting start, kansas ho hosting, to send the game in the extra innings. Salvador perez comes up big, driving that ball down the baseline. Royals go on to win it 98. They move on to play the Los Angeles Angels in the next round. The royals last played in a postseason game in 1985. The New York Times dug up some interesting facts. Only six states had seat belt laws at the time. Smoking was still allowed on planes and back to the future, the number one movie at the box office at the time. Its been a while. Thats why that crowd was going crazy. 29 years. Like four times or Something Like that. Congratulations to them. Good stuff. Whats the weather like . Okay, lets get right into it. Where is the map . Lets go to al. He is at Bagram Air Field in afghanistan, shining the light on our troops. Al . Guys, thank you so much. As we mentioned, we are here at Bagram Air Force base in afghanistan. We want to shine a light on the uso and all the work that they do. We have jay leno, Iliza Shlesinger, Kevin Eubanks doing a big show, 8 00 afghanistan time. We have rough weather thats taking place in the midsection of the country. We have some Severe Weather firing up. Look at this already. A cry goes up from the crowd. Were going to put you guys back on. But we do have heavy showers and thunderstorms now, central illinois, iowa on into missouri. We do have a risk of strong theres another moan from the crowd. Chance of tornados from lincoln to tulsa, back to wichita. Rainfall amounts, anywhere from two to three inches of rain. Could be some flash flooding. Well continue to watch this over the next several hours. Thats whats going on around the country. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up. Hooha in 30 seconds. Almost every day, you notice a few things. Like the fact that youre pretty attached to these. Ok, really attached. And thats alright. Because well text you when your package is on the way. Were even expanding sunday package delivery. Yes, sunday. At the u. S. Postal service, our priority is. Was. And always will be. You. Lots of clouds. Well be watching for some breaks of sunshine and an isolated shower possible today with temperatures in the 70s. Dry tomorrow, partly sunny skies, 74 after a morning low of 58 degrees. And then clouds will be increasing on friday after sunshine in the morning. 75 degrees on friday. Could see some showers friday evening and into saturday morning. As things cool down for the weekend. 60s saturday, even chillier with a healthy breeze sunday. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather. Matt . All right, al. Well check in with you in a little while. Were all about pink power on the today show and the fight against Breast Cancer. Carson, youve made some changes in the orange room. It looks a little like barbies playhouse. Love it theres 2. 8 million Breast Cancer survivors in the United States. Its a staggering number. Were celebrating survivors. Were in the fight with people who are fighting cancer right now. Were also, unfortunately, remembering those that we lost. The orange room has gone pink. Our special today correspondent, joan lunden, joins us. Thank you so much for being here. Absolutely. Lets get right to your People Magazine cover. Theres been so much conversation. People have been sharing their stories with us on social media. Whats your reaction been to the reaction . Its been overwhelming. People have been tweeting at me pictures of themselves and saying ive decided im going to go ahead and show my family and show my children. Thats really what i got in this for. Ive heard from so many people on twitter and so many of you came to the website. You actually crashed my website for six hours immediately following the today show unve