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the city which is iraq's second biggest. we spent the day with kurdish forces here in the northern part of iraq. we visited several other bases that overlook both mosul and isis positions. every fighter we met was eager, even impatient to get the battle started and push isis out of mosul. this is their last stand. they lost all the other cities they took over in 2014, and the question now is whether they put up a big fight or try to slip away acros syria. the iraqi and kurdish forces are backed up by american and other international special forces advisers on the ground and u.s. led coalition is carrying out air strikes as well. the iraqi military dropped leaflets on the city telling residents to stay away from isis positions that will be targeted. around 1 million people are expected to flee the fooigting. the u.n. and other agencies setting up emergency camps to accommodate all of them in what the u.n. says could be the biggest humanitarian crisis in

abc news, iraq. back in this country, two men in custody after a deadly gunfight in a party in los angeles.seeking more. three people killed, dozens wounded in a restaurant where a birthday party was held. witnesses described gunshots being mistaken for fireworks. suspects found after seeking treatment for their own injuries. police in lexington, kentucky have arrested a man in connection with the fatal shooting of the daughter of 4:00 a.m. in the parking lot of a restaurant by her father. the teen was a track star at her high school. police say she was caught in the cross fire and are looking for other suspects. communities near lake tahoe face a double threat. firefighters work to gain control of a wildfire burning more than 20 homes. rainfall is helping those efforts, but now the rain is also creating new concerns about

some mandatory evacuations are in place. thousands of residents in washington and oregon are without power following a series of strong storms. winds at 50 miles per hour brought down trees all across the region. still, the storm ended up being weaker than forecasters expected. it seemed no one read any forecast before this high school football game friday night. it couldn't stop the raiders who beat the vike not ideal. >> not, but loyal fans. >> absolutely. >> go crescent city. the national league championship series is tied at one game a piece after the dodgers beat the cubs 1-0. gonzalez homered in the second for the only run for los angeles there. it was pitcher kershaw shutting down chicago at home limiting cubs to a pair of singles over seven innings. the series moves to los angeles on tuesday.

the indians lead the blue jays two games to none. and on to fantasy sports because fantasy football performances, can't ask for more than than when beckham jr. he caught a pass and turned it into a 75 yard touchdown. >> impressive. when he got to the end zone, it got weird. he made a pole vaulter celebration with a tpl i don't think he stuck the landing. my thought on it. >> toes were not pointed, come on. >> then he continued the odd relationship kicking, covering himself on the ground -- come on, man, get a room. >> later, he had another long touchdown and penalized for unsportsman like conduct. he went back to kicking the net. seemingly proposing to it, and

i mean, they had to run the course of the relationship where they had an argument, and, you know -- >> made them stronger. >> did he got get a penalty? >> one, i believe. >> not for the first thing? >> i'm not sure. >> so weird. >> i don't understand where the line is of excess celebration? >> yeah. >> sometimes it's over the top, and they get nothing, and other times they do something that seems fairly simple and in trouble for it. >> it's fair to say the player needs to tamp down his emotion. >> i'd say so. t new york daily news says they have to end it like beckham. tired of the antics and people in new york feel that way. >> but thankful he's on their fantasy teams. barely three weeks away from the presidential election, a candidate can't win the keystone state without winning the suburbs.

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incredible act of hero itch as police officers and ordinary citizens rush to try to rescue the driver there with a car on fire. the car rolled over, and the driver was not seriously injured, but fought rescuers as they tried to get him out of the vehicle. a participant describes the rescue as intense. >> turning now to the georgia map accused of murder for loving his young son in a hot r. escort to the wnsz stand to paint a picture of a man they allege who was trying to escape his life as a husband and as a dad. >> reporter: a former escort took the stand friday at the murder trial of justin ross harris. prosecutors allege harris intentionally killed his 22 month old son, cooper harris. the witness testifying she had sex with the defendant weeks before he left his son to die in a hot car. >> the way i was able to

