is one thing you can't do at the polling location, we'll tell you what that is coming up. >> donald trump is talking about how the game is rigged. i got to say that means he's losing. >> kim: valley visit. there is our current commander in chief in his own words. he just left las vegas hours ago and many of you are probably aware if you were trying to get around town as he was off. >> dana: good morning. happy monday. it is foggy on the las vegas strip at 6:00. >> kim: air force one departed from mccarron at 6:05 last night and we've heard from many of you trying to cross over the strip and it was not happening because of the president and the motorcade he had here in town. >> dana: he was in the north section of the vailly so he took

last night. >> kim: we're coming to you live on this monday morning. we have a team of people in place to make sure you get your monday started off right. kelly has a lot to talk about in the weather center. jeff standing by with travel times. we begin with tom up in sky 3. most people are familiar with the phrase tmi. but when the president is in town it's called tfr. >> tom: we had a that shut down the air space and it was a rough commute. it's a rough commute this morning. 1 northbound now shut down. it's completely closed. this is the northbound freeway. we showed you this accident. it's still dark yet. you have a jackknifed tractor trailer so the roadway is closed.

the traffic backing up and see rain on the front of our lens there. we've got real problems here. we'll keep an eye on it as we continue team traffic. weather and traffic are going together this morning. >> jeff: we'll stay on top of that all hour long. fur on 15 northbound martin luther king boulevard a smart commit or you are going to run into this backup which is extending to washington and that is going to continue throughout 15 northbound slow at 8 minutes. all other freeways clear. let's get a check of the forecast with kelly. >> kelly: we are tracking showers in las vegas. most of the activity light but showers almost all across the valley right now. parts of henderson dry but that's about it. give yourself extra time this morning. the showers will start to

in the afternoon. 82 at 4:00. we've got a breeze out there as well. we're going to take a more in depth look at where the rain is in 10 minutes. >> dana: president obama mickeying stop in las vegas to campaign for clinton. also coming down on joe heck. we k support somewhere donald trump when that tape came forward of trump speaking to billy bush about women. >> why didn't you walk away months ago when you heard your nominee for president called women pigs, slobs, rated them not on character or intelligence

katherine cortez will be working for you. >> dana: that was the president yesterday in front of a packed house talking about the importance of the senate race saying if katherine cortez can beat joe heck. it's possible the democrats could retake >> kim: it was just two hours ago that early voting started in the battleground state of florida. it's under way here in clark county. for details on that, let's check in with craig. the early numbers shape up we could be breaking records here in town. >> we've started off this monday morning in a place where i can tell you that we have broken a record for early voting so far. perhaps it was the fantastic

but early voting will continue. a record set with more than 39,000 registered voters in clark county cast ballots in the first day of early voting. that beats the previous record by more than 7,000 for day one. and on sunday another 30,000 ballots were cast. in clark county already 70,000 people have voted in the general >> looks like everything is very well organized and things moving quickly. >> i wouldn't miss voting in this election for anything in the world. >> back here live we are at the reg stars office in clark county. the early voting continues through november 46789 there is one thing you can't do and that is take a selfie or pictures with your phone, your iphone perhaps or other device in the privacy of the voting area.

>> dana: the media excluded from that state law. thank you very much. >> kim: on the topic of the election, we have a local grandma in town who takes this very seriously. you are about to meet her. here she is on your screen with our reporter at the station. they spent time together yesterday. that is 98-year-old clara she was born in 1917 before the 19th amendment was ratified which granted the women the right to vote. she grew up in colorado and sheets been waiting decades for her shot to vote for a women for president. not a surprise she is a hillary clinton supporter this time around. as you see she just took her place in history casting her vote yesterday afternoon for hillary clinton. she is a dedicated democrat who

