Terror threats forcing the department of Homeland Security to sound the alert. Well tell you what were learning. About that threat and how specific it is. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. Its wednesday, october 29th, its 5 00 a. M. In the east. We do have breaking news from ferguson. Theres word that the police chief there could soon step down. Officials tell cnn that chief Thomas Jacksons departure would be part of efforts to reform the Ferguson Police department, that, of course,le following the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by Darren Wilson. Chief jackson and the mayor both flatly deny the reports. There are reports to having chief jackson step down. No. Are there i mean, to step down, we stood by him this entire time. Nothing theres no change on that. There is growing concern in ferguson this morning about what might happen if officer wilson is not indicted in the Michael Brown shooting. School officials in st. Louis county have written to prosecutor Bob Mccullough asking him to announce whether or not wilson will be indicted at night or a weekend, so as to avoid putting students in the middle of a possible protests. Residents have told cnns sara sidner if there is no indictment, the reaction could be final. Some people say theyll be a part of blowing it up if they didnt get indicted. I just hope it doesnt get bad. I hope nobody gets hurt. I know theyre going to be really upset with the government buildings. Ive heard about curfews that are going to happen. People are still thinking theyre going to be able to protest and some people are scared. Officer Darren Wilson has not been seen in public since shooting Michael Brown. At least six felony drug cases have been dismissed because wilson failed to show to court to testify. An unmanned nasacontracted rocket exploded at the wallops island, virginia. Look at this, the debris crashing down on the launchpad. Spewing fiery wreckage everywhere. There were no injuries, but significant damage to property and vehicles. The rocket carrying 5,000 pounds of supplies. And experiments, experimental science to the space station. Lets get more from cnns tom foreman. Reporter hey, john, hey, christine, this was really a cataclysmic response that happens moments after the ataris rocket took off. You could hear people gasp out loud as they felt the expose. Thats 275,000 pounds being released all at once as this thing blows up in that way. The company has a 1. 8 billion contract to get the supplies up to the iss in a number of trips. In is the third of those trips. Its vowed looking into this, saying right now, its far too early to know what happened. They do know that nobody was hurt. Safety protocols in place to keep anyone far away from any sort of rocket launch like that which sun manned. But there is a cost to this. Theres about 5,000 pounds of gear going up. Some of it food for the iss crew. A lot of the rest of it, space gear that they needed. And experiments, experiments that are obviously important to all the researchers who are sending them up towards the iss. The plan was for this to fly on the first stage of this rocket for about four minutes. And then that stage would release the second stage which was a new design was going to kick in. And it would release the payload called cygnus which would then be grabbed by a robotic arm. That payload is not going to come back until december. And, now, of course, it was all lost. So the Space Community has to regroup and make up for that loss. There are other losses fairly soon from russia that will take some supplies up, that would make a difference. No sooner than december, there could be another private launcher, contract launch by spacex. That would be out of cape canaveral, florida. But for the time being, not only do they have to figure out what went wrong with this rocket, but whether or not it did damage to this launch facility which is very important here and whether or not that will have a future impact on supplying for the iss and the privatization of the space program. You can imagine whoever the scientist is work on it and it blows you up. And the successful unmanned russian spacecraft took off atop a soyuz rocket from kazakhstan estimated arrival, 9 00 a. M. Eastern. The department of Homeland Security is orderinging security tightened in at least 10,000 federal buildings across the country. Officials describe the move as a precautionary measure, following two attacks last week on Canadian Military personnel. Specifics on the new security measures, not being disclosed this morning. The tide of active ebola cases in the u. S. Appears to be turning this morning. Nurse amber vinson released tuesday from an atlanta hospital. She contracted ebola, of course, while caring for Thomas Eric Duncan at texas Presbyterian Hospital in dallas. At a news conference, she thanked those who helped save her life. She stressed the fight against ebola is not over. As a nurse and now as someone who has experienced what its like to be cared for through a lifethreatening illness, im so appreciative and grateful for your exceptional skill, warmth and care. While this is a day for celebration and gratitude, i ask that we not lose focus on the thousands of families who continue to labor under the burden of this disease in west