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sunday's face-off. while mike pence says trump is his party's only hope. >> paul ryan is my friend, but, yeah, i respectfully disagree with his focus in this company. well, certainly, we're disappointed, donald trump starts to support republican candidates all year long and we will continue to. i think it's important we let trump be trump. i mean, donald trump. he's made a connection with the american people to the likes i've never seen in my lifetime. >> that came shortly before pence had this exchange with a voter who called for an all out revolution if she were elected president. >> for me personally, if hillary clinton gets in, i, myself, i'm ready for a revolution. because we can't have her in. >> don't do it. >> meanwhile, hillary clinton did her best to reach out to disaffected millenials, speaking

with former vice president al gore campaigning in miami. >> your vote really, really counts, a lot. you can consider me as an exhibit a of that group. >> and for the first time, president obama tore into trump for the ""access hollywood"" comments and his threats against clinton. >> the fact that now you got people saying, well, we strongly disapprove, we really disagree, we find those comments disgusting, but we're still endorsing him. >> that doesn't make sense to me. when in the middle of the debate you threaten to put your political opponent in jail. >> that, no trial, no documents,

no lawyers. >> but clinton continues to be on the ropes with another controversy rearing its ugly head after a new batch of hacked e-mails released by wikileaks apparently shows the strategizing behind her xavenl her chairman exchanges with outside observers as they urge clinton to adopt specific campaign policies. e-mails, not authenticated by nbc news, show the political can you lus behind policy changes like her flip-flop on the keystone pipeline. included in those e-mails, another revelation. brian fallon communicated with the justice department where he once worked, regarding lawsuits in the clinton e-mails. the clinton campaign says the information provided by the eoj would have been available publicly t. white house denies any impropriety. meanwhile, he says the fbi is investigating the hacking while he puts the blame on russian spies. >> breaking overnight, two

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roof. can you tell how much damage is down there. >> search teams reached residents from this high rise the disabled, carriedco safety, in a town drowning in a riff that burst its banks, a tax man watching this drone video spotted his twin brother's house to help his stranded sib link. >> i keep of flew over there. >> reporter: the drone operator alerted rescuers. >> hey, there's a guy in a house right there. by that time, he was hanging out the window. >> reporter: a team came swooping in, carrying bill williams ap his dog to safety. >> it's crazy that it actually works. >> the new yorker has everyone on high alert. the lumber riff at a record high, pouring into surrounding communities. are your healthy supplements healthy for your heart. that's a question answered today by john hopkin's school of med sivenl today a study of 2700

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and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. i'm a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i don't always agree with her, but she's reasonable. and she's smart. she can work with people to solve problems. i want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing

when it really mattered. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. right now on "nbc 10 news today," up in flames. fire engulfs a philly pizza shop and nearby garage. now investigators are trying to figure out how it all started. a new plan to keep cigarettes out of young hands in philadelphia. we'll tell you the details about the strategy being unveiled today. a fast fix to a yearly problem in our area. coming up, we'll tell you about the new, inexpensive way crews could patch potholes on our streets. nbc 10 news starts now. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm rosemary connors. >> i'm vai sikahema. cool out but not quite as cool as it was yesterday. let's get to meteorologist krystal klei with the first alert neighborhood forecast, a look at conditions right where you live. krystal? >> those temperatures not as bad

as they were yesterday. we're at 42 degrees right now in allentown, coatesville 45 degrees. 50 currently in philadelphia and atlantic city, 44. if you want to see the difference compared to yesterday morning. we're about three degrees warmer right now than yesterday at this time. seven degrees warmer in areas like wilmington, dover, three degrees atlantic city and three degrees warmer in vineland. this isn't a big difference but you might notice it especially in areas like the lehigh valley or mt. pocono where the temperatures will be better off than yesterday morning. and looking at temperatures to your radar and satellite, changes here as well. because we are going to see scattered clouds move in throughout today. we're not expecting rain but we will see clouds mixing in with the sunshine. so partly cloudy forecast, temperatures later in the day, a little warmer as well as we continue that gradual warmup. we'll track that warmup and we'll also be taking a look at the chance of rain for some parts of our area by tomorrow. all that coming up in a few

minutes. for now, let's go to traffic with jessica boyington. >> already some problems this morning, krystal. we're starting out in hunting park where there is a building fire, broad street and pike street. watch for lane restrictions. you might be detailed around the scene on the north or southbound side of broad street. here's the vine street expressway around broad street. we're actually still closed this morning with that construction in between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. you can see right here, traffic off on to the broad street off ramp. right now, we have about a half hour until this opens back up. we'll keep you updated and check in with the building fire as well. >> we'll see you in a bit, jessica. fire officials looking for the cause of this fire that roared through two vacant row homes in philadelphia's hunting park neighborhood. the two homes are on north broad street near pike street. some beams collapsed while the crews were putting out the flames. this fire broke out just after 1:00 this morning. no one was hurt. also this morning, take a look at this fire that destroyed a