sure her voice is heard. >> voted in every election since i was old enough to vote except one and that was because of a large snowstorm. i think where i am just as good in politics as men. i'm hoping that we will see our first lady in the white house. >> one thing is for sure, clara smith is a great american. she does want to see more people get involved in the electoral proc w republican, democrat or not affiliated with a party. he says that it is something that should not be wasted. >> dana: a candlelight memorial growing in korea town in los angeles after a bus crash happened ore the weekend about 24 hours ago just north of the palm springs area on interstate 10. you can see the horrific nature of this crash. traffic was slowing for work crews there but that bus apparently didn't see that a

crashed into the back of that semi trailer. 13 people including the driver were killed. 31 others sent to the hospital. five critically injured. the names of those deceased should be released this week. >> kim: flu season barely under way and already the illness has claimed two lives here in the state of nevada. doctors are urging everyone to get their flu shot. one of the victims was from the northern the other one was from down near sun nevada. both were men over the age of 65. we're hearing from doctors who say the elderly are particularly at risk when it comes to the flu. the flu shot is your best defense against tillness. it's not your only defense. one doctor is suggesting you get plenty of sleep this season. eat a vitamin rich diet. the doctor urging people who get

virus to other friends, family members and coworkers. >> dana: jurors continue deliberating the fate of the bundies and five others for the armed standoff at the oregon wildlife refuge. they are charged with conspiracy to prevent federal work fresh doing their job through intimidation, threats or force. they are charged with firearms charges. each faces up to six years in prison if convicted of you'll remember they took the wildlife refuge over. this was early this year on january 2 and now they are facing charges for this. we'll find out as early as today whether they have been convicted on these charges. >> kim: we have live pictures on your screen as we speak that take to us chicago. it's that famous statute just

chicago cubs helmet. as people get jazzed about the world series and that the cubs are going, a lot of us locals are thrilled that chris bryant will be a part of history. chris bryant graduated from bonanza high school. still to come, there is a police officer attempting to pull over an s.u.v. when this that officer not the only one in danger. wait until you hear who was in the program car with him. we have it -- patrol car with him. we have it headed your way. >> dana: two media giants joining forces. what this means for your bill coming up. >> tom: we are looking at a power outage in the north central valley and we've got a

i had lived in my home 20 years. i had always paid my mortgage on time. but when the market crashed, i had trouble paying my mortgage payment. i applied five different times. i spoke to people in new york, with my lender. i pleaded and pleaded with the bank to let me refinance, but they would not work with me at all. i called catherine cortez masto's office and i said, "i need your help." she took on the big banks, and i was immediately treated with respect and fairly. catherine cortez masto not only saved my home for me, catherine gave me my dignity back. she gave me a life back.

rtez masto, and i'm proud to approve this message. robert kearney: i fought for my country in kosovo and iraq, and i've been a republican all my life. but i'm the father of three girls. i can't stand hearing donald trump call women pigs, dogs, and bimbos...and i sure don't want my daughters hearing it. i want my girls to grow up proud and strong, in a nation where they're valued

>> krystal: a small plane crashed and there is a fire ball after takeoff. everyone on board killed. that is five people. it crashed shortly after liftoff and that is what happened. video shot by a passeng nearby plane showing the fire raging from that runway after the crash. the airport temporarily closed until debris is cleared. a statement from the government say all five victims were french.

you just saw it there. the passenger in that white mazda s.u.v. firing about 13 rounds at that police vehicle. this is the dash cam surveillance video. nobody was injured in this except a civilian ride along passenger in the front seat of that police vehicle did get some scrapes because the windshield broke and she had glass fall on her face. can you imagine how fright that i mean to say would be not only for the officer but the civilian riding a. still throughout today. >> kim: at&t and time warner announcing one of the largest mergers in the industry, the biggest we've ever seen. saturday they agreed to tie up $85 billion into this deal. at&t business based on wireless and internet service but the merger would allow the service to expand into programming and

channels. the group could gather more information about customers which means more invasive ads. the deal needs to be approved by government regulators and that could take may a year to complete. >> dana: it is the busiest stretch of road in nevada and it is jacked up this morning. >> tom: it is an accident which involves a tractor trailer and it ha jacks up traffic. got a complete closure as they work to clean this up. all traffic northbound is detoured so they have the option for exiting to u.s. 95 north or martin luther king boulevard. right now it's a mess. northbound 15 is closed. southbound 15 is slow.

