making news in america this morning -- donald trump is questioning the e legitimacy of the election and going after even "saturday night live" accusing the show of doing a hit job. and another batch of hillary clinton e-mails released by wikileaks. what they say. office in north carolina fire-bombed. breaking overnight, the battle for mosul begins. alex marquardt is on the front lines. he's live with us with the latest. and, look at the dramatic rescue as people form a human chain to save a driver inside a flaming suv. and feeling the squeeze.

a good monday morning to all. we begin with donald trump unleashing a new wave of allegations before the third and final debate. >> trump is taking aim in every direction. gnaw poll shows the race is still close. with hillary clinton four points ahead, stl within the margin of error. trump is blaming clinton and the democrats for the fire-bombing of a local gop office in north carolina. and he's repeatedly firing off claims of a rigged election. stephanie ramos joins us with more. >> reporter: we're getting closer and closer to tend of the election. the candidates are not e slowing down. hillary clinton is gearing up for wednesday night's debate. while donald trump is back on twitter calling the election rigged. hillary clinton and donald trump taking very different approaches as they head into the final presidential debate just two days away.

suburban hotel in new york to prep for the last face to face with trump as her campaign deals with another wikileaks hack. more e-mails believed to have been stolen from campaign chairman john podesta's account. this, as authorities in north carolina investigate a fire at a gop office this weekend. officials say a bottle filled with flammable liquid was thrown through the window. >> this is a act of political terrorism. one that we will not succumb to. and one that we will answer. >> reporter: clinton calling the attack horrific and unacceptable. though there's been no arrest, trump tweeting animals representing hillary clinton and dems in north carolina just fire-bombed our office in orange

meanwhile, trump is sticking with the idea that november's election is rigged. >> the election is being rigged. >> reporter: trump partly blaming the the show "saturday night live." >> do you feel you're modeling appropriate behavior for today's youth? >> no. >> reporter: he fired back. alec baldwin portrayal stinks. media rigging election. trump is ramping up attacks as more women accuse him of miscond misconduct. >> false stories. all made up. lies. lies. >> reporter: clinton is in debate prep mode while donald trump campaigns in wisconsin. a new poll shows that clinton has a four-point lead. >> with three weeks to go they're picking the campaign locations very care pli. stephan stephanie, thank you.

come up during wednesday's debate. >> the e-mails believed to be from john poe tes that include transcripts of speeches she gave to goldman sachs. the e-mails also show highly scripted debate preparation with advisers instructing clinton at one pint to laugh at herself. >> the clinton campaign has neither confirmed nor denied the a major battle against isis is under way in iraq. government forces are pushing into mosul. the last city in iraq held by the extremist group. >> air strikes were targeted overnight. alex marquardt son the front lines. he joins us on the phones. this is a battle we have heard ability. it's been weeks in the making. >> reporter: months, in fact,

out just before 2:00 a.m. local time to announce this operation was being launched. we're on the front lines with kurdish forces. they're some of the 30,000 iraqi forces making up the force surrounds mosul in order to take it back. this is the second biggest city in iraq. this is something of a last stand for isis. their biggest prize claimed in 2014. if they l longer have any sort of foothold in iraq. this is a huge operation. it could take weeks. could take months. those 30,000 forces are being backed up by the international coalition. including american forces. right now, i'm looking at a detachment of american forces backing up those iraqi forces, mel helping them choose and target

these kurdish forces fire on to the isis operation below. they hope to make their advance toward the city of mosul. >> are you able to gauge the progress from where you are in terms of how this operation is going? and how important sit not only strategically but symbolically? >> reporter: it's hard to say how it's going. there's an ebb and a know when it comes to battle. for a couple of hours, t hot of mortars being fired. now it's calmed down a little bit. i'm looking from an elevated position in the hills. it's a flat plain. another reason it's hard to tell how it's going is there's a lot of smoke, between the air strikes, the artillery. you have isis burning oil and tires to create massive plumes of black smoke. it's hard to say how the battle is going.

30,000 forces backed up by the american troops. inside mosul, an estimated 6,000 isis forces. the question now is, whether they will see this as an all-out battle to defend the city or if they'll eventually cut and run and give up on iiraq and go bac to syria. where they still occupy a large swath of territory. >> the u.s. defense secretary call this is a decisive mome alex marquardt. we'll have a live report later on on "gma." thank you. that decisive moment comes as isis deals with another setback after being pushed out of a small town in syria. they had says this city, dabiq, would be a doomsday fight. isis forces put up minimal resistance before leaving that opportunity. to the west coast and back here at home.

northwest. here's the radar. heavy rain in washington state to central kr kr. here's what's left behind from the storms that struck over the weekend. thousands of residents in washington and oregon are without power. mr. are plenty of trees and debris to clean up as well. winds around 50 miles an hour brought down trees across the region. the storm system ended up being much weaker than forecasters were calling for. elsewhere, expect summer-like temperatures in the midwest. that warmth moves east tomorrow, mid 80s from north carolina to new york, where the temperatures will likely tie or break record highs. not too many people complaining about that. >> no, certainly not. the crisis for the orange industry. hear why prices are climbing. and sales of clown costumes are up 200%. you won't find them at one of

a manhunt is under way after a police officer was shot. we have new video showing the the suspect moments before

two chinese astronauts blasted off this week for a tests over the next month before returning to earth. the mission, china's longest yet is aimed at helping the country launch a more permanent space station in two years. moments of video after a truck fell on to a tent at a packed motorcycle festival. four people were killed. the driver was a 24-year-old member of the navy.

driving under the influence. three men have been charged with the shooting of an olympic athlete's daughter. 15-year-old trinity gay was killed in a parking lot. she was the daurn of olympic sprinter tyson gay who appeared in the olympics in 2008. she herself was a promising sprinter. this dash cam video showing a officer walking down the sidewalk and crossing to the side of his car. another video shows the alleged gunman walking away from the vehicle. he stole it and abandoned it a few plox away, after shooting the officer who was seriously injured. the suspect is at large. the officer remains hospital lizzed. this year's orange harvest is expected to be down 14% from last year. due to tree disease and hurricanes.

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checking our top stories, donald trump is unleering on twitter, repeatedly claiming the election is rigged. he's now trailing hillary clinton in a poll with the final debate just two days away. hillary clinton is facing new questions about thousands of hacked e-mails posted by wikileaks. they appear to show she was not as tough on wall street in the be in public. troops have launched a battle against isis in mosul. the iraqis are backed by u.s.-led air strikes. here's today's weather map. things are warming up for the eastern half of the country. there will be clouds and rain around the great lakes. some more rain as well in the northwest. along with some snow. and a bitter case of a home takeover is unfolding in san diego, prompting many people to

invite in the home for live-in help. >> care giver for an elderly man refusing to move out even though the man has passed away. >> reporter: a community fighting back on behalf of a 90-year-old woman, trying to get back into the home she's looifd in for nearly six decades. >> i think that she's heartless. >> reporter: fran is talking about the woman she hired a year ago to care for her dying husband. cheryl featured episode of hoarders, buried alive, moved into breslauer's home. when she tried to fire cheryl, she refused to leave. >> she got to be very nasty after that. >> reporter: both women filing restraining orders against each other. cheryl accusing the woman of punching her in the arm. >> if cow have met my mother. she's 90 years old.

>> reporter: her story brought to light by our san diego affiliate kg-tv. we knocked on the door. we called cheryl. called her attorney. so far, no response. across the country, other stourryes of home owners locked out. this one the stan a cruz, where air bnb enters caught on camera refused to leave. people say never use care giver. only use a bonded agency. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great monday.