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>> we start this morning with breaking news overnight. one of america's most vocal liberal voices of the 1960s and beyond is gone. one-time husband of jane fonda passed away after a long illness according to his wife, barbara williams. organizing demonstrations that rocked the nation. some turning violent including one that resulted in a notorious chicago seven trial and lecturer and elected to various posts in california state politics. we'll have much more on the life and impact of a liberal icon later. and now for the race to the white house with just 15 days to the election, the presidential candidates are in an all out sprint until the final votes are cast. barn storming the country in an effort to push their closing arguments.

hillary clinton leading by double digits. and despite what trump says on the trail, his campaign manager now concedes they are behind clinton. da has more. >> reporter: even veteran republican strategists concede it's very difficult to see a win. >> i don't see it happening. maybe it could but i doubt in the just over two weeks we have campaign he is conducting. >> reporter: on "meet the press" his campaign manager blaming clinton's onslaught of negative adds. >> she has tremendous advantage. the former president, her husband and all more popular than she can hope to be campaigning for her. >> reporter: and insisting the system is rigged against him. >> he will accept it 100% if

denying the claims of 11 women accusing him of misconduct and saying the allegations won't hurt him. >> we're going to do so well with the women it's crazy. >> i'm completely innocent. i've said this before and i i'll say it again, nobody has more respect for women than i do. >> reporter: now, trump has also threatened lawsuits against newspapers like t new york timest accounts of those accusers. a lawsuit has yet to be filed. meanwhile, hillary clinton has set her eyes oen the senate, unleashing a barrage of attacks in key battlegrounds across the country. even utalizing president obama to do so. >> now, how much more does pat toomey need to hear? if he doesn't have the courage r curage to stand up to donald

be sure he'll stand up for you when it counts against powerful interests? >> he's spend his time in washington fight for tax breaks voted again and again to defund planned parenthood. shut down the government. progress is on the ballot. stability is on the ballot. tolerance is on the ballot. justice is on the ballot. >> and out of 34 senate races, the battleground for republicans defending five. clinton plans to make an aggressive push in the final weeks of the campaign even joining first lady on the trail this week. and the race is being decided each and every day. in fact, over 4 million voters have gone to the polls. and today on the trail, hillary clinton campaigns with massachusetts senator, elizabeth

and joe biden stumps for her in ohio. meanwhile, donald trump barn storms through florida while mike pence takes north carolina. and ash carter made a surprise viz tosit to iraq this weekend. he says although he's encouraged they must prepare for a post isis mosul. now this comes as a top u.s. general tells nbc news that isis is attempting tost caliphate in afghanistan. here now from mobile, northern iraq. there are news that they have launched a new attack. >> reporter: so the situation is actually along the lines of a lot of tactics isis is using. they've used this in both

this is classic isis diversionary tactics. they attacked a little further soun and managed to divert the counterterrorism forces from the main heart of the battle in mosul to that area and now attacked rutbah. they launched several different suicide vehicle devices in that town and managed to occupy security forces far away from the front. and so as the pressure s going to see more of these diversionary tactics. they're brutal and rather ingenious. >> thank you. at this moment a man hunt is underway for this man. this is michael dale vance jr. who police say was last seen. >> some 8 and half hours ago. he shot two fleepolice officers

an ak-47 before taking off. another suspect involved in the shooting has been arrested. however, vance remains at large and authorities are asking for anyone with information to come forward. a tragic story out of california. 13 people are dead and 31 more injured following a massive accident involving a charter bus and tractor tra in california. it was heading to los angeles when it slammed in the back of a travel the bus was going so fast it went in for about 15 feet. the bus driver, dwreet be identified, was among those killed. here with more. >> reporter: investigator scouring the twisted wreckage after this tour bus slammed into the back of a big rig. firefighters pulling victims from the wreckage just after 5:00 a.m.

