counts as trying. really, really trying. that does it for us. really, really trying. "first look" is up next. >> with obamacare premiums set to rise next year, donald trump and the republican party have found a unifying issue, but in his effort to attack the cost of health care, trump's message got muddled. plus, hillary clinton takes her campaign to the sunshine state to encourage early voting and gets a little help celebrating her birthday. and it was a great night for cleveland. the chicago cubs are gearing up for round two after being shut out in game one of the world series. the cavaliers didn't have a bad night either. good morning, everyone, i'm alex witt alongside louis burgdorf.

it certainly was a winning issue for the gop in 2010. now republicans are hoping the new report about rising obamacare premiums will rappel the party to victory once again. donald trump railed against the law for a second straight day yesterday, claiming the average increase in premiums is likely to be much higher than the reported 25%. >> obamacare's just blowing up, and even the white house, our president, announced 25 or 26%. that number is so wrong that it's such a phoney number. you're talking about 60%, 70%, 80% in increases, not 25%. >> you remember the promise that obama made. obama made the promise, you got to keep your doctor, got to keep your plan, and the average family was going to save $2,500 a year. well, you didn't get to keep your doctor. you didn't get to keep your plan, and the average family spends $4,500 more now than they did before. >> donald trump also released a statement saying in part the

architects of obamacare knew they were telling us lies because they are trying to move us towards a single-payer system where the healthy pays for the sick. this, my friends, is a rigged system. it's a change election, but crooked hillary is never going to change, never. there's a clear choice in this election, either we're going to help american families and tackle health care costs, or we're going to throw 20 million people off the coverage and let the insurance companies write the rules again. hillary clinton wants to build on the progress we've made and fix what's broken. while speaking at his golf resort in doral, florida, trump talked about the effect it was having on employees but had to clarify. >> we're going to repeal and replace obamacare. all of my employees are having a tremendousroblem with obamacare. unfortunately, a small number of the people that work at trump national in doral, which is

miami, they are on obamacare. small percentage. and as i said this morning, they are having tremendous difficulty. in fact, a lot of them have said, can you take me off obamacare? should i do it or not? should i take them off? >> i'd say 99% of our employees are insured through the hotel, through our insurance. maybe there's a few that are insured through obamacare, but very, very few, because we supply it. the company typically picks up almost 70% of the premiums, and the employee only picks up about 30%, so it's really a good deal for our staff. >> as politico points out, obamacare is designed to insure those who are not covered by an employer. louis? >> donald trump is adding some fuel to the fire over vice president joe biden's comments that he'd like to fight the presidential nominee. trump welcomed the challenge, despite mixing up where the vice

president suggested the fight go down. >> the press always asks me, don't i wish i were debating him. no, i wish we were in high school, i could take him behind the gym. that's what i wish. >> did you see where biden wants to take me to the back of the barn? me. i'd love that. i'd love that. mr. tough guy. you know, he's mr. tough guy. you know when he's mr. tough guy, when he's standing behind a microphone by himself. he wants to bring me to the back of the barn. oh. some things in life you could really love doing. >> speaking with msnbc's chris matthews last night, the vice president looked to clarify his motivation for his initial comments. >> one of the things that trump is trying to say is that i was a pretty good athlete in high school, played a little in college. people didn't act in the locker room like he talks about. that's not true.

the point i was making is, he is trying to dumb down, he's insulting everybody in the neighborhoods i come from and the people who play ball, and that was the point i was trying to make. this is just absolutel unacceptable behavior, period. >> now for a look at the state of the race in the presidential battlegrounds and a poll released just moments ago shows donald trump pulling ahead of hillary clinton in florida. bloomberg politics poll conducted friday through monday shows trump in the lead 45% to clinton's 43% with libertarian gary johnson at 4% and jill stein at 2%. trump has been focusing on florida with a series of rallies this week, including multiple stops there yesterday. as hillary clinton's running mate said, winning the state would be check mate for democrats. trump seemed to agree. >> you have four events today in florida. >> right. >> that is a must-win for you, correct is this. >> i believe florida is a must-win. i think we're winning it. i think we're winning it big.

