Manning sets the nfl record for career touchdown passes. Its what his teammates did with that historic ball that has people talking today, monday, october 20th, 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 monday morning. Im matt lauer, along with hoda ko kotb, in for savannah, al roker and natalie morales. Good morning good to see you. Good morning it was fun, a wellorchestrated game of keep away. Im not sure if he was in on it. I guess he said he wasnt. But that was very, very funny. 510 passes. Big deal. Wowza. Meanwhile, do you know who we have on the plaza today . Neil diamond. Look at him out there. Ive been inclined in the chilly weather. Good news is he looks like sol. If you know no words, at least you know those. Bum bum ba dozens of people exposed to dallas victim Thomas Eric Duncan are now emerging from quarantine showing no signs of that illness. Today National Correspondent craig melvin is in dallas. Craig, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. 48 people who came into contact with duncan between the time he left liberia and when he came to this dallas hospital, all of those folks have cleared the maximum 21day incubation period, as you say, without getting sick. Among them, some of duncans loved ones, who are feeling relief tinged with sadness. Three weeks behind closed doors as her world came crashing down, duncans fiance, along with other friends and family, free to leave this apartment after the incubation period. We are so grateful that none of us has shown any sign of illness but adding the quarantine is over. Our time of mourning is not over. She missed a Memorial Service held for duncan in North Carolina sunday. Duncans mother, comforted in her grief by a small child. The pastor there urging restraint. Please, liberia should not be looked upon as carrier of ebola to be discriminated against. Reporter 30person Rapid Response team from the military ready to leave at a moments notice for reports of infection. No infection was a result for a Dallas Health care worker, escorted off the Carnival Cruise ship magic in galveston sunday. She handled ebola specimens and voluntarily isolated herself while a blood sample pick ed up by helicopter was tested and turned out negative. Theres no information at all almost the entire time. You think about it, it would have created pandemonium if they gave us everything. Yes. Reporter three americans who contracted ebola are still hospitalized. Ashoka mukpo is doing well, says his father. Authorities say the same for nina pham and nurse amber vinson is in stable condition. A school in oklahoma is refusing to allow several students and staffers to attend because they were on the cruise ship with that Lab Technician who tested negative for ebola. The school saying that theyre doing it out of an abundance of caution. Matt . Craig melvin. It goes on and on and on. Early this morning i spoke with pastor mason. He is speaking on behalf of Thomas Eric Duncans family and had to inform them of his death. Asking him about the mixed emotion louise troh is feeling this morning. Mixed emotion, im sure, is true but joy is taking over, im sure. She continues to mourn the loss of her beloved fichltance but a her possessions, being displaced and sympathy for all of those who contracted ebola but today today is a good day. She has had to look back at these past 21 days whats happened in her life. Mr. Duncan first went to the hospital, complaining of symptoms. And that first time he was turned around and given just antibiotics. Does ms. Troh think he could have survived, that he could have been saved, had he been treated earlier . Well, i mean, she thinks that, certainly, he would have had a better chance. Theres no knowing for sure whether he would have survived, whether his illness had progressed beyond the point of recovery. But certainly she appreciates the apology of the hospital that they could have done some things differently, including admitting him that first day. Let me just ask you. Theres been so much talk about mr. Duncans trip here to the united states. Does she feel that he was completely honest with her in terms of his possible exposure to the ebola virus while he was still in liberia . She does. I think she has her own story to tell about that. And i know she will look forward to telling that in her time. But she is confident that he didnt knowingly bring ebola to this country. And i just want to go back to something you said earlier. We have to remember that not only has she suffered an enormous personal loss with the death of her fiance, but so many of her personal possessions were actually destroyed because they went through her apartment, making sure that there were no traces of that virus anywhere. How does she start over . Well, shes going to start over by being able to choose new things and by making her own decisions now, with the aid and generosity of people of the community and the help of local government and the church. So, there are a lot of people who have stepped up and said, you know, she did not lose all of this by any decisions of her own. They were taken from her and she made no choices that led to this in terms of her own bad decisions. So, she was able to choose the things that she wanted when she bought them originally. Shell be able to choose those things to replace and i think thats the right