making news in america this thursday morning, the curse reversed. the chicago cubs are world series champions after winning an epic game seven in an extra inning thriller. the celebration still going on and lebron james trying to fire up the crowd. the final pu battleground states. our experts on which states donald trump needs to win. and the new polls showing a neck and neck race with just five days to go until the election. trapped on a mountain in a blizzard, a group of firefighters stuck on one of america's highest peaks. the video of their ordeal. and vape mishap. an e-cigarette explodes in a man's pocket. the dramatic moment caught on

a bit early for the fourth of july or late. good morning on this thursday miami. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm linzie janis in for diane macedo. good day for me to be filling in. >> yeah. >> front page of this morning's "chicago tribune" saying simply at last. at 12:47 a.m. eastern time, hell froze over. in cleveland at last, the chicago cubs became world series champion and the celebrations were on. 108 years in the making. >> that is wrigley field there. its famous sign reading home of the chicago cubs world series champions. still plenty of security outside. thousands of fans were celebrating there after the game. i think they're still celebrating now. >> i think they are.

back in cleveland the champagne and beer flying in the cubs' locker room when the party finally arrived. plenty covering their eyes with their protective goggles. >> one great shot from the game, cleveland's own lebron james fired up cheering on the indians from the stands as the cavaliers didn't play in in the end the rest of the indians fans went home a little disappointed. >> this is a curse reversed. >> series. >> reporter: for the first time in 108 years the chicago cubs winning their world series in an epic and decisive game seven. it turned out to be quite a nail-biter. cubs fans spilling out into the streets of wrigleyville erupting into celebrations. an epic winner take all series, the indians and cubs duking it out all the way to game seven in cleveland and chicago pulling

a 3-1 deficit in the series. david ross capping off the last game of his career with a home run but the game itself a roller coaster tied after nine innings. >> here we are tied at 6. >> then a rain delay and finally -- >> it's over. >> the cubs coming out on top with an 8-7 world series win. >> it was exactly 11:47 p.m. local time when the cubs won it. >> emotions of their fans including yourself was obvious. word is those fans and the team will celebrate with a victory parade and rally tomorrow on the north side. it's expected to attract the city's largest crowd ever for a team celebration. plenty of these folks will be there. >> they may be recovered by then too. >> hopefully. >> blessed your rosary. >> before the playoffs and

>> cheering and yelling and screaming and celebrating. i can't believe the cubs have made it. yes! >> what he said. >> exactly. >> whoever that was. it was a stark contrast of emotions for indian 235fans. they can look forward to their first spring training february 27th. >> and it's against the cubs. sick and twisted. >> much more from the game later on this half hour. and the final push to the election now five days away. >> yeah, donald trump and hillary clinton are both heading to north carolina today as their surrogates try to drumsupport across the country. president obama is hitting the trail again for clinton, while trump's wife melania delivers her first speech. >> the polls are tighter than ever. neck and neck in must win florida with a slight edge for clinton. in traditionally red arizona where clinton campaign last

clinton has 44%. all within the margin of error. abc's lana zak has the latest. >> reporter: donald trump brought the fireworks in florida literally. >> get out and vote. >> reporter: but he tried to avoid creating new rhetorical fireworks in the final days saying he'll stay nice and cool. >> stay on point, donald. stay on point. no sidetrack, donald. nice and because i've been watching hillary the last few days. she's totally unhinged. >> reporter: hillary warned voters that the unhinged one, she believes is her opponent. >> if donald trump were to win this election, we would have a commander in chief who is completely out of his depth and whose ideas are incredibly dangerous. >> reporter: clinton a chicago native watched the cubs win from an ipad after her rally, a state

>> arizona has only voted for a democrat for president once since 1948 and that was my husband in 1996. >> reporter: both candidates are making a massive final push. president obama helping close the deal for clinton in north carolina. >> i hate to put a little pressure on you, but the fate of the republic rests on your shoulders. >> reporter: and the trump children fanned out in five battleground states. >> he wants to inf >> reporter: another thing that happened of note in politic, president obama yesterday criticized the fbi in regards to the clinton e-mail probe saying that they have been leaking and that they have been practicing -- that they have been trafficking in innuendo though he declined to get into specifics of the case. kendis, linzie. >> it continues. just a few more days, lana.