>> we are going to win florida, and by the way, the lines at the voting booths are record. and i noticed that a lot of the people online, you see the pictures, they are wearing the red hat, the white hat, this hat, they are wearing buttons all over the place. i think those are people that are inclined to vote for us. do you agree? it is hillary clinton's 69th birthday today, and she was in the sunshine state yesterday, as well, appearing in south florida as part of a push in the early voting states and making her pitch to the spanish speaking community, stopping by a show where she was interviewed by the host and received a birthday cake, accompanied by a mariachi band. her birthday also came up in a rally in coconut creek. >> did anybody see the last

debate? the good news was, it was the last debate. oh, well thank you. yeah, you know, you're right. that last debate was like an early birthday present, right? >> talk about presents, this is fun, clinton attended the adele concert in miami last night and while it's unclear if the singer knew clinton was in the audience, she did say between songs, i can't vote, but i'm 100% for hillary clinton. less than two weeks until election day, but according to data analytics, nearly 8 million votes have already been cast. 5 million votes have been cast, democratic voters have outpaced voters in nine of the states. hillary clinton continues to outspend over the air waves. along with outside groups, they have spent more than $245 million on advertising. team trump has spent nearly $96 million. just this week alone, clinton's team is spending $22 million in

ads in battleground states compared with trump's $9.8 million. the clinton campaign has released a new ad to air and is narrated by actor morgan freeman. >> our children, they look up to us, what we value, how we treat others, and now they are looking to see what kind of leaders we choose, who will entrust our country and their future to. will it be the one respected around the world, or the one who frightens our allies and emboldens our enemies? the one with a deep understanding of the challenges we face, or the one who is unprepared for them? a steady hand or a loose cannon? >> so much of politics revolves around money and now "the washington post" reports the trump campaign will no longer schedule big fundraising events benefiting the republican party. later telling nbc news that

characterization is completely misleading, saying they continue to raise money for trump victory, which shares dollars raised with the party. meanwhile, throwing more money into endangered senate races putting millions into missouri and north carolina. and a super pac with ties to mitch mcconnell is dumping $25 million into six senate races as part of a last stand to save the chamber from falling to democrats' hands. $4 million in indiana, $5 million in pennsylvania, $7 million in nevada. in reno, john mccain and lindsey graham campaigned with joe heck, who's locked in a tight race there. earlier this month, heck yanked his endorsement of trump and on tuesday was called out by the audience to refuse to reveal who he will vote for. he also responded by being mocked by president obama on his home turf. >> i think the president demeaned the presidency by resorting to middle school name calling as he tries to prop up

harry reid's hand picked candidate for the state of nevada. >> what the heck? what the heck? heck no! heck no! heck no. >> are you telling people who you're voting for for president? >> it's my ballot. i'll wait until november 8th. it's a personal decision who you vote for. it's a secret ballot, just like your ballot is a secret ballot. >> the democrats have surrogates out, as well. elizabeth warren heads to pittsburgh today and she laid down a blistering attack on the republican senator richard burr yesterday in north carolina. >> now, donald trump's been out there. he hasn't been hiding who he is. he's been out there from the very beginning. he's been out there, and where has your senator, richard burr been all this time? trump calls women fat pigs and bimbos and brags about sexually

assaulting women and richard burr is like a puppy on a leash sticking right there with donald trump. you know, if richard burr is just going to be donald trump's lap dog, then let him go off and do that, but the people of north carolina need a strong, independent voice to fight for the families of north carolina. and that is debra ross. still ahead, we're following the latest on the search for a double murder suspect who police say live streamed his escape on social media. plus, the white house and pentagon are weighing in after thousands of u.s. soldiers are ordered to repay enlistment bonuses. those stories and a check on weather when we come right back. ♪when you've got...

