Im francis riff vera. In napa, folks still reeling from an earthquake. 10,000 people with no power. Three remain hospitalized. A skateboarder is using a buckled road as a lamp. Leanne gray is live in napa inside the damage zone. Good morning, leanne. Reporter good morning, francis. This is one of the historical buildings that was torn apart. A state of emergency remains in effect. Officials today will go building to building searching for more damage. The cleanup is underway after a 6. 0 earthquake rattled homes and buildings at 3 20 sunday morning. The epicenter six miles north of napa. Security cameras showed the destructive jolt that tossed bottles and fright jepd sleeping families. Earthquake. Reporter within 20 seconds it was over but in that time the quake damaged more than 100 buildings, ignited fires and ruptured water mains and gas line. Close to 200 people were injured, 6 critically. One Major Incident of a fireplace falling on a young child. Reporter most suffered minor injuries including cuts and bruises. I got out of bed and took off running and i fell. Something hit me in the head. Reporter tens of thousands of homes were left. This is bad. This is bad. Reporter this was the worst earthquake to hit the bay area since 1989 when 60 people were killed. Many people feeling grateful this one wasnt worse of those critically injured, conditions of all but one have been upgraded. The earthquake was felt more than 200 miles away as aftershocks are expected for weeks. More nervous moments to come. Leanne, thank you very much. Later this morning the 18yearold whose shooting death sparked violent protests will be laid to rest. On the eve of his funeral a quiet night. It would appear peace is being restored. Through 11 00 p. M. Again tonight we deployed no smoke devices, no tear gas and no mace and again tonight no Police Officer fired a single bullet. His father, Michael Brown sr. , made this simple request at an annual peace rally in nearby st. Louis yesterday afternoon. Tomorrow all i want to see is my son being laid to rest. Please, please take a day of silence so we can lay our son to rest. Please. Thats all i ask. And thank you. Joined by the parents of trayvon more continue, he and Michael Browns mother opened up to craig melvin for an exclusive interview which will air on the today show this morning. They explain what they think happened the afternoon their son was killed. The cop was not on his job. I think he has a problem with his self. I think he took his authority too far and was not thinking with a conscious mind at all. Treated our son like a dog on the street. My son was out for four and a half hours on the street on a hot day. They sicked dogs on us to move us back. Treated us like we werent part of his family. Something need to be done about all of this. Northbounds jay gray is in st. Louis outside the church where the funeral is being held. Good morning, jay. What are you hearing about the funeral . Reporter good morning, franc frances. We expect thousands to be here at the Friendly Baptist Church in the next few hours to lay to rest Michael Brown and to celebrate his life. Thats what his dad is looking for. The sanctuary will hold more than 2,000. A separate overflow area will hold thousands more allowing them to be here and pay their respects to those who want to pay their respects. Last night hundreds gathered in ferguson on the eve of this funeral for that peace rally calling for calm in this frustrated Community Still pushing for answers and justice as the investigation into the shooting continues. Browns uncle, a minister, and reverend al sharpton expicksed to speak. The white house is sending along representatives. The browns family has received more than 150,000 in donations to help pay for the Memorial Service and burial later today, frances. Jay gray. Thank you very much. Good news in the war on terror. An american held hostage is now free. This is peter theo curtis. He was handed over to u. N. Peace keepers in the golan heights. He was grabbed. A break in the global man hunt ft. Hooded terrorist who executed james foley. British intelligence reportedly knows who he is but not where he is. A positive i. D. Could happen soon. How did they track down the worlds most wanted . There is some very sophisticated votes Identification Technology and other measures that we have got. In New Hampshire on sunday foleys family joined hundreds to remember the slain journalist. It came as news from a hard breaking news from foley, a letter from foley he snuck by his captors. A hostage memorized it and told it to his mother. In one part foley said dreams of family and friends take me away and happiness fills my heart. The entire letter can be found on the familys facebook page. Not even a humanitarian mission in guatemala is stopping senator rand paul from digging in his heels about white house potential Hillary Clinton. In a general election were i to run, theres going to be a lot of independents and even some democrats who say, you know what, we are tiertd of war. Were worried Hillary Clinton will get us involved in another middle eastern war because shes so gung ho. The potential 2016 president ial candidate addressed the happenings in ferguson, his sour ri. And said race might not be a factor. Sports on this monday morning. Sam bradford is out for the season after retearing the same acl that side lined him back in 2013. An mri revealed that cam newton suffered a hairline fracture in his ribs. The panthers are confident hell be ready to play. The mets pull off a triple play against the dodgers getting the forced out at second and first. Yusiel puig is caught trying to steal home. At the Little League world series, Jackie Robinson team fell to the south korean team. South korea took an early lead. Chicago made a late rally but they came up short. South korea wins it 84 ending an 110 season. The cubs tweeted congrats to Jackie Robinson west. One heck of a run. We are proud of you. The white sox tweeted this. Congratulations on a great season. The bulls tweeted, thank you, jrw. You have made chicago proud. And president obama even phoned the team to congratulate them on how well they represented the city of chicago. Phoenix mercury star Brittney Griner made wnba history today. She scored the first ever dunk in wnba playoff history. Beautiful, right . She went on to score a career high 21 points. She helped the mercury flames pass the l. A. Sparks 9368. From sports to weather we go. Tropical storm cristobal is on the way. How concerned should we be . We were very concerned. 5050 it could hit the u. S. This storm should have no direct impact on the southeast. It is affecting the turks and caicos and bahamas. It has winds of 50 miles an hour. North and northeast paralleling the course and away from the coast. Heres the brand new forecast. It does become a hurricane on wednesday. It will be somewhere close to east of bermuda. Shouldnt have direct impact on that island. Its in the open atlantic. We are looking good for the last week in august. Blistering hot across the country. Yesterday it was hundreds in areas from texas 167. 