interstate 10 in palm springs. the athorltuthorities were abley apart the big rig and the cargo inside smashd and shredded. the cause still unknown. >> in almost 35 years, i've never been to a crash where there's been 13 confirmed fatal accidents. so, it's tough. >> that was morgan radford reporting. weed is on the ballot however, one group just went up in smoke. weed world candies. their prorecreation rv caught fire while driving across the delaware memorial bridge. the rv was completely destroyed. the owner of weed world tell us that they -- they tell nbc that $50,000 of merchandise was

in their loud green vehicle. could you be in trouble for taking a selfie at the ballot box? the answer may actually shock you. >> maybe some old people too. but first, a look at the week ahead. how we looking steve? >> we have a few showers moving across southern new england. the bigger deal will be the colder air that follows behind this front. canadian air this week where temperatures will likely not get out of the 40s in boston. fall is starting to get real across the northeast. here's a look at the weather where you are. and we have cool weather across the northeast. blustery conditions. 50s to lower 60s. meanwhile, temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s. enjoy.

boys can't believe it's coming in the northeast. >> certainly a lucky break for some people. just ahead, outrage over the pentagon asking national guardsman to repay their signing bonuses. and shots are fired. "early today" is back in two. t. ? tomorrow's the day we'll play something besides video games. every day is a gift especially for people with heart failure. but today there's a breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto? was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto?. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto? with an ace inhibitor or or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace

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12 states have a mixture of laws where selfies fall in a gray area that's somewhat prohibited or unclear. arizona has a law that bans photographs within 75 feet of your polling place but you are allowed to share your completed ballot online. and the ever important state of ohio and pennsylvania. whi just last month, california 120-year-old law barring voters from showing people their marked ballots. >> when it comes to selfie sticks, that's a whole other thing. leading the news this morning california law makers are condemning the pentagon after the national defense ordered national guardsman to repay their bonuses. they often reached $15,000 or

debt. calling the pentagon's demands disgraceful. police in california are searching for suspect that opened fire on one of their own during a car chase. >> shots fired. >> those dramatic moments you can see captured on the officer's dash cam. a suspect seat fired nine times and moments later, four more shots were fired, shatting the wind shield of the officer's car. a civilian in the officer's car part of a ride along program was injured injured. the officer was not. they ditched the vehicle and a search around the vehicle produced a gun and other evidence. they hope this will help them catch the suspect.

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and monday morning a big travel day across much of the country and the good news, no big worries out there, much o a few trouble spots, maybe the northeast with gusty winds and also rain in san francisco. enjoy the day. well, thank you, steve. chaos erupted on sunday after venezuela's congress formally accused the president of staging a coup. they vowed to put him on trial

promaduro protesters chanting that assembly would fall. venezuela has shortages of food, medicine and other bas products and essentials. the national debate on patriotism and race after a singer chose to kneel before the game between the heat and 76ers. ? who's brought stripes and fight ? >> she wore a black lives matter shirt calling the movement a rallying cry against racial injustice in the country. so the next story. an emu walks into the bar. a bird named taco who hopped a fence in florida and walked

goose chase, or emu chase. they are known to be fast sprinters and can jump forcefully. but he was finally captured blocks away from his home. his owner says he might have been spooked by a stray dog. back in 2012, taco jumped a fence on to a florida state road. >> the owner needs a higher fence. he's gotten away once, you need to make it a bigger home for taco might be able to help him out. well, bill murray was honored by the mark twain prize. and he got laughs by handing to an audience member with instructions to pass it around. jimmy kimmel and sigorny weaver some of those in attendance. it will air this saturday.

support him. >> he's so funny after all these years. >> thank you so much for watching "early today. port tampa bay has now become florida's largest and most diversified. which helps explain why it is one of dana young's top priorities. generating over 15 billion for the regional economy, and 80 thousand local jobs. dana young is working to continue that success, by attracting high waged jobs for families who need them and fighting a bureaucracy that too often gets in the way.

just two weeks and counting until election day and the presidential candidates are turning their focus on florida. when and where donald and you don't have to wait until november 8 together cast your ballot. early voting gets underway in the bay area today. 8 is on your side with what you need to know to cast your vote. plus, a rapper is set to go before a judge. not to show off his music skills. why he is on trail for what he did during a concert in lakeland. good morning. welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gayle guyardo.