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Girls. Mack is back. One of the legendary pop band, Fleetwood Mack live on our plaza. Dont stop thinking about today, thursday, october 9, 2014. From nbc knew, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on a special thursday morning around here. Im willie geist, with Natalie Morales and al roker and tamron hall. Poor matt missing out today. This is what he waited for. Look at that crowd. It is huge. A little less than our one direction crowd but just as fervent and dedicated. This is huge, singing several songs. The question, how do you narrow it down . You can choose from 50 hits. What will they play . You have to wait to find out, but lets begin this morning with the reconcern over the ebola virus in the wake of the death of the first person in this country. Kate snow is in omaha where a patient from liberia is being treated. Reporter good morning, doctors here are hoping maybe ashoka mukpo, after a courageous fight, eric duncan is gone. Reporter people are gathering to mourn Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to die of ebola in the united states. His wish was to see his son he hasnt seen in 16 years. He died wednesday morning before his son could visit. Duncans dpi onsay and others are quarantined, the service live streamed so they can watch. They had to take special precautions with the bid. This morning, many are asking whether duncan had been aleave if he had been hospitalized the first time he showed up at the e. R. Including his fiancee. She felt he should have been admitted right away. Reporter with much of the community on edge, a sheriffs family served his family with the order, he said he felt ill. The risk is minimal but again we are talking all precautions. Starting next week in 92 new york, newark, authorities will take the temperature and ask questions of passengers coming in from three west african nations. So we are talking about for each airport, only a handful of people. Reporter but its not happening yet. A veterans customsosis at Newark Airport spoke to nbc news with his identity concealed. We dont have the proper safety. Officers done even have lysol and purell to use. Reporter a nurse contracting ebola was euthanized. The Spanish Government saying it didnt want to take chance, even though scientists are sure it does contain ebola. We reached out on what that longtime act said. They said agents will be responsible for identifying anyone who has potential symptoms and turning those people over to Health Professionals at airports for proper screening. Back to you. Kate snow, thank you. According to an nbc news survey conducted by survey monkey before the death of thomas erin duncan, 73 said they agree the u. S. Should start screening for ebola. That will now happen at five u. S. Airports. Tom costello covers aviation. Good morning. Flies to see you. They will screen people from those west african countries. Thats not how he got here. He went from dulles to brussels. How do we track these people . These five airports make up 94 they believe of the passengers transiting from west africa. Some will be coming from london or brussels, but they will be come nook newark, jfk, dulles, atlanta. They think that will be most of the passengers coming from that region. Now i step off the plane from west africa from that region, what does the process look like, what happens . You will be met by customs and control. Thats normal. You might be met by cdc personnel and coast guard personnel. I have a prop, to be candid with you, this is not exactly what they will be doing. They will take your temp. They will use a handsfree device. They will see, are you running a temp. You are about normal right now. Few had a 101. 5 and are symptomatic. They will ask you about your travel history, where have you been, have you been exposed to anyone with ebola. The problem is, if you dont have a temp, even if you have been exposed, your symptoms may not show up. They will ask you, keep an eye on your symptoms, if any develop over the next 21 days, then see a medical professional but also report yourself to the Health Department or the cdc. Its a bit of a hole in the system. We should point out in the survey we conducted. 51 of those surveyed are worried about an outbreak in the u. S. These procedures may not have prevented mr. Duncan, though, from entering the country . He showed up from damascus. If somebody shows up without a temperature and have been exposed to ebola, they may not become symptomatic in a couple of days. They want to point out that this will do as much as they can. Tamron. There are growing concerns this morning about isisinspired terrorism on u. S. Targets in canada and they could lead to increased security around public buildings there. Nbc correspondent Pete Williams las the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Health officials in canada say they are monitoring hundreds of people there who have either gone to syria and returned or who have tried and failed to make the trip. They have isis prompted attacks, a shooting attack, to unspecified beheadings. They stopped the potential Shopping Mall attack before it got anywhere. This increased concern is prompted in part by the vote in the cade parliament to join the coalition of nations in carrying out airstrikes against isis targets in