? ? this is a rigged system, folks. but we're not going to let it happen. >> donald trump's words don't make they make me furious. and now the sprint to wednesday's third and final debate. new polls and attacks at t heart of america's voting system. the north carolina head quarters, torched along with nazi graffiti warnings. then 21 girls kidnapped over

haram reunited. "early today" starts right now. great being with you this morning. the offensive to retake the iraq city of mosul from isis has begun. the terror group has controlled iraq's second largest city for the past two years. iraqi prime minister says the time of victory has arrived. adding that isis would be iraqi forces have surrounded the city cutting off any supply and escape routes. the long awaited battle is underway. >> reporter: that's right, frances, this has been a very, very anticipated battle. that is the culmination of all of the operations in iraq over the past two years. and the momentous speech he made

he noted it's been under occupation for the past two years and this is the cleansing operation but it's a complicated operation and not just strategically, but politically. there's so many different political moving parts. they're fighting the peshmurga, kurdish forces. shiite militia groups from southern iraq and the iraqi military leading the move into mosul. all of this is backed up by an american-led coalition advising from the ground. so, as you can see, it really is so many moving parts and likely to take weeks. >> certainly a crucial operation in the fight against isis. thank you. authorities are on the hunt

quarts in north carolina was fire bombed. the interior was damaged beyond repair. the attack happened when a bottle of flammable liquid ways thrown through the office's front window. and donald trump responded. res. and he followed up with this tweet saying. >> while hillary clinton tweeted this. >> and just two days until the final presidential debaet and 22 days until americans head to their voting booths to decide the next free leleader of the f world. >> hillary is running for president in what looks like to

election. the election is being rigged all big lies. it's a rigged system. this is a rigged system, folks, but we're not going to let it happen. >> trump then tweeting the election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing crooked hillary but also many media places. him but blaming polling places is entirely different and one trump's surrogates refuted. >> he said to reporters, they're the ones who have rigged it. he's never talked about cheating in the polling place. >> the american people are tired of the obvious bias in the na media. >> i believe the news media -- i believe the rigging is the level

>> now trump is openly contradicting his own surrogates. well, so far no answer has been given. meanwhile, republicans are refuting trump's accusations with senator jeff flake tweeting "elections are not rigged." and house speaker paul ryan. and trump responded by bashing ryan posting, "the democrats have a corrupt political machine pushing crooked hillary clinton, we have paul ryan always fighting the republican nominee." and he ramped it up, hitting ryan with more bruising tweets. a 2014 investigation by the washington post found just 31 incidents of over 1 billion

and 2014. and trump supporters say the republican ticket will unequivocally accept the election day outcome one way or another. >> will you, mr. mayor, approve of and respect the outcome of the election? >> we will absolutely respect the results of the election. >> now a ninth woman has come forward with allegations against donald trump, saying the gop nominee nbc news has not verified the allegation. and senator warren. >> some people say it makes them sick to hear donald trump talk like that. well, not me. donald trump's words don't make me sick anymore. they make me furious. >> and the accusations seem to be taking their toll on the trump campaign, with 68% now

made unwanted sexual advances towards women. and in that same poll, 63% say the recent allegations and that 2005 access hollywood video does not impact their vote, while 35% say it does have an impact. and a reminder for you, the third and final debate is wednesday night at 9:00 eastern 6:00 pacific time right here on nbc. after being held captive for two years, finally smiles and tears of joy for 12 nigerian school girls as they were reunited with their families. so much emotion and that ceremon ea was held on sunday in the nigerian capital. they were released last week by boko haram militants. but it took them several weeks to reach them. it's not clear how the release

they're denying militants were released in exchange for the girls. some are believed to still be in the hands of boko haram. negotiations continue. japan's rocket blasted off early this morning carrying two astronauts towards a new chinese space station. they plan on staying aboard the new heavenly place 2 space correspond correspondents. this is a small step for china as it works to continuously ramp up its space program. and check out this dramatic new footage of brave floridians rescuing a man after a fiery crash. well, the car you can see burst into flames, but luckily for the

officers climbed down, dragging the driver out of the wreckage and they made a human chain and were able to pull everyone back up to safety. the driver was taken on the hospital with only minor injuries. amazing to see that video with everybody coming together. just ahead, north korea continues testing missiles as they threaten the united states saying they're prepared to use nuclear weapons first. but now karins with record warmth. >> 80s from new york back to texas. end of our growing season, things are dying off. the high winds heading to the plains. but watch out, we could see winds up to 50 to 80 miles per hour. sustained winds in some of the hielidations in the west. this is where we're going to see gusty winds. watch out for brush fires from

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complete with a hillary jail stripe pant suit. it's the latest in the campaign full of mudslinging and it could get much worse. for more, we're joined by edward lawrence. what's the latest on the trail? >> reporter: some bomb shell drops right before a debate. well, now donald trump claims the election process is rigged. donald trump called people representing hillary clinton animals in a tweet. r gop head quarters in north carolina. as politics in north carolina turn violent. >> a totally rigged election. >> reporter: trump claims the election is rigged with help from the media promoting false stories about him. governor mike pence defended his running mate on "meet the press." and accused reporters of ignoring the story. >> how the national media is ignoring an avalanche of real

>> reporter: he's referring to information released from the freedom of information act, as well as wikileaks. senator kaine said we cannot take the hacked emails as fact. >> we got to be a little bit careful of these, because since they're part of an effort by russia and wikileaks and none of those are neutral admiters of information. >> reporter: as le released transcripted to wall street executives this weekend. she has no public events from now until the debate to prepare. donald trump will be on the campaign trail in wisconsin and colorado before going on to las vegas for the final debate. the two latest polls out show that it is a close race and nbc news washington post poll shows clinton up by 11 points, the nbc news wall street journal shows

and thank you for being with us. i'm frances rivera. spent building thisount was controversial courthouse, the state learned the contractor had overspent on framed photos that were never used. when the state refused to pay, bob buesing sued... demanding taxpayers foot the bill, including his own legal fees.

you've got to be kidding. a republican campaign office fire bombed and vandalized. how donald trump is reacting and who he is attack. and comedian amy schumer booed at her tampa show. what set off some donald trump supporters in the crowd. plus, a stand-off off in pasco county ends with deputy's shooting and killing a man. why deputies resorted to gunfire and the weapon they claim the man tried to use on them. good morning. i am candace mccowan. welcome to news channel 8 today. gayle guyardo has the day off.