it's a real problem. >> jeff: i wish our monday could have started off a different way. this is going to be a problem for hours. 15 backed up there. we're looking at to sierra currently. that's going to get worse as the commute progresses. 15 northbound currently 11 minutes. traffic ahead forecast putting that at the same if they get that accident cleared up in an hour, not likely going to be case. you can join the waze team. download it from the app store or google play and give us updates on your commute, as long as you don't do it behind the wheel. we do traffic and weather every 10 minutes. we're starting off in addition to that with a wet commute. >> kelly: slow down. give yours extra time this morning. grab your raincoat and umbrella.

this is moving to the north and east. the leading edge of it around 95 and eastern. that's where it's heading. moderate shower activity where we're seeing that shade of yellow. moving to the west just to the south of pahrump. those shades of yellow and orange. more shower activity around sandy valley and primm. these are moving to the east. th to be watching over the next couple of hours. more showers on the way. give yourself extra time. this line of showers from pahrump making their way through the valley this morning. the showers will become more scattered late they are afternoon and will actually become isolated late in the afternoon into the evening. current temperatures downtown at north las vegas at 65. spring valley you are 64.

there. paradise 23 miles per hour. slow down, hang on tight, make sure you got two hands on that wheel. 82 is our expected high. that is above normal. 62 for the low. those somehow letters come to an end early this evening and drying out through the middle of the week. temperatures still above on friday. >> dana: thank goodness we have a news helicopter on a morning like this. thank goodness we have team traffic and two meteorologist. today we need all of it because we have a mess on our local roads. we're going to check in with tom in a second and check back in with kelly several times to keep you up to date on this wet weather. >> kim: the busiest stretch of road in the state of nevada is

still to come -- we're breaking out the pants suits for good reason. it's for your enjoyment. we've got a pantsuit flash mob going on and the story to go with it. >> dana: a dose of inspiration on this monday. it is a make a wish monday. we can't wait for you to get to know this young guy and the wish of a lifetime.

robert kearney: i fought for my country in kosovo and iraq, and i've been a republican all my life. but i'm the father of three girls. i can't stand hearing donald trump call women pigs, dogs, and bimbos...and i sure don't want my daughters hearing it. i want my girls to grow up

or hillary clinton. hillary clinton:

>> tom: we have an accident blocking a lane just past the bowl. both directions have you

closed. traffic making a forced detour. we've seen a lot of lightning around the valley. >> kelly: where we're seeing the heaviest rain showers is in north las vegas right now and up to the north and east. this is the bigger picture. the large area of showers that have been throughout the area this morning. we've been getting clipped by some of that. some areas seeing more moderate shower activity including the north las vegas area where we are seeing some lightning. we're going to continue to track that throughout the day. as you are heading out the door right now we are looking at 61 in pahrump, boulder city you are dry at 67. >> kim: we have a flash mob in full effect. it takes to us north carolina

on. >> dana: pants suits. hillary clinton known for her pants suits. they call themselves pants suits for hillary trying to show her a little love in north carolina. it is raining out there this morning. thank goodness we have a news helicopter, team traffic, two meteorologist on the program. we'll get you caught up on the weather and traffic nightmare happening this morning coming up. >> kim: snl breaking records

>> kim: an awful accident on the 15. traffic backed up for miles. our team traffic department is all over it with what you need to know before you head out the door. >> dana: heavy rain and lightning moving into parts of southern nevada. your weather authority team is all over it.

