it's wednesday, october 19th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." get ready for a slug f sin city. the third and final presidential debate is tonight. donald trump's rigged election claims and hillary clinton's wikileaks drama could take center stage. and the fight for mosul. we have new clues on the tactics isis is using to defend the iraqi city and it involves tunnels. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you.

well, tonight in las vegas, donald trump and hillary clinton debate for the third and final time. since their last face-off, trump has faced numerous allegations of sexual assault and declining poll numbers, while clinton is dealing with almost daily revelations about her use of private e-mail. weijia jiang is in las vegas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and to everybody. donald trump is trailing in the polls, but going into gh he is telling sporters to ignore the numbers. hillary clinton has been laying low without a campaign rally in a week. and with both candidates on the defensive from those controversies, debate experts predict this could be the dirtiest one yet. donald trump spent the evening before the final debate, vowing to bring term limits to congress as president. >> it's time to sweep the corruption out of washington. >> reporter: the republican

lost support among women voters amid multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment. just yesterday, six people came forward to corroborate claims leveled against him by a writer for "people" magazine who says trump forcibly kissed her during an interview at his florida state in 2005. >> these were made-up allegations made up by the media. very unfair. >> reporter: hillary clinton says she is ready to answer questions around the unleashed e-mails published by wikileaks. one yesterday showed aides mocking rival bernie sanders. the format for tonight's debate is the same as the first, with clinton and trump standing at different podiums. as they make their final case to millions of americans. university of las vegas professor jacob thompson thinks

style debate. >> for trump, i think he'll literally throw everything in the kitchen sink at hillary ranging from more talk from accusers against bill clinton to breitbart accuser theories. >> reporter: all eyes are to see if they shake hands from the start, something they avoided last time. even the candidates' guess list reveal attempts to rattle the other side. trump is bringing a mother whose son was benghazi attacks and blames clinton for it. clinton is bringing two known billionaires including mark cuban and no secret there is bad blood between him and donald trump. >> it is bound to be an interesting night. weijia jiang in las vegas, thanks so much. wikileaks says the u.s. government was behind ecuador's decision to cut off internet access for wikileaks founder julian assange. he was granted asylum in 2012

embassy. president obama had advice for donald trump. stop whining. the president said trump's accusations of voter fraud are unprecedented and not based on fact. >> you start whining before the game is even whenever things are going badly for you and you are losing, you start blaming somebody else? then you don't have what it takes to be in this job. >> the president addressed the election yesterday at the white house while hosting the italian prime minister. mr. obama also accused trump of cozying up to russian president vladimir putin. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will talk about tonight's debate with mark leibovich, the chief national correspondent for "the new york

9:00 eastern/8:00 central. anti-american protests outside of the u.s. embassy in the philippines turned violent overnight. a police van that had been attacked plowed through the crowd. there were about a thousand demonstrators outside of the embassy in manila. 31 people were arrested and not clear how many were injured. now to the battle to retake the isis stronghold of mosul. iraqi troops and their kurdish alliesba coalition, say they have driven isis fighters out of ten villages near mosul, but isis is dug in and the actual battle for the city has yet to begin. holly williams reports from iraq. >> reporter: the village of tajvilo was recaptured from isis yesterday. left behind behind the battle are clues how isis will defend mosul. the extremists dug a network of

lieutenant colonel shaled expects the same in mosul as well as more sued bombers. the battle for mosul began in villages on the eastern side of the city where kurdish fighters went house-to-house, hunting down the isis gunmen holding out there. u.s. coalition air strikes demolished the tunnels in taj ella which was abandoned by its residents three years ago. three air strikes, three u.s. air strikes target is the tunnel. >> four. >> targeting the tunnels. but in mosul home to around a million civilians who are effectively human shields, air strikes will be difficult without massive casualties. isis released this propaganda video today claiming that life in the city is normal, showing

