Rare and revealing interview. Brad pitt and Angelina Jolie sitting down together to talk about sharing the screen, their family and her Difficult Health decisions. Its just another one of those things in life that makes you tighter. She was doing it. Or her kids and doing it for her family so she had so we could be together which was trumped everything and anything. And crowning achievement. Inside corner. The royals 2015 world champions kansas city pulls off another stunning comeback to win the world series, a title thee decades in the making giving fans a reason to say all hail the royals today, monday, november 2nd, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and studio 1a in rock fler plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a monday morning, a sad day in new york and joyous mornin g out in kansas city. For everybody who watched the world series, it was on late and what a comeback. Cant blow leads in the ninth inning. Much more on the came coming up in a little while as we congratulate the royals, but lets start with our top story on this monday morning. What caused the plane to break up over egypts splinlsa killing ale 222 people on board. A top official with the airline is out with headlinemaking claims this morning. Nbc global correspondent bill neely is in cairo. Bill, a can you tell us. Reporter good morning, matt. We know now that there was no distress call from the pilot and that the plane broke up midair. Beyond a lot of theories and very few facts. The kremlin says terrorism cannot be ruled out and the airline says a mechanical impact s the cause. What does that mean . Its a mystery above all for all the relatives for all the those on board. Coming home on a plane in a into their home city, the bodies of 144 people who left russia for vacation in egypt. This is where they died, but why is still a mystery. The debris so scattered investigators say the plane broke up in midair. The tail found three miles from the cockpit amid the poignant reminders of the lives lost. They are searching for clues and ruling out nothing. One of the things that you cant rule out at this time is whether or not there was an explosive device of some sort on the aircraft. Reporter a Group Affiliate with isis said they downed the plane, but their claim has been dismissed by russian and egyptian officials. The airline says no technical fault could have caused the crash, only a mechanical impact on the plane could have caused but the jet had an accident once before. Its tail damaged landing in caopiro 14 years ago. It passed inspection six months ago in ireland. The airline says the incident didnt affect the planes safety. In st. Petersburg a second day of mourning. They know russian Charter Airlines have a poor safety record, but they know, too, their country is bombing syria s and they have been the victims of terrorism before. So for now all eyes are on the black box flight recorders recovered from the scene. They are ilk examined in cairo. The voices and data on those most likely to unlock this mystery. And although terrorism isnt tabeing rul out, officials here in cairo and in russia say the most likely cause is a technical or mechanical failure that caused that catastrophic breakup. Meanwhile here in cairo, the bodies of more of the victims are being returned to their families in russia today. Matt, savannah . Bill neely in cairo on this story, bill, thank you very much. Now to the race for the white house. An upheaval within the Republican Party. Sidestepping the rnc, the campaigns came together for a closeddoor meeting and agreed on a list of future demand for a future debate. Well talk about the impact of an already wild race in a Movement First to nbcs Peter Alexander for the details. Peter, good morning. Reporter that list of demands will be sent to the tv networks hosting the upcoming tv debates by the end of the day tomorrow. To be very clear, an unprecedented meeting with the campaigns grabbing back the reins pushing the Republican National committee aside even as the rnc tried to end any revolt, announcing its own new point for debate negotiations. It may be one thing all 14 republican president ial campaigns can agree on. They are frustrated with the current debate system and Going Forward want more control. These debates are to highlight the differences in philosophy between the candidates. I know that harry truman couldnt get elected president with explaining United States of Americas Health care plan in 30 seconds. Reporter after last weeks widely criticized cnbc debate, the rnc suspended next februarys nbc news telemundo debate. Following a nearly threehour closed door meeting late sunday without the rnc in attendance, both compromise and disagreement. Sources attending the meeting tell nbc news the Bush Campaign wanted the Spanish Language telemundo debate reinstated by a representative for donald trump threatened t boycott this. Draft letter obtained by nbc news shows some of the campaigns demands. Both opening and closing statements. Equal time or equal questions to each candidate. Another requirement,andidates may not be asked to raise their hands to answer a question. And while the debate may be heated, the room has to be kept cool, below 67 degrees. Top republican lawyer ben ginsberg. M i mean, what happened happened, and so you often have to make course corretions, and now its time to make a course correction. Reporter meanwhile, after last weekss uninspired debate performance, jeb bush is vowing to step up his game. Look, i know ive got to get better doing debate, and i i may im a grinder. I mean, when i see that im not doing something well, then i reset and i get