iraq. While intelligence Officials Say some of the interceptions raise the possibility of both canadian and u. S. Targets in canada. They have not picked up any talk of coming to the u. S. To stage it here. Thank you very much, pete. Natalie is here with another shooting of a teenager sparking outrage. In st. Louis, another deadly officerinvolved shooting. Officials say an off duty officer working a private security job approached four men who ran from him. The officer then gave chase and caught an 18yearold and police say that man then fired shots at the officer who then returned fire killing the young man. After the shooting, a large crowd gathered at the scene to protest. The incident occurred on the eve of demonstrations scheduled to take place in nova Scotia Ferguson over the Fatal Shooting of Michael Brown two months agompblts another wildfire is sparking mandatory evacuations and has closed part of the interstate t. Applegate fire destroyed one home. Officials are calling it spishls. About 80 structures are threatened. Eastbound interstate80 is closed to traffic. The search is back on this morning for 24 missing passengers after a boat sank on the way to the wedding on the island of bali. 49 passengers, including a dozen wedding guests were on board at the time. Officials said the boat sank after amal function of the engine and water pump. Eight people have been rescued. The rescue was suspended wednesday night due to high waves there. A houston bus stop turned into a flood. The bus shelter and intersection were completely flooded in the middle of the afternoon commute. Not good timing. And the cat burglar caught on tape. Take a look at this under Surveillance Video from san jose, california. Now that is a Mountain Lion on top of that car. If you can see, it seems to be taking a look around. Neighbors believe the big cat came from a monita park. Residents there of course a little worried because a lot of people lost their dogs late at night. They dont want that Mountain Lion around. The good news is he is hot wired. A good security device to keep your car safe. We have flooding to talk about back to the southwest, remnants of simon. We also have another area. That is our top story today. We got the possibility of flash flooding in two areas. One in the rockies, one in the upper midwest, strong storms approaching, some really Severe Weather as we watch this area mark its way into the central rockies, amarillo, texas. We are watching strong storms. The heaviest activity right back through kansas city on into st. Louis. Denver will be looking at showers. Back to the mountains, you may see light snow, heavy rain and thunderstorms will continue. Here you go, you can see that activity getting itself back together, back in the plains, kansas city, on into cincinnati. Some areas may be looking at severe flooding. Anywhere one to two inches, denver, dodge city. As you get into the midwest, isolated areas of five inches. That can lead to signif bright sign today and the temperatures climb in the upper 60s and low 70s. A little breezy at times, winds to 20 miles an hour. A little chillier tomorrow as clouds move in. Later in the day, well likely see showers develop and steadier rainfall friday night and into saturday morning but well see sunshine saturday. Another round of showers possible later on sunday. And a warmup next week. Tuesday afternoon and partly sunny and 78 degrees. Have a great day. Thanks, a lot. A 63 gathering of key owners and commissioner Roger Goodell. They are working on a new strategy to deal with cases like ray rices. Today National Correspondent craig melvin is here. Good morning. Good morning. This is the first time all the owners have met with the commissioner since he admitted he mishandled that case with former Baltimore Ray rice. On the same day goodell met with his bosses, another star running back was facing a judge. Nfl owner and commissioner Roger Goodell huddled up. We wont let bitter get perfect. Owners are considering who should conduct investigations, Law Enforcement or independent agents. How to handle players awaiting a trial and who house is discipline players . Its been goodell. That could change. How valley it under the new plan that your power to discipline unilaterally . Well, i said everything is on the table. Reporter nfl owners also watched 40 minutes Domestic Violence video. Think about the women in your life. The women that you love. Reporter the nfl can lead on this issue. I think the nfl has a dominant position to put its stake in the ground and make a difference. Reporter as owners and the commissioner met in a manhattan hotel. Minnesota viking star Adrian Peterson answers charges of negligence recklessness to a child. They say he beat his 4yearold with a tree branch. He can publicly defend himself. I urge all of to you wait. Dont rush to judgment. Reporter peterson still draws his 691,000 a week salary but they are trying to force the team to put him on leave. As to the leak, commissioner goodell hopes to have that first conduct policy in place by the super bowl. Lets hope all these meetings lead to real change. If are you an at t wireless customer, you could have money coming your way. The company will pay 105 million to settle allegations it put unauthorized charges on cell phone bills. Nbcs National Correspondent Peter Alexander has the latest