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pakistani police cadets and guards still in critical condition after 61 were left dead yesterday outside quetta. the unarmed cadets were sleeping when three bomb wielding attackers barged into their dormitories and opened fire, sending the cadets running from their beds and even jumping from the roof. senior officials suspect the attackers may have had ties to the taliban and al qaeda, although isis had also claimed responsibility. an intense man hunt continues right now for the man wanted in a series of brutal crimes in oklahoma. authorities are saying 38-year-old michael vance had an apparent hit list targeting several people. officials say they are providing protection for those on the list. vance shot and injured two

officers on sunday before stealing their cop car and live streaming his apparent get away on facebook. >> what's up, y'all? this is real, see? that's a [ bleep ] gun. that's the real deal. if you want to know what's up next, stay tuned to your local news. i'm about to steal another car. like right now. [ bleep ] going to be intense. >> that was prophetic, folks, because he then shot another woman, stole her car, before allegedly killing his aunt and uncle, both of whom authorities say vance may have tried to dismember. a spokesman said they are purposely being quiet so as not to tip vance off to their movements. he's considered armed possibly with an ak-47 and extremely dangerous. let's go now to perhaps the only story both sides of the aisle can agree on, as the outreach continues to grow

across the country as nearly 10,000 national guard members were ordered to repay reenlistment bonuses. the house oversight committee is asking the california national guard to turn over all documents related to the demand, calling it a serious matter and officials involved can be held accountable. nbc's anne thompson has more. >> reporter: the demand to pay back enlistment bonuses sparking fury online. it's a disgrace the way we treat our heros, i'm disgusted by this action. outrageous treatment of vets. iraq and afghanistan veterans of america calling on the defense department to forgive this error. >> if our government can bail out banks and so many other folks that have done wrong, it seems mind boggling they can't bail out service members who put their life on the line in defense of the country. >> reporter: one of 10,000 soldiers enticed by the bonuses for a second tour in iraq. >> we did our duty and now they

are slapping us in the face for it. >> reporter: an audit revealed the california national guard improperly paid bonuses during the height of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. that led to a fraud investigation resulting in sev convictions. president obama requested an expedited appeals process for soldiers. the white house says while not supporting blanket forgiveness, the soldiers will not be held responsible for someone else's fraud. in paris the secretary of defense promised action. >> we are going to look into it and resolve it. >> reporter: democrats and republicans united in calls to stop collection efforts. now robert is fighting again, appealing to keep his $20,000 bonus. >> i upheld my end of the bargain. >> reporter: having already paid with his service. >> anne thompson reporting there. >> power of the media, power of public opinion doing good. >> definitely. bill, you're tracking a little bit of weather here.

>> world series game. >> could affect game two, tell us about it. >> they already moved it up an hour or two. we'll see how it goes. obviously, the rain is behind you here, showing des moines to kansas city, umbrella day for you, madison to chicago. here's cleveland here throughout the afternoon hours and into this evening. they did move the game up, it's going to be a light rain. here's the timing of it, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 p.m. there's cleveland there. there's hope that at least the rain will hold off later, but it's going to be a close call regardless. strong storms possible in missouri, then throughout the evening the rain will track on through areas of ohio and bring in snow into areas of the east. the blue on the map shows you what's on the snow early tomorrow and through the mountainous areas of new england. how much snow? not a big huge significant snow storm, but for a few people it will be the first flakes of the season. mostly the roads will be fine, it will be the hill towns and higher elevations that would have issues.

if you're anywhere in the hill towns outside binghamton, catskil catskills, that's where it could make the roads slippery, also through the berkshires and new hampshire and maine, that will be more thursday night, into areas of friday. forecast today, tracking the rain from oklahoma city, kansas city early today, st. louis this afternoon, chicago. look at the difference in temperatures, too. chilly, cold day in chicago. beautiful weather through the southern half of the country. as far as a world series go, the actual forecast, yesterday was chilly, but beautiful and nice. today, 7:00 p.m. start because of the rain, occasional rain, breezy, i think they should be able to play. i don't think it's going to be a rainout, but not going to be enjoyable for the players or anyone at the stadium. there's thursday forecast showing the bad weather in new york, boston, also up through hartford and albany, possible airport delays with that, too. i think they'll get the game in. i don't think they'll be rained out. not going to be enjoyable. >> world series game two is

