And a thriller as the Major League Playoffs get under way. Good wednesday morning, everyone, im angie goff. It is here. The first confirmed ebola diagnosis in the u. S. A man is critically ill at a dallas hospital after visiting liberia. And now the scramble to figure out if he infected others. Nbcs jay gray is in dallas for us this morning. Reporter this morning the first patient diagnosed in the u. S. With the deadly ebola virus continues to receive treatment from a team of experts inside this dallas hospital. Our staff is trained and prepared to take care of patients with a variety of Infectious Diseases including ebola virus disease. Reporter they will have help from the centers for disease control. A medical team has been rushed to texas to assist in the treatment and track down and monitor the handful of people the patient had had contact with after flying from west africa on september 19th to visit his family in dallas. The bottom line here is that i have no doubt that we will control this importation or this case of ebola so that it does not spread widely in this country. Reporter ebola is not an airborne virus. Instead its transmitted by direct contact with blood or other bodily fluids from someone infected and already exhibiting symptoms of the disease. More than 6500 people have been diagnosed with ebola in africa. More than 3,000 there have died. Its a severe disease which has a high case fatality rate even with the best of care. But there are core triedandtry Public Health interventions that stop it. Reporter a procedure that for the first time has been used on an ebola patient diagnosed on american soil. Doctors here will not discuss their treatment protocol including any experimental drugs that the patient may receive during his stay here. That is the latest live in dallas. Im jay gray. Angie, back to you. Jay, thanks. Accused white house fence jumper Omar Gonzalez will face a judge later today. Now, at a previous hearing the judge ruled that hed be held without bail, but that could be revisited. Meanwhile, the secret service is under fire. The agencys director was questioned by lawmakers yesterday. At the same time, a new report says the secret Service Allowed an Armed Security contractor who had a criminal record into an elevator with the president on a recent trip to atlanta. Nbcs tracie potts is live from washington. And tracie, there on the hill, lawmakers, they dont seem the least bit satisfied with that hearing. Are we going to see more backlash today . Reporter well, we certainly could, angie. Good morning, everyone. And the interesting thing about that is its equal. Democrats, republicans seem equally outraged about this. And now were getting new information that three days before the president before his family, i should say, experienced that fence jumper, the president himself was at risk. I want to thank dr. Freeden and everybody here at the center reporter a New Washington post report said when president was at the cdc in atlanta, a security contractor with a criminal record and a gun was standing right next to him in the elevator and that the man was never screened. Dont let somebody get close to the president. I will make sure that it znlt happen again. Reporter this comes after a new report that the white house fence jumper was stopped by an offduty officer who just happened to be nearby. Director Julia Pierson admits agents did not follow protocol. I dont sense from you, director pierson, a sense of outrage about that. I wish to god you you protected the white house like youre protecting your reputation here today. Reporter Omar Gonzalez is in court today facing three counts for jumping the fence and making it all the way into the east room of the white house. Initially the secret service said he was stopped just inside the door. Were you lying to the american people, or were you misled by your own agents about where the intruder was tackled . The secret service is conducting an ongoing investigation. Tremendous restraint is not what were looking for. The message should be overwhelming force. Americans know that the next attempt to take the white house may not be by a crazed solo knifewielding veteran with ptsd. It could well be a planned attack from a terrorist organization. Reporter and theres another concern, too, that agents, the rankandfile, may be afraid to speak up to their superiors. Director pierson tells congress that is unacceptable. Well continue to follow it today. Angie. Tracie potts live from capitol hill, thank you. The mayor of Los Angeles Suburb was shot to death following an argument with his wife. According to officials, the mayor of bell gardens reportedly got into an argument with his wife. His 19yearold son tried to intervene. And after allegedly punching his son, Officials Say his wife got a gun and shot him several times. His wife was questioned but released late yesterday. The District Attorney will decide whether to press charges. Crespo and his wife were High School Sweethearts and married nearly 30 years. In california, two new laws get tough on guns and bags. First, firearms. Families can now ask a judge to remove guns from a relative deemed a threat. Theyll also be banned from buying them. And no more using these things, those plastic bags. Those are going to be phased out starting next summer. The change hits supermarkets first. Every year its estimated that californians tossed out 13 million plastic bags. In china, tension as national day which celebrates independence is honored. In beijing, it was business as usual. A flag was raised at tiananmen square. More than 100,000 were on hand. But a different scene in hong kong as a swell of protesters gathered. Prodemocracy backers surrounding the business hub there. Protesters gave the government until today to meet their demands, but leaders refused to budge. Growing outrage days before one of americas notorious convicted cop killers speaks to College Grads in vermont. Officials at Godard College say it was the students who selected jamal as their commencement speaker. He will give the speech this sunday via a prerecorded video. Abu jamal is serving life in prison for killing a Philadelphia Police officer in 1981. He fought for years against his original Death Penalty sentence. In 1996 he received a bachelor of arts degree from the private liberal arts college. Pennsylvanias u. S. Senator pat