africa. Vinsons release from isolation leaves just one person hospitalized with ebola in the united states. Dr. Craig spence here contracted the disease working with ebola patients in guinea for doctors without borders. Our National CorrespondentMiguel Marquez is at spencers hospital in new york. Hes got more this morning. Reporter christine, john, dr. Craig spencer remains in stable but serious condition here at bellevue hospital. His case starts a National Firestorm about Health Care Workers on the front lines in ebolastricken areas and then coming back to the u. S. The president now weighing in. Well, we dont want to do things that arent based on science and best practices. Because if we do, then were just putting another barrier on somebody whos already doing really important work on our behalf. Reporter the president taking a is not so veiled shot at state governors like new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and new yorks andrew cuomo who proposed a mandatory quarantine for workers returning from ebolastricken areas. That issue now a growing national debate. Meanwhile, the 5yearold boy who was here at bellevue who they thought might have ebola, it turns out he had a respiratory infection. He will be taken out of isolation. And hell remain at bellevue to be taken care of. John, christine. Thanks. A nurse released after a weekend spent quarantined in new jersey says she will not agree to mandatory isolation in her home state of maine. Kaci hickox treated ebola patients in west africa. She was isolated against her will after she flew into new jersey even though after registering a fever she had no temperature after that and tested negative for ebola. Her lawyers say now that she will not comply with maine Health Officials demand that she remain under quarantine for 21 days. Meanwhile, governor Chris Christie still unapologetic to say the least about confining hill cox to a tent and dismisses the threat to sue. Looks like youre going to have to defend this in court. Well whatever. Get in line. Sued lots of times before. Get in line. Can you talk about the tent and those conditions . Listen, kelly, the ten was inside the hospital. Its called an isolation tent because she needed to be isolated because she was suspected to have ebola. By the way, the cdc was on ground in University Hospital monitoring the condition she was in. She had access to the internet and we brought her takeout food. Health officials in new york are apparently softening their quarantine even further. New guidelines issued tuesday called for travelers who may have contact with aide workers with ebola patients in three west african measures. The new measures say they can choose where theyve been held in isolation. This is somewhat different from governor cuomos warning last week, that these travelers, medical workers, might held at governmentregulated facilities. At the same time, president obama is calling for monitoring instead of quarantine. The u. S. Army has decided to put troops returning from ebolastricken hot spots into mandatory isolation. They will not be able to have physical contact with their families or anyone else for 21 days. The Administration Explains the difference of treatment of soldiers and civilian volunteers as one of efficiency. Ten minutes past the hour. Time for an early start on ym yl. A great day for stocks around the world. European stocks are up. Asian stocks ended date high per it was a great day yesterday. The dow climbed 187 points. Thats about 1 . It closed about 17,000 for the First Time Since early october. The nasdaq did even better ending the day up 1. 7 . Right now, nasdaq futures are pointing lower. And the reason is facebook. Shares are down 8 before the bell. Facebook having huge success in mobile advertising. But executives warned costs will increase next year. The companies will be making big investments. Huge investments. Theyre going to spend a lot of money next year. The fight against isis in syria intensifies this morning. New help arriving on the scene. Were live with just who has arrived on the battlefield and who soon will join them. 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And they are not the troops that we are expecting. The peshmerga fighters from iraq. So who are they . Lets go straight to our Nick Paton Walsh on the border between turkey and syria. Nick, whos there . Reporter well, as for so many things in the syrian conflict and help does finally arrive, it tends to be a surprise and unexpected. Certainly, this town has badly needed for weeks. What they got this morning at dawn, it seems according to the syrian rebel commander leading the syrian rentals, members of syrian army turning out potentially to their commander 200. Although that seems to be a lot more than the kurdish fighter he saw. They entered with light to medium weapons and since dawn there have been heavy classes behind me. Were looking to the activity to the west in the city where the kurds are normally present. Now, this is key as we say, they were expected this morning, perhaps last night or during the day, the peshmerga to arrive. Thats the Iraqi Kurdish fighter. Their act would have been the kurdish brothers, in a way, to arrive. Theyre still in route. Possibly 38, maybe more vehicles on land traveling through here. And