270 electoral votes the magic number needed to win. >> jonathan karl looks at the map and numbers. >> donald trump has momentum. look at our ratings. every state we looked at red favored trump, blue favor hillary clinton. and two states since we last spoke have moved towards trump. utah and ohio have both gone from toss-up states to advantage donald trump getting him but, david, he still needs to win all the remaining toss-up state, arizona, florida, north carolina, if he wins all three of those, he goes to 259 still short. >> so he has to pick off a couple of blue states. >> and he's got good news on that front in two states in the state of pennsylvania a new poll out today shows trump within four. in wisconsin, a poll shows him within six. and joe biden is going to

happens. if he wins pennsylvania he wins the presidency. if it's wisconsin, 269-269. we've got a tie. no co-presidency. congress chooses. >> jonathan karl there. on the campaign trail, hillary clinton will be in north carolina joined by bernie sanders. tim kaine delivers remarks in spanish at an early voting event in arizona. donald trump holes another rally in florida before heading to north carolina and mike pe campaigns with ted cruz in iowa and michigan then holds a third rally in pennsylvania. >> do count on abc news for your election night coverage. our political team will be here all night as a result cops in? a long tinight. a person of interest being questioned in a torching of a black church. the words "vote trump" were

still ahead, news this morning the country's best and worst airports. >> can you guess which ones they are? plus, an arrest made in the shooting of two police officers in iowa. two new details about the suspect's past run-ins with the cops. a group of american firefighters trapped on a mountain in a blizzard. how they made it out alive. and game seven was the one that clinched it all. more coverage of the world series as the in it was epic. oh, look... ...another anti-wrinkle cream in no hurry to make anything happen. neutrogena? rapid wrinkle repair works... ...in one week. with the... fastest retinol formula available. it's clinically proven to work on fine lines and... ...even deep wrinkles. "one week? that definitely works!" rapid wrinkle repair. and for dark spots, rapid tone repair. neutrogena?.

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eighth when cleveland tied it with a two-run home run. then before extra innings everyone had to wait out a 17-minute rain delay. >> when it started again this is what happened. the cubs driving in two runs and they were feeling pretty good. cleveland, though, got a run back in their half of the tenth, then it was nervous but it wasn't enough. this is the moment. >> makes the play. >> 108 years in the making. >> and the cubs have finally won it l. ball. the celebration for the cubs and their fans was on. final score, cub, 8, indians, 7, cubs come from three games to one down to win the world series. >> yeah. >> very impressive. >> and a great story featuring a rather well-known cubs fan.

michel didn't pay a dollar for his ticket. >> he handed me the ticket and i was like, god, i really appreciate you giving me this ticket. he said not only dam i giving you the ticket, you're sitting with me. >> how cool. >> murray wouldn't let her buy him a beer. she's planning to send him a thank you gift. >> take a look at this. fascinating. an indians fan posted this image there hours before the game ended. you see it there. indians, 2016 champs. whoops. >> major, major oops. >> he says he has no regret, though. finally last play of the series ended with the ball in the glove of cubs first baseman anthony rizzo, of course, now, after the game he said he couldn't put the feeling of winning a world series into words. >> but rizzo had plenty to say

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take a look at our top stories on this thursday, hillary clinton and donald trump both campaigning in battleground north carolina with five days to go, both making plays for states that don't traditionally go for their own party. president obama will be on the campaign trail in florida after making a pitch for clinton in hauck income saying the fate of the republic rests on their shoulders. melania trump is holding her husband's behalf. she'll deliver a speech in suburban philadelphia today to talk about her upbringing in slovenia and love for america. take a look at today's weather. rain moves into the northeast tonight and temperatures are going to plunge, brrr. there will be heavy rain in the southwest. you see it 79 degrees in nashville. it was a big night there last

legends featuring some contemporary artists and showcasing some superstars. >> along the way memorable performances at the cma awards. elizabeth hur was there on the red carpet in nashville ? >> reporter: a massive star-studded open to the 50th annual country music awards. ? . >> reporter: including an country music's biggest night. >> randy travis. [ cheers ] ? >> reporter: randy travis making his first award show appearance since suffering a massive stroke in 2013. then hosts carrie underwood and brad paisley quickly opened their monologue hitting on what else, the election. ? the election is tainting

awards. >> entertainer of the year, garth brooks. >> we are so damn lucky to be part of this thing called country music. [ applause ] ? ? we got married in a fever not. >> reporter: from all-time greats taking the stage. ? >> reporter: to legend dolly parton honored with a lifetime achievement award. >> i just want to thank all my fans andry me to see my little girl dreams come true. ? >> reporter: then the surprise performance of the night, beyonce with the dixie chicks. ? >> reporter: so there you have it. so many great moments and if you missed any of it it's okay because all of the performances are posted right on abc.com. kendis and linzie. >> we should mention lara spencer will be there from nashville this morning on "good morning america."

>> 4:30. good morning. thursday, november 3. i'm randy price. >> i'm erika tarantal. emily is off today. we're following breaking news on the eyeopener. a teenager hit by a car in boston. the new details we're learning overnight. >> polling information toss dollars out in the city o who's behind this. >> and world series champions. the cubs have finally done it after a century-long title drought. what a game. a nail-biter for both sides. >> still celebrating in chicago. >> they had a rain delay as