toomey called the colleges decision, quote, outrageous and users are giving the colleges Facebook Page onestar ratings. Theyre calling the move disgraceful and calling on the administration to resign. The future hall of famer hung up his cleats just days ago, and now in his first interview since retiring, derek jeter sat down with todays matt lauer. Youre two days into the rest of your life. So what was the first day like . I mean, obviously youre coming off the high of boston. But what was it like . Did you look around . Did you stand in your apartment saying now what . I did. I got nervous because i had to do this interview with you, so i tried to prepare myself. I dont know if i can ever prepare myself for this. The 40th interview weve done. Its funny because someone mentioned to me i went from an old amman in baseball to a young man in life, and i liked how that sounded. So i consider myself young again. Youll be able to see that exclusive full interview later this morning only on nbcs today show. And for a look at other sports, look who we have to go to. Our friend richard lui. Richard, a big night for baseball. Absolutely. Weird to see jeter out of uniform as he does count down those days. Good morning, angie. The postseason under way. The royals and as faced off in a doordie wild card game. Oaklands brandon moss exploding in the first inning with a tworun homer. Does it again in the sixth. Look at that one. That brings in three more runs to retake the lead, but the royals rally, send it into extra innings. In the 12th, after the as take an 87 lead, this. Gordon on deck. High chopper. Theyll never get him. Tie game. Now looking for a twoout hit. Into left field the Kansas City Royals wow yeah, the royals, 98 in that one, they advance to the a. L. Division finals on thursday. Protesting university of michigan students want their Athletic Director fired. Some also want the head coach, brady hoke, gone as well over shane morris who was put back in the game saturday despite showing signs of a concussion. It was later announced tuesday morris did not suffer a concussion. Michigan will now have a medical profession in the press box or video booth. The fcc considering a petition to ban the redskins name from public airwaves. A law professor says the name violates fcc rules indecent content akin to broadcasting obscenity. The fcc chairman saying there are a number of terms that became inappropriate over time and the redskins is included. Native americans and others consider the name a racial slur. Angie, back to you. Richard, thanks so much. Someone who lives in washington, this is a big, hot story. Oh, yeah. Its not going to end any time soon. Thanks. Nbc meteorologist bill karins is here. And bill, it we were talking about something thats just bee gipping, not ending. Oh, the winter. The winter. The brr factor, right . I know, ive got some pictures for you. Cool. The storm that just went through the rockies at the higher elevations, it came down. Although the leaves are still on the trees in the lower elevations, this was silverton, colorado. The ski patrol got their first run in of the season. Yes, ever so slowly, it is arriving. This morning, though, were worried about rain for your morning commute and getting through your day. Heavy rain over st. Joseph, missouri, will move to kansas city for the morning commute and des moines its raining now. It will rain all morning long. Its just about over with in omaha. Later today, thunderstorms, wind damage and large hail possible. Maybe even an isolated tornado or two. Missouri into areas of kansas including the kansas city area. And then tomorrow, a strong cold front blowing through the Central Plains into the Tennessee Valley will bring strong storms from chicago all the way down to houston. And then finally if youre in southern new england, youve been very dry through much of september. Were starting the first day of october with rain. 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And now branding experts are telling nbc that it could cause sponsors to back out. Phelps was arrested and charged with dui in baltimore late monday night after he was spotted driving 84 Miles Per Hour in a 45mileperhour zone. Phelps apologized to his fans on twitter, saying he was, quote, deeply sorry to everyone i let down. End quote. Police in arizona arrested this man nearly a month after this surveillance video. This camera on a bus captured him brutally beating the driver there. It all started when the passenger wanted to be let off naer a dry area away from pulgds and water and the driver refused. The driver did suffer a concussion, head and facial injuries and temporarily lost his hearing and vision. Latenight funny man jimmy kimmel is the most dangerous celebrity to search for online. Computer Security Company mcafee says a search for kimmel has a one in five chance of landing on a website that has tested positive for swiwapywarspyware,r malware. 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Two weeks after the white house fence jumper made news, there are now claims that this guy not only got into the white house, he actually made it as far as the east room. Yeah. Even crazier, theres also reports that president obama almost made it as far as the oval office the other day. Almost did i lose a golf ball in here . And with that, heres your hump day edition of scrambled politics. At the secret service, congressional hearing yesterday, one congressman had a simple solution to avoid some of the mistakes made in the 2011 white house shooting. Again, simple thing. If someone opens a window or a window is broken at my house, i have an alarm. Have you ever heard of these guys . Okay . This is its not very costly. You can subscribe, but that can be installed. Its a Simple Technology device. Wow. Well, featured on msnbc. Com right now, wendy davis goes on attack during final gubernatorial debate. Sparks flew as she squared off with republican greg abbott last night. Davis skewered him on issues like abortion and gay marriage. One of the biggest confrontations came when the state attorney general accused her of acting unethically. He insisted she personally profited when cabelas moved to fort worth when davis was a Council Member there. So you personally profited. You were able to mr. Abbott, i did not you are not telling the truth right now, and you know you are not telling