over 100 individuals who have seems to have flown in and now in mini buses as well. Theyll join up and head had on in later today. But the surprise, those syrian kurds defending kobani at dawn this morning was the first help that came. The turkish government has been pushing not something the syrian kurds were desperately keen to embrace early on. I think its possible the reason why were hearing such heavy fighting behind me now, john. Theyre getting help inside of kobani. Again, this shows a level of solidarity that didnt necessarily exist before between the kurdish fighters in that city and the overall opposition group. Isnt that so, nick . Reporter well, we have seen Syrian Rebels fighting alongside the syrian kurds inside there in the past few weeks. I think the issue was that turkey have tried to take control of who came to the rescue of kobani. They said, well, lets send the peshmerga in. Because they consider those iraqi kurds familiar to their political goals. They also said lets send Syrian Rebels in. They want to make sure whoever wins there doesnt feel they control the city outright. They dont want to have their independence who easily recognized. Its gotten messy, but finally reinforcements have arrived. Reinforcements may be the key. Nick, thanks so much. In hawaii, a slow motion Natural Disaster on the big island. As many as 50 homes in the town of pahoa directly in the path of the lava flow from the erupting kilauea volcano. Residents are beginning to evacuate, but Officials Say if they wish they can say to witness the destruction. There will be an opportunity for them to remain onsite, as long as its safe to do so to photograph. Its a mean of them possibly recovering some of their dispenses or recovering from this event. Its also closure because its a very traumatic experience to go through. Its been drawn out over months. Over months. So the lava is 2,000 degrees. John, its chest high in some places. We were talked yesterday about the crackle, the sound of the lava. Its methane explosions as it devours trees all of the crackling brush. Indra petersons has a forecast this morning. Good morning. Everyone is talking about how nice it is its warm outside. Very easy to see thats not going to be lasting long. In the midatlantic or the northeast, it it still feels good for one day but look how close we are to seeing the temperatures drop. Notice the temperatures behind that cold front. Chicago only looking at highs into the 40s. Yes, were talking about a lot of changes coming our way. Yes, theres going to be showers in the mix today. Just keep in mind, this is the best it gets from here on out. Not only are we talking about temperatures diving down and significantly. Were talking about 70s going to the 50s. New york city also going to the 50s. Were go to be talking about, whats the word snow, guys. These are going to be the first flurries of the year now making their way in. Lets take it each event one at a time. Were talking just a little bit. Nothing likely to stick here. Maybe lakeeffect snow first and along the coastline, more snow by friday, saturday. Well talk about temperatures dipping down enough to snow. So spiderman is going to have to be covered in a parka. Yeah. Extra big cape. Extra big cape. Indra petersons, thank you. Were talking about snow. And there is still a world series going on. One more game. Win or go home. Andy scholes here to break down the high drama that will be coming tonight. It certainly will. 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They play the championship series, but its all coming down to one game today. The royals kept the world series dreams alive in game six by absolutely crushing the giants. The bats exploded for seven runs in the second inning. The giants just didnt know what hit them. Royals shut out san fran 10pop christine, i know you love stats. Ive got a great one here. Since 1980 the royals are the ninth home to win game six that went down in the word series. All of the previous eight have gone on to win game seven. First pitch set for 8 00 tonight. Should be a good one. College football Playoffs Committee releasing the first poll. Bulldogs come in number one. The inaugural rankings followed by florida state. And auburn and ole miss. Three of the top four teams right now, guys, come from the s. E. C. West. They cant skip. These teams will play each other. I think they did this because they know its going to play itself out. Nba tipping off on tnt with the crew on inside the nba live from times square, ernie, kenny, shaq and charles having a grand old time with folks. On the court, the San Antonio Spurs receiving their brandnew championship shiny rings. Glad they got enough finger. They got five now. Tony parker hit that late in the game to give the spurs the win on opening night. A night cap, kobe bryant made his much anticipated return to action. You got to check this out, though. He gets into it with his old friend Dwight Howard under the basket. You can see kobe now, try me. Dwight responded, come on, man, you know me. Rockets ended up beating the lakers. A tough night all around. And he broke his leg, first game in the nba had to be carted off. He is going to be out a long time. It is going to be a long season for the lakers. Andy, thanks so much. Going to be game seven . Yeah, im flying this afternoon. How do i get his job . Up all night, k. C. 27 minutes after the hour. 