Ashoko mukpo speaks out after being declared virus free. About as fortunate as one can feel. While a dallas nurse receives surprising news about her condition. We will hear from her family. And facebook surprise, Mark Zuckerberg speaks if beijing, stunning the audience by doing it entirely in pand rin. [ speaking mandarin ] the secret hoon his new found skill today, thursday, october 23rd, 2014. And good morning, welcome to today on a thursday morning, im matt lauer, along with al roker. Boy did it rain last night. It sure did. It is moving up to the north, into nuvenltew england. We have another day before it passes out here. Lets start with our top story. We learn more about the gunman responsible for the chaotic scene. Nbcs Kevin Tibbles is in at what with the latest. Kevin, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Well, this morning, this city and this country awake a changed place because an act of violence has taken place here aimed directly at the seat of canadas government. Gunfire echoed through the halls of parliament as chaos ruled the canadian capital. It began without warning wednesday morning near the pmplt. I thought it was fire crackers going off. Reporter tourists came to see the mournlgs saw one of the guards shot, he later died, he has been identified as a reservist, father, and animal lover a. Twitter photo shows him standing guard minutes before the shooting. There was a guy with a rifle just around on the back corner and just, pow pow reporter from the National War Memorial at the heart of the city, police say the suspect got in a car and drove about a third of a mile to Parliament Hill and stormed into the seat of the Canadian National government. Prime minister Stephen Harper was pence the building as a gunfight enviewed. Members of parliament barricaded themselves in a room by piling furniture against the door. This morning the sergeant at arms identified as kevin vicars is being hailed a hero for drawing his weapon and taking down the shooter who was later pronounced dead at the scene. U. S. Officials say hes Michael Joseph hall, also known as michael zehah, he just turned 32. He had a long wrap sheet and convictions for assault, drug an weapons charges, he was reportedly deemed a irisk traveler by canadian officials. Fellow canadians in the days to come, we will learn more about the terrorists and any accomplices he may have had. Reporter this is a Second Attack on Canadian Military members this week. On pond, a man used a car to run over two soldiers fear montreal, killing one. The sergeant of arms is traditionally a ceremonyial role here, but in this case that, sergeant of arms just happened to have been a former police officer. Meanwhile, many politicians who were in the bidding at the time say had the shooter known the billing better, the hall that he walked down, one of the doors that he walked right past, behind it, contained the Prime Minister and his cabinet. His security detail got him out of the building very quickly. Very morelli is here. The details thats getting the most attention is he was a recent convert to islam. Does he seem to fit the profile of an isistype operative or does he seem to be more of a sympathizeer with a troubled past . It seems at this point more like a sympathizeer with a troubled past him i look at the reports where, steven, some of his friends at the mosque where he practiced, basically, he was asked to leave, if those reports are true, because he was showing signs of Mental Illness and things leak that. He caught the attention of the officials, they revoked his passport. Might that have triggered rage and attack in the country . It might have. He knew he was on the radar at the very least but the canadians did have not enough information to actually lock him up. So theyre put in a difficult situation. They know hes volatile and dangerous by they dont have enough to contain him. Over the last few days, attacks on the military, does that surprise you given the fact it carries extra risk with it . Well, the military the government, these are iconic symbols. Symbols, right. Now with whats going on overseas, canadians joining a part of the coalition, so its not necessarily surprising that those type of targets would be on the radar. Real quick, do you look at the canadian politicians barricading themselves in parliament with furniture against the door, you think that could be our own Capital Building if washington. Then you add to this, the recent fence jumper at the white house. Do we need to up the alert here in this country . I dont know we need to up the alert necessarily but we need to look at our physical Security Status and making sure the measures are working the way theyre designed to work. I think we have enough in place as long as everybody is doing tear j their job and then the procedures are being followed. Everybody has to be diligent. Don, thank you very much. I appreciate it. Let go over to hoda. As matt mentioned, the secret service is investigating another security