. it was a real shock when all of a sudden his hands were all over me. he started encroaching on my space. >> talk about your october surprise, bombshell reports a handful of women, all claiming donaldrump touched them inappropriately t. trump campaign comes out firing denying all allegations. we have late breaking details on the u.s. military strike in yemen. developing overnight, two boston cops shot, both in critical condition. we have new information from the police chief. a powerful hurricane 4

i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> i'm frances rivera. sometimes you wake up, donald trump finds himself in a fire storms at least four women have come forward with allegations against the millionaire candidate, accusing him of advances, groping and more him it comes after the presidential nominee insisted he had never engaged in such behavior. the "new york times" interview two women as they discussed public encounters in which trump grabbed or groped them inappropriately. here's jessica lee's account. >> it was a real shock when all of a sudden his hand were all over me. he started encroaching on my space and i hesitate to use this expression but i'm going to and that is, he was like an octopus, it was like he had six articles. he was all over the place.

have gotten -- i might not have gotten that upset. it's when he started putting his hands up my skirt and that was it. >> a trump camp ve hemally fought back against the "times" article, demanding a retraction with this letter. >> that wasn't the only accusation brought against trump him the palm beach post claims he groped her 13 years ago at his a staff writer wrote of her experience, while interviewing trump at his resort, he quote shut the door behind us and within second he was pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat. a former miss america says one involved trump walking into her dressing room at will. >> our first introduction was when we were at the dress

to have the owner waltzing in when we're make the or half naked in a physically vulnerable position and then to have the pressure of you know the people work for him telling us to go fond all over him, walk up to him, talk to him. >> that is behavior that trump, himself,ing a knowledged in an interview with howard stern. >> and nbc news spoke exclusi exclusively to a former miss utah. she says when she met donald trump, he kiss her. she stressed it did not feel

>> i remember him walking over, my dad was really confident. he admired donald trump. he introduced himself first him then he introduced me. it was at that time where he turned to me, embraced me and gave mae kiss on the lips. i remember being shocked and because i would have just thought to shake somebody's hand. but that was his first response with me and i remember i you know i was very young and feeling kind of embaas what just happen. >> meanwhile, four former contestants in the miss teen panel exhibit, he routinely walked in the rooms where contestants were faked in 1991 when he owned the pageant. nbc news has not confirmed any of these allegations, this morning, the trump campaign is firing back saying they are drafting a big lawsuit

interviewed by nbc. in a statement, trump said -- zblmpl . and now, hillary clinton is hitting trump for the new onslaught of allegations. >> we now know, we've we heard for months what he thinks about people, how he treats people. you know, this latest incident about you know how he women. well, he doubled down. i think he has shown us who he is. now the question for all of us is who we are. >> and she's attacking him for his current scorched earth strategy. one the "wall street journal" says is a ploy to depres voter turn out. >> it's important to me to stay positive and stay confident and stay optimistic, because that's

now, look, up know donald trump has taken a very different toevenl we've we heard it in both debates and his campaign has said today that he's going to and i quote run a scorched earth strategy, whatever that means. that's how desperate they have. >> and clinton's remarks come as her campaign also find itself with its own distraction, facing the latest batch of hacked e-mails released by wikileaks. in all, 1700 new stolen e-mls thousands already made public. and the u.s. deposit says russia is behind the attacks. he agree, also floating a possible trump tie clinging to gop operative roger stone. >> mr. stone had advanced warning in the trump company of what assange was going to do. >> reporter: stone tells nbc,

wikileaks founder julian assange. he did admit he had prior indications with wikileaks. >> i have a back channel communications with wikileaks. they don't clear or tell me in advance what they're going to do. >> a clinton spokesperson says the e-mail hack istant is tantament to watee. when did he know it. breaking i don't have night, two police officers are in critical condition after being shot late last night. authorities say they were investigating a call involving a man with a gun who was having a dispute with his roommate when police arrived, the man allegedly fired on the officers with an assault rifle. >> at that time they were able to neutralize the subject, who was armed with some sort of

ballistics vest at that time. >> officers say the officers are in correct cal condition. they claim the shooter has not been arrested. >> it was a roommate type disturbance. again, domestic calls as you know are probably the most volatile. you never really know what you are walking into. right now we see the dangers of our job. now this, devop overnight, the united states strikes back. the navy launching multiple tomahawk cruise missile strikes against yemen. top officials telling nbc news this is in response to a rebel controlled area of yemen. >> lucie cavanov.