didn't have any presence about him, just didn't care. >> reporter: the boy died in a hot summer day in 2014 after being left by his father in the backseat of the silver suv for several hours. harris, fighting a murder charge, pled not guilty saying he forgot to drop the boy off at day care on his way into work. harris seen here crying on the first day of testimony as he relived the day. >> he was devastated by the loss of his son. >> repor t picture of ross stating the phone number she used in the days of an escort was found in harris' phone records. >> did you engage in sexual acts with him -- >> yes, on three occasions. >> reporter: pointing to the cell phone records as well as computer searches proof that harris didn't want to be a father anymore. >> i entered the term child and

with the term "child free." >> reporter: but what was missing, alleged searches related to in-car deaths. >> you found no evidence on the iphone or the macbook to corroborate that allegation? >> i found nothing that made statements to that effect, correct. >> reporter: abc news, new york. coming up, the do-or-die swing state of pe to carry the state? what voters are saying next. you're watching "world news now." "world news now" continues

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>> the east coast is a focus right now, or a part of it for both presidential candidates in the crucial state of pennsylvania. >> so what impact did the trump tapes and accusations have on the race there? neither candidate is taking all of this for granted. it's your voice, your vote with abc's martha raddatz. >> it's wishy-washy, but looking more and more like hillary clinton. >> i was more towards trump initially, but now i'm just clinton, from trump to undecided, but we also found a surprising and consistent response to the access hollywood tapes. >> tape on the bus? >> yeah, i mean, i don't know. no comment. i mean, you know, made some locker room comments, right? >> i don't think anyone i knew was surprised by it at all. >> reporter: in the end, the lack of surprise seems to have led to a lack of outrage.

offended, but that men and women talk that way as well. >> reporter: we heard that attitude again and again. >> did you see the tape? did that bother you? >> i actually thought it was funny. >> reporter: she's undecided. >> i shouldn't say anything. >> reporter: even holly watkins, a clinton supporter -- >> that's a personal decision he chose to make has nothing to do with performance. >> reporter: while washington rolling with it. if you're for trump before -- >> still trump. >> reporter: dave ashworthies the debate was? >> just a clown act. >> reporter: yet? >> for me, election's about the supreme court and not necessarily the president. like, marriage equality and pro-choice. just, i don't believe in those things, so -- >> even if people don't like me,

why? justices of the stream court. >> reporter: trump backers agree, maybe less excited to pull the lever, but trump alines with their believes. >> just a lot of mud slinging both ways. but i still side with trump on most issues. >> i'm a big second amendment guy. >> reporter: did you see the tape? >> i did. >> reporter: what do you think? >> i think that that happens a >> reporter: but the fact that folks here are not shocked doesn't necessarily mean good

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this morning on "world news now," fear and frustration on the campaign trail. donald trump spending sunday on twitter spreading blame around for his political misfortunes and offering a potential motive for those responsible for the fire bombing of a republi for a suspect after an officer was shot in his own squad car. dash cam videos shows the suspected gunman approach the front of the car before taking off on foot. investigators are askinged public for help. new this half hour, the clown craze extending to the shopping aisles. >> a retailer pulling clown costumes from the shelves. is this the start of a new trend? a painful wardrobe

performance, but she still powered through her set. so what exactly went wrong? the full story ahead in the skinny. it's monday, october 17th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> not every day you see a performer like beyonce with blood on her shoulder. >> yeah. but she looks at it, goes, all right. >> oh. >> move on. i can >> dusted it off the shoulder. >> just dust it off. talking presidential politics right now because there's a lot of accusations going back and forth, and not a lot of people are dusting it off the shoulders. >> no. >> donald trump repeatedly telling supporters he's not getting a fair shake. >> as trump fired off tweets calling the election rigged, a new abc washington post poll shows hillary clinton with a four point advantage, but that's still within the margin of error so it's a virtual tie. >> that poll shows enthusiasm