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Sources telling cnn that Ferguson Missouri Police chief could soon be forced to resign. This follows the Controversial Police shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. The town is now preparing for what could happen if officer wilson is not indicted. Well have the very latest developments this morning just ahead. An unmanned nasa rocket explodes in the sky just seconds after liftoff. Investigators trying to figure out just what went wrong. Terror watch at thousands of federal buildings. The government beefing up security after threats of lone wolf terror attacks. Well tell what you were learning ahead. Welcome back to early start, everyone, im john berman. Im christine romans. 31 minutes past the hour. We have breaking news from ferguson to tell you about. Word this morning the police chief there could soon step down. Government officials familiar withian going discussions are telling cnn chief Thomas Jacksons departure would be part of efforts to reform the Ferguson Police department after the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by officer Darren Wilson. Chief jackson and mayor of ferguson flatly denying those reports. Is there a plan in place to have chief jackson step down. No, no. And are you getting any pressure from any theyve been saying that for months about him stepping down. But beef stood by him the entire time. So nothing theres no change on that. No change on that. There is growing concern in ferguson about what might happen if officer wilson is not indicted in the Michael Brown shooting. School officials in st. Louis county, theyre write to get prosecutor Bob Mccullough, asking him to announce whether or not wilson will be indicted at night or a weekend so as to avoid putting students in the middle of any possible protests. Residents selling cnns sara sidner if theres no indictment, the reaction could be violent. Thats what some people say. Ive heard a lot of people saying some people say theyll be a part of blowing it up, you know, if he doesnt get indicted. I just hope it doesnt get bad. I hope they dont like i hope nobody gets hurt. I know theyre going to be really upset with the government buildings. Ive heard about curfews that are going to happen. People are still thinking theyre going to be able to out protests. Some people are scared. Officer wilson has not been seen in public since shooting Michael Brown. At least six felony drug cases have been dismissed because of wilson failing to show up in court. This morning, key questions about what caused a rocket crucial to the future of nasa to explode just after liftoff. This unmanned nasacontracted rocket exploded at the spaceport in wallops island, virginia. Debris crashed down on the crash pad spewing fiery wreckage everywhere. Luckily there were no injuries. The orbital science antares rocket was carrying 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space station. This had morning, nasa and its partner of trying to determine just went wrong. Lets get more from cnns john foreman. Reporter hey, john, hey, christine, this was really a cataclysmic accident that happened after people were watching the antares rocket go off. Its at least 3 Million Pounds of thrust being released all at once as this thing blows up in an unexpected way. The company contracted to dous this has a 1. 8 billion contract to get splice up to the iss over a number of trips. This is the third of those trips. It has vowed it will look into this. Right now, theyre saying its far too early to know what happened. Theres safety protocols in place to keep everyone far away from any sort of rocket launch like that which is unmanned. But there say real cost to this. There was about 5,000 pounds of gear going up. Some of it food for the iss crew. A lot of the rest of it, space gear that they needed. And experiments. Experiments that are obviously important to all the researchers who are sending them up towards the iss. The plan was for this to fly on the first stage of this rocket for about four minutes. And that stage would release, the second stage, which say new sign, is would release the payload called cygnus which would then be grabbed by a robotic arm and pulled in. That payload is not going to come back until december. And, now, of course, it was all lost. So the Space Community has to regroup and make up for that loss. There are other losses fairly soon from russia that will take some supplies up, that could make a difference. No sooner than december, there could be another private launch here, a contract launch, by spacex. That would be out of cape canaveral, florida. But for the time being, they not only have to filling out what went wrong with the rocket but whether or not it did damage to the launch facility which is very important here and important that will have a future impact on supplying iss and the privatization of the space program. Our thanks to tom for that report. One of those launches that tom was talking about actually already happened overnight from russia. Russia successfully launched a resupplying mission a few hours ago. The unmanned progress 57 spacecraft took off atop a soyuz rocket atop