interjected itself into the campaign after his threat that he could invite jennifer flowers to the debate. the woman who claimed in the early '90s to have had a long-running affair with bill clinton, putting his presidential campaign in trouble. this was in response to a tweet by cuban. "just got a front row seat to watch hillary clinton overwhelm donald trump that humbling at hofstra monday. it's on. >> reporter: battle of the reality stars. now, trump advisors are doing their best to quell reports that flower would be his guest. >> we have not invited her formally and we don't expect her to be a guest of the trump campaign. >> the question is why would hillary clinton and her

campaign, inviting some celebrity basketball team owner -- jennifer flowers will not be attending the debate tonight. >> her office also confirmed her attendance. it's the latest in a psychological war between both candidates. and the public says clinton is the odds-on win with 47% of respondents in a new washington post poll think clinton will beat it. and estimated 100 million viewers are expected to tune in tonight and it could be one of the most highly consequential debates and the most watched was in 1980 when regan and cart er went face to face. and in ross perot in front of nearly 70 million viewers.

and that's tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on nbc. protests in charlotte are expected to continue today over the fatal police shooting of keith lemont. the mayor lifted the curfew. but still rife with tension. hundreds of activists boycotted the nfl game. taking a knee outside the bank of america stadium. as the star spangled banner played and police in riot gear stood watch. on the field, marcus ball raised his hand in support, while cam newton war a martin luther king justice t-shirt during the pregame warm up. the sentiment follows saturday's partial release of the dash cam showing his final confrontation with police. and charlotte's police chief

insists his officers acted appropriately and will not face charges from his department. >> if laws were violated, i would be taking different action. >> meanwhile, the scott family is still raising questions about his death. >> how does the combination of marijuana and a gun constitute aggravated active aggression that put the lives of these officers in danger. >> hopes of renewing a ceasefire in syria has all but desipitated. as the syrian government entered its fourth day of air strikes in aleppo. it ended with a clash between russia and three western powers. >> what russia is sponsoring and doing is not counterterrorism, it is barberism. >> ambassadors for the u.s., britain and france walked out of the meeting to protest syria's

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priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. right now on "nbc 10 news today," debate day is here. in just hours, hillary clinton will square off with donald trump as both candidates work to sell themselves to the american people. remembering a legend. this morning, the sports world is mourning golfer arnold palmer who was a pennsylvania native. talk about a convincing win. carson wentz and the philadelphia eagles ran right over the pittsburgh steelers at the linc, propelling the team to a 3-0 record. nbc 10 news starts right now. we are on the wentz wagon. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. we have a cool start. it looks like it will be a gorgeous fall day. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with your first alert neighborhood forecast. >> it's the first monday of

autumn and it feels like fall. 55 degrees in philadelphia. the wind is calm. the skies clear, wind calm. the temperatures cool down by 6:00. 53 degrees, just a light breeze at 9:00. 60 degrees at this hour. look at the 40s for the suburbs, new jersey, the lehigh valley, down to 44 degrees right now in easton. 49 at 7:00, upper 60s by 10:00 this morning. we'll see a lot of sunshine this morning. we'll start the warming process, up to 74 degrees this afternoon. there will be clouds coming in during the day. you'll see them in philadelphia, the suburbs and the lehigh valley, especially later in the afternoon. mostly sunny skies for philadelphi philadelphia, new jersey. just a degree cooler? delaware. i'll detail this forecast hour by hour when i'm back in a few minutes. first, let's get a check of traffic with francesca ruscio. we'll start out with the vine street expressway at broad street. usually we see flashing lights.

i am seeing eastbound/westbound traffic flowing at this time of morning. we'll see another accident that appeared within the 3:00 hour earlier this morning at lower merion at the intersection of east city avenue and conshohocken avenue. it's still pretty early. over in new jersey, a live shot at 295 at sloan avenue. we are watching for an accident within burlington county, west hampton, two lanes are blocked, the southbound side of 295. i'll have more on new jersey transit when i come back, vai and tracy. >> thank you, francesca ruscio. tonight, the presidential candidates will face off in the first presidential debate. nbc 10 is bringing you an inside look. the finalç preparations are unr way at hofstra on long island. nbc 10 was at the debate hall, including former new york city mayor rudy giuliani got a