thing. Mixed emotions. Today, we concentrate on the joy of her being symptom free and getting through this quarantine period. Pastor george mason, thank you, sir, very much. Youre very welcome. Thank you, matt. All right. As craig mentioned, that formation of an ebola Rapid Response team, its part of the Obama Administrations effort to ease public concern. Does it go far enough . National correspondent Peter Alexander is at the white house with that part of the story. Good morning, peter. Reporter good morning to you, hoda. President obama waking up in his hometown of chicago this morning. He could cast his ballot in the early voting. Health issues raised by ebola are proving that they, too, are not immune from washington politics. Facing a bitter political backlash, this morning the Obama Administration is ramping up its response with the president s socalled ebola czar, formally beginning work this week. Citing claims lack of public experience. We need to symptom the uncertainties and im not sure that a czar that has no background can help that. Reporter a leading expert defended the president s choice. I think thats a misplaced criticism. What were talking about now is an Ebola Response coordinator, somebody who has extraordinary, as he does, managerial experience. Reporter calling on the president to impose a travel ban on flights to west africa. Do you let people come here from this area that is clearly stressed and one way to prevent that is to not issue them a visa. Reporter joining that chorus, two democrats in top senate races, kay hagan in North Carolina and georgias michelle nunn. So far the president has pushed back. Trying to seal off an entire region of the world, if that is possible, could make the situation worse. Reportedly, the president is angry with his own administrations response. Following scandals with the secret service, the v. A. , the sloppiness of the very institutions in which we place the most trust, deepening americans doubt about their own government. Senior advisers tell me ron clane will officially begin as ebola czar this week. That Response Team will consist of 20 Critical Care nurses, five trainers in Infectious Disease and Infectious Disease protocol. Hoda . Peter, thank you very much. Investigating the disappearance of uva student Hannah Graham are scouring the area where a body was found over the weekend. More tests are needed to make a positive identification. Gabe gutierrez is following this story. Good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. Investigators will keep searching the area where the body was found for more evidence. In recent days they had targeted their searches before making the grim discovery. Authorities are hoping to positively identify the possible remains of missing uva student Hannah Graham. This, sadly, is now a death investigation. Reporter saturdays disturbing discovery on an abandoned property came after five weeks of frantic searching and desperate pleas from hannahs parents. Please help end this nightmare for all of us. I can only say divine intervention. Something said keep on going. Reporter it was the largest missing persons search effort in this states history. The remains were found here in this rural area off this road about a dozen miles from charlottesville. It was only five miles from where the body of another missing college student, morgan harrington, was discovered three months ago after her 2009 disappearance. Virginia state police are investigating what they call a forensic link between the harrington case and jesse matthew, the man charged with abducting graham. He was seen with graham in Surveillance Video the night she vanished and later arrested 1300 miles away on a texas beach. If they can tie him back to her remains the case is as solid as it can get. Reporter students are heartbroken. I am personally im hopeful for the family that they are getting closure. Everyone ive talked to is really sad. Everyone has sort of felt like it could have been their family member, their friend. Reporter matthew is being held without bail. The remains were found near an area where he had once lived. His Attorney Says he will not comment until the medical examiner identifies those remains and, matt, that could happen as early as today. Gabe gutierrez in charlottesville. Gabe, thank you very much. Natalie joins us now with the top headlines. Hi, natalie. Thats right. Good morning, guys. Good morning. For the first time the u. S. Military has dropped weapons, ammunition to kurdish militants fighting isis. The air drops came after at least 135 air strikes against isis in the area. The move is almost certain to anger the kurdish government, which said it would oppose any u. S. Arm transfers to the kurdish rebels in syria. 