reject his claim he did not make unwanted sexual advances towards women. it's your voice, your vote, and here's the latest. >> reporter: with the campaign rhetoric likely to intensify, a fire bombing in a republican headquarters in north carolina this weekend shocked the candidates. clinton tweeting, the attack on the orange county hq office is horrific and up acceptable, and though there's been no arrests, trump tweeting, animals representing hillary clinton and dems in north carolina ju county because we are winning. both hillary clinton and donald trump were off the campaign trail. clinton in seclusion prepping for wednesday's debate while donald trump lashed out saying the election is rigged. >> the election is being rigged by corrupt media pushing false allegations and outright lies in effort to elect hillary clinton president. >> reporter: with no evidence, trump increasingly suggests he's the victim of a conspiracy to take him down.

myself, i'm ready for a revolution because we can't have her in. >> reporter: trump's running mate tried to calm voters. >> we'll respect the will of the american people. >> reporter: hillary clinton's saying trump resorted to scorched earth scare tactics. >> swinging at every phantom of his imagination because he knows he's leaving. >> reporter: these e-mails believed stolen from john's account by what the fbi suspects could be russian hackers. private speeches clinton gave to goldman sachs, and while not confirmed by the campaign or verified by abc news, it shows tough talk about wall street in public got less tough in private. another has aides expressing frustration about her not being forthcoming about the e-mail server. two weeks later, she said this -- >> that was a mistake. i'm sorry about that. >> reporter: abc news, new york.

wikileaks appears to show clinton camp was worried warren would endorse sanders. she backed clinton, and last night, teamed up with sanders in denver for a rally. they said they are going to defeat trump and bring millions together for a revolution. isis in danger of losing its last major city in iraq after weeks of preparation, government forces are now moving to retake iraq's second largest city. the terrorist group since june of 2014, and u.s. defense secretary ash carter calls the operation a decisive movement in the campaign to defeat isis. u.s. led coalition artillery and air strikes are lending a hand in the effort. syria pushed out yesterday turkish backed rebels, dabiq is a small town and of marginal importance, but the group played

doomsday battle for western crusaders. the u.s. and britain say there's little desire for interventions but want sanctions against russia. the european union meets this week to keep up pressure on russia. emotions run high as nigerian schoolgirls were reunited with their parents after spending more than two years as hostages. boko haram last week, but only reunited with their families on sunday. there were the first girls released after negotiations between the group and nigeria's government. nearly 200 are still captive. police in alaska ask for public's help to find a suspect wanted for shooting an officer. look at the dash cam video. it's pretty dramatic. from the officer's car it shows the suspect walking down the sidewalk and crossing to the

vehicle. police say he stole it and abandoned it blocks away after shooting the officer who was seriously injured. mourners gathered to pay respects to four people killed in an accident taking place saturday when a pickup truck plunged off a bridge falling into the middle of a festival. eva pilgrim has the details. >> reporter: the driver of this demolished pickup truck, a member of with four counts of vehicular homicide and manslaughter. >> sounded like gunfire, and then you seen the vehicle come down. >> the vehicle is on its side and it's going to roll back over. we need fire to brace the car. >> reporter: showing chaos and panic at a crowded fair in san diego after the truck flew off the bridge and plunged 60 feet on to a vendor and packed festival. >> when aarrived, they found the vehicle on its side, and on top

firefighters rushing to help the nine injured. authorities say the driver, 24-year-old richard anthony, seen here, treated at the scene, was under the influence when he lost control. >> no other thought that, you know, but what's -- what you see is somebody's got to be dead. >> reporter: he survived the crash and is in the hospital with serious injuries. he has not yet entered a plea. this crash could have been worse. the truck stopped ft no word on how the injured are doing. abc news, new york. well, as expected, san francisco quarterback colin kaepernick continued the protest of the national anthem before his team's game in buffalo. kaepernick and two teammates knelt down during the anthem prompting bus from buffalo fans. kneels is his protest against racial inequality and police

unpatriotic. >> i don't understand what's un-american about fighting for liberty and justice for everybody, about equality this country says it stands for. for me, it's patriotic and american to uphold the united states to the standards that it says it lives by. >> colin kaepernick said bills fans said they were supporting him. he made his first start in nearly a year yesterday, but it the bills won 45-16. don't bother looking for a close up mask in target this halloween. the giant retailer is no longer selling them in the stores and removing them from the website. they are sensitive to the increasing number of crazy crown scares, which have now been reported around the world. some clown costumes may be available. >> there goes my excuse when i walk into a halloween party, why do you have a clown mask on. no, it's just this mug.

