just hours from the third and final presidential debate, the candidates prepare as the president tells donald trump to stop whining. and to the assassination of a drug lord connected with chapo's drug case. and it is every parent's worst case, a stranger trying to steal your child while you are not looking. >> we talk exclusively to the leader taxed with the job to removal isil. >> and the obamas say ciao at the last state dinner. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. countdown to the face-off in the

des earth as the nation wakes up this morning as the third and the final debate is hours away and both of the candidates will lay out their arguments as surrogate bernie sanders is f e firing up voters in neighboring arizona while donald trump stoke s fears of a rigged elections. >> they are trying to rig the voting and then say, oh, there is no voter fraud in our country. >> voting fraud is real in pockets around this country, and voter fraud disenfranchises every american, republican, democrat, independent and it cannot be allowed. >> and "the new york times" this morning is reporting that trump has called on the supporters to turn out on droves on election day to monitor the polling places increasing the fears of intimidation of minorities. and now, president obama is taking trump to task using the most heated rhetoric so far

saying that trump is using a campaign to delegitimize a election. >> i have not seen in my lifetime nor in public modern history any presidential candidate trying to discredit the elections and the election process before votes have even taken place. i would invite mr. trump to stop whining and try to go make his case to get votes. >> and if that was any indication of previous debates, tonight, the trump campaign has said that they will be bringing president obama's half brother malik to the debate al along with patricia smith, and while hillary clinton will be bringing meg whitman and mark cuban and now six witnesses are coming

forward to corroborate natasha stoinoff's story of women accusing donald trump of groping her. the billionaire donald trump and his wife have denied the allegations. we have not independently been able to verify the accusations. and finally evivanka trump is talking out. my father's comments were offensive and i am glad that he acknowledged his apology with my family. and now, howard stern is saying that during the his phone that neither he has ever used the words that trump has ever used

in that video in 2005. >> and now as e-mail controversies continue to dog clinton's campaign. with just three weeks to go, she is dealing with the onslaught of headlines of details released by wikileaks. >> hillary clinton is arrivinging in las vegas as the clinton team prepares for the homestretch. the strategy is that in the debate, stick to the issues and try top appear presidential no matter what donald trump does and still deal with the torrent of details have been leaked about the campaign. one where john podesta calls bernie sanders s s a dufus. and another one three weeks before the nomination, he placed

possible vice presidenti -- nominees in food groups. in the a group were bill gates. and after being labeling one of the e-mails as classified to be changed as said between the state department and the justice department. >> you have heard are from fbi that the accounts out there are just not true. >> with andrea mitchell reporting, make sure that you tune in for the third and the final presidential debate at 9:00 p.m. eastern and 6:00 p.m. pacific right here on nbc. first lady michelle obama welcomed the italian prime minister to the white house.

she was raving spectacular reviews for this gown she selected for the event. and on the guest list was gwen stefani with her date guest blake shelton. and mario batali being the guest head chef using ingredients from michelle obama's garden. and the numbers are showing that the obamas have hosted twice as many state dinners as president bush. >> welcome to my final state din e, but in the immorel tall words of the great eye tall american o yogi berra, it ain't over till it's over. authorities in mexico are

investigating a brewle tall execution. tohe execution of a judge was shot in the back of the head while jogging, and he was involved in the case of drug pin el chapo. >> reporter: the shocking video shows the judge shock when the gunman runs up behind and pulls the gun and the trigger and the point blank execution of the 37-year-old mexican judge who was reportedly involved in the extradition process of joaquin el ch el chapo guzman and other high profile drug cartel members. the president of mexico promised a full investigation, and e el chapo is behind bars in federal prison, but experts say he still has connections to order brutal hits. and authorities say that he was

behind an ambush that left five soldiers dead last month. el chapo's lawyer says that the widely feared drug pin who was involved in an escape involving tunnels like this one was not involved, and he is requesting personal security. with el chapo facing extradition to the united states next month, brut the investigation continues into this murder. and for most of the 140,000 zika infections caught in florida were caught traveling abroad, and however, 163 cases were transmitted here within the united states. >> well, it has happened again. robbed in broad daylight while

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>> one of the big weather store is are of the day is the extreme fire danger in southern california. red flag warnings up through thursday night, and travel weather with thunderstorms around st. louis, and the heat wave continues from the south to the east coast, and you know, the fire dang e maer makes us ns on days like this with the temperatures hot and the winds howling. >> thank you sh, bill. >> and earlier a russian soyuz rocket begins the journey to iss. the launch was postponed for nearly a month due to a technical issue. and earlier, two chinese astronauts arrived at the international space station and they are scheduled to stay 33

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bob/live sam/ as you see, a very close call there. that is in san jose, a fire burning brightly. bob redell is on scene. students at a san francisco school return to class one day after four of their peers were shot on campus. >> and the debate is set for the final showdown. you know the characters at this point. hillary clinton and donald trump squaring off, the third and final presidential debate is set for tonight. "today in the bay" starts right now. good wednesday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's get straight to that forecast right now, halfway through our workweek. >> didou