tuesday morning. three weeks from today america will elect a new president of the united states. >> kim: three tuesdays left until our long american nightmare is over. anyone tired of the election already? it doesn't matter where you fall on the political spectrum most people have grown weary of this process. you saw we opened up over pictures from inside the thomas and mack where the debate will take place tomorrow. we'll get to that in moments. >> dana: i think the candidates coming into town, all the media going to be here are going to like our weather here. >> kelly: fantastic weather today. lots of sunshine. temperatures a little bit above normal but still very comfortable. you are going to want a sweater heading out the door. this afternoon we're talking low

we'll talk more about what we can expect for the rest of the week and tomorrow evening coming up. >> kim: we do have breaking news to share. it's coming from our own backyard. it's that suspect in a standoff near sames town. if you watched last night at 11:00, this is a story we were talking about. he surrendered to police after barricading himself in the home he shares with an argument with his father. doused himself and the home in gasoline and then went to light the whole thing. officers arrived and shut the gas off to that home. the suspect surrendered to police not long ago. this came to conclusion around midnight. the suspect's father was not hurt and neighbors and officers were uninjured. craig is also gathering

developing story. we'll check in with him in about a half hour from now. >> dana: the anticipation is building for tomorrow night's debate. the stage is set up inside the thomas and mack center. we know that traffic is going to be a mess between 4:00 and 10:00 p.m. tomorrow close to the university. there are some upsides to this. unlv is going to get free advertisement in the form of air time. another benefit on campus, t interest in students. >> getting students involved. we had a lecture series, voter registration is up. getting people thinking about politics, getting excited about politics. >> dana: we'll get a chance to see what it looks like inside that building. traffic around the thomas and

going to be a bit jacked up between 4:00 and 10:00 p.m. tomorrow. also at the airport because it's so close to the thomas and mack center getting in and out of the airport for that period may be a little dicey. >> kim: all of your stories, if you take to social media and it has anything to do with the debate # it lv debate and it's going to assemble them all here and we' you. jamie is in our social media group at the station. she got her credentials and went inside and started taking pictures. if you are going to be attending the debate or down there in the mix and going to shoot cool shots, we want to hear from you, # lv debate and we'll have it here. we're going to have complete coverage of the big debate. we are your political station

head to news3lv.com for complete coverage. >> dana: president obama coming to las vegas this weekend. he's going to be here sunday campaigning for hillary clinton. right now they haven't told us where or when but we'll hopefully get that information shortly and when we get it, we'll pass it along to you. melania trump g her first since that tape of donald trump with billy bush was made public. >> i said to my husband the language is inappropriate. it's not acceptable. and i was surprised because that is not the man that i know. many people from the opposite side want to damage the campaign. and why now?

wikileaks and the emails and benghazi and all the rest of the stuff, they don't want to talk about it. so they said let's do something so we will hurt his campaign. >> dana: she says the reason you haven't seen more of her on the campaign is she wants to spend time with their son so that was her choice she made. time off preparing for the debate tomorrow, donald trump has a new attack and it has to do with emails released by the f.b.i. >> donald trump said newly released state department emails show a scandal she calls worse than water gate. >> the documents show patrick kennedy made the request for altering classification as part

>> in one exchange with the f.b.i., the undersecretary asked to change the classified label on one of clinton's emails when she was secretary of state. the state department reciprocated by allowing the f.b.i. to place more agents in countries where they are forbidden, specifically iraq. >> no exchange here. >> as part of trump's latest went on cnn blaming billy bush for trump's lewd comments about women caught on mic. >> egg on from the host to say dirty and bad stuff. >> bernie sanders tried to reach out to supporters. >> the system is rigged in favor

clinton on this issue alone. >> dana: nbc news fired billy bush. bush was first suspended two days after that sexually charged conversation about women with donald trump was leaked. nbc and bush's representatives have been negotiating terms of his exit announcement. >> kim: a man that went on a shooting rampage on the 15 goes before a judge for the first time. kenneth mcdonald is facing murder charge this is morning accused of shooting at a woman and her husband as he was driving beside them on the 15. family members identified the

she and her husband were headed to lunch. tracy later died at umc. sources close to the case tell us the couple was shot at perply. the suspect according to witnesses and police say they were in a police style car and he was targeting local police. he thought he was targeting police officers which as you can see here in las vegas. >> dana: this body cam footage may be disturbing to some. it's a metro officer approaching this car and opening fire on the person behind the wheel. metro chased rex wilson from the stratosphere all the way to the 215 last wednesday.

pointed what looked like a gun at officers but it was just a spray nozzle wrapped in black tape to look like a gun. officers fired 36 rounds killing him. they found a cash drawer stolen in one of the numerous robberies he was accused of and a narcotics pipe and the word wilson's motive for the robberies unknown but they believe he wanted officers to kill him that night. he's accused of a carjacking that took place in henderson as well. police officer survives a very close call. what she was doing when the car slammed into her patrol vehicle coming up. >> kim: while there is a big warmup back east, we're talking

look at old man winter out west.

