on the one hand you got to feel kind of sorry about the kind of campaign he's run, don't you? >> a lot of stuff has come out since you vote, can you change your vote to donald >> with those 12 million votes already cast, the guments heat up as time is short. fuel prices at the gas pump and even the airport are about to go a whole lot higher involving this deadly explosion. >> is california on the brink toward pushing the rest of the nation towards legalized marijuana? >> some of the biggest stars came out to honor our bravest and our families. >> we are headed to a game seven showdown "early today" starts right now.

>> i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> i'm frances rivera. >> we have less than a week to go until election day. both candidates are making their closing arguments in battleground across the country. hillary clinton inleashing a fresh offensive against dominican republic, if trying to rally a key demographic, that of women. >> on the one hand, you got to feel kind of sorry about the kind of campaign he's running, don't you? he sure has spent a lot of time demeaning, degrading, and assaulting women. he does not have the temperament to be our commander in chief. so think how you'll feel if there was something you could have done but didn't on november the 9th, if this doesn't work. >> and she made these intense comments after a protester in forecast disrupting her rally calling her husband a rape it.

of negative, dark divisive dangerous vision and behavior of people who support donald trump. >> but clinton also had plenty of help with surrogates fang out across the country, attempting to make their best effort to move past the fbi inquiries into the clinton e-mail practices. in fact the clinton camp says supporters have donated over $11 million to her campaign just in the three days director james comey announced the inquiry. meanwhile, donald trump remains on message, he's going after clinton for the recent fbi news tieing her to obamacare, reaching out to disinfected democratic voters who he says may feel buyers remorse. >> this is a message for any democratic who have already cast their ballots for hillary clinton and who are having a bad

words you want to change your vote. a lot of stuff has come out since your vote. so few live here, or in much or pennsylvania or minnesota, those four places, you can change your vote to donald trump will. well make america great again. >> with six clinton and trump are spending millions on new ads set to air between now and election day. over 26 million voters have cast their early ballots, compared to 13 million in 2012. florida alone has seen an increase in 1.8 million votes this election cycle a. whopping 20% of republicans who voted early in florida, voted for hillary clinton.

visited the state of florida more times than any other state, holing events 32 times jiens. ohio, pennsylvania, north carolina and colorado were heavily visited by the republican nominee. as for clinton, florida topped her list as well. same for new york, where her campaign headquarters is located, ohio, pennsylvania, north carolina were among her top visited battleground as well as nevada. how much have the election maps changed since football football news? nbc's news chuck todd has more. >> now with the election ignited, it's possible it narrowed. this was the battleground before the fbi announce p, clinton looked leak she was over 270. now, let me walk you through it. the tossup state that moved the most in her state is nevada. everything is a tossup.

colorado, have moved, suddenly she's below 270. trump, movmt meanwhile, fems good about georgia, arizona and utah the republican vote is coming home. what does that mean for him? well, there is a path now for him, florida, north carolina and ohio and iowa, look where that will put him. 259. he needs another state. i don't buy colorado for him. that's in the blue column. he needs to break through the big wall of the mid-wist, michigan, pennsylvania seem out of reach. too. without it, he doesn't have a path. with it, he could get to 270. >> as the old saying goes, it ain't over until it's over, everyone hopes for, the cubs were able to once again fend off elimination, this time behind some hot sitting. it started in the first with this kris bryant homer. russell followed that up two minute later, crushing a grand

night. they win three apiece and as you know, the deciding game seven tonight in cleveland, all eyes will be watching that. >> and there is new fallout following that deadly gas pipeline explosion in alabama. industry experts predict an uptick at the pump. colonial is the company that owns the pipeline, in addition to gas card, they provide jet foul to major airports in the northeast aom bases. the pipeline stretches from texas to new york, delivering fuel to about 40% of the east coast. mobbed's blast killed one and injured five. authority say a contract worker hit a gas line causing a fire triggering the explosion. alabama's governor issued a state of mortgages. a full investigation into the blast is ongoing. for the first time if more than two years, iraqi troops have entered the city of mosul.

city despite resistance from fighters. matt bradley joins us live from iraq. >> reporter: ayman, as you can see, it's starting to rain a little here in northern iraq. we are about an hour east of mosul, where the iraqi security force are already facing stiff resistance from isis. this weather is probably not going to be helping them. it's been one day since they managed to opinion trait into mosul city littles. now, that's a major development, an important but symbolic new step. be facing weeks of probably blistering resistance from isis in very difficult street by street fighting and isis is going to be using all of their usual dirty tricks. suicide bombing, booby trapped houses. the islamics in the past used them as human shields that have

we also know the islamic state has been forcibly moving from outside mosul into the city to array them around their position and dare the coalition to bomb their civilians. so this will be a very difficult weeks ahead as the iraqi security forces try to push isis out of mosul. >> certainly a scary situation there for the civilians in the weeks ahead. thanks for that, matt. scaring new video from zimbabwe is making its way around the globe. a couple was swimming a at pool at a private residence where they were completely surprised by a crocodile that dove in after that. the man leaps in, he goes after the woman, look at this video, biting her several times, luckily, she is able to get out of the people without being seriously hurt. wild liar officials don't think he was looking for something to eat, rather than checking out

swimmers. >> well, travel season is just around the corner, people are looking for a gift. how does $39 for a ticket from chicago to ft. lauderdale. all the details ahead. bill karins, it's perfect for game six. there will be a game seven. >> we don't want the weather to ruin this, we have the rain breaking out already in iowa. first pitch will be after 8:00 this evening, clear skies. clouds will be moving in during the rain. this is midnight, so if the game takes three-and-a-half hours, we'll be fine. if it goes late into extra extra inning, that can be an issue. as of now, it looks like the forecast will be warm, unusually warm, cloutdz increasing, rain after mid-nit. that's a look at your national weather, now, here's a look at your local forecast. you can see where the thunderstorms will be during the

grand rapids in detroit. indianapolis to columbus to cleveland. one more very warm day before the rain moves in later on tonight. i got the indians tonight, chris. it will be fun. >> oh, bill, come on. >> people here have big fans? >> they have a little sympathy for the cubs. they made it such a long way. we'll see you tomorrow morning. >> just ahead. in his latest battle with the united states, put microsoft directly in his crosshairs. using heavy equipment and shot with a taser in the process find out why. that's next. find out why. that's next. the fiery tissue left her nose sore and red. so dad slayed the problem with puffs plus lotion, instead. puffs have pillowy softness for dakota's tender nose. with lotion to comfort and soothe when she blows.

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