bet sneer but for now hes sticking to his guns, again attacking protege turned rival marco rubio for his poor Senate Attendance record. If youre elected to serve, you should show up and vote. Reporter rubio again refusing to take the bait. I haver tremendous admiration, i said that at the debate. Right. Youre never going to hear ye bad mouth him. Reporter theres real urgency here. The next debate is now just eight days away. The trump and carson campaigns, of course, may have the most leverage. Together they combine for a majority of republican support as trumps rep told the room, according to sources inside, we dont want anyone on stage because all they do is take potshots and throw punches at mr. Trump, and i dont need that. Matt and savannah. Lets bring in nicolle wallace, msnbc analyst and former White House Communications director for george w. Bush. Good morning. Getting fun. I know. Just fascinating the dynamics here, so the candidates versus Republican Party leaders, right. Whats really going on. A vote of no confidence in the rnc. A wish to return to the way it used to be. The campaigns used to have a greater say and certainly in the general election and you guys know this. In the general election both campaigns, the republican and the democrat negotiate through their Debate Commission directly with the networks so this is this is a smart move by the campaigns to try to have more say but the notion that you can get a frontrunner Campaign Like donald trump and an underdog Campaign Like bobby jindal to want and need the same things out of the debates is where they are going to go astray. Yet, even as you say that i kind of expected to wake up this morning to some stunning demands. Right. Gamechanging demands. Right. Thermostats. These are tweaks. Yeah. But heres the thing. Were sort of talking around the edges of it. At the core is a massive generational distrust with the Mainstream Media and it bubbled over in the debate last week and ted cruz on the stump in iowa this weekend talked about a litmus test that ive never heard before in my life. He said no one should moderate a gop debate who doesnt plan tot vote in a gop primary. Or hasnt. I dont know how they would ever enforce that and to me where republicans need to be careful is these debates are serving a lot of the candidates very well and in my life ive never seen more republicans on the airwaves of Mainstream Media outlets from town halls and late night and daytime and taking great advantage. Isnt the bottom line, blaming the media is a longtime Winning Strategy . It is because you can always find an example where its legitimate and where they have to be careful is not to overplay this hand because they are the party behind them. Chris christie says, on the other hand, if you cant handle a couple of tough questions or even what seemed like biased questions, how are you going to take on a general election against someone like hilg hill . Thats right. Hillary clinton clints folks are saying we dont get any favors from the media so the frustration goes both ways but republicans are hoping to bring it back to more even footing. By the way, speaking of politics lester holt will have an excluszive interviewhwith the president on nbc nightly news and more of that interview tomorrow on today. More information on that u. S. Cargo ship that sank e t of the bahamas during hurricane joke i dont know. Th ntsb says the ship appears to have landed upright on the ocean floor. Images captured by sonar appear to show the el faro in about 15,000 feet of water. Remotecontrolled subs will now dive almost three miles down to confirm those findings. 33 crew members died after that disabled ship vanished on october 1st. And now to that dramatic finish of the wor. D series overnight. Kansas city royals captured the teams first title in 30 years, and willie is here with all the highlights. Wow. Good morning, guys. They did it again. W york mets starting pitcher matt harvey shut down the royals for eight innings, and as he walked to the mound to finish the game in the ninth, it looked as though the series would head back to kansas city for game six, but then as they have done time and again in these playoffs, the royals rallied. Another night, another comeback. Unbelievable base running by eric hosmer has tied it kansas city tying the game with two runs in the top of the ninth inning. The royals have fought back the entire postseason. Then three innings later the royals rallying once again. Colon delivers into left to take the world series title. Inside corner. The royals 2015 world champions. For fans in kansas city it was a w ld series win 30 years in the makisg. I kept saying to everybody dont count them out. Its exciting. More exciting this time. Lets go, royals. Because all the young fans get a chance to see a win after all these years. While back in new york mets fans were stunned. Im a little disappointed. Its tough to be a mets fan today. Kansas city came back in all four of its world series wins, including after game one on tuesday, briefly went dark twice because of technical difficulties. We have lost we have lost our picture. Hi. Were having some technical difficulties. The royals went on to tie that game in the bottom of the ninth inning, eventually winning in the 14th. The royals win game one last night they went 12 innings, setting up mets fans for another heartbreaker. Theres always next year. World champions. While in kansas city the royals are the kings of baseball. We are the champions that party is probably still going on. Theres a parade now scheduled for tomorrow in kansas city for the World Series Champions. New york city talk radio, sports is always exciting. This morning its going to be a little more so because. Decision that mets manager Terry Collins made to send harvey out for the night. Harvey asked for the ball and collins gave it to him and that will be talked a lot. Between that and the giant Football Game. They will be going on. A lot to talk about. Oh, my gosh. Willie, thank you. In other news this morning, an e. Coli outbreak has closed dozens of chipotle restaurants on the west coast. So far at least 22 people have become sick, but Health Officials are expecting that thumb to grow while officials are investigating. 