banning the latest bedroom slippers. >> thank the lord. >> they not only make your feet look like "star wars," but they make the sounds. this is awesome. in fact, there are two different sounds in each pair of slippers. >> one size fits most adult human, and notice the toenails on the front. a nice touch. keep stationed or lounging around the fal falcon, perhaps. i like each one has different sounds. you can't just have one sound. you need several. >> snowfall sounds, i guess so. over the weekend, a video, a compilation of everyday items that actually sound like the beloved character went viral.

that? >> it's so stupid but so funny. >> that is awesome. >> i didn't realize so many items sounded like that. i wondered if they used these items to make the sound for the slippers. >> probably. >> this mug doesn't do much. >> our mugs are broken. we need different mugs. >> nothing. >> we're very disappointed with our surroundings now. coming up, the surprise guest star who the duet she sang with the rock n roll hall of famer, and what sir paul joked about as she left the stage. a frightening home takeover turning one family's life into a living nightmare. the care giver for their elderly father who now refuses to move out months after his death. but, first, here's a look at today's forecast.

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the moon the moon this weekend hit a triple play. a hunter's super moon. that's a full hunter's moon, meaning it appears in the sky longer than usual, and in addition to that, the moon is at one of the closest points in its orbit around the earth so it appears larger than usual. but if you can't run outside during our break, don't worry, there's two more chances this year to see the hunter super moon. >> very impressive this weekend. bitter case of a home takeover unfolding right now in san diego. it's prompting many homeowners to think twice about whom they

man refuses to move out although the man passed away and his wife is still alive. >> reporter: a community fighting back on behalf of a 90-year-old woman trying to get back into the home she's lived in for nearly six decades. >> i think that she's heartless. she's heartless. >> reporter: fran is talking about the woman she hired a year ago to care for her dying husband. sheryl featured here in a 2010 episode of alive" moved into her home, but when she tried to fire sheryl, she refused to leave, even after fran's husband passed away in january. >> she got to be nasty after that. >> reporter: both women filing restraining against each other, sheryl accused of being punched in the arm. >> if you met my mother, she's 90 years old in failing health. >> reporter: claiming they

was brought to light by our affiliate, kgtv. we called her, her attorney, and so far, no response. across the country, other stories of homeowners locked out. this one in santa cruz where renters caught on camera refuse to leave. experts say the best way to prevent this is never use craig's list, the newspaper, or a friend's recommendation to hire a care giver. only use a bonded insured care giver agency. when we come back, a painful wardrobe malfunction leaving beyonce bleeding on stage. could it be true? a third "sex in the city" movie? what sarah jessica parker says.

all right. time for the skinny starting with a scare for beyonce. >> yes. the pop diva was performing over the weekend in brooklyn for her husband's charity concert when her long braided ponytail caught in one of her earrings and literally ripped it out of her ear lobe. >> the resulting injury so bad

the audience, and those watching live stream. >> testament to her sheer strength and determination and resolve, beyonce powered through her set without even missing a beat. no word this morning on just how extensive that injury was, but you saw that moment there in the video clip where she's touching her ear, and then -- >> looks at the hand. >> and then just keeps going. yeah. >> she's not scared. >> she's not bow down. next to much less painful performance on stage in southern california. >> no wardrobe malfunctions for sir paul mccartney who surprised a crowd when he brought rihanna on stage to perform their hit. >> the duet was the first time the former beatle and bad girl performed the song together since last year's grammy awards.