lapse at the white house. This time the suspect was tackled almost immediately. This as we learn more about another troubling incident that dates back to 2011. Nbcs White House CorrespondentKristen Welker has the latest on that story. Good morning. Reporter hoda, good morning. Secret Service Officials identified the latest jimpumper. He was unarmed. The department of Homeland SecurityInspector General found three years ago there was a serious lapse in july that could have jeopardized the president s security. This stunning video captured by fox fuse shows the latest fence jumper kicking and punching the secret service dogs that attacked him, a stark contrast to last months fence jumper who had no dogs when he was there. This as lawmakers on capitol hill express outrage over the government report which slams the agency for its conduct three years ago. The safety and the security of the president is totally dependent on the secret service doing its job 100 of the time. Reporter according to dhs Inspector General, the then santa director a. T. Smith aplanned operation moonlight to divert agents on the socalled prowler team away from their post to check on a secret Service Employee involved if a neighborhood dispute. Secret service prowler teams are made up of two special agents. They are supposed to be on alert and respond to potential threats here and around the white house and on capitol hill. For for days, those teams were sent nearly an hour away to the employees home where she complained a neighbor was harassing her. Somebody has to be held accountable. The employee says it was the employees personal friendship which motivated the decision and the i. G. Found no justification for the prowler team being sent to the employers home. Now the next move is joseph clancys, the interim director, who took the reigns after last months unprecedented brooch. Secret service has the ability and it can make a comeback, but its in a very precarious spot. Reporter now, we reached out to everyone mentioned in that i. G. Report, but for the response. In a statement the secret service said theyre reviewing the report. As for the latest fence jumper, he was taken to the hospital with dog bites to his arm, back, chest and 93. He faces multiple felony charges t. Dogs thatting a ta tackled h taken to the vet. The family of Amber Vincent one of the dallas nurses fighting the ebola virus says she is steadily regaining strength and tests show no ebola in her blood. Nbc free laerns ashoko mukpo received the all clear. Before he left, he sat down for an exclusive interview with nbc National Correspondent kate snow. Reporter tired but thrilled to be alive, ashoko mukpo boarded a plane bound for home. Im kate. Nice to meet you in person. I am just about as fortunate as a human being can feel. There are moments that i didnt know what was going to happen. So its nice to be here. Reporter ashoko says the hardest part of having ebola is fear. You know i have been seeing people with ebola for weeks and weeks and weeks. I knew the statistics of survival. Reporter you had seen people die. Yes, i definitely seen people die. I saw things that ill carry with me forever. Reporter did you think about your family, did you think about your girlfriend . Every day. Py girlfriend, in particular, thats a person that i love just so deeply and ill be honest with you, as much as i was afraid for my own life, the idea of leaving her was just horrific to me. We have such an intertwined lives with each other that i just couldnt even contemplate that. Reporter ashoko isnt sure how he got infected with ebola, midway through his second day with nbc he felt off. Within minutes he went to his apartment to check for fever. He knew what to do. I checked two thermometers. They showed up with a as a matter of fact fear. I knew priority number one at that point was to isolate myself. Reporter stay away from everybody else . Yes. Reporter he was flown to nebraska. Days later, ebola survivor dr. Ken brantley gave up blood. I felt he pulled over on the side of the road and opened up the vein. That was when i felt it was hard on my body. I could feel something foreign coming if. It was not the easiest day but id say the next day my body felt to kickstart some kind of response to it. Reporter hed like to meet brantley and the dallas nurses whose family says she is one step closer to going home. Theyre heroes. You know, these people are saving lives for a living. Reporter and if theyre watching and you could Say Something directly to them, what would it be . Have you faith in your care. You will be okay. Its not easy, but you will walk out of that hospital and you will get ebola free test will come back. It will be one of the best days of your life. Reporter for kate snow, nbc news, omaha, nebraska. The 21day quarantine period for dr. Nancy snyderman and her team has now expired. They remain healthy and symptom free according to a statement. We have encouraged them and they have agreed to take some time off with