. this is going to be tough. cubs win the race. >> the chicago cubs win their than a century. >> the candidates mad dash, five days to go. hillary clinton looking to put arizona in the blue column, while donald trump works to shore florida. >> now for the first time, we have a real chance to turn this state blue again. >> we're going to be nice and cool, nice and cool. stay on point, donald, stay on point. >> plus the latest on that

moines and few details on the suspect. it was a night of political statements at the year's cma award. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning, i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> i'm frances rivera. it was the best night ever, the chicago world cubs are world champions. fittingly the game went into ex in the end, the cubs were able to end the curse. >> it's wet out here, the longest games ever. it's one of the best games anybody will see. the trumps everything. i'm so happy. i can't put into word how this feels. >> chicago it happened. we did it. we're world champions. we're world champions. i can't believe this.

don't know, i don't have word to tell you how i feel about this i think it's all surreal, and, man, it's a great feeling. >> nbc's jay gray joins us outside chicago's wrigley field, jay, i can hear the people behind you, i can imagine they are still up ripping it up this morning. >> good morning, frances, ayman. you hear the game ran extra extra innings. take a look at what's going on now, heavy police presence in wrigley feel. they brought out three sleepers to play and clean the mess but maybe move the crowd along a little as well. still, there are people trickling in here and there, there were tens of thousands in this area overnight and now what we have are the police, they're

the side streets here. like i said, a lot of people are making their way in, despite the street presence, despite the street sweeper, despite blocking the roadway itself off here. it is a celebration befitting that hasn't seen this championship in more than a century. it's going to continue going, i think a lot of people won't make it into work a little later this next couple of days, with the parade and all the festivities going on. turning now to the presidential race, even the world series can't break through all the noise, baseball fans were inundated with ads from hillary clinton and trump. we are now five days away from election day. what has been a tight presidential race, strump

for states in arizona. >> close to of you out there on the phones for me, canvassing for me, talking to your friends and your co-workers, you know what an important choice this is and you have six days to convince everybody you can talk to to get out and vote. >> but i'm a messenger. i'm a messenger, when we win on november th, washington, d.c. and we are going to drain the swamp! >> now, those comments came as the trump team announced a massive $100,000 fundraising haul for the month of november. for trump, his inner conflict was on full display. he audibly told himself to remain on message while going after nbc's own katy tur.

house. a winner. it's feeling like it, already, isn't it? we got to be nice and cool, nice and cool. stay on point, donald, stay on point. no side track style. nice and easy, nice. we have two more today in florida and we have massive crowds. there's something happening. they're not reporting it, katy, you are fought reporting it, happening, katy. there is something happening, katy. >> and hashtag i'm with tur took off with support from all corners of the web. new polls in florida are giving clinton a razor thin lead there. she is beating him by one point from a four-point lead weeks ago. as the race tightens in north

to 3 point. in north carolina, president obama worked the votes there. >> if you don't vote, then you have didn't the worse of those who would suppress your vote without having to lift a finger. come on, i am not on the ballot, but i tell you what, fairs? on the bal lot. decency is on the ballot. justice is our democracy is on the ballot right now. >> and for the first time, the president spoke out on the latest e-mail controversy, taking a swipe at the fbi director's timing. >> i do think that there is a novp r norm that whether investigation, we don't operate on innuendo.

we don't operate on leaks. >> just days out the have vitro. clinton said, quote the perpetrators who set the hopewell m.b. church in mississippi ir >> flu details on the suspect believed to have killed two police officers in an ambush-style attack. they said 46-year-old scott michael green has a history of

determine what exactly set him off. nbc's james mccoy has more. >> reporter: with guns drawn, officers canvassed the iowa neighborhood where two of their own had just been ambushed, fearing they could become the next target. >> officers shot, paramedics. >> reporter: it was 1:2w450i67b answered a call of officers shot, they found a rookie on the job, 20 minutes later, two miles away, des moines sergeant tony beminio died in his car. a father and husband. >> they didn't have a chance to defend themselves. >> police moved quickly. green turned himself in, he is well known in the area.