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pitcher jon lester early last night, scoring two on the chicago ace in the first inning. in the fourth, roberto perez makes it 3-0 with a solo shot to left field. gives himself a four rbi game with a three-run blast, allowed by ron done in the eighth. meanwhile, the indians bull pen remained stellar. cory kluber became the first pitcher to strike out eight batters in the first three innings of a world series game. nine strikeouts before handing things over to the alcs mvp in the seventh where miller escaped a bases loaded jam to keep the cubs off the board and went on to toss two scoreless innings. cody allen struck out the side as cleveland notches its fourth shutout victory of the postseason, a 6-0 win over chicago in game one. and the start time for tonight's game at progressive field has been moved up an hour due to some rain. it should be 7:00 p.m. start there. now, the cubs will send out jake

ar y arietta, trevor bower will be on the mound for the indians. the cavaliers began their title defense last night, but before hosting the new york knicks, the cavs raised their title banner inside quicken loans arena, the city's first since the browns in 1964. the cavs picked up where they left off, lebron james recorded his 43rd career triple-double, while kyrie irving scored 29 points as cleveland begins its title defense with a 117-88 win over my new york knicks. ouch. to oakland, the warriors won't be matching last year's record 24-0 start to the season after a loss against the spurs in last night's opener. san antonio's kawhi leonard scored a career high 35 points as the spurs spoil kevin durant's debut with a 129-100 blowout victory.

i think they are shell shocked there. finally in the nhl last night we learned even a protective face mask won't help you -- prevent you from a trip to the dentist, tampa bay's goalie takes a hard shot off the mask right there. oh, look at that. i think he's missing some teeth. he's shaken up and despite the protective gear ends up with several teeth knocked out. bishop remains in the game and the lightning go on to win it 7-3. hey, what's a couple teeth, alex? >> can i just say, i'm so glad my son didn't want to play ice hockey just for that reason. >> it is a rough sport. you have to be a tough guy to play that sport for sure. >> thank you very much, louis. still ahead, there are new questions raised over the latest data dump by wikileaks. we'll dig into that. plus, dinosaurs didn't actually roar, we'll have that clip coming up next.

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mr. president, when did you first learn hillary clinton used an e-mail system outside when she was secretary of state? >> at the same time everyone else learned it. >> you say you have the most transparent administration ever. >> that's true. >> how does this square with that? >> well, i think that the fact that she's going to be putting them forward will allow us to make sure that people have the information they need. >> that was president obama last year claiming he didn't know about hillary clinton's private e-mail server until it became a

front page story. now the latest wikileaks dump is suggesting otherwise. plus, new tapes out this morning from donald trump's past is offering new insight into his talk over a rigged election and how he might handle a potential loss. as iraqi forces move closer to mosul, isis could start planning revenge attacks. we're live in iraq this morning. good morning, everyone, i'm alex witt alongside louis burgdorf. the latest data dump by wikileaks is raising questions over how much president obama knew over hillary clinton's private e-mail server during her time as secretary of state. the group released a new batch of e-mails allegedly hacked from john podesta.

yesterday, they have not been identified or authenticated by nbc news. the clinton campaign and u.s. intelligence officials have continued to blame russia for hacking the alleged e-mails. in march of last year during an interview, the president said he'd learned about clinton's use of the private server from news reports. a hacked e-mail exchange suggests that may not have been the case. clinton's spokesman allegedly highlighted obama's comments in an e-mail to other staffers. "you probably have more on this, but it looks like potus just said he found out hrc was using her personal e-mail when he saw it in the news." cheryl mills, clinton's former chief of staff at the time immediately followed up in an alleged exchange saying, "we need to clean this up. he, meaning obama, has e-mails from her. they do not say state.gov." two days after that, ernst says the president knew because of their own e-mail exchanges.

he added the president was not aware of the nature of the server nor the extent clinton used it. donald trump seized on the revelations yesterday during a campaign stop. >> as you may remember, president obama claimed to have no knowledge whatsoever of clinton's, hillary clinton's, illegal e-mail server. i have no knowledge of it, i don't know. this guy, he's as bad as she is. obama, he had to know that hillary was using an illegal server, but he claimed otherwise. so that means obama is now into the act, and now i understand that despite his hatred of the clintons, because i know one thing, bill hates him, but despite his hatred, now i understand why he pushed her, because he didn't want to get caught up in the big lie. he's caught up now, folks. we have to investigate the investigation, this investigation. >> now, a separate exchange from

