it's monday, october 19th, coming up on "early today," the battle over jeb bush and donald trump over george w. bush's 9/11 and political blame game afternoon. a typhoon slams into the philipines at 150-mile-per-hour winds and the eivalent of 6 feet of rain. police are still searching for a shooter who opened fire and killed one, wounding five at a florida zombie festival. the mets against the cubs against the wall as they head to wrigley. they battle in indy, plus eddie murphy trading places with mark

"early today" starts right now. early monday, happy monday. there are 55 weeks until election day 2016, but this upcoming week could prove to be one of the most explosive. this washington post is reporting a side story of trump's campaign's connections to a big money super pact. campaign strongly is threatening a lawsuit since the washington report has given them weapons, but if true, this could hurt the representation of a candidate. bernie sanders is reacting to larry david's portrayal of him on is the saturday night live." >> i own one pair of under wear that, is it. some of these candidates have three, four, i have to put my

clothes on the radiator. >> last week i bought my sec pair of underwear, that's a joke. my name is larry dave. >> this morning there sa fire storm over who is to blame for the -11 terrorist attacks. nbc's kristen welker has our reports. >> the world of words is heating up trump using -11 and former president george w. bush the again jab at jeb. >> i don't want jeb bush to say my brother kept us safe, because september 11th was one of the worst days in the history of the united states. >> my brother responded to a crisis and he did it as a president would do. you fighted a country. >> reporter: the fight got started friday when trump threw the first punch. >> when you talk about george bush. say what you want the world trade center saim came down during his time. >> hold on, you can't blame george bush.

>> he was president. don't blame him or don't blame him. >> reporter: the front runner doubles down, arguing his immigration policies would have prevented the attacks. >> i believe if i were running things, i doubt those people would have been in the country. >> but bush hit back. >> it looks as though these he's an actor playing the role of a candidate for president. mr. trump talks about things as though he's still on the "pri prentice." >> trump wanted the last word, jeb, why did your brother attack an destabilize the middle east by attacking iraq when there were no weapons of mad destruction? bad ininfo? trump gets 24% of republican primary voters, carson gets 23. so will trump comment about september 11th, the controversy that resonates? >> you can say things that would get any other politician or a

regular politician in a lot of trouble. yet it doesn't seem to affect him. >> reporter: for democrats and front runner hillary clinton it's a waiting game to see if vice president joe biden will enter the race. biden send a human rights award in new york. even as some audience members shouted run, joe, run. >> my son beau used to say, just keep moving forward. >> reporter: and the vice president headed to mass in delaware. perhaps looking for guidance. reporting. while joe biden's decision is a of particular interest to hillary clinton the democratic front runner had a huge day with major political implications. on thursday, she will testify in front of the house benghazi committee. before that, an outburst of

and trey dowd di and elijah cummings dukd it out whether it is fairly focused on secretary clinton. >> you look at the fact, we have done 50 witness, one of whom you could argue was exclusively related to her e-mail. that was the shortest intervalue we have done. we have 50 thousand new documents, less than 5% have anything to do with secretary clinton. she is an important witness. she is one witness. >> when you talk about these 50 witnesses, wes still sb ve roed in on hillary clinton. there is no doubt about that. >> cummings says the democrats will leak a report this week that says no witnesses ferified republican accusations against clinton. stay off at a popular zombie street florida, just before midnight, a person opened fire. police cleared the area. many ann, some wondered if it

abbas in jordan later this week. >> the company elite turned out to celebrate funny man eddie murphy. he was at the kennedy center in washington, d.c. the current and former saturday night live alum shou showed up to play the samberg legend as well as some new faces. >> what i think of when i think of eddie murphy, wow, i think of every single year he has been a part of the pinnacle of entertainment. >> fresh off his "snl" comeback, tracy morgan helps rev up the crowd during ceremony, sit an award or pride? eddie murphy himself has come into that puzzle. >> there was also some confusion about whether or not it was an award or a prize. and actually it's an award. they call it a prize, it's an award. but usually when there is a prize, there is money involved. >> apparently, there was not. well, this tribute is on tv.