and we are going to drain the swamp of corruption in washington, d.c. >> kim: not backing down. early voting under way just hours ago. it started in florida. it's already happening in nevada. donald trump doubling down and we talk it out live from our nation's capitol ahead. >> dana: we're going to tell you how this little guy used his imagination to his >> dana: rain and the morning commute do not mix. >> tom: we've got ourselves a mess. this is an accident with a tractor trailer rigged jackknifed and it's completely

hour. traffic backed up a couple of miles. in addition, you've also got a couple of accidents on the southbound 15. a two pickup truck accident blocking lanes southbound. the main problem on the northbound where all traffic is making a forced detour to u.s. 95 or martin luther king boulevard. get off 15 early. it is now back to spring mountain road. make your exit herrera. it's no escaping for little while. you'll be spending time on the 15 northbound. stay away from it if possible. >> jeff: traffic and weather every 10 minutes. we continue to look at that major closure of 15 northbound. fur going to exit -- if you are going to exit, the real slow spot goes from the bowl to southeast herrera.

we've got travel times focused on 15 northbound from tropicana to the bowl is a 12 minute commute. coming in from henderson running slow on this monday. a lot of problems as we talk about the forecast and that wet commute. >> kelly: we're watching showers in the valley right now. you can put in your reports when you get to your destination. rain showers moving to the north and east across the area. we've had several reports of thunder and lightning out there this morning as well. we're looking at for the rest of the day -- it is a wet morning commute but the showers will become more scattered in the afternoon. that is good news. at least maybe the afternoon commute won't be as bad as the morning one.

a stop in las vegas supporting hillary clinton and katherine cortez. she's running against joe heck for a senate seat. the president also taking shots at joe heck saying he should have withdrew his support for trump a long time ago. >> why didn't you walk away months ago when you heard your nominee for president , the guy you were hoping could become president called women dogs, slobs, rated them not on their character or intelligence but on a scale of one to ten on issue after issue. katherine cortez master is going to be on your side working for you. her opponent is going to have [indiscernible]

support of trump weeks ago. he took a little heat from some republicans when he made that announcement at a campaign stop drawing boos from trump supporters. the balance of power in the u.s. senate may hang in the balance in this race here in nevada. >> kim: it was 6:05 last night that president obama left the airport after stumpin while he was doing that many of you were early vote. record turnout here as far as people casting ballots. more than 37,000 people turned out on the first day of early voting. a lot of voters say there is too much at stake this time around. early voting will last until november 4. a lot of states have laws against taking pictures in

nevada law prohibits people from taking pictures or video at polling places with one big exception and that is us, the american media. we are able to provide these images on your screen. craig goes in depth in a live report just minutes from now. >> dana: time for your dose of inspiration on this make a wish monday. we want to you meet jesse hayes. he underwent removed. ed the ruptured which meant that jesse would have to go through intense treatment of aggressive chemo therapy. to escape his reality he turned to video games. no surprise his wish was a mine craft room makeover. he wakes up in a room that makes him happy and hopeful and sparks his imagination. you can make wishes come true.

at news3lv.com. you can donate to our local make a wish donation with 100% of the funds staying in our local community. >> kim: check out these live images fro pro provided by tom up in sky 3. this is the 15. it is the busiest stretch of road in the entire state of nevada. it is closed down north at the spaghetti bowl because of that jackknifed semi. we'll have continued coverage throughout this >> dana: coming up a civil rights and antiwar activist being remembered this morning. we're going to tell you how some people are paying respects to this man and you'll know his famous wife. at least he was married to her at one time. >> kim: speaking of famous people. his widow is on "the today show" this morning. it's an exclusive we have headed your way.