for us. Good morning. So this has to do with those tech messages that pop up on your phone and come out of nowhere, hor ro scopes, siems celebrity gossip. It turns out you may have been paying for them, too. Todays cell phone bill can be as long as they are confusing. Not reading that fine print could cost you. Maybe youve heard this. And received a text message like this and this is a real example. The placement of a donkeys eyes on its head enables it to seal all four feet at all time. Random, right . They say at t customers were build for unsolicited tech through spam to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. They call this craming. Yes. That means placing charges, cramming charges on bills that you dont know are there. Now, at t will pay 105 million in penalties, including 80 million for unlawful billing where the fee shows up as an unauthorized 9. 99 monthly description. At t says it discontinued billing for those charges last year. Aare currently checking tmobile for the same thing. Reporter you never checked your bill . No. Reporter do you think maybe you should . Yeah, i should. You may get a spam message and be inclined to ignore it. Thats a big mistake. You should probably run your computer and check your bill. Reporter he says look for vague terms like usage or Service Charge or 4. 99 or 999 and check your total bill. If its higher than usual, calm your provider and make sure you didnt get crammed. So if you have at t and you think you may have been unfairly charged, the federal government has set up a special website where you can apply for a refund. To make it easier for you, we posted the link to this site on our site at today. Com. Willie, tamron. Thank you so much. We were all saying its so difficult to read through your bill. Like you said your bill is online. Its even harder. It is really agra 58. The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced tomorrow. Leading the field of two potential winners are two different world figures, nbcs kir simmons has more on this story. Good morning. Reporter according to odds maker, tomorrows announcement is pope frances and unlikely company, his biggest challenger is said to be Edward Snowden. Pope frances would be the first pontiff in history to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In his 18 months as pope, conflicts of syria and iraq. In july, appealing tearful, he urged an end to war. He actually said, stop, just stop. It was really totally unscripttured and passion fat. Reporter on a trip to the holy land, he urged juice and palestinians to make peace. Humbly, he famously paid his own hotel bill. While some say he hasnt fully addressed the abuse scandal, he has reached out to the young and the poor. Reporter the pope has held our position of solidarity with the poor, solidarity marginalized. In a deeper sense, a common responsibility in the world. Reporter another peace prize nominee Edward Snowden would be deeply divisive despite his claim that leaking nsa secrets was good for the world. Its actually not just costing us our safety about our life and our way of life. Reporter he is still viewed as a criminal by the u. S. Government live income asylum in russia. Speaking of russia, another surprise name on the list, Vladmir Putin nominated to fight the war if you crane and shooting down ms17. Another reason he soon may be named one of the worlds great peace makers. Now, of course, you could argue calling for peace is the popes job, but during the very, very difficult time, guys, pope frances has spoken out again and again. What a fascinating collection of people. Thanks, so much. If you bought a red bull over the last decade or so, you could have money coming your way. Carson is here. Fleetwood mack, you saw this before the magic. Give me ten minutes. It will get better. You are right, red bull halls agreed to pay check this out 13 million after consumers claimed false advertising. Lets go into the o. R. What . Thats right. The company promised increased performance and reaction speed, none of which they experienced after drink a red bull. Red bull maintains that its marketing and labeling have always been truthful. Heres the slogan, red bull gives you wings. Social media had fun with that. Hey red bull, i drank some red bull, it gave me wings, for the problem. So victor writes in, for the sake of humanity, i hope this red bull Class Action Lawsuit settlement is satire. Heres the deal, it is not. If you had one between these days, you can get 10 in cash by filing a claim online or go to the site. It crashed last night as you can imagine, everybody is going there trying to get their 10 or 15 in products. Thats on you. Any other slogans you think are misleading. Orange room. Its the greatest thing in the morning. I got one in its a wonderful life. Every time you hear a bell ring, an any gel gets its wings. Are you on your own with that one, al. How do you prove it . If i had one in 2003, how do i prove that happened . Willie the time in the o. R. Is up. Back to you. All right. Were not here to answer questions. Get out of here. If i had a case a day. Stop drinking the thing. I think its a one time 10, one time and you are out. Coming up, the new accusations being traded between Steven Collins and his estranged wife. This is a disturbing story. 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