? ? 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 away from the 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 to various 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. 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. >> reporter: on "meet 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 yet to be 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

>> 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. clinton plans to make an 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.

storms through florida while mike pence takes north carolina. and ash carter made a surprise visit 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 nowm 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 diversionary tactics.

soun and managed to divert the counterterrorism forcs 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 of these 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 police officers and later seen shooting a woman with an ak-47 before taking off.

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 acciden 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 for about 15 fe 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 and rear ended a semitruck on

the athorluthoriies were able ty 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. however, one group just went up 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 in their loud green vehicle.

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 mp 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. boys can't believe it's

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