the cosmo haddrome from kazakhstan. The department of Homeland Security is ordering security tightened at nearly 10,000 federal buildings across america. The federal government saying theres no threats. Officials zriebl the move adesc move as a precautionary measure. Specifics on the measure are not being disclosed. News this morning in the fight against ebola. Good news, nurse amber vinson was released from the atlanta hospital. Vinson, of course, caught ebola while caring for Thomas Eric Duncan at texas Presbyterian Health in dallas. At a news conference, vinson thanked those who helped save her life and stressed that the fight against ebola is not over. As a nurse and now as someone who has experienced what its like to be cared for through a lifethreatening illness, im so appreciative and grateful for your exceptional skill, warmth and care. While this is a day for celebration and gratitude. I ask that we not lose focus on the thousands of families who continue to labor under the burden of this disease in west africa. Vinsons release from isolation leaves just one person hospitalized with ebola in the united states. That is dr. Craig spencer who got the disease working with ebola patients in guinea. He is still in serious but stable condition here in had new yorks bellevue hospital. The nurse released after a weekend spent quarantined in new jersey says she will not agree to mandatory isolation in her home state of maine. Kaci hickox treated ebola patients in west africa. She was isolated against her will in new jersey even though she had no symptoms and tested negative for ebola. Now, her lawyers say she will not comply with maine officials, maine Health Officials demands that she remain in quarantine for 21 days. Governor christie remains unapologetic about keeping her to a tent. She dismissed her threat to sue. Looks like youll have to defend this in court . Well, whatever. Get in line. Ive been sued lots of times before. Get in line. Mayor, you can comment about the tent and those conditions. Kelly, the tent was inside the hospital. Its called an isolation tent because she needed to be isolated because she was suspected to have ebola. So i have no concerns. By the way, neither did the cdc who is on the ground in University Hospital monitoring the condition she was in. She had access to the internet and we brought her takeout food. Meanwhile, Health Officials in new york apparently softening their quarantine plan. New guidelines called for travelers arriving from west africa were allowed to choose where they want to be held in isolation. Somewhat different than governor cuomos warning last week travelers might held at a governmentregulated facility. All right. New this morning, while president obama is calling for monitoring instead of quarantine, the u. S. Army has decided to put troops returning from these three nations in west africa dealing with ebola, the military has decided to put them in mandatory isolation. They will not be able to have physical contact with their families for 21 days. The Administration Explains the treatment between soldiers and civilian volunteers as a matter of efficiency. 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Onceaday xarelto® means no regular blood monitoring, no known dietary restrictions. For information and savings options, download the xarelto® Patient Center app, call 1888xarelto, or visit goxarelto. Com. Breaking news from kobani this morning. The first reinforcements to back up kurdish fighters in the strategic city that just arrived. Theyre not the peshmerga from iraq weve been telling you about. Instead, theyre about 200 syrian rebel groups bringing Light Weapons and heavy mortars and machine guns. The peshmerga troops are close behind. Some traveling by air. Others bringing in heavier weapons by land. The initial peshmerga reinforcements are expected across the border into kobani later today. I want to turn now into cnn interNational Correspondent ivan watson in erbil, iraq. Hes been following the developments and these movements towards kobani. What can you tell us about just this remarkable effort now on multiple fronts to try to make th sure that this town does not fall . Reporter well, just one little correction. The Free Syrian Army rebels who are believed to have crossed from turkey into kobani this morning, the numbers are being disputed. We have syrian rebel defenders in that town who say there were only about 35 fighters who came through. Another reputable source saying it was only about 50. And these rebels have gone in at a time when the Iraqi Kurdish deployment of peshmerga, about 161 fighters are on their way, theyve landed by air and are quite close. And theres a much slower moving convoy moving across turkey, bringing in what looks like mortars and military vehicles and ahead of weapons like machine guns, is also inching its way towards kobani. And what is clearly being done here is an attempt to show a united front of syrian kurds, iraqi kurds, turkey, to some degree. And other syrian arab rebels backed by u. S. Air strikes, showing that there is a collective effort to combat isis and to not let it capture this border town that has become such a symbol over the course of the last month. And also quite a topic of disagreement between turkey and the u. S. To nato