holding a confederate flag. >> you grabbed me. >> reporter: green lives here with his mother, who neighbors say was trying to evict him. >> you never would have guessed it would have come to this, that he was that unsettled. >> reporter: this year, nationwide, 115 officers have been killed in the lean of duties. a five-year high. 16 ambush-style attack, for those that knew these >> they were men doing their job. it was senseless. still ahead as iraqi forces retake mosul the leader of isis breaks his silence. >> first, meteorologist bill karins, you were right about the weather for the world series. >> they did get it in, though. >> that same rate briefly delayed the game. all areas, especially of northern and central new england have to deal with the race. here's the timing of it.

time we get to everyone is headed home from school or work today the heavy rain will be moving out of this region. it looks like a brief shower, not a lot of rain. most of the heavy stuff will be in new york. here's a closer look at your day ahead t. rain is obviously cooling things off. temperatures returning to where they normally should be. in the southeast, another record highs, possible, alabama and georgia. the heat in the southeast doesn't want to break, you guys. >> could i say i was right yesterday? i had the chicago cubs. >> you were right by so much. >> at least you got the weather right, bill, that's a good start. >> oh, all that in the early day ahead. still ahead, tension boil over, over the kr6r8.com access

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>> welcome back. everyone. al baghdadi merges with forces to enter mosul. he called on supporters to spread attacks to other countries, stressing confidence isis will win the battle for mosul. they have not ordered the authenticity of that state. matt. good to have you with us. what is the timing of this statement mean? >> reporter: well, ayman, good morning, it's clearly meant to rally the troops in the face of overwhelming opposition in the city of mosul, which is about an hour west of where i'm standing right now. here in irbil. of course, they're saying, baghdadi is making the exact kind of argument that he really

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>> this is 7news now. >> christa: good morning, everybody. it's thursday. we're good to go for 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: here are some stories we're working on for you this morning. it took 108 years. a game seven. even an extra inning. but this morning the chicago cubs are once again world champions. th final out early this morning and it's still going on right now. >> christa: history in the making. there also police arresting a former new hampshire representative for allegedly driving drunk. kyle caster was apparently already out on bail for drug charges and allegedly trying to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex. >> sarah: a driver is cited after his truck gets stuck in a tree in charleton. police say he lost criminal of his pick-up truck and drove it right up the tree. fire officials rescued the

>> christa: looks like julian edelman is setting up shop in the back bay. >> sarah: my goodness. >> christa: the patriots' star opening up a pop-up shop. is it him or the guy with the looka-like mask? >> chris: got to love the stash, right? november the appropriate month to grow that out. 52 in norwood. 54 in plymouth. good morning, everyone. we start off on the mild side. temperatures won't rise all this much, t as the winds do change directions out of the north. and we do track a couple showers north of boston, closing in on cape ann. still to the west of you folks there, but this stretches back over toward chelmsford. a couple showers out there across southern new hampshire, as well. so any spotty showers north of the mass pike this morning, then we have the wait for the main area to work on in later this morning to the mid-day hours. i think predominantly at least

showers will be more to the west of 495. once you get 1:00, 2:00 p.m., they make their inroads in, even a few showers in boston. but not as consistent across the south shore as they'll be north, up through northern mass into southern new hampshire. so at times a steady rain northern mass and southern new hampshire. i think in through boston on south, a passing shower working on in. tomorrow we dry it out. breezy day. temperatures cool off. a big range of temperatures ranging from the 60s in southeastern mass, the mid-50s across northern mass and southern new hampshire. overall forecast does feature a few of these showers working in. more on that forecast as "today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: good morning. at 5:00 a.m. we have breaking news. champs at last! the chicago cubs breaking a 108-year drought and win the world series. this is is in dramatic fashion. >> sarah: struck in the street, a woman rushed to the

>> christa: and hit by hate, a derry, new hampshire, family says they were targeted with racist messages. >> sarah: all eyes on the battleground states. hillary clinton and donald trump holding dueling rallies. their top surrogates hitting swing states, including new hampshire. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: good thursday morning, everybody. thanks for waking up with us. i'm sarah french. >> christa: what a morning it is, too. i'm christa delcamp. i'm talking about history on this november 3rd. very early thi haven't heard, you didn't watch the game, the chicago cubs won the world series. look at the celebration in the locker room. fans are likely still celebrating. much more on that. first let's send it over to chris lambert. chris, this is amazing. we witnessed the sox curse reverse, and now the cubs also. >> chris: you think 86 years was a long time? how about 108. theo epstein breaking both curses. what a fun night to be out in chicago. hard to believe they came back after this 3-1 deficit.