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ead. in the aftermath of matt's death, my family saw the best of america in the love and support we were shown. so when i see the hate that donald trump has brought to his campaign for president, it terrifies me. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell ya. ahh, i don't know what i said, uhh, i don't remember. he's a mexican. i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and i wouldn't... words have an influence. violence causes pain. hate can rip us apart. ate, and donald trump should never be our president. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. priorities usa action it's hard to make the past dissappear,

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>> kim: this is brand new individual joe allegedly showing iraqi fighter jets targeting isis hide outs. while that is about war, we focus on a peace activist tom hayden whose name became linked with the vietnam war protest. we'veot yesterday at the age of 76. los angeles mayor paying tribute to hayden on twitter writing in part a political giant and dear friend has passed. he was married to jane ton damon watch from 1973-1990. >> dana: the busiest road in the state of nevada jacked up this morning. >> tom: jacked up and

jersey wall and went out of control. all lanes blocked and that has traffic backed up for a couple of miles. you see another set of lights in the middle of your screen. that is a two pickup truck in the southbound lane. that would be a terrible delay right now fit wasn't eclipsed -- if it wasn't eclipsed by the worse lane. under the circumstances a mess as we go to jeff. >> kelly: we're going to take a look at the forecast. we're watching showers making their way to the north and east. pahrump is where we're seeing showers. i want to zoom in on the valley and a shower just to the south near sloan. you see the areas of yellow and

heavy -- is indicating heavy precipitation. a lot of people waking up to that this morning. conditions will start to dry out in the afternoon with a high today of 82. >> dana: news helicopters, treatment traffic, two meteorologist on team 3 today. we need it on a morning like this. bill murray being honored with a special award. bill murray being honored with a special award. why he ve been a republican all my life. but i'm the father of three girls. i can't stand hearing donald trump call women pigs, dogs, and bimbos...and i sure don't want my daughters hearing it. i want my girls to grow up proud and strong, in a nation where they're valued and respected. donald trump's america is not the country i fought for. so, i'm voting for hillary clinton. hillary clinton:

>> dana: breaking news, major problems on the bizzest stretch of freeway in the entire state of nevada. we have a jackknifed semi trailer in the northbound lanes of interstate 15 very close to the bowl. the backup is miles long northbound. and we also have lane restrictions southbound. so southbound and northbound interstate 15 at the spaghetti bowl not good right now. tom is above it. we'll check in with him in minutes from >> kim: both donald trump and clinton are campaigning in battleground states today. the pressure grows on each campaign as the days get closer to election day tuesday novembe. >> this is not like anybody else who has ever run for president who has demonstrated that he is unqualified and unfit to be president and commander in chief

back. let me tell you, folks, it's a rigged system. and we are going to drain the swamp of corruption in washington, d.c. >> kim: early voting started inned in florida hours ago. hillary clinton is expanding her lead in the national members in congress saying if she becomes president she'll play ball, are you hearing that as well? >> exactly. that's what we're hearing. the latest abc news poll shows she has a 12 point lead nationally. some republicans are cautioning they can't get too overconfident. her people have reached out to republicans on the republican side of the senate saying she

becomes president of the united states. donald trump is saying that this isn't over yet. he's got two more events in florida today to try and swing the undecided vote 76ers. that is an x factor here. this is an enormous amount of undecided voters that could make up that difference. early voting starts in florida and folks are getting out to vote. so you should do the same if you get >> kim: thank you for that. >> dana: a manhunt under way in oklahoma after a gunman shot and killed two people and wounded two officers. this man opened fire. saying he had an ak-47 with him. authorities say he stole a patrol car, carjacked another car, shot and wounded a driver and sped off. police later found two bodies.

the officers and carjacked driver not seriously injured. police have a second up? custody. muhammad ali's wife sitting down on "the today show" to talk about a book about his life. >> it spanned hiss lifetime. all facets of mohammad , serious athlete , the mohammad that belonged to the world and some of his later years. >> the yankees great derek jeter involved in this project. he's on "the today show" this morning. his publishing company is releasing this become. you're goings to hear from him

>> kim: tom hanks talking about his new movie. >> when i read these books i do it with my google page open because everything that dan brown references you search out there. is pieces of art, architecture in the history of a place like florence. it ends up i come in armed and red do i go and i can start pointing out stuff. >> that full interview when this program ends and the today national program gins. befor something interesting to talk about. >> dana: who is that? >> kim: looks like tom hanks but some are saying bill murray. >> dana: the caption says it's bill murray. but several people aren't buying it. is it tom hanks or bill murray? sound off on our facebook page. >> kim: we have a huge mess when it comes to traffic and werth. let's go to tom in sky 3.