102 yesterday. It will stay hot out there. It looks like it wont cool off in the midwest. The northeast will get a little warmer after a cool weekend. Bill, thank you very much. From santa to dinosaurdinosaurs. The fbi is getting all the details on the breach of a u. S. Air liner. Youre watching first look on msnbc. Can this decadent, fruit topped pastry. With indulgent streusel crumble, be from. Fiber one. New fiber one streusel. Thank ythank you for defendiyour sacrifice. And thank you for your bravery. 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The pilot told passengers there was, quote, a Security Breach in the cargo section. It was carrying 179 passengers and 6 crew members. One passenger said they were put on buses and belongings searched by dogs. In new york city a 24yearold man was arrested for climbing to the top of the bridge and taking photos. Actor director Richard Attenborough has died. His career spans 60 years. In the 90s he appeared in the dinosaur thriller, jurassic park. He earned an acclaim as a director for the 1982 film gandhi beating out e. T. This year. Lord Richard Attenborough was 90 years old. Dreamers corner congressman paul ryan. The little rock pearl and the Koch Brothers may be more famous than any other politician. Up next on scrambled politics. Clinically proven as effective as brushing. Ok, here you go. Have you ever seen a dog brush his own teeth . The twist and nub design cleans all the way down to the gum line, even reaching the back teeth. 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I appreciate it. Thanks, guys. I want you to read the book. I read the book. Read the book. Vice President Joe Biden and rob emmanuel have a date today at a place called the little black pearl. The reason the former white house colleagues will be talking about raising the minimum wage. Writer connie brook talks about the history of a packs political influence and the influence on the obama administration. And the outrageous spending by conservative groups during the 2012 election cycle made the Koch Brothers a household name. They will be featured during this mid term cycle. Politico says theyre in groups like league of conservation voters who are attacking the billionaires. Americans for pros ferret, one of the groups sponsored by the Koch Brothers, is set to spend a jaw drapg 290 million mostly in ads. Governor rick perry is turning a nightmare into a campaigning tactic. Hes selling tshirts with his mug shots wanted and for securing the border and on the back, take a look, a picture of the District Attorney with the words guilty. That is your morning dish of scrambled politics on this monday. A work week. A lot of politics to digest. Im joined by david nakamura. Hi, frances. Meet the press labeling Hillary Clinton as a war hawk. If she runs some worry that shell get the mid east involved in another war. If he runs against her, dems should be afraid. Is he right . As president obama struggled a little bit on Foreign Policy in the middle east and eastern europe, most of the sort of wouldbe candidates in 2016 like Hillary Clinton, like rick perry are saying America Needs to take more decisive action, more stronger action. Rand paul is saying the opposite. Polls say americans are war weary. He has to find his way through it before he gets to the other side. Weve seen them join him. Isis, a continuing threat and the war rhetoric continues here with supporters who want sobering descriptions of the threat. Mike rogers are saying theyre one plane ticket away from the United States. Now that hes back from vacation, whats the president s next move and if theyll target strikes on syria . The president came out after the execution of james foley and said the United States will come after these terrorists, these isis forces wherever they are, but he did not exactly say what hes going to do. I think the president s advisers are saying theyre looking at all sorts of options, perhaps extending the strength into syria which is the basis of isis operations, possibly using drone strikes to go after the leadership. The president has not embraced the tactics. It would be a big shift if he did. There will be some doubt hell do that. Whats next . This is a sophisticated group. Whether they come to the United States or not, the question is what will they do into iraq and advancing towards baghdad. Lets talk about Michael Browns funeral that will be held today. We saw eric holder there this week. No president obama in ferguson, missouri. What is the rationale behind that and what is at stake between the president going or not going. The president initially tried to deal with this and had to come out and make stronger statements. There are a lot of people who would like him to go and others believe it would polite size him and make it not about Michael Brown, the healing of the community. He sent eric holder in last week to take an assessment there which was an unprecedented step because theres an ongoing statement going on. Now youre seeing the secretary of the cabinet is going to go as a top official. Broderick johnson has done work with young africanamerican men and the issue is important to him. 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Hiphop has always presented a voice for the revolution. I want us all to take a moment of silence for mike brown and for peace in this country and in the world. Yeah. Yeah. Give it up. And after a 20minute amazing performance, a tearful queen b gets the biggest accolade of all. Blue ivy and dad jay z presented the Michael JacksonLifetime Achievement award. You saw the kiss. Isnt beyonce too young to get a Lifetime Achievement award . The divorce rumors, la, la, la. Tabloids. Im frances riff vera. This is first look on msnbc. Way too early with Thomas Roberts starts right now. Good news. An american held whohostage in syria is set free. They have i. D. Ed the man who killed james foley. Californias napa valley remains in a stat of emergency and in recovery mode after a 6. 0 earthquake. And a big night for musics biggest as far as at the vmas, but it was queen b and the carters who stole the show. They put the divorce rumors to rest. The must see almost total wardrobe malfunction of nicki minaj. This is way too early. Hey, everybody. Good morning. Im Thomas Roberts. It is monday, august 25th. Welcome to way too early. According to one person on twitter, the black is slimming on some. Very nice. Yes. Thats why we wore gray. We have a very busy show to get to. We want to start off with our lead story. There is very good news. An American Writer is freed after being kidnapped nearly two years ago in syria. Cutter represented with this release of peter theo curtis. Curtiss family says money did not change hands in this. The 45yearold was being held captive by the nusra front. British Officials Say they have i. D. Ed the islamist militantho