nicknamed old chela making fun of the oldest demographic of attendees. >> even sir paul, himself, joked about it as she stepped down from the stage, and we finally found someone under 50, under the age of 50. >> seems like a great show. i'd go. >> yeah. next, ground shaking news for "sex in the city fans." >> in an interview sunday morning, sarah jessica parker discussed hbo called "divorce." >> but the conversation turned to "sex in the city", and the star dropped a hint about the idea of a third movie that could be taking shape soon. >> here's a warning from parker about the third movie. she said, quote, the idea, it rests in the butler's pantry, not on the table, but somebody's holding it nearby. >> huh. now, she did not elaborate on

how far away the butler's pantry is from the table, of course. >> yes. but this latest threat certainly sounds a lot more promising than what she said back in may when she said there were no plans for a third installment. so the warnings are getting more dire. >> if comes out, you'll get that segment. >> absolutely. big news for the simpson's. >> it marked a milestone last night, 600 becoming the first tv show to feature virtual reality. >> featured in 1989 and 36 episodes from tv history, already the longest running prime time series in total number of seasons, hitting that milestone in 2009 with 21 seasons. >> now only 36 episodes away from cbs's "gun smoke' for total number of episodes for prime time scripted series.

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decade's old movement to persuade society to be more accepting of people who are different as accepting as sofia is of herself. >> she is basically being a self-advocate for people with disability, and that they have a love of life. >> reporter: because look at how confident this little kid is and the fact that so many people shared own commented on facebook might mean we're closer to the day when words like sofia's are no big deal because acceptance will be total. >> confident and cute. >> her mom says she's a bundle of energy that she loves to act, dances, plays soccer, and she loves to do all the things a lot of little girls her age love to do. >> great watching her do all of those things. by the way, october is national down syndrome awareness month. don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> coming up, more news from abc. this is abc's "world news

good morning, i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. here's some of the top headlines we're following for you on "world news now." iraqi forces helding into mosu. the extremist group lost the syria town, it said would be a battle. many in the dark following powerful storms in the north west this weekend. trees came down in the storms as well blocking some roads, even so, forecasters thought those storms were going to be worse. >> a big warmup on the way for the eastern half of the country. high temperatures from chicago to new york, all the way in the

>> one a piece after l.a. beat chicago 1-0, and clayton pitched seven shutout innings. those are some of the top stories on this monday. it is objecctober 17th. from abc news, this is "world news now." good monday morning, starting overseas in a battle taking place right now. artillery and air the iraqi city of mosul. ash carter says it could be a decisive moment in the battle against isis. >> the group held iraq's second largest city for more than two years. the government forces are moving in from the south and east, and here's more from the front lines. >> reporter: battered humvees and trucks full of soldiers rolling out as iraq anoujsed the

begun. the victory bell rung, iraqi's prime minister said, and the liberation laz started. 30,000 troops are gathering backed by u.s. special advisers on the ground, and american jets carrying out air strikes. isis held the city for two years, digging in to defend its prize, burning oil and tires for cover, digging tunnels and setting traps for advancing forces. we visited a base overlooking thon the forces there manning a post face-to-face with the enemy. this base is the closest one to the isis positions in the area. in fact, you can see a flag on the next ridge over under a mile away. it routinely is under sniper fire, and nay lost friends and they are impatient for the battle for mosul to get underway. including this man not wanting shown for security reason, leaving a life in canada to fight isis.

we've ever seen in history, i think, probably, and i think it's very important for everybody that can do something to stand up and fight back. >> reporter: the iraqi military dropped leaflets on mosul telling residents to stay away from isis positions. around 1 million people are expected to flee the fighting in what the u.n. says could be the biggest humanitarian crisis this year. abc news, iraq. and in neighboring syria, isis suffered another turkish backed rebel troops captured dabiq. they promised in its propaganda the doomsday battle against nonbelievers would start in that small town. instead, isis troops put up minimal resistance before leaving. back here at home, donald trump points the finger after a gop office in north carolina was fire bodily harmed. donald trump blamed hillary clinton and the democrats for

flammable liquid was hurled at the window and a slur of nazi republicans was sprayed on a nearby building as well. >> when people try to stifle freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, you must come back with more speech and aggressively defend your rights. >> north carolina's governor said the fire bombing was clearly an attack on our democracy. hillary clinton also called it and donald trump is launching a new tirade of wild allegations insisting he's the victim of a conspiracy. hillary clinton maintains a slight lead in the latest poll. mike pence says the gop ticket will absolutely accept the results of the election, but trump continues to tweet. in less than 48 hours, he claimed the election is rigged more than 20 times. martha raddatz has more.

