? ? breaking overnight. tom hayden, activist and agtator, and one-time husband of jane fonda has died at the age of 76. the candidates speak days and a big admission from team trump. a bus crash. and an all out man hunt is underway after an suspect shoots two officers. and bill murray busted with a major lifetime achievement award. "early today" starts right now. >> good monday morning everyone. >> we start this morning with breaking news overnight.

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 he found fame as an author and esteemed lecturer and elected t 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. but a new abc poll now has hillary clinton leading by double digits.

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 left, conducting the kind of campaign he is conducting. 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 it's fair. >> reporter: and fiercely denying the claims of 11 women

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 the new york times that have published accounts of those accusers. a lawsuit has 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 trump after all of this, can you be sure he'll stand up for you

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 congress is down to six states with republicans defending five. clin 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 warren in new hampshire, and her vp pick campaigns in florida.

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 to establish a 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 western anbar province and where i'm standing roith now. this is classic isis

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 comes to bare on isis in mosul, we're going to see more 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 later seen shooting a woman with an ak-47 before taking off.

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 trailer in california. it was heading to los angeles when it slammed in the back of a travel trailer. the bus was going so fast it went in forbo 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. headed west towards los angeles

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 in more states than ever. 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 destroyed. they sell weed flavored edibles

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. we'll see a blast of cool 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. >> thank you very much for that.

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>> this is 7news now. >> christa: good morning, everybody. very busy monday to start things off here on 7news "today in new england." ism here are some of the stories we're following for you. we're following breaking news out of middleborough. five people are dead after a tragic accident overnight. police say a wrong-way driver caused the crash. we have a report coming up. >>is to begin right here in massachusetts. we'll have all you need to know if you want the cast your ballot before november 8th. >> sarah: and this as hillary clinton is set to take center stage in new hampshire. the democrat rallying elizabeth warren later today. >> christa: and t.b. 12 leading new england to a win on the road. we have all of your highlights coming up from pittsburgh. good game. >> sarah: it was.

lambert. >> chris: thank you guys. i'm taking a break coming back the work with two little ones at home now. brand-new baby. week and a half old. woods hole, 58-mile-per-hour gusts over the weekend. 57 in rockport. winds really shaking things around yesterday. shaking some leaves off the trees and the downpours we saw a couple days ago, as well. current temperatures close to 50 degrees outside. 51 in boston. 46 in worcester. the breeze is steady. it's not as strong as it was throughout the day. we're track, some showers. most of that rain south of the mass pike. in fact, most of it will fall across southeastern mass as these showers across rhode island and back into eastern connecticut continue the slide off to the east. real quick-hitting stuff across southeastern mass. not going the last much longer than 8:00 or 9:00. in its way, partly sunny skies and a bit of a breeze throughout the day today. at times we'll gust over 20

quiet start tomorrow. do expect more clouds into the mix in the afternoon. that forecast model not showing up all this much, but with we'll ekholm -- expect more clouds tomorrow afternoon. one-tenth to one-quarter inch, mostly across southeastern mass. boston out through worcester, only a couple sprinkles. outdoor recess for the kiddos? yes. even if you live in southeastern massachusetts, i think by late morning, around lunchtime and and dry in terms of talking abthose rain showers moving off to the east. cool week aheads. a couple days only in the upper 40s. we'll talk more on that and the shower chance coming up as "today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: breaking news first up at 5:00, five people killed in a wrong-way crash that shuts down a road in middleborough. >> sarah: police say a body pulled from the merrimack river is believed to be a missing nashua teen. the help available today for his

attack under investigation at boston university. what a female student says happened to her inside of a dorm. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: good monday morning. i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm delgado. chris lambert taking a break from diaper duty. >> chris: i getting up early, losing some sleep? not with two little ones at home. 51 inos 52 in plymouth. take a look at the radar pictures. we track some showers this morning into rhode island and eastern connecticut. most of this staying well south of the mass pike. i'd say across bristol county, plymouth county, the cape and the islands. that's the best opportunity to pick up on rain showers. once we get beyond about 8:00 or 9:00, we're done with the rain. a breeze throughout the day. upper 50s on average. low 50s out through worcester county.