offensive. but normal life in mosul also includes this morning another brutal execution of a man they claim is a spy. isis is hungerering down, preparing to defend the biggest city in its so-called islamic state. there are also fears that isis could use chemical weapons in the battle for mosul. last month the u.s. air strike destroyed whhe a chemical weapons plant in the area. holly williams, cbs news, in northern iraq. back here at home. another batch of mosquitoes carrying the zika virus has been detected in miami. the insects were in a trap in an area already designated as a transmission zone. a large portion of the city remains an active zika zone. more than a thousand people in florida have been affected, most

fire homes destroyed by a wildfire in southern colorado. more than 2,500 square miles have been burned and hundreds of other homes are threatened. a fire blew a outbuilding into a power line. as of last night, the fire remained out of control. coming up on the "morning news." upgrading air travel. why airlines may need to pay up the next time your luggage arrives late. and a lawsuit over the flint water crisis takes aim at the school system. this is the "cbs morning news." you can pick up cold & flu viruses from things in your home for up to 48 hours? it's like having a sick family member that you didn't even know was there. and we all know what happens when one family member gets sick. but lysol spray and lysol wipes kill 99.9% of germs including 8 common cold & flu viruses to help protect your home. this cold and flu season help keep your home happy and healthy

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>> there are. >> reporter: cameras equipped with the software can match a person's face to others in a database. it could have helped after the boston marathon bombing. investigators there had to sift through 120,000 photos in nearly 13,000 videos before identifying dzhokhar tsarnaev. it would have led to the suspect sooner? >> absolutely. it would have dramatically released the time anwe seconds. >> reporter: in baltimore, the police used facial requisition during the 2015 riots to identify lewding suspects, but it has raised privacy concerns. alvaro is the author after georgetown law school study on facial recognition. it found 26 police departments use the technology and 16 states allow the fbi to tap into their systems. photos are combed from social media images and driver's

network primary includes law-abiding americans. >> maryland enrolled 4 million drivers in its system and ask a marylander, do they know they are in a lineup that is scanned thousands a time a year without warrants? i'm pretty sure they will be surprised about that. >> reporter: maryland official say they limit access to the technology. the fbi says the technology is crucial to catching terrorists and criminals. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. an expectant mother is settling in at the new home where she will have her baby. she is an 800-pound manatee called washburn. rescuers found her off cape code in waters too cold for her species. she was flown yesterday to seaworld in orlando and much better conditions there. the little one should arrive in about six months. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more from orlando on the manatee rescue. i'm anne-marie green.

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here's oo another look at this morning's top stories. donald trump and hillary clinton hold their third and final debate of the campaign tonight in las vegas. trump, who says he wants to bring term limits to congress, is dropping in most polls. clinton will face questns concerning the almost daily stream of hacked campaign e-mails. and isis fighters dug a network of tunnels to protect themselves during the battle for mosul in iraq. the u.s. says isis is using civilians as human shields as iraqi and kurdish forces approach the city. and expectancy isis fighters to use chemical weapons to defend their strong dog hold. a barber shop in michigan is offering more than just haircuts for the community. it's caring for head inside and out.

>> reporter: there's no barber pole outside of the fuller cut because possiblily because a whole lot more going on inside than snipping. and trimming. >> circumstance is kind of like situation, okay. >> reporter: like trevon lyman, any boy who comes here and sits and reads from a book during a haircut gets $2 shaved off the price. an idea owner alex f has really caught on. >> parents already prepping their kids to sit in the chair and get ready to read the book. >> reporter: robert hopkins brings his son. >> who doesn't want a couple of dollars off when you got three boys? >> reporter: jalen johnson is a seven grader. what is better, the discount, the $2, or the reading? >> probably the reading part? >> reporter: yeah?

ryan griffin cuts hair and sorts books. >> you assigned like a white person. that same rational comes from, you know, you're a nerd. that same rational comes from, you know, you're old time. >> reporter: learning is uncool? >> learning is uncool. we have to break those things. i just back to the quote it's easier to repair strong children than repair broken men. >> reporter: what charles johnson is 12. >> parents want to make that person proud. >> reporter: he got his two bucks and a lot more. >> there you go, sir. >> reporter: dean reynolds, cbs news, ipslanti, michigan. smart move. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," john kasich.

well-known cave diving site in florida following the weekend deaths of two men. and a technique called cold caps to help reduce hair loss in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green.