south florida fairground there was trump sounded victimized, wounded. >> these false attacks are absolutely hurtful. to be lied about, to be slandered, to be speared so publicly, and before your family that you love is very painful. >> reporter: that speech marked a turning point. his rallies getting wilder. mocking his accusers. >> believe me, she would not be my first choice, that i can tell you. >> reporter: unloading on clinton. >> hillary clinton should have been prosecuted and gone to jail for what she did. >> reporter: throwing out the theory she took drugs for the debate. >> i think we should take a drug test prior to the debate. i do. because i don't know what's going on with her, but at the beginning of her last debate, she was all pumped up at the beginning. >> reporter: all this as a series of national and state polls show trump's path to victory looking less likely with

battlegrounds, trump showing surprising weakness in deep red states like utah, texas, alaska, but our new poll shows while hillary clinton is holding on to her lead, trump's supporters are sticking with him. among likely voters, hillary clinton is beating trump by 47-43 points. that four-point advantage essentially unchanged from her two-point lead a month ago. and this clinton's lead among female voters is actually falling, off 11 points since white women without college degrees rallied to trump. while republican lawmakers, else those in competitive races, may be running away, the party base is as much with him as democrats are with clinton. her support among democrats? 89%.

sexual aggression, 68% of voters say he probably has made unwanted sexual advances towards women, which he's denied, but 84% of republicans say it won't affect their vote. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. as hillary clinton takes a break from campaigning to prepare for wednesday's debate, she's facing growing questions over thousands of hacked e-mails posted by wikileaks. the e-mails the campaign chairman include transcripts of private speeches given to goldman sacks and takes a softer stance with wall street than seen in public. they cannot confirm the authenticity of the e-mails, but blame russia for trying to influence the election. two chinese astronauts on the way to their own space station. they left early this morning for the two-day trip. the pair spends 30 days in

the u.s. prevented china from taking part in the international space station because they said the chinese space program had a strong military component to it. a european space agency probe is on the way down to the surface of mars. the dissent will take three days, and the landing should take place on wednesday morning. the probe's purpose is to take measurements and measure and prepare a way for a european mars rover. meanwhile, the mothership is in analyzing the atmosphere. morning time is prime time for orange juice. >> yep. >> prices are rising. here's why. this year's orange harvest in florida is down 14% compared to last year. some officials say the sunshine state is in the midst of the worst orange harvest since records began being kept more than 100 years ago. that has prices on the way up and continued to rise through the end of the year.

mimosas? that's the question. >> we'll get brian ross on that. >> exactly. a texas police officer got a surprise when he showed up to investigate a noise complaint. he was thinking he would be arrive iing at some roudy party. >> kind of. kind of right. this is the body cam video of what he found. the officer starts questioning a group of young men. they were in an apartment complex parking lot, practicing a surprise dance routine for a >> the officer hung around to watch their act saying his wedding was nothing like what they were doing, but or not big day, all the practice was worth it. >> the groom and all of his groomsmen pulled off the routine flawlessly. >> oh, man. >> big congratulations to david and his new bride. i just love the idea of the cop rolling up, preparing to have this complete, you know, what is going on, and finds a group of guys, okay, five, six, seven,

four, five, six -- >> like, woah. what's going on here? got to be weird. coming up, biggest bargains in stores right now. >> first, talking politics at work, how a growing number of people feel unproductive and stressed out from all the political discussions and even arguments at the water cooler. but what quite a few americans are not talking about apparently is sex. so one to the streets of new york city. >> oh, he jumped right on. >> yeah. but, first, a look at today's forecast. "world news now" weather