this litest wikileaks data dump shows one clinton ally and her campaign chairman allegedly clashed over the e-mail server. the reported conversation took place where tandon writes, i highly recommend she, meaning clinton, start making other more positive news soon. podesta sarcastically responds, really, that's great advice, calling out several staffers saying speaking of transparticipant si our friends david kendall, cheryl mills, and filip weren't forthcoming on the facts, all threed worked with clinton, adding this is a cheryl special, i know you love her, but this stuff is like her achilles heel or kryptonite, she just can't say no to this. later asked why clinton's team didn't get information about the server out sooner before responding, i guess i know the answer, they wanted to get away with it. donald trump of on the trail in florida yesterday and in sync

with his running mate mike pence. appealing to republicans to unite before tuesday's election. >> you see what's happening at the voting booths. you see what's happening. the lines are three blocks long. i can't tell you exactly, but i see a lot of trump buttons, a lot of trump hats. a lot of shirts. and we have a feeling, don't we, that they are going to be voting for trump. i have a feeling. >> these are the most corrupt people. when they interview the people standing on the line and they say trump, trump, trump, trump, all right, let's get out of here. this is bad. this is bad news. this is the last time we're going to have a chance. four years, it's over, it's over. in four years you don't have a chance. all these characters that want to run in four years, they can forget it, they are wasting their time. republicans have to finally get

smart and come together. this is our last chance. >> more than five hours of taped conversations with donald trump show the republican nominee's fixation on celebrity, difficulty of accepting defeat, and deep seeded fear of embarrassment. the transcripts obtained by "the new york times" from a reporter reveal the nominee's obsession with seeing his name in news media, as well as an enjoyment of fighting. >> well, i was thinking about our meeting today, so i'll never forget, so i was a good baseball player and good athlete, but baseball i was very good. i was one of the best. the first time i ever saw my name in print was in a little paper up in that area of new york, because i had had three singles and a home run. so the headline was "trump wins game for nyma" and i said, i love it.

>> you love that? >> i loved that. it was the first time i was ever in a newspaper. i was a young kid. i was probably a sophomore in high school, you know, i don't think there was anything wrong with that. i thought it was amazing. >> no, you're making a little mark. >> that was the first time i was ever in print, winning a baseball game with my hitting, and i said, that's great. i don't know if i said that's great, but it felt good. >> i was a very rebellious kind of person. i don't like to talk about it actually, but i was a very rebellious person, and a very set in my ways. >> in eighth grade? >> i loved to fight. i always loved to fight. >> physical fights? >> yeah, all kinds of fights. physical -- >> arguments? >> all types of fights. any kind of fight i loved it, including physical. >> the reporter in possession of the tapes did offer the interviews to the clinton campaign earlier this year but aside from a brief meeting said he never heard back from them. when asked to comment on the you

want audiotapes, pretty old, pretty boring stuff, hope people enjoy it. i just finished a rally in florida with a record setting crowd. it's far more interesting. telling reuters that it would lead to world war iii with the u.s. and russia in a potential military conflict. >> she has no plan for syria, and, look, with her you'll end up in world war iii. she doesn't know what she's doing. you're not fighting syria anymore, you're fighting syria, russia, and iran. we should focus on isis, we should not be focused on syria. >> clinton called for a no-fly zone in syria and safe zones to protect civilians on the ground. a recent poll found voters trust hillary clinton more on foreign policy 59 to 38. and hillary clinton continues to rake in support from republicans. her most recent endorsement comes from former secretary of state colin powell, who during a

speech backed clinton while condemning her republican rival. secretary clinton tweeted, "proud to have the endorsement of general powell." secretary powell, of course, served as secretary of state under george w. bush but endorsed president obama in 2008. louis? >> in the hotly contested battleground of arizona, a new poll gives trump the edge with 46% to hillary clinton's 45%. johnson at 4%. among those who have already voted, clinton is leading by a ten-point margin, 52 to 42, while trump is ahead with those who hav yet to vote. clinton is competing hard in the state with 32 field offices while trump has none. clinton is up with a new spanish language ad featuring a woman praising clinton's immigration plan and saying trump will deport millions. obamacare is facing more scrutiny with the announcement that 2017 will bring with it a 25% average increase in premiums

for people on healthcare.gov exchanges, not to mention fewer choices as insurance companies continue to withdraw from the program. tom costello tells us which states will get hit the hardest. >> reporter: occupational therapist says she's caught in the middle. she needs the coverage offered in kentucky, but her insurer, united health care, is losing money in the state and pulling out. now sarah will have to choose a new kentucky plan and her premiums are sure to rise above her current $340 monthly payment. >> it's called the affordable care act, however, it's not affordable for individuals such as myself. either premiums are going to have to come down or i'm not going to have health insurance. >> reporter: it's happening nationwide. come january, one in five customers will find one insurer offering coverage and premiums are rising fast. on average up 25%, down 3% in indiana, but up 116% in arizona.

