? i saved her job because they wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight. >> if a candidate regularly and flippantly makes cruel and about how we look. >> the rhetoric along with conflicting reports about the state of the trump campaign. and then world leaders anyone? another cringe worthy aleppo moment. and details on the teen who opened fire at elementary school. and this wild scene of a deer lashing out at a driver after being hit.

dangerous woman on the internet? how hillary clinton knocked kim kardashian from her perch. "early today" starts right now. >> we begin with yet another school shooting, this time out of south carolina, where a 13-year-old boy opened fire with a handgun at an elementary school playground. teacher and two students hit by gun shots, one of them a 6-year-old boy in critical condition. it was towards the end of the school day when they learned of the active shooter at townville elementary. police say the gunman pulled into the school parking lot and immediately began firing shots. s.w.a.t. teams descended upon the scene as the school went on lock down.

15 minutes, thanks to a first responder that saved off a tragedy that could have been so much worse. >> he engaged the suspect and at that point, took him down and law enforcement was quickly behind him. >> and authorities are now investigating a second crime scene about three miles away, where the suspect's grandmother found the boy's father shot dead. as they work to identify the motive w the school, the school remains closed for the rest of the week. one woman has echoed the fear of every parent this morning. >> she told me they went to the bathroom and she didn't show up. i'm so scared. i don't even want her to go to school now. protesters took to the streets in el cahone.

unarmed black man. they called on white citizens to stand up and fight with them. 38-year-old alfred was shot and killed in a shopping center parking lot tuesday. officers responded to a call he was acting erratically, according to police. and that the shots were fired one to two minutes after officers arrived on the scene. a woman who said she was the victim's sister was distraught. >> i told the police he's him to the hospital. i did not call the police officers to come and kill my brother. >> police say he pulled out an object later revealed to be a vaping device and pointed it at officers in a shooting stance. witnesses claim his hands were lifted in self defense.

peaceful. >> i saw a man who was distraught, acting in ways that looked like he was in great pain. and i saw him get gunned down and killed and it broke my heart. >> he was a uganda refugee. donald trump is fanning the flames with new comments involving former miss universe, machado. he's criticizeder recently and in the past and she says he called her miss piggy and miss house keeping. >> i had nothing to do with this person, but they wanted to fire her. i saved her job. and you know what happened? look what i get out of it. i get nothing. i saved her job because they wauchbt wauch wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight and it is a beauty contest. say what you want, it's a beauty

that. let her try and lose the weight. can you imagine i end up in a position like this. >> a 1997 washington post story suggests trump's claim isn't the case. the miss universe president that time told the paper quote we did not consider taking away her crown. we're not about being thin, we're about being physically fit. and michelle obama used it as part of her message. about. >> if a candidate regularerly and flippantly makes cruel and insulting comments about women, about how we look, how we act, well, sadly, that's who that candidate really is. >> meanwhile, senator claire mccaskill tweeting the democratic women senators have talked and we're concerned about

is called for. one person said the debate was quote a disaster, they claim their candidate will be very well prepared for the next debate october 9th. a majority of voters think clinton won the debate. less than those who thought neither candidate won. and among independents, the majority didn't change their opinion. although their opinion of clinton improved compared to trump. associated press is reporting increased voting registration in critical states like florida. and president obama is out with strong words about voting this election.

candidates, the struggles continue for libertarian, gary johnson. remember a few weeks back when johnson asked what is aleppo on "morning joe?" it happened again. >> who's your favorite foreign leader? >> who's my favorite? >> name one you look up to and respect. anybody. >> mine was shimon any continent, europe, over there. asia, south america, africa. name a foreign leader you expect. >> i guess i'm having an aleppo moment. >> anybody in the world you like. anybody. pick any leader. >> the former president of mexico. >> which one? >> i'm having a brain -- >> get him off the hook.

president hasn't served since 2006. and a new hampshire court saying the ban is like burning down the house to roast a pig. 26 others do ban voting booth selfies. hillary clinton is in des moines, iowa and tim kahne will be in north carolina and trump will attend a rally in new hampshire and running mate, mike pence is in measurer to fund the government until at least december 9th. they approved the vote after the houses passed the same measure. among the items are money to fund zika and opioid addiction research. that came hours after congress overwhelmingly voted to override president obama's veto over a controversial piece of legislation that allows victims

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>> this is 7news now. >> christa: good morning, everybody. welcome to thursday. we're getting things started on "today in new england." >> sarah: here are some stories we're working on for you. a seven-year-old on a dangerous drive in salem, new hampshire. police say she backed over her two-year-old sister with a car. now the children's facing charges. >> christa: a high school football coach in burlington suspended after allegations of some inappropriate behavior. the head coach here, sean mcguire, is on administrative leave. right now player is facing verbal misconduct. >> sarah: right now a ruling

in maine facing several charges after police say he was driving nearly 150mph on the highway. i didn't even know that was possible actually. >> sarah: i didn't either. i'm okay with 10:00 and 2:00 going 60. >> chris: 150 as in 5-0? holy cow. 56 in boston right now. 57 in plymouth. we do have the wind off the water. that's moving quickly throughout the day today coming in out of the northeast. not going to warm up all that much. however, there may bee some breaks of sun north and west of boston. a couple patches of drizzle around this morning. not a whole lot of rain to talk about yesterday, not a whole will the of rain to talk about today. it was damp with the drizzle. we want to point this out. there was a slice of drier air into the gulf of maine that wants to try to back on in. if you take that into account, i think north and west of 95 we have a shot of getting some breaks of sun in here throughout the day. you get south of the city, it's going to be tough with the on-shore breeze.

southeastern mass, as well. then you started to fill in the shower activity and more clouds around tomorrow, especially in the afternoon. i think it will be a damp afternoon as we roll into the overnight hours tomorrow night into saturday morning with good slugs of showers coming on through. that's when we could get more appreciable amounts of water out there. light jacket for the kiddos today. many towns may indeed get a break. not a huge change in temperature throughout the day. we'll keep the breeze around. all in all the brightest skies, fitchburg, nashua, new hampshire maybe mid-60s this afternoon. 59 in boston. unsettled weather into the weekend. more on forecast as "today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: we have developing news at 5:00 a.m. weymouth police searching for clues. they're trying to figure out how a woman ends up in a ravine on the side of the road. >> sarah: what that rescued boater is saying about his mother's disappearance and the murder of his grandfather. >> christa: and the boston red

league east champs. look at the champagne shower here. another team actually helping the sox. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: good thursday morning, everybody. thanks for waking up with us at 5:00 a.m. i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. that's a great way the start your day, seeing the champagne bath. >> sarah: i know, right? >> christa: it makes me so happy. another worst to first, chris. this is awesome. >> chris: it's so odd to them lose in the ninth inning and the sox still get to celebrate. a little help from the other team there. taking a look at forecast for today, we track some clouds around this morning. a couple patches of drizzle, but there is some dryness to the atmosphere here across southern maine, and some of that tries to nose enter southern new england as we go throughout the day. i don't want to say it's going to be a come letly overcast day. we do expect some brightening of the skies, especially north and west of boston. still going to be cool. still going to be breezy. and even across southeastern