their families and friends to restore normalcy to their lives. We look forward to tear learn next month. Looking on to other feuds, natalie is here with new developments in the Michael Brown story. Violence is flareing up again wednesday fight after the results of Michael Browns autopsy were revealed him more than 100 protesters marched on the streets, calling for the firing of Darren Wilson. Protesters clashed with officers outside the Police Department. The autopsy report from the august shooting revealed that brown was shot nine times in all, once in the hand, giving some credence to wilsons claim that brown tried to grab his gun. A threemonthold American Girl was killed and several others were injured when a man drove into a crowded train strop. The suspect ran over nine people. The driver was then shot by police as he tried to free. Israel blames hamas for the attack. Roger goodell, rices cramp insists they punished him twice for the same offense. Rice says during a meet physical june, he told goodell he hit his then fiancee. Goodell reports his story was ambiguous t. Arbitrator ruled the teams president and general manager must testify as well. Both men were present during rices meeting with goodell. The president of the university of North Carolina says he is shocked to learn the scope of an academic scandal that went on for decades, athletes could coast through college taking classes that didnt even have professors. Here now is nbcs tom costello. Reporter the university of North Carolina tar heels, a big time Athletic Program with a problem. An eight month investigation has found for nearly two decades, football and basketball players were urged to take classes that required no class time force professor and a single term paper. With an ad pin straf assistant and the africanamerican Study Department handing out as and bs. They took the professor out of the picture. Reporter the gel to keep the gpas high enough to continue to play. It didnt just happen a few times. In all, more than 130 students, almost half athletes took 188 no show classes. The outside investigator insists administrators never few. I think a lot of people will have a hard time believing that this school had this kind of fraud perpetrated with two people. If you read the report, it is those two people. They worked hard to keep it covered up. Many felt the scandal undermined their own contributions. I worked hard to get here. Im laughing now, but its tough to think about it. Reporter none of the current coaches are implicated. Its now up to the ncaa to impose further sanctions. An update now on the world series. The Kansas City Royals have evened things up in the world series. Game two in kansas city the royals and giants were tied 22 in the 6th inning. Lorenzo kain came around to score. The royals went on to went 72. All right, an unlikely cast of characters getting into a rumble on the hollywood walk of fame. Take a look as actors dressed as mr. Incredible and cat woman. They get into a real fight, thats when chewbaca steps in and followed by Freddie Krueger and waldo. Moments later, mr. Incredible went after cat woman again, throwing a punch and throwing her to the ground. But the bystanders, theyre the real superheroes here, they broke up all the fights. No arrests were made. Police are now investigating. I wouldnt believe it until i seen it. Thats right. And mr. Incredible got jealous. It happens. Something set that off. It had to be good. Thanks for that. Though. More on the storm . Yeah, unfortunately, this nor easter is not going anywhere soon, slowly making its way up the coast. The heavy moisture and thunderstorms coming into new england. Boston getting dumped on. They will continue to see rain. Boston just had a wind gust last hour 41 Miles Per Hour. High wind and storm warnings. Coastal wind gusts of 55 Miles Per Hour or more and coastal beach erosion as this system moves up and out into the canadian merit times him. 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Partly to mostly sunny skies, breezy. 65 degrees. And even warmer for saturday with lots of sunshine. A few clouds to go through sunday. Then a warmup next week. 66 monday. And into the 70s tuesday and wednesday. Have a great day. Thats your latest weather. Carson hard at work on the voice. So tamron hall is on duty in the orange room. Good morning him some good news to report on the ebola front. The first dallas nurse we talked so much about her nina pham, shes in Good Condition and her dog bentley, tested federal governmenttive. Yes. For ebola. In fact, the video look at him. Thats a happy dog. In fact, this is video posted on the city of dallas yesterday, showing bentley wagging his tail, playing with a stuffed squirrel there. All the things a little pup should be doing. They posted this for us all to see. Now, this was monday when bentley was tested for ebola the results of this latest test released by the Animal Services and adoption center. 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