pushing premiums up $50 to $300 per month in some cases. the reasons, while 11.4 million americans will be on obamacare in january, most are sicker than expected. younger, healthier adults are choosing to opt out and pay the tax penalty instead, despite president obama's efforts. >> and what that means is that the insurance pool is smaller and it gets a higher percentage of older and sicker people signing up. >> reporter: the white house says nearly all obamacare customers will receive tax credits to offset the higher premiums and most could find plans for less than $100 per month. >> most of the people enrolled are low income people who are benefiting from significant subsidies. >> reporter: of course, the vast majority of americans are insured through their employers, not obamacare. those insurance premiums also projected to rise 3% to 7%. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> we'll have much more on the political fallout coming up next

on "morning joe." louis? let's turn to business, where the u.s. has approved volkswagon's buyback deal. it's now the largest settlement of an auto scandal in u.s. history. lisa joins us live from london. what else can you tell us? $14 billion is just a massive number. >> it is massive, and remember, it was agreed initially back in june, it's just been okayed by the courts now after they found out that they had software to cheat on emissions. the settlement itself under the arrangement they've now agreed to spend around $10 billion on buybacks to compensate owners and also an additional $4.7 billion goes to programs to offset submissions and, b, to what's called clean car projects, as well, so that money being distributed, as well. the deal was agreed a while back. now we have a judge that's approved the deal to go through, the settlement.

let's talk about apple, as well. shares closing off in yesterday's session. why is that? because they came through, we saw the third quarter in a row we saw fall in iphone sales and fallen revenues, as wellment they sold 45.5 million iphones, they forecast higher revenues, but revenues fell by 9%. it's the first fall speen in annual revenues in around 15 years. there's a slowdown happening in the smartphone market. they are seeing a lot more competition coming from china, for example, and especially the chinese figures were worrying. 30% fall in sales in china. this is a massively important market for them, so a lot of analysts have been worried on the back of that. also a lot of people saying no surprise we're seeing this plateauing happening in ifen sales. they also haven't released figures from the iwatch, could be because the figures are pretty poor. alex? >> lisa live from london, thanks

so much. >> louis. >> i'm here, too. it's all good. thank you so much. we reported on some of the new laws around the country that banned selfies in the voting booth. much more on the celebrity that missed that moments. bill karins, it is likely to bring some snow before this week is out. we have the forecast coming your way next. whentandard cancer treatmen longer work

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>> quack. >> don't know what to say coming out of that, except let's head over right now to meteorologist bill karins for the weather. none of that makes sense. >> the whole theory, evolution was from birds, right? that would make sense they sound like ducks. >> okay, smarty pants. take it away. >> frigid start this morning. you know, here i tell everyone we're going to have this freeze and i forgot to grab my cherry tomatoes and it's 29 degrees at my house, so those go in the garbage. pennsylvania, new jersey, southern portions of new england this morning and a frost advisory around d.c. and baltimore, you're going to stay above 32 degrees. especially outside the city, it is a cold morning. 31 in binghamton, wind chill of 26, wind chill of 32 in albany. might want to grab the gloves and hat for the kids this

morning. even atlantic city down to 32 this morning. coldest morning of the season. it's going to be a struggle this afternoon with that wind. these are the highs through new england, d.c. at 58, that's bearable. new york city only at 51, wind chill near the 40s during the day. syracuse, 42 for a high at the end of october, that's below average. again, new england, northern great lakes, those are the frigid spots, but the rest of the country is enjoying and staying very warm. everywhere from texas to the southwest, vegas today near 80, kansas in the 80s, dallas a beautiful 85. st. louis you're going to have a chance of rain and thunderstorms, atlanta at 77 degrees and even on thursday we keep it warm. the cold shot that's in the great lakes of new england stays there. it does not move to the south too much and friday should be beautiful. 75 in louisville, great end of october. there's nice weather out there alex and louis. we will get that world series game in tonight, maybe some showers, chilly, but i think we'll play. >> we'll be watching for sure.