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 danzinger, are still receiving payments today, around 1,500 a month. And those payments flow through a legal loophole that has given the u. S. Justice department leverage to persuade nazi war criminals to leave. If those suspects agreed to go or fled before deportation, they could keep their Social Security benefits. A huge tree removal crane did some big damage sunday when it toppled over in florida. It was all caught on camera. It was working in the middle of a largo neighborhood when it tipped over. The cranes operator was able to jump to safety. The crane did damage, as you saw there, 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 stuck in a chimney eight feet down. They dismantled the bricks and used dish soap to get her out. The homeowner wasnt home at the time. He met the woman online but after a couple of days told her he wasnt interested. We hung out a couple of times. You never know how crazy someone is until they do crazy things and, you know, this is a pretty crazy thing. You think . Geneveva was taken to the hospital and then arrested. A weatherman in edmonton, canada, learned that the hard way. He was joined by his dog during the weather segment in an attempt to raise awareness for the local humane society. As you can see, ripple got a little excited by his tv debut and stole the show, at one point even chewing through that leash. Ripple, down, boy. Good dog, ripple. Ripple needs a little obedience training. Yeah. By the way, thats the best kind of tv. Great dog to adopt. Hes going to take some work. Natalie, thank you. Mr. Roker . Lets show you what weve got going on. Chilly start here in the northeast. Cooled down quite a bit. Thats right. People walking out the door, over 12 states weve got freeze warnings and frost advisories from the virginias all the way up to new england. Boston right now, 39. Atlantic city, 37. Lynchburg, 37 degrees. Its going to stay chilly today. Syracuse 58 for a high. New york city, 61. Norfolk at 71 degrees, one degree below average. Wet weather through the great lakes. Weak frontal system moving through. It will spawn what we expect to be a pretty strong noreaster. Look at that coming up in the next half hour and heavy rain into the Pacific Northwest. Next half hour and heavy rain into the Pacific Northwest. Well get to your local forec weve heard that over next half hour and heavy rain into the Pacific Northwest. 4 hundred million Vacation Days go unused every year. 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. Im meteorologist bill henley. A cold start this morning in the 30s, but temperatures, though, will warm into the 60s this afternoon. Partly to mostly sunny skies, low 60s later today with southwesterly winds at 12 miles an hour. Tomorrow cloudier but a little bit warmer, 66 degrees before showers move in. Once the showers move in, the temperatures drop for wednesday and thursday. But sunshine reappears for friday and stays for the weekend with highs in the upper 60s. Have a great day. Thats your latest weather. We want to go back to that story. Bob yea gechlt r has the best line of all. No. Did you see the ash on her . I thought that was commercial break stuff, but don nash said we have to use that. Thats what we talk about when we get to the local forecast. Oh, you were kidding . He was kidding. All right, kids. Lets move on, shall we . Tennis star Serena Williams firing back at insensitive and offensive comments made by the tennis federation, which led to a yearlong ban from the sport. Chairman of the kremlin cup, even former coach to boris yeltsin. Under fire for something he said on russian tv for the way serena and Venus Williams look. He made the comments during a russian talk show. The now suspended president of the Russian Tennis Federation was appearing alongside russian tennis champion when the host asked her how she felt playing against serena and Venus Williams. He interrupted, calling them the Williams Brothers and adding that its, quote, scary when you look at them. Someone with his power, its really unacceptable to make such insensitive bullying remarks. Reporter on sunday, Serena Williams addressed the insult head on during a News Conference at the World Tennis Association in singapore. I thought his comments were insensitive and extremely sexist as well as racist at the same time. Reporter russian tennis great Maria Sharapova also came to the williams sisters defense. It was very inappropriate, especially in his position and all the responsibilities that he has. Its just really irresponsible. Reporter 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 Russian Federation saying his intended small 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. After all, everything said on air was said without malice. All right. Looks like they punished him all right. Thank you, katie, so much. Peyton manning further cemented his place in the record books last night. This guy has a future. Carson is here with more on that. History made in denver sunday. Peyton manning through his 509th career touchdown. You saw it there. Take a look at it again. It was this eightyard pass to damarius thomas, dragging that foot down there. That is the record breaker. He threw four touchdowns, surpassed brett favres record. Brett favre tweeted out well deserved, peyton. Congratulations on breaking my record on to 600. This is a moment we showed at the top of the show, playing keep away with the ball. That ball is headed to the hall. Its already in canton, ohio, today. 4 00 pm eastern time it will be on display. Lots of activity going on. Broncos twitter. Congratulations to peyton manning. You are the man. Guys, back to you. Certainly is. Carson, thank you very much. Will he ever be captured . The manhunt for the person who kill aid Pennsylvania State trooper. Is your child safe whenever they get on or off the school bus . An eyeopening rossen reports series. First this is today on nb