the sea. this was fired in the u.s. warship off the coast of yemen by the houthi s against woman saudi arabia backed by the u.s. had beenible whating a war since 2015 t. saudi campaign has been extremely cfl him they claim to little strikes to military targets. there have been documents of civilian casualties, including an packed funeral home. i spoke to a family who lost loved one, human watch described as an apparent war crime with nearly 140 civilians killed. i can tell you that washington is seen as being police it in these deaths because of the support for saudi arabia. that's simply the perception by some on the ground. this may have prompted the houthi rebels to turn their weapons against u.s. forces.

thank you. >> still the come here him find out what americans are most afraid of. first the death toll from matthew is rising. they confirm 20 deaths as the flooding disaster continues to worsen. tens of thousands remain without power. matthew is being blamed for at least 39 deaths in the occupation aown. bermuda is bracing for a direct hit from hurricane nicole. this is what it looks like from the >> good morning. nicole has exploded in intensity, a category 4 with wind of 130 miles an hour, to the southwest of bermuda. the track takes it directly over the i'll. deb stating storm surge, flooding rains and winds. stormy across the northwest. cloudy, mild. that's a look at the pig weather story of the day. now, here's a closer look at your day ahead.

temperatures in the 70s from new york city, boston, build up. we could see a few showers and thunderstorms possible across the southern plains. from dallas to corpus christi temperatures warm and muggy, near 90 degrees. ayman, frances, back to you. >> thank you very much, rafael. just ahead, the latest fallout from the walls as far go scandal. in connecticut, why investigators say it was interpretation am. you are watching "early today." ve... or solve the world's problems... be a dad... "or something" and we don't just make sandwiches "or something" we hand-slice avocado, pull smoked chicken, bake fresh foccacia and craft every sandwich clean from top to bottom... there's nothing "or something" about it. panera. food as it should be. cking up for kyle. here you go.

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>> this is 7news now. >> nancy:>> kris: good morning,s "today in new england" starts in a few minutes. our top story the work boston police officers shot in east boston. we're following breaking details overnight. the officers were responding to reports of a person on blackstone street in east the police commissioner calling it a domestic incident gone bad. right now we know both of those officers are in what's being described as "extremely critical condition." police tell us those officers were in surgery overnight. that suspect shot and killed by police. according to investigators, he was armed with a rifle and was wearing a ballistic vest. the shooting causing chaos in this usually quiet eastie neighborhood. a shelter-in-place order has been lifted for this morning, and police say the scene is now

the investigation continues. obviously a story we will follow very closely for you. we also want to get a check of the weather forecast to see what's in store as far as mother nature is concerned. bri? >> bri: could be some raindrops this afternoon and early this evening, but all in all, it's in the a washout for us. a few more clouds around. current temperatures are fairly mild, mid to upper 40s away from the city of boston. 55 in boston. 52 in worcester. a light jacket as you head out the door this morning. a few clouds around.ha i do expect there's a slight chance we could get some drizzle early on today, especially in southeastern massachusetts, cape cod and the island. but really watch for this front here. this is our next weather maker moving in for this afternoon. and it is bringing us a few showers. here as we run through the time line, you can see between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., you could see some spotty road showers and possibly some drizzle, but other than that it's not looking like beneficial rainfall, not even as

it sort of breaks apart. so some of us may not even see any of those rain drops. i do expect it to move through between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m., and then it's out of here and the clouds follow it for a very bright but cooler friday. a fantastic weekend in store for us. here's your planner for today. spotty drizzle early on breaking out into some sunshine for this afternoon. very mild temperatures, as well. could even make it into the low 70s for some. and then the clouds move back in with that spot shower as we head into the evening hours. weekend forecast to come. 7news "today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: 5:00 a.m. we have breaking news first up for you this morning. two boston police officers critically injured in the line of duty. boston's police commissioner holding a news conference just hours ago as those officers were rushed into surgery. >> kris: more breaking news this morning. the u.s. launching strikes in yemen after missiles were aimed at american ships. >> christa: developing news

a story about two women claiming that trump inappropriately touched them. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> kris: good thursday morning. it is 5:00. thanks for joining us. i'm kris anderson in for sarah. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. lots to get to on that breaking news, but first bri eggers is in with a check of your forecast. good morning, bri. >> bri: good morning. a few clouds to start off the day. they break apart into this afternoon. that will allow to warm. our next weather maker is this front you see the our west. it does break apart as we head into this afternoon, nevertheless, there is chance for a spot shower before we dry out for the weekend. really a for tassic fall weekend in store for us. never too early to talk about that. mostly cloudy through the day today. some sunshine allowing for temperatures to warm into the upper 60s. maybe even the low 70s. we'll look at the time line on those expected showers for this afternoon to come in the