i've seen in quite some time. northbound 15 completely shut down with a tractor trailer accident. traffic backed up for a couple of miles. you also have an accident southbound 15 and just before charleston. u.s. 95 is a mess both directions as awe approach the bowl with traffic trying to get on to the 15. two main pieces of advice. avoid the bowl entirely. the other is get on the road early. it's wet and by the way mccarron is diverting aircraft because they have a cell to the south of the airport causing a problem there. >> jeff: we do traffic and weather every 10 minutes. the attention on 15 northbound because of that accident. as we take a look at travel times, you'll see 15 southbound is impacted. i wanted to show you that backup on 15 northbound. it was backed up to southeast

now you are looking at a two or three mile slowdown before you even get to the bowl. 15 southbound currently 44 minute commute from speedway to the bowl behalf accident tom just referenced. this is supposed to say 15 northbound that is jammed at 26 minutes. that is going to get worse over the next hour. account for extra time it slow because we don't want to see more accidents piling up. >> kelly: a lot of accidents being reported on side streets as well. give yourself extra time. i want to start with this look in the valley. this is that storm that tom was just talking about saying flights were being diverted because of this over the airport. it's tracking to the north and e!. a lot of lightning with this. a lot of heavy rain as well.

then making its way into north las vegas. lot of lightning. brief heavy downpours with this as well. let's go down to the southwest where around the primm area we're seeing cells where you are seeing yellow and orange. these are all moving northeast. those will be making their way toward las vegas within the next hour or so. the bulk of the precipitation scattered. alamo hit hard this morning as well. a look outside, a lot of clouds and showers coming down this morning and quite a bit of lightning as well. summerlin at 63. paradise you are 65. we are dealing with breezy conditions today. the highs pahrump 78, overton 85, boulder city 82.

dry conditions for the middle of the week but another chance for wet weather on friday. >> dana: time for the water cooler on this monday morning and nobody likes this election season better than the folks at saturday night live. they had their highest rated october program this past saturday night in more than eight years thanks to the candidates. >> thank you for bringing up my emails, chris. and i'm very what carroll? i thought i heard my friend carroll. back to the question how donald treats women. >> you are never going to answer a question about your emails? >> no, but it was cute to watch you try. >> 11 women accuse you of sexually assaulting them. do you deny those claims? >> of course i do. i'm completely innocent.

nobody has more respect for women than i do. >> dana: that's what happened on saturday night. you saw the guest host there tom hanks playing debate moderator chris wallace. you know who got his start on saturday night live? it was bill murray. he received prize for american humor last night in washington, out the dodgers on saturday night or this long time cubs man may not have shown up. he admits he was uncomfortable listening to dozens of costars and collaborators speak about him. speaking of the cubs, there is a huge white sox fan grating the cubs. president obama tweeting out i'll say it, even this white sox

>> kim: a reason for to you tune in, in our 5 -- at the top of the 6:00 we showed in chicago thrive lion in front of the art institute get a cubs hat. >> dana: a lot of local news coming up. on the cw information about the weather here. also about interstate 15. sheer jeff and krystal with more on >> krystal: i15 northbound and southbound a mess. >> jeff: shut down because of that jackknifed rig. 15 southbound with an accident. tom will be on top of it. so will i. early voting off at the a great start in the valley.

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good morning. time running out. a new poll shows donald trump now 12 points behind hillary clinton with just over two weeks to go. top republican strategist karl rove saying a win is unlikely. >> i don't see it happenin >> trump not giving up. >> we are going to win back the white house. >> clinton sounding confident. >> i debated him for 4 1/2 hours. i don't even think about responding to him anymore. >> so is it over or can trump turn the tide in the next 15 days? horrific crash. speed and driver fatigue possibly behind a tour bus accident in southern california that left 13 people dead, and 31