allies. Between turkey and the Syrian Rebels. Its a messy, geopolitical struggle that is taking place right now. But now a clear effort to at least show a symbolic united front, even though the actual numbers of reinforcements are actually quite small at the end of the day, christine. Interesting. Ivan watson, thank you, ivan. One piece of news thats been developing overnight. A lot going on this morning. Lets go to new day and chris cuomo. Hey, j. B. , hey, christine. Were going to be extending the story lines going on first now. First, we have this unmanned rocket that was carrying supplies to the International Space station like 200 million of cargo, payload on board. As you can obviously see the spectacular explosion. The good news, it was unmanned so no lives were lost. And yet, we still have to figure out why this is going, and the obvious question about why this is going on with companies. And did you know how many Different Companies are involved with the Space Mission in the u. S. Y well tell you. As, why are they beefing up security at 10,000 federal buildings . Homeland security sending out a message specifically targeted to one security group. Well tell hue they are and why. And what this is based on. John and christine, thats the concern, is this just about an extension of what happened in ottawa, or is this about new information . Theres been competing theories. Well give you both. Yeah, i wonder if theres something going on underneath the sur nas we dont know about. Even for ottawa, there are concerns about lone wolf attacks. President obama on the campaign trail trying to turn out the vote in a hotly contested gubernatorial race. Republicans hoping to get control of the senate. 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President obama on the campaign trail with the countdown to the midterm elections. He spent yesterday in milwaukee trying to give mary burke a boost in her race to the governor of wisconsin. Shes trying to unseat republican scott walker in a race that could go down to the wire. The president less of a liability for democrats in wisconsin. A recent poll showed his favorability rating about ten points higher. Hes been going to the bluest parts of blue states. Hillary clinton in iowa today, a purple state, trying to rally democrats and put democrat bruce braley over the top. With joni ernst vying to replace tom harkin. Democrats are trying to hold on to the seat. But joni ernst with a slight lead. Bill clinton going to that state this weekend to campaign for braley. Facebook stocks sinking. Well tell you what has investors so mad. Well have an early start on your money next. 3rd and 3. 58 seconds on the clock, what am i thinking about . Foreign markets. 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Were also going to look for any hints on the time line to set things with the rising interest rates. Facebook shares are down 7 before the bell. The social network reported huge success if coveted mobile advertising space. Executives warn that facebooks expenses will rise steeply next year. Costs will come from new hires, improvements to services and more investment in oculus and whatsapp. At t in legal trouble. The ftc said the wireless carrier md led customers into thinking they had unlimited data to use. The unlimited plan, when really at t reduced connection speeds by up to 90 after users hit a certain limit. Its called throttling. It makes certain functions like browsing the web and connection hard to use. At t said its been clear about its policies. I dont ever want to be throttled. I dont want catastrophic liftoff, a cargo rocket supposed to carry supplies to the International Space station explodes just seconds into its mission. Thankfully it was unmanned. But what caused that rocket to blow up . And high alert the u. S. Stepping up security at federal buildings around the country, a week after the attack on canadas parliament. Is this precautionary or is there a specific threat . Stepping down sources tell cnn that the police chief in ferguson, missouri, is expected to step down as part of the citys efforts to reform the embattled department. The mayor and the police chief denying the reports, will his departure ease tensions as we await a grand jury decision . Your new day starts right now. Announcer this is new day, with chris cuomo, kate boldaun and michaela pereira. Good morning, it is wednesday, october 29th, 6 00 in the east, chris cuomo and Alisyn Camerota with news of a spectacular rocket explosion overnight. It is a major mystery this morning. Nasa and its space partners are trying to determine what went wrong. Listen to this man oh, so shocking to see it. It brings up all of those memories of the challenger, the rocket blew up seconds into liftoff crashing into the launch pad. The rocket was developed by a private company, transporting some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the crew on board the International Space station. Were following all of the angles for to you try to get answers, we begin with cnns tom foreman live in washington. What do we know . We know at this hour, investigators are spreading out around wollops island, virginia, to start collecting all of the data as the first light of the day comes in they know they have to pick up every piece of debris they