>> kim: we want to you stop for a moment and take a look at this. we take to you minnea you see this police officer. he is ok but nearly taken out by that car. the officer on the left helping a motorist out with a flat tire when all of a sudden another vehicle is approaching. this officer jumps out of the way. a patrol car is hit there. but she's ok. the patrol car slams into the concrete wall beside her. the patrol car totaled but the

accident. the 31-year-old man driving the pickup had nonlife threatening injuries however they are still investigating the crash as to why this happened to begin with. >> dana: an armed man shot by police going into a starbucks dressed in body armor. we're going to tell you the reason that suspect may have wanted to die. >> kim: donald trump didn't like what happened on snl a couple of days ago and he's not keeping it to himself. most is going to have a special take on this one, you would bet

>> dana: parts of the midsection of the country triple digit heat. not here. this is between reno and

inches of fresh snow there. this may be an early ski season which they love. this is just across the state line from the reno area. just a gorgeous sight to look at unless have you to chain up and drive through it. >> kim: firefighters are closer to having control of the october fire. it's been burning since friday. at this point you are waking up contained. careless hikers and a campfire accidentally sparked this one up and it started rampaging. the fire wiped out 27 acres. the steep terrain nearby is making it difficult to fight this one. it is not threatening any homes thank goodness. >> dana: that is a very popular hiking area. >> kim: let's check in with the local forecast as far as what to

>> kelly: the good news is they will not have to deal with gusty winds so hopefully that will help them get this thing 100% contained. winds are expected to return tomorrow but not as bad as what we saw over the weekend. notice that tree dancing at first and then it stops as that wind subsided in the afternoon. a few clouds in the afternoon as well. a pleasant day compared to how it as you are heading out the door north las vegas 59, summerlin 59. a sweater heading out. winds nice and calm. we love to see that. here is a look at the radar where we are seeing active weather across the pacific northwest. here at home a lot of sunshine today. another storm system is going to work its way in. gusty winds expected tomorrow. not as strong as what we saw over the weekend.

tonight the winds increasing a little bit, 5-15. 61-degrees for the low. our seven-day forecast, we are showing slightly breezy conditions for us tomorrow. sunny skies and warming temperatures. saturday flirting with 90 and another storm system rolls in and maybe a little bit of rain on monday. >> dana: the iraqi army says the operation involves 25,000 army troupes, kurdish forces, sooni fighters as you take a live look from close to the front lines in northern iraq. the second largest city in the country of iraq. various fighting units allied against isis. many have a history of animosity toward each other so it wasn't

launched an offensive against isis reclaiming about a dozen villages south and east of the city. some of those have been in isis control for two years. the initiative is expected to take weeks, even months. >> kim: police in officers in starbucks when they were ambushed. however the person accused of trying to take them out, his gun jammed. hard to see the wenten in hand here. this is a starbucks sunday night. this convicted felon who is 41 years named adam powell tried to ambush a couple of officers. they are able to chase him down when his gun jammed.

two-year-old son accidentally shot himself and family members believe that powell wanted to be shot and killed by police. he was trying to do a suicide by cop situation however, it did not work. >> dana: hundreds of people gathered for a vigil in honor of trinity gay. she's the daughter of tieson game crowd gathered at her high school track. many people wearing her father thanking the crowd for their support. >> sometimes things happen out of our control. sometimes we don't know why. always protect each other. >> the three suspects appeared

shooting. trinity gay was caught in the crossfire according to police. they are each charged with wanton endangerment. >> kim: that is covered on "the today show" and here is what else you can expect. >> melania trump comes to her husband's defense for the first time since several women accused him of and three weeks to go until election day. should you slugger on designer makeup or go with the cheaper drugstore cosmetics. the stars from fixer upper, chip and joanna gaines will be here when we see you on a tuesday morning on today.

being on saturday night live but now he's dissing the show. >> dana: he does not like alec baldwin's depiction of him. >> donald called it a hit job on me. time to retire the unfunny show. alec's portrayal stinks and number four baldwin himself must not have been too hurt because he retweeted trump's insult and to think donald has graced snl over the years, appartently before it was boring and unfunny. >> it's a special thick. it's a great honor. it's a fifther in your cap.

what does hillary think? >> when kate came without the walker, i thought i was going to fall off my chair. >> i'd like to begin tonight by attempting a casual lean. >> obviously snl won't be saying sorry to trump. >> i deeply >> have you seen the donald laugh? we found only a couple of instances from this campaign. the jolliest was at a trump rally. >> what was that? was that a dog? >> you won't catch the donald

>> kim: still to come ducks can fly, they have wings but one decides to hop a plane instead. check out this shot. it did create quite the stir and

>> dana: this duck was on an area. this really happened. that's daniel. he's an emotional support duck. daniel seemed to relax all the fliers inside the cabin just checking out the view down below. daniel a four-year-old indian runner despite not being able to fly himself. >> kim: new in our 5:00 hour, it is an exclusive. we team one the experts at consumer reports all about the cheapest air fare before you book for the holiday weekend dates you don't want to miss this one. >> dana: jesse jackson is going to be live in our studio talking about voter registration in this country and also the race for the white house.

live pictures from the thomas

ahead. >> kim: a standoff started hours ago ended peacefully and we have the story to go with it. >> dana: the final presidential debate will be held at the thomas and mack center. kendall is live on the scene.

how many members of the media are already in town. >> kim: this has to do with your air fare before you book for the holidays. we teamed one the experts at consumer reports. the cheapest air fare and how you can grab it is headed your way. >> dana: good morning. welcome in on this terrific tuesday. it is 5:00 on this the thomas and mack. >> kim: by tomorrow night we're going to know how clinton and trump will be portrayed on saturday night during the up coming skit on snl which will be determined in our own backyard. we're getting ahead of ourselves. >> dana: we have traffic and weather covered for you every 10 minutes. fight night is on a wednesday night, not a saturday. i know you are going to be