thanks so much, bill. mercedes benz has made its leap into vehicles more suitable for offroad terrain. they revealed yesterday its concept for a premium pickup truck. the company showed off two designs of the concept car which is expected to hit show rooms late next year. it won't initially be targeting consumers in the u.s. market. i want to see if people will trade in their f-150s or silverados for that, i don't know about that. let's get a check on the stories we're not covering today. the cleveland indians had a few good luck charms last night. check out these adorable newborn babies in their world series onesies yesterday. we'll see if that luck continues during game two tonight. some election news, justin timberlake instagramed this photo of himself voting in tennessee early on monday. only problem is, it's against tennessee law to take photos or videos inside polling locations. we will not be covering that

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a spokesman for the joint operation command for the operation to retake mosul tells nbc news the defensive is going according to plan and surrounding villages continue to be liberated from isis control. meanwhile, defense secretary ash carter is warning the terror group could seek revenge and discussed a future offensive in the islamic state capital of

raqqah, syria, saying the raqqah offensive is expected to start in the next few weeks and has been in the works for a while. this as the u.s. central command says they expect isis resistance very, very soon as the forces advance closer to mosul. and joining us live from erbil, iraq, matt bradley. good day to you. pretty big news surrounding raqqah. >> reporter: that's right. secretary of state -- secretary of defense, excuse me, ash carter, said they are planning on moving in on raqqah. that is a very, very ambitious plan for what could be an extremely bruising fight. if isis seems to be putting up a suicide standoff in mosul, which is very near to us, it's going to be literally a last stand for raqqah. now, basically ash carter is saying this is going according to plan, that's why he's turning his attention to raqqah, raqqah being the capital of the self declared capital of the islamic

state, but let me pour cold water on that for a moment, if you will. the iraqis and americans have said they've taken about 70 to 90 towns and villages on the outskirts of mosul. that's not representative of the kind of fight the iraqi security forces are going to be seeing as they move closer and closer into mosul. remember, mosul has 1.2 million civilians and most of the towns and villages on the outskirts have almost no people. they are void of civilians, many of whom fled two years ago when isis first swept in from syria, so this glancing move towards syria that could be a very ambitious plan and while it sounds good on paper, the united states has tried to support rebels to move in on raqqah before and they've failed in grand fashion. alex? >> those iraqis who stayed behind those villages, it's a very dangerous time. matt bradley, thank you so much from erbil. up next, a look at the stories happening in the day ahead. it'she #brand. it's also my. seet weapo

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notes from jfk for a speech at a 1960 rally in los angeles. the notes reference his famous campaign slogan "the new frontier." there's also this fragment of a handwritten draft of george washington's first inaugural address. that might sell for as much as $150,000. >> wow. >> yep, and the most recent piece of history, the front page of "the new york times" from september 12th, 2001, and it's signed by five presidents who attended a 9/11 service. >> also happening today, donald trump officially opens his new hotel in washington, d.c. we're told the trump family will be there to participate in the ribbon cutting. >> all right. on the campaign trail today, donald trump holds two events in north carolina, his running mate mike pence has three events in utah, colorado, and tim kaine is on the trail, other clinton surrogates out, elizabeth warren holds an event in pittsburgh and

bill clinton holds three events in north carolina. >> that does it for us on this wednesday, i'm louis burgdorf alongside -- >> me, alex witt. >> "morning joe" starts right now. >> is the last time we're going to have a chance. four years it's over. in four years, you don't have a chance. all these characters that want to run in four years. they can forget it. they're wasting their time. republicans have to finally get smart and come together. this is our last chance. you see what's happening at the voting booths. you see what's happening. the lines are three blocks long. i can't tell you exactly but i see a lot of trump buttons. a lot of trump hats. a lot of shirts. and we have a feeling, don't we, that they're going to be voting for trump. i have a