the truth. I did not personally profit from that. A judge is telling former idaho senator larry craig to pay up for using Campaign Funds in an attempt to overturn a guilty verdict in the socalled widestance fiasco. It was 2007 when the married republican was arrested for lewd conduct in an airport restroom. The fine, 242,000. And there he is. Russias miss Emergency Situations Ministry 2014. Candidates are plucked only from that agency. Theyre evaluated on professionalism, fitness, individuality, creativity, and we think attractiveness has something to do with it. And thats your morning dish of scrambled politics. For more on the secret Service Security breach, im joined now by Chicago Sun Times reporter lynn sweet. Lynn, good morning to you. Good morning. So the secret service story, it just seems like it keeps getting worse. And as we watch these new Security Breach bombshells continue to drop, the big question this morning i think a lot of lawmakers and a lot of americans have is our president in danger . Well, i think the thing to remember is Nothing Happened in these other incidents. More than the fencejumping incident, the other revelation that happened in these string of stories is that he was in the elevator in atlanta with an armed with a Security Guard who had arms a gun on him and his detail didnt know it. Thats perhaps more serious. You know, during the testimony at the house hearing on tuesday, it did seem like there was some commonsense things that the secret service was not doing. You know, people in washington wonder just why isnt the fence higher around the white house . So i do think the president is safe because in the end, Nothing Happened. But on the other hand, you cant underestimate the seriousness of these breaches. Yeah, and lynn, when you mentioned that hearing, i want to touch on that because Julia Pierson who we just saw right there, Julia Pierson is in charge of the secret service. And you know, shes catching a lot of heat this morning because lawmakers didnt appear very satisfied with what she said. She didnt really answer the questions that they were asking her. A lot of them were yes or no, and it seems like she danced around them. Is this going to hurt her job . Is her job on the line . Shes new, so perhaps not. But i think her credibility already has taken a beating before the House Committee and oversight and government reform. Part of what she probably didnt realize is that she needed to show more overt concern than she did. You know, i dont know her. Maybe shes a very cool and collected person, but it was clear that what lawmakers want both democrat and republican is to show some, i guess, outrage at what happened on her watch. Yeah. With her saying shes taken responsityway from that hearing saying they just dont believe her. Thank you so much, lynn sweet. And just ahead, the uproar over caffeineinfused underwear . First buzz is next. No. In the basement. Why cant we just get in the running car . Are you crazy . Lets hide behind the chainsaws. Smart. Yeah. Ok. If youre in a horror movie, you make poor decisions. Its what you do. This was a good idea. Shhhh. Be quiet. Im being quiet. Youre breathing on me if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Head for the cemetery i know what my money is doing. I rebalanced my portfolio on my phone. You know what else i can do on my phone . Place trades, get free real time quotes and teleport myself to aruba. I wish. Welcome back. In your first buzz today, we are talking about caffeinatedinfused underwear. Why not . Well, this has been the news that its been marketed towards women, that its going to melt away the cellulite and the fat. Well, heres the skinny. The governments saying you got tricked. You got duped if you bought them. They do not work. Right now they are paying out 1. 5 million. Two companies are doing refunds for people that bought these. You mean you cant just lose weight by putting something on . No, unfortunately not. We actually have to move and exercise . The shapewear can squeeze you in an inch or two. Do you at least get the buzz from it . That would be nice. Speaking of more buzz oh, this is, you know, maybe a little controversy. If you are ever going to a high school lately, you can kind of get where they were going with this, but maybe they didnt do it in the right way. This is Devils Lake High School in north dakota. They have sent a message out, and theyve cracked down on no more yoga pants, no more skinny jeans and no more leggings. And heres the quote of the day. The assistant principal says the new dress codes a way to prevent distracting teachers and other students. Really. Thats creepy. Teachers . That whole statement. They could have left out the distracting the teachers. Exactly. What are the kids going to wear now . Theyll say it wasnt schoollike or something. Im angie goff, and this is first look. Way too early with Thomas Roberts starts right now. An individual traveling from liberia has been diagnosed with ebola in the united states. Ebola in america. The cdc announcing an infected patient is now being treated at a dallas hospital. What you need to know this morning. Under tough questioning, the secret Service Director says president obama is safe, but a new report shows the agency allowed an armed man with a criminal record in an elevator with the commander in chief. And on a lighter note, the blue phone is back for way too early to call. Your clue today, its a relief our guest is in the habit of waking up early for morning tv. Can you guess who she is . This is way too early jay litman with the best arm in the business. Hi, everybody, good morning. Im Thomas Roberts. It is wednesday, october the 1st. Welcome to way too early, the show that had a very hard time with todays riddle because our guest, he got too much fame. Get it . You dont get it . You will figure it out. He got too much fame. All right. So were going to get right to our top story today. It is the very latest on the first case of the ebola virus to be diagnosed here at home. At this hour, health Officials Say the unidentified patient is fighting for his life at a hospital in dallas. The cdc confirms the man tested positive for the virus but is unsure how he became infected. Now, he took a flight from liberia to dallas on september the 19th to visit family. Four or five days later, the man started to feel sick. Right t