44 stores have been closed as a result. Officials believe the source is likely a fresh food product that was shipped to the stores. All right. Let us get a check of the weather. Weve got a warm week in store here in the east. Mr. Roker. We do. First weve go the to get through really wet weather, and, boy, has it been raining all take a look at video. Crazy stuff. Flooding, all kinds of problems. We dont have that video. Okay. Lets just go to the maps and now we do have the video. You can see amazing rescues that took place all weekend long, upwards of 20 inches of rain falling in that area. The good news is its done. The bad news is its moving on to the southeast. Atlanta, probably going to be airport delays in there, and, in fact, well be looking at flash flood watches and warnings stretching from florida all the way into North Carolina as the morning wears on. This pushes through during the afternoon on into the evening hours and on into tuesday morning. Locally heavy downpours. Atlanta, charlotte, montgomery, alabama, all being affected. Rainfall amounts between today and tomorrow, were talking about upwards of 3 to 4 inches locally between georgia and on into North Carolina. The heaviest rain will be between 8 00 and 3 00 this afternoon. Thats whats going on. Were going to get to your local fore attention kmart shoppers bluelight specials are back every single store. Were realigning the famous blue beacon of savings. Now we could tell you when, but wheres the fun in that . Freebie saturdays are here. Grab the kids and get here early for the freebie fun. Because when theyre gone. Theyre gone. Attention kmart shoppers. Welcome back . Starting out in the low to mid50s in and around the city. Cooler suburbs. Larchmont at 47 degrees. 49 in sussex. Near 40 up in poughkeepsie. Day planner, lots of clouds. Theyll thin out at times for filtered sunshine by noontime. 64 at that point. Look for a high of 66. Even warmer yet tomorrow with more sunshine. Same for wednesday. 70 tomorrow, 72 wednesday. Late clouds thursday, showers late at night. Cooling off for the weekend. Thats your latest weather. Matt . All right. A tha w you very much. Want to talk about a loss being felt across washington and also in hollywood this morning. Natalie has more on that. Hi, good morning, guys. Former senator and republican president ial candidate and actor Fred Thompson died on sunday at age of 73 following a tenyear battle with lymphoma. Born in alabama, thompson first made headlines as an investigator during watergate. The but on january 21st dominating Senate Hearings as minority council. Are you aware of any devices that were installow in the executive Office Building office of the president . Yes, sir. Ea from there he worked as an attorney and lobbyist. It was when he was asked to play himself in a movie based on a highpro le whistleblowing case that a new passion emerged,wacting. Standing at over 65, thompson began a goto for authorities for the hunt for red october. Keenior captains dont coming to this decision without having thought it through. In 1972 heawas elected to u. S. Senate taking al gores seat when he became vice president. After nine years thompson left the senate returning once again to acting, starring as District AttorneyArthur Branch on nbcs law order. We cant let a criminal extort his own freedom. After five years on the iconic show, thompson jumped back into politics in 2007. Im running for president of the United States. All right. There you have it. His president ial bid was unsuccessful, but his influence, fwhoet hollywood and in washington, still looms c large. Wawith news of his passing, politicians an actors feeted their condolences overnight. In a statement thompsons family said, quote, he enjoyed a hardy laugh, a strong handshake, a good cigar and a healthy dose of humility. Fred was the same man on the floor of the pnate, the movie studio or the town square of lawrenceburg, his home. Thompson appeared in over 50 movies and Television Shows over the years, and is the only sitting senator to ever take a fulltime acting job. Towards the end of 2002 and he left the senate in january of 2003, but what a storied career he had, both on and off the screen. You think about that, started as a lawyer, becomes an actor, leave acting go into politics and leave politics and go back into acting and leave acting to run for president. Incredibly successful in all of them. Exactly. Legend. Hell be missed. Natalie, thank you very much. Coming up, an uber driver attacked by a passenger. The violent confrontation all caught on camera. Plus, a power struggle inside the catholicchurch. The series of leaked documents that has the vatican on edge this morning. Welcome, to the simply orange tour. This is our plant. These are our workers. But what you wont find around here, is any freezing, flavoring, or concentrating. Which brings us to our simply orange. Honestly simple. Thats just the night watchman. Sfx owl the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. 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