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workers from sea world in workers from sea world in australia were among those who rescued a humped back whale and her calf. the youngster's tail caught in a shark net and couldn't get free. rescuers cut away the net and the pair swam away. experts said both appeared to be in good spirit -- or good condition, rather, despite the ordeal. >> good spirits after they got to swim away too. >> yes, but we don't necessarily have a whale psychologist there going, oh, you seem good. back here at home, they could be rescued from the increasingly divisive political talk happening at work. >> in fact, it has nearly 25% of workers, according to one poll, leaving them feeling less productive and stress the at their jobs. >> reporter: a presidential race not like any other. you're watching it, tweeting about it, or reading about it,

making for awkward discussions. >> i wouldn't say it's wrong to express your political views in the workplace, but i would say that it's unadvisable. >> reporter: what happens when your choice for the white house is making you feel isolated at work? >> i felt disrespected, insulted. >> reporter: john o'brian felt targeted after posting a pro-trump postcard in his work space. >> three managers in the company basically told me i had to take that down, that it was not allowed up there. i refused. i kept it up. >> reporter: soon after, he came to work finding the postcard vandal vandalized. >> felt like an attack. prior to putting that up on the cork board, i was treated very well. once i put up the "make america great" on my cork board, everything changed. >> reporter: he left his job, his company not wishing to comment to abc news. if you find the political conversation unavoidable in your office, here's do's and don'ts on the touchy subject. keep an open mind.

opportunity to change the other person's mind. >> reporter: be respectful and avoid blaming language. >> talk more in i-feel statements. >> reporter: keep the conversation short. don't let it distract from doing your job. >> let's agree to disagree. let's get back to what we're here to do, which is our jobs. >> reporter: abc news, new york. >> i feel like it might be making me more productive because when you go on facebook, it's a barrage of people arguing with each other over politics, anymore. >> just skip politics. talk about religion. that's more successful. >> nothing could possibly go wrong. have cocktails while you do that. that's a recipe for success. >> oh, man, three weeks and the race is over. coming up, catching hot deals as the weather cools down.

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interesting, you said, is cars. >> cars. >> why cars in the fall if. >> a big ticket item. it's the time of year when dealers move out old inventory to make room for the new models, the 2017. heavily discounted on on 2016s, rebates, cash bonuses. gas prices are low, gas buddy predicts under $2 a gallon national level in the coming that's not good for green cars. interested in a real deal, something like the knee san leaf is an attractive car to consider and consider outgoing 2016 models redesigned, replaced, or rebranded for 2017. great bargains. >> helping the environment and your wallet too. patio equipment, you say this year it's harder? >> it's funny because demand for

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number of americans feel uncomfortable in talking with their partners about what they really like in bed. >> so one enterprising author took a bed to the streets of new york city to find out just how hesitant new yorkers can be when talking about sex. abc found out. >> reporter: author and sex-pert, jenny block, taking a ride around the block. >> want to talk about sex? >> reporter: spicing avenue not just with salt and peppa, but with a fully mobile four post bed. but sex sells, especially in the form of free advice. >> we've been trying to communicate a bit more often in bed. >> my best piece of advice is to start through texting. getting to read erotica just opens everything end. >> reporter: sex and the city, but in the city of 8.4 million

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making news in america this morning -- donald trump is questioning the legitimacy of the election and going after even "saturday night live" accusing the show of doing a hit job. and another batch of hillary clinton e-mails released by wikileaks. what they say about debate preparation and her wall street bankers. plus, a republican party office in north carolina fire-bombed. breaking overnight, the battle for mosul begins. iraqi forces are now surrounding the isis strong hold. alex marquardt is on the front lines. he's live with us with the latest. and, look at the dramatic rescue as people form a human chain to save a driver inside a flaming suv. and feeling the squeeze. the crisis hitting the orange industry causing prices to go