The new black. But first, the nightline five. We unite the countrys coasts. We connect its people. And its business. We haul its goods. And carry its progress. Across 33,000 miles of the Great American landscape, youll see our neverending salute to a nation. Union pacific. Building america. Number one in just 60 seconds. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Youre about to meet a pregnant mom who is engaging in activities that her doctor cant be thrilled about. Its not like shes wrest. Ing alligators oh, wait. Thats exactly what shes doing. One of many now pushing the limits with potentially dangerous animals. But is it even more dangerous and unfair to the gators . Heres abcs gloria riviera. Reporter Martha Rivera calls herself a mini van mom with a twist. Soccer mom by day, alligator wrestler by night . Yes. Reporter that twist, something a lot of people are paying to see. If she misses up, her face will come off. Reporter martha is an alligator wrestler, performing even at seven m
A nurse in spain is the first women to get it outside of africa. President obama calls it a Top National Security prior to. The white house considering extra screening at u. S. Airports for passengers arriving from the hot zone. Tahman bradley has more. Reporter this morning, the first outside of africa. Tests confirm a nurse contracted the deadly virus. She was part of a medical team who treated missionaries who had become infected in west africa. Shes in isolation while authorities search for the people she had contact with. In dallas, thomas eric duncan, the first in the u. S. , remains in critical condition. They are administering a drug that at first he would have been sicker. If he took it first, i cant answer that. Reporter people monitoring contact with duncan, those likely it would start to show. Eight to ten days after the last visit. And mukpo is beginning treatment in an isolation ward. Hes strong and shares in the relief of the rest of his family he can come back for good
This after a few hours of scary moments this morning. Police were searching everyth g everything, every room, every closet to make sure that everything was safe. Beginning with the perimeter search around sergeant here with two bombsniffing dogs around the school. That really took the longest. That was about an hour and a half. But really, taking no risks after teachers found a note posted clearly in a hallway with a bomb threat this morning, around 8 00 this morning. They notified the principal who called police and fire, an assistant superintendent says its preliminary, but so far, looks like a student written note. This follows a bomb threat at lowell high. The same area weeks ago. Police are warning those who are responsible for writing threats that they are posing a real danger to countless people. What really drains resources of the Police Department and the Fire Department because we do have a lot of firefighters here that could be doing other things. Police officers, you know,
What may have saved lives. And piers morgan live since his cable show was canceled he is back on tv. He has a lot to say today, monday, october 6. 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on monday morning. Im matt lauer along with tamron hall in while savannah continues on maternity leave. We have Natalie Morales and al roker back. How was the trip . Humbling and we cannot give a great enough thank you to the men and women there protecting our freedom. A thank you to the folk that took part. Well see the video on tuesday. Start on a monday morning with our top story, concerns over ebola in america. A plane carrying ashoka mukpo working for nbc news in liberia made a refueling stop in maine. He will be treated for ebola at a hospital in nebraska. Were told that dr. Nanscy snyderman and her team feel fine. We have the latest and well talk to the director of the cdc live in a
Freeforall open gym that people dont have to pay a fee. Reporter but now the neighbors are complaining, saying visitors are showing up at all hours of the day and night, making noise, littering, and in some case, committing crimes. Councilwoman Madison Nguyen has a solution, especially because the developer wants to add more homes and more staircases, 28 staircases. We can somehow designate it as parkland where its only allowed to be open between sunrise and sunset, i think that will resolve the issue. Reporter a curfew, if you will on the grand staircase. That idea of the curfew will be taken up by the city council at the october 21st city council meeting. I spoke with the Police Officer who was in charge of patrolling this area on a paid situation by the hoa, the homeowners association. He says about 98 of the cases that he is here, everybody is calm, there are no crimes being committed. Ive gone about 15 times up and down the steps. I think im ready to call it quits. Damian, you loo