so he was disappointed. now, to a minnesota community. it is in how wereing after a sheriffs deputy was shot and killed in the line of duty. he was gargd a domestic violence at a st. cloud hospital early sunday morning where a struggle broke out between the two men. he says the suspect gained access and fatally shot him. two of the officers then taised the suspect. he became unresponsive and later died. he was a 24 year veteran at the acting county sheriff's office. the minnesota governor called his shooting senseless. residents on the highland of oahu are decided whether to close its beaches. two shark attacks injured two men. witnesses say a 7 foot tiger shark bit his feet on saturday. >> that attack came eight days after a shark bit off part of a man's leg and part of his fingers off the waters of oahu and another man was seriously

so far there have been six shark attacks in hawaii this year. some southern california roads that were buried in tons of mud last week, they have reopened. look at crews, dozens of stranded cars freed. the violent and thunderstorms rolled through the phoenix area last night bringing heavy rain, lightning and strong winds. some 20,000 people lost power. in the upper mount west in the northeast, some residents saw the first snow of the season, already. in oswego county, say it isn't so bill kierans. >> the northeast picked up a little coating. there may be some beautiful picture t. leaves at their peak. >> but it's fall. >> that's all melting. we will quickly go into the right direction, not this morning. you need winter coats in

growing season. many of the suburbs. a lot of the cities hold onto the heat a little more. roanokep 33. new york city, the suburbs will dip down probably near 30s to the upper 20s, burlington vermont, 24, portland is at 28. northern maine at 24 degrees, it's not factoring in any breeze, here's the dpad news, usually the first cold snap, that's exactly what we will get. charlotte is up to 77 degrees by thursday. new york city should be mid-70s. so it's a quick warm-up. today is by far the coldest we will be, probably the next 7 to 10 days. look at the warmth, we quickly go up into the 60s and 70s in the east coast. after a cold, chilly weekend, your reward comes during the week. here's a closer look at the days ahead. after that cold start in the nowhere portions of new england. we get up to 45, near 50

degrees, temperatures quickly warming up in chicago today. this is the weather you were waiting for all summer long from oklahoma down to texas. i'm happy to say, no more snow, no more cold. >> for the time being. that's the key wording. how tricky that guy is. so a halloween morning that everyone is dressing up or wants to hear about. plus the latest on la more otestimony's medical condition, fined for honoring his late dad last week. find out what ken heyward did

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game two, mets-cubs in frigid new york, wind chill in the low 20s. first inning mets struck first. center field curtis granderson, then red hot daniel murty hits his fifth home run of the playoff. the mets up 3-0. now to the 2nd. cubs, a monster shot off mets village, a leaping curtis grander zopp, manages the lob for a home run right there. the runner is on corners and 1 out, an rbi infield came over pouring granderson to the delight, in the end, mets win with a 2-0 lead. they head to chicago for game three tuesday at wrigley field. now, the super bowl, patriot

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room over the weekend. police are investigating. >> christa: vice president joe biden could make his decision about running for the president this week. who he talked to over the weekend that could mean he might be leaning towards entering the race. lots of news to get to. it's really chilly. is it december 19? >> jadiann: is feels like winter, j.r. i don't know if my brohm for is good. >> jeremy: did you see snow yesterday? crazy stuff. christa texted me, dude, it's snowing. a one-day thing. no snow flurries this morning. milder for the rest of the week, back to where we should be this time of year and mainly dry. 20s and 30s. roxbury 32. winthrop 31. at the water's edge, sometimes at this time of year the location close to the water with temps 54 can buy you a few degrees but swampscott 30.

lowell 29, haverhill 28. merrimack valley, 20s. worcester hills teens and 20s. brookfield 19. south of town, temperatures along the cranberry highway, 20s to around 30. even on the cape and the islands, chatham 40. nantucket 40 but as you get closer to the canal, the numbers are around 30 degrees. hasn't been it cold since the first part of april for metro boston as well as worcester with 20s. is it record cold? close, the record in the city is 28. we sit at 32 and may drop another degree but otherwise, a brilliant day, lots of sunshine. even this afternoon with all sorts of sun, this afternoon, only in the upper 40s. 7news begins right now. >> christa: patriots getting revenge out in indy. this morning, reaction to a fake punt fail that turned the game. >> jadiann: and preparing to face a judge, a pennsylvania mom

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