Well be live at the courthouse. Monkey in the middle. An unusual court 3w59 battle, who owns the rights to this photo. The man that puts man against beast. From 95 nbc news, this is matt lauer and samantha guthrie. Good morning, welcome to today on a thursday morning. Can we see that monkey picture one more time . I like a present with a package, a smile like that. Beyond a reasonable doubt of adorabl adorableness. Our top story is the weather, al, as you well know, those dual hurricanes barbieing down on hawaii. Only three have made landfall since 1950. Lets go to Jacob Rascone on hilo the big island, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning, two hurricanes unprecedented backtoback. The outer edges of the first to hit only hours away. On the main island the most urgent storm prep. The hurricanes now only hours. There are long lines at cost co. Apparently theyve run out of water and toilet paper already. Shelves usually stocked with water now emthe i. Get the basic necessities, canned goods, batteries. Reporter some tourist hope to simply ride out the storm. I believe half is going to pull through im not worried. Reporter the last time a hurricane paid landfall in half was more than two decades ago, the category 4 leveled more than 1,000 homes and killed six people. Hurricane iselle is expected to slam into the island thursday night with winds up to 90 Miles Per Hour. In less than 48 hours later, an equally strong hurricane julio. A lot of heavy rain will fall significantly. An unprecedented double threat that hits thousands of vacationers, more than a million halfens used to hang loose, hunkering down and holding on tight. The governor of hawaii has issued an emergency proclamation, schools on the main island and maui will be closed and every island going into effect later this morning. Al. Thank you so much. Stay safe. Make sure you and your crew are hunkered down tonight t. First time in 31 years, we have seen two hurricanes threatening the island, julio is back east. One were concerned is iselle. 405 miles east. 90mileperhour winds, its strengthened a little bit. We have hurricane warnings and Tropical Storm warnings and as we move out to kaui we are talking about Tropical Storm watches. Heres why things havent weakened. We are talking water temperatures in the low 80s. To the north, its in the 70s thats the cooler air. Right now it looks like it will come on storm as a category one storm. That means trouble. We are talking about up to a foot of rain, 12 to 16foot waves, storm surge, then we got julio behind it, even if it stays to the north, eastern edges of the islands will see strong winds and more rain. So backtoback storms really an unprecedented, its not unprecedented, it certainly has not happened in a long time. Theyre going to be dealing with a lot of flooding, especially in the mountainous areas there. Keep an eye on it. Thank you, al the World Health Organization is Holding Another Meeting this morning to discuss the Ebola Outbreak. This as the cdc increases its response to the highest level. Dr. Nancy snyderman has more. Good morning. Yes, the cdc has ramp etted up its warning level. Now this is the longest and deadliest Ebola Outbreak in history. While normally contained, this one popped up in enough countries now we are talking about it as a global threat. In geneva this morning, an emergency meeting of the World Health Organization as experts determine whether the Ebola Outbreak now qualifies as a Public Health emergency. This as the Cdc Emergency Operations Center elevates its response to the highest levelful level one, reallocateing staffers to focus on containing the outbreak, now focuses where the w. H. O. Reports over 900 people have died from the disease. The outbreak started in march in guinea, moving on to libberia and sierra leone then jumping to lagos, a major Population Center and an International Travel hub. Ebillion las reach extends beyond south africa. A patient died wednesday after traveling back fromcy rfrom sierra leone. They are now receiving treatment in the u. S. And a spanish missionary priest who tested positive for ebola was medevaced from liberia to spain. In atlanta dr. Kent brantley and naensz riichbold remain at emory hospital. They are on two sides of emorys isolation unit. Doctors clang into protective gear and family members are able to visit through the glass. One day after the ambulance ride seen around the world, kate snow rode in the vehicle used to transport them both with lead parra medic gail stallings. Reporter the two patients, did they talk to you . They did. They were both talking to us. I think we had this image they were going to be unconscious. I think thats the biggest misconception with so much of it. We assume in the movie can the contact and outbreak. We assumed these near zombie people that will take over the world. Its not close to that. Reporter paramedics says she wore several protective layers, clothing, a hazmat suit, a face maveng and another nonpermeable layer. The ambulance, itself, was lined with plastic, later removed an incinerated before the entire vehicle was decon tam nated for the farrah medics, transporting the two patients was a part of the job. For us, this is what we do. This is what we train for. This is our job. This is one of those times i think people can be proud for the centers or Disease Control. The American Government has stepped up and the cdc has globally orchestrated the response. The reason the level is to get people and supplies to the affected area. If you can put out this wildfire with key stop this. Right now, we are seeing sparks pop up around the world. Thats what has everyone talking. The cdc is raising the level to respond world wide. It pulls people off the teams and says ebola is yourowell put influenza on the back burner for now. Secretary of state john kerry has arrived in afghanistan this morning for an unannounced visit. He will press the feuding president ial candidates to end their dispute over june Election Results and form a new government. Kerrys visit comes two days after major army general harold green was killed in afghanistan by an afghan soldier. General greens body arrived if delaware. Bank of america is getting ready to fork over some big bucks as a part of the largest federal settlement in u. S. History. Cnbcs Courtney Reagan joins us to break it all down. Good morning. Reporter good morning, cnbc reports bank of america will pay up to 17 billion to settle a Justice Development probe it sold toxic mornings. Details need to be work out. Reports say banc of america will pay a cash penalty of 9 billion. The rest will go towards helping struggling homeowners. The reportedly comes after a phone call last week between banc of america ceo brian money hasnt and attorney general eric holder. Its an agreement in principle. It would be the largest settlement to arise. Courtney, thank you. Edward snowdens lawyer says the nsa whistleblower has been granted permission to stay in russia three more years, meantime, russia is fighting back in response to sanctions imposed by the United States. Russia has a list of Agricultural Products it is banning for a year him it includes meat, pork and vegetables. The sanctions were imposed for the separatists support if eastern ukraine. Today an army investigator is expected to finish questioning Bowe Bergdahl in afghanistan. Gabe gutierrez is in san antonio, texas. Gabe. Good morning. Reporter natalie, good morning. Sergeant bergdahls Attorney Says his client has waived his right to remain silent and is cooperating actually, apparently eager to share his side of the story. Hes apparenttally eager to share his side of the story and get this off his chest. This morning, sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is preparing to wrap up his first formal meeting with an investigator. I think it was important and useful for him to be able to tell his own story. Not have it told for him by anyone else. Reporter Eugene Bergdahl says he was read his rights, but bergdahl answered every question for almost nine hours. This was really a conversation. I think much of it was narrative on sergeant bergdahls part. Reporter bergdahl was swamped more than two years ago for might have militantles held at guantonomo bay, Major General kenneth dahl is questioning. Among the questions he asked his fellow platoon mates, what events led to his leaving, what was his intention . Twrfs he going . When a case involves National Policy concerns as well as serious legal concerns during a time of war, it is significant that a Major General is involved in an investigation for the government. Reporter an interview, bergdahls Attorney Says it should take a few hours after its over, bergdahl, the investigating general, its up to him to recommend whether berg dull will be charged. Natalie, that recommendation could come later this month. All right. Thank you. The 62 yoormtdyearold woman who snuck on to a Southwest Airlines flight says her stow away days are over. She pleaded no contest after successfully boarding a flight from san jose to los angeles. He says what she did was wrong. Hartman has been caught at least six other times trying to sneak on to flights. A judge sentenced ler to two years of probation. And speaking of stow aways, theyre back. Someone wanted writers creating big problems this time again. The new york city subway system, the bedbugs were discovered on another least three subway cars. The cars have since been taken out of service for fumegation. According to reports, some of the bugs were found in seat cushions in train cabs used by conductors. So it looks like the bedbugs found a way to escape the hotel rooms, do a little sight seeing. Go owl about manhattan. Theyre not wasting energy, theyre taking mass transit. Thats true. Lets show you what we got happening today for our friend out west. Seattle, you got fog this morning. 77. Medford 91, denver, a beautiful day, 83, sun 15, 105 in phoenix, l. A. , a high of 73 degrees, big storms firing up right now in the midMississippi River valley, getting ready to hit st. Louis. A gorgeous day in the northeast. Look for hit or miss showers and thunderstorms. We will get to your local thunderstorms coming up in the next 30 seconds. Nds. And low clouds to start the morning around San Francisco. Clearing around lunchtime with 84 in san jose. 90s closer to saratoga. Low 70s closer to San Francisco. Upper 70s in oakland. And low 90s midland around the trivalley and temperatures here for the trivalley warming up into the low 90s next couple of days and turning cooler for the second half of the weekend as the sea breeze picks up and sunday and might be monsoon moisture coming in for showers in the hills around monday afternoon. And thats your latest weather. 3 c3 detroit, buenos dias. The question is whether it was murder, manslaughter or selfdefense. I wasnt going to have it come in my house. I wasnt going to be a victim. Reporter prosecutors say hes guilty for the murder of raneisha mcbride. There was no evidence she was armed. She was a young girl looking for help. Reporter his attorney say he felt threatened, awakened in the middle of the night by loud banging on the door, he feared for his life and couldnt call his cell phone to call 911. Reporter when officers arrived shortly before 5 00 a. M. , they found the 19yearold dead unarmed and shot in the face. An autopsy shows she was drunk and high at the time. Prosecutors say she suffered a concussion hours earlier when she drove into a parked car several blocks away and was looking for help. Do you you feed a minute, mrs. Mcbride . No. Reporter she told jurors even drunk she wasnt violent and called her, her baby girl. She sleeps with me. Reporter prosecutors say he was paranoid after recent vandalism in his home. Cuts show he was right to think someone was trying to be right back in. I knew i had to get my gun. Reporter he says he regrets shooting and thinks of mcbride and her family every day. This poor girl, she had her whole life in front of her. I took that from her. Reporter his Attorney Says her client is numb, that he wants this night player to end, if convicted, he could face life in prison. All right, peter alexander, thank you very much. Copyright. Nbcs keir simmons has the latest. R0678 good morning, this is one of those stories that isnt easy to tell with a sfrait rate is face a. Beautiful photographer left his camera, got together with a bunch of upon can i, set his camera up. Got them to take photographs of themselves, now, seriously, there is a legal battle over who owns the photos, maybe for the one, maybe the monkeys. What a pick. Hold up, wait a minute. Look at the outstretched arm. This is a selfie . Oh, yes, my friend, monkeys have evolved i want to be like you i want to walk like you talk like you too reporter now they take i take selfies like you and i, which is why wikipedia is refusing to pay for these or take them down. If a monkey takes a photo, it doesnt have a right, it can be in the public domain. In law, if i have an assistant and they press the camera. I have the copywrite. I believe there is a case to be had the monkey was my assistant. Reporter the monkey may have legal standing and may have Ellen Degeneres to thank, this selfie last year they side with Bradley Cooper whose finger was on the shutter. Lawyers have a sense of humor about this matter. Its ra irto hear such money business like this it doesnt happen, animals rarely assert their rights to copywrites. Reporter zoologists are impressed. The monkey photographed herself. I think the money should go to her. Koalas, lemurs, not all have the tech fiocco, not all by rights soul be rich. Photographers are getting fed up with what they say as them being put out of work by tear pictures used and them not being paid. There is one individual who could clear all this up, but so far as we know right now the monkey isnt talking. Not yet. Got that smile down. Impressive, a monkey photo shopped herself. Kerr simmons, thank you. I think the best part of this whole experience has been you did not say the word selfie. No, i did not. Exactly. Im on a 30day jill martin detox. There is a dispute. If you ever want to get to it. Meanwhile, on facebook and all things social media, you have been talking about this monkeys selfie debate and for the record the selfie was not the only photo of the little monkey. This one is cute, too. So this morning, heres the big question. Camera owner own the selfie . Does the camera owner own the selfie . 84 of you said yes. 16 of you said no. Heres some of the tweets that have come in. Ed says i hope theres a session about the monkey copyright. Jil jules says, i like copywrite, i like monkey, it is an amusing day when you talk about a monkey selfie. What did he do . Took a picture of himself or herself. There you go. That is what happens there. Coming up, the Oscar Pistorius trial. Was he caught in lie after lie